Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 8864 • Between Turnrows pany hires. Pre-employment tests are administered, and testing and training of em- ployees is a constant. Catina Ashlock remembers, “I was the first person to take the test. The test was an interview over the phone. I expected it to be business related, but it was like no test I’d ever taken before! It made me more self-aware of my strengths and weaknesses. The test helps out by placing people in places where they like to be and can succeed in.” Finding the right employee for the job, building mutual trust, training and equipping for the job, and empowering them to do whatever it takes to succeed re- main core strengths for Armor Seed. Armor Seed Operations Director Jeff Armstrong remembers, “After we got our own license I became the product manager as well. There were a lot of big deci- sions that had to be made, tough decisions. “Looking back, we were able to make those decisions because of the people that had been put in place and empowered to grow the company.” Armor’s Jeff Pangle says, “One of the keys to Armor’s success has always been finding and hiring the right people and giving them the freedom to do their job. You don’t find that in a lot of corporate environments. When you combine that with faith in the owners that they’re going to support your actions, that’s powerful. I have always felt that I could do more because they trusted me and I trusted them.” Daryl Deering, President of Schlessman Seed, recalls working with Armor on corn varieties. “We first started working with Armor on hybrid seed corn in 2006,” Deering says. “Jeff Pangle was looking for some production acres and we were able to produce our first crop for them in 2007. Our first role is to produce a high-quality crop that they would be proud to have the Armor name on the bag. When we take on a project, we take it on like it’s going to be our own brand.” In July of 2010, Jeff Pangle shows off Armor Corn with earworm protection. Jeff Armstrong prepares for soybean plot harvest in October of 2010 at the Armor Showcase Plots in Greenfield, Arkansas.