Nick Schaps
Technical Sales Specialist
Nick Schaps grew up involved in university corn breeding alongside a grandfather and moved into retail agriculture right out of high school. Nick earned a bachelor’s degree in agronomy from South Dakota State University, with minors in soils and crop protection, while completing internships with New Vision Co-op, Genesis Co-op and WinField United. Nick went on to manage a farm in eastern South Dakota, spent six years as a sales agronomist and area sales manager with Federated, Viafield and NEXUS co-ops, and served as a technical agronomist and account manager for Frontier Labs.
Nick’s expertise lies in products, agronomy and solutions-based consultative selling. Nick approaches every challenge with honesty and integrity, recognizing that not every problem is solved by a product. By putting the grower’s interests ahead of the sale and laying out multiple options with the pros and cons of each, Nick builds the lasting trust that strong business is built on. Nick most enjoys building relationships and improving farm ROI.
Outside of work, Nick enjoys hunting, running a grass-fed and grass-finished lamb business, and a good cigar with a glass of bourbon.
