Mark Peterson
Global Product Development Leader, Dow AgroSciences - Chairman, Herbicide Resitance Action Committee
Mark Peterson is currently Dow AgroSciences’ global product development leader for corn and soybean herbicides, nitrogen stabilizers and fumigants. Prior to his current position, Mark had several roles within the company, including: field tech service and development representative; leader of field stations near Geneseo, Ill., and Fowler, Ind.; U.S. northern crops business partner; and global biology leader for the Enlist weed control system.
He currently chairs the Global Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC), an industry group dedicated to the study and management of herbicide-resistant weeds.
He also has a high level of external engagement with the Weed Science Society of America and North Central Weed Science Society, and has authored and co-authored several recent publications.
Mark holds a PhD in agronomy - weed science from South Dakota State University.