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Julie Versman, Marketing Director, 530-750-0150 ext 16
Nevada Smith, Group Product Manager, 530-750-0150 ext 12

AgraQuest Hires Curt Nelson – New Position Matches Growth in Key Market

DAVIS, Calif. (November 1, 2005) – AgraQuest is pleased to announce that Curt Nelson has joined its sales team as the Coastal California Sales Representative for agricultural products. His territory will span croplands from Watsonville, CA to Yuma, AZ, and southern California. Mr. Nelson comes to AgraQuest with over 10 years of experience in agri-chemical business and a thorough knowledge of the pest control markets in California.

Curt Nelson will be covering the western portion of the sales territory previously served by Bill Valoff, who has stepped into a leadership role as the new Division Manager of Western Territories for AgraQuest. Mr. Valoff will continue to service customers from Modesto south, including Fresno, the Central Valley and Arizona. As Division Manager, Mr. Valoff will oversee the Pacific Northwest Region, as well as all territories in Arizona, California and Nevada.

Prior to joining AgraQuest, Curt Nelson marketed drip-irrigation tape for T-Systems International, and spent ten years at Western Farm Service, including 4 years as a pest control advisor.

“This is a great opportunity to add depth to our sales force in the western states,“commented Bill Valoff.  “Curt brings a wealth of knowledge gained from 15 years working within the California agriculture community as a pest control advisor and a sales manager”.

Curt Nelson lives on a ranch in Hollister , California with his wife Nicole, daughter Bailee, and son Kohen.  They raise quarter horses, paint horses and hogs in their spare time.  Curt is also active as a 4-H leader in Hollister.

About AgraQuest
AgraQuest is a biotechnology company that focuses on discovering, developing, manufacturing and marketing effective, safe and environmentally friendly natural pest management products for agricultural, institutional and home markets The company sells Serenade®, Rhapsody® and Sonata® Biofungicides and recently received registration of a biofumigant based on the fungus, Muscodor albus. A bioinsecticide is pending at the EPA. AgraQuest received the Presidential Green Chemistry Award from the EPA for the discovery and commercialization of Serenade Biofungicide. In 2004, AgraQuest received a Red Herring Top 100 Private Company Award and the World Technology Award for the Environment.

Certain matters contained in the press release concerning AgraQuest, Inc. are forward-looking statements which are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the receipt of EPA and other regulatory approval of the Company’s products, the success of the Company’s products in field trials and the timely development, manufacture and marketing and acceptance of the Company’s products in the marketplace.

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