Global animal health and nutrition company Alltech is proud to appoint Eric Hibbard as the new sales manager for Alltech New Mexico.

Hibbard was raised on a family dairy near Gilbert, Ariz., and following high school, Hibbard attended Central Arizona College on a baseball scholarship. Graduating in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in agriculture economics and business management, Hibbard worked at the University of Arizona Dairy Extension Department and, in 2011, joined Alltech as the territory sales representative for Arizona and Southern California. Hibbard specializes in calf management and heat stress and has completed courses from the Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium in Clovis, N.M.

"Coming from a farming background myself, I value strong relationships with peers in the industry because, at the end of the day, we all have to bring value to our operations and we're all in the business together. I'm looking forward to meeting the farms in the area and servicing them with Alltech's holistic support approach including a wide of technologies and on-farm services," Hibbard said.

Alltech's New Mexico office located in Clovis, services the territories of New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.