- DuPont announced it has sold its terbacil herbicide assets to Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. (TKI). Terbacil is marketed globally through the Sinbar® trademark. In Japan, terbacil also is sold in a mixture with diuron through the Zobar® trademark. TKI will acquire the rights to the Sinbar® and Zobar® trade names, a license to the technology required to make terbacil, and the worldwide registrations and data packages for the products. Sinbar® and Zobar® herbicides are used primarily in niche mint, fruit, alfalfa and non-crop markets, predominantly in North America and Japan.
- Jeff Murphy, commercial director for Kemin AgriFoods North America, announced the appointment of Travis Lucas as the Key Account Manager responsible for Kemin sales development in the area east of the Mississippi River and south of I-70. Prior to joining Kemin, Lucas worked in advertising sales for Watt Poultry USA magazine. Murphy also announced the appointment of Mike O¹Neill, PAS, as the Key Account Manager responsible for sales development in the area encompassing Pennsylvania, New York and New England. Prior to joining Kemin, O’Neill worked for Monsanto Dairy Business on Posilac® and other products primarily in Pennsylvania and New York.
- Bunge North America announced that it has promoted Rodney Perry to vice president and general manager of Bunge Oils and Todd Bastean to vice president and general manager of Bunge Milling. As general manager of Bunge Oils, Rodney Perry will be responsible for leading the Oils team working to manage Bunge’s assets and organization to provide customers with innovative, functional and competitive products.
