Mark White has been involved in agriculture his entire life. He was born and raised on a farm in Lucas County. He began farming right out of high school and farmed full time for 20 years until he took a sales job for the Chariton Farmers Coop.

In 2005 he came to work for Smith Fertilizer and Grain as an agronomist. Two years later he was moved into the home office and began working in administration. This included managing the Knoxville location and being the primary truck dispatcher. A year later he also became the grain merchandiser for SFG. Mark attends annual marketing seminars and reads several daily grain articles to keep informed on the grain markets.

He enjoys the opportunity to work with our many grain customers. He continues to farm part time which allows him to experience the same ups and downs that our customers feel. Mark and his wife Rhonda have two grown children and two grandchildren.

Holly joined SFG in 2019 as the Office Manager in Knoxville. She is a graduate of both Purdue University and Iowa State University, where she studied Environmental Water and Soil Science and earned her A.S. in Agriculture and a B.S. in Agronomy.

Originally from Indiana, she moved her husband and two sons to Pella in 2016 so she could help open new Fresh Thyme Farmers Market stores in Iowa and Nebraska. In this role, she also provided extensive continued support to the eight stores across the region, assisting in recruiting and training, leading department managers and their teams to run well-stocked departments while providing excellent customer service, monitoring departmental financials and overseeing the transition to an updated perpetual inventory tracking and auto-ordering system.

When not at work, she enjoys traveling, weekend motorcycle trips and events, working in her perennial gardens, researching family genealogy, and spending time with family and friends.