Introducing Shane Naslund: Working to meet Nuseed’s goals and continue to broaden their market share.
Nuseed Commercial Agronomist Shane Naslund, based in North Dakota, focuses on Nuseed’s Omega-3 Canola Production System — it all started for him as a child.
“I ended up working on the family farm through college and that’s what got me interested in being in agriculture,” says Naslund. He went on to get a degree in agricultural business management and sales and took several courses in agronomy.
Naslund joined Nuseed after working in a similar role with BASF. With Nuseed, his territories include locations across North Dakota and Montana.
“There are 10 locations across North Dakota and 10 across Montana, which provides us at Nuseed with a really good footprint for increased data to use for the hybrids moving forward,” says Naslund.
Across all the locations in his territory, Naslund has been able to meet and help many farmers with their Omega-3 Canola growing needs.
“A career highlight that I’ve had with Nuseed is getting to know and meet the farmers. They call on me to identify weeds, fertilizer, inputs and seeding rates. It’s really fun for me to help them and know that I’m making a positive impact on their farm,” he adds.
Not only is he able to be a source of knowledge to farmers growing Omega-3 Canola, Naslund has also been able to face growing challenges head-on with Nuseed and target high-level goals.
“I look forward to the challenge of working with new seeds and the new hybrids that are coming forward and helping the farmers that currently work with us. Nuseed has really ambitious goals of getting more contracts and more market share. We are also working to identify those fringe areas of the canola regions where we can potentially grow.”
During his career, Naslund has also been able to meet some personal goals. He was able to get a full-time role with Nuseed, which was a personal goal of his. There was a time when Naslund was mainly working in contract positions. While the contract positions allowed him to learn and have additional flexibility, Naslund was ecstatic to be hired for a full-time position with Nuseed.
Naslund shares being able to stay home with his family for several years was a personal career highlight. Not only was that time priceless, but he was also able to gain an understanding to be a manager that can offer his team empathy when it comes to family matters.
“Making our kids the focus and prioritizing my family was my highest highlight,” shares Naslund.
He adds: “I want to stay doing what I’m doing through retirement. I am at a really good company, and I want to stay working with a really good company. I feel like Nuseed is it and I’m ready to stay at what I’m doing.”
