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Pulse USA employees buy their own company

Sue Roesler
Jun 4, 2021
Jun 4, 2021

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Pulse USA is a pulse crop and forage seed company based in Bismarck, N.D.

From left to right: Kim Kuhlmann, Emily Paul, James Kostelecky, Nash Anderson, Tyler Kress, and Renae Larson.

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Sue Roesler

Pulse USA, a pulse crop and forage seed company based in Bismarck, N.D., is now fully-owned by some of the employees who work there.

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