John Ballagh - Field Research Technician - Ag, Canterbury

John has been living and working in the agricultural field all his life, farming first then running his own contracting business which he recently passed on to his son. John began work with Zelam as a part-timer in 1994 as a sales rep for the lower South Island, later running the distribution for the South, and some research work.

In the last 5 years with the distribution moving to Christchurch John's job has developed solely into research. Presently he manages the Ag research block in Mid Canterbury as well as R&D trials throughout the South Island.