Paul Curran
Consultant / Advisor at Rural American Fund
Profile
Mr. Curran recently retired as Chairman of La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed, LLC a $50 million forage, turf, and cover crop seed business.
Under Mr. Curran’s leadership, the business went through a recapitalization with a private equity firm, a strategic acquisition with Land O’Lakes / Winfield Solutions, and the company’s ultimate exit to DLF Pickseed (a wholly owned subsidiary of DLF Seeds A/S).
Mr. Curran grew up in the small seed industry.
From 1979 to 1997, he worked at La Crosse Seed Corporation owned by Ramy Turf Products as Vice President of Sales and, eventually, General Manager.
After Ramy’s sale of La Crosse Seed Corporation to AgriBioTech, Inc. (ABT) in October 1997, Mr. Curran served as Regional Manager of AgriBioTech.
Mr. Curran launched and founded La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed Corporation in 2000 and served as its CEO from 2000 to 2014 when he moved to Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Curran is a La Crosse, Wisconsin, native and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Paul Curran active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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Rural American Fund
 Rural American Fund Investment ManagersFinance Rural American Fund (Rural American Fund) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Thomas Karlson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Former positions of Paul Curran
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La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed LLC
 La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed LLC Forest ProductsNon-Energy Minerals La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed LLC produces forage, turf, pasture seeds, and related specialties for agriculture, turf, and landscaping applications in North America. It offers agricultural products, such as alfalfa, red clovers, white clovers, trefoils, high sugar ryegrasses and pasture mixtures, bromegrass, tall fescue, orchardgrass, reed canary grass, timothy, teff summer lovegrass, forage mixes, sorghums and sudangrasses, specialty forages, and sweet corns. The firm also provides cover crops, including winter wheat; wheat stubble; wheat, silage, or short-season corn; standing corn or stubble; and corn or soybeans. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in La Crosse, WI. | Chairman | - |
Training of Paul Curran
| University of Wisconsin La Crosse | Undergraduate Degree |
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La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed LLC
La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed LLC Forest ProductsNon-Energy Minerals La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed LLC produces forage, turf, pasture seeds, and related specialties for agriculture, turf, and landscaping applications in North America. It offers agricultural products, such as alfalfa, red clovers, white clovers, trefoils, high sugar ryegrasses and pasture mixtures, bromegrass, tall fescue, orchardgrass, reed canary grass, timothy, teff summer lovegrass, forage mixes, sorghums and sudangrasses, specialty forages, and sweet corns. The firm also provides cover crops, including winter wheat; wheat stubble; wheat, silage, or short-season corn; standing corn or stubble; and corn or soybeans. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in La Crosse, WI. | Non-Energy Minerals |
Rural American Fund
Rural American Fund Investment ManagersFinance Rural American Fund (Rural American Fund) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Thomas Karlson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Finance |
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