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Mr. Stamp received a bachelor’s degree from Southeast Missouri State University in 1971 and is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, MO. He practiced law from 1974 until 1981 and then entered the agribusiness field. In September 2002, Mr. Stamp was named Vice President, Public Affairs Worldwide of Deere and Company. Prior to this he served as President of John Deere Special Technologies Group, Inc. and as President, Worldwide Agricultural Division - Global AgServices of Deere and Company. He is the immediate past President, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of InterAg Technologies, Inc., a privately held Atlanta-based agricultural electronics manufacturing and computer software company, which was acquired by Deere and Company in 1999 to form the basis of Deere’s Special Technologies Group. Mr. Stamp entered the agribusiness industry in 1981 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Meyer Agri-Products, Inc., a company that later became a division of Butler Manufacturing Company of Kansas City, MO., where he served as a division vice president. Stamp serves as Chairman of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, the global trade association for manufacturers of agricultural, construction, forestry, mining and utility equipment. Mr. Stamp is 57 years old. | 