- Syngenta and DuPont announced a global agreement that will provide DuPont business, Pioneer Hi-Bred, access to Syngenta’s novel insect control corn event, MIR162. Under the royalty-bearing agreement, Syngenta will grant Pioneer a non-exclusive, global license with stacking rights to MIR162. MIR162 will protect corn above the ground by delivering high-level control of a broad spectrum of lepidopteran insects including fall army worm, corn ear worm, western bean and black cut worm and sugar cane borer, which are key pests in the U.S., Brazil and Argentina.
- Jed Harms, president of Kemin AgriFoods North America, announces the promotion of Fernando Valdez, Ph.D., to Director of Technical Services. Since joining Kemin in 2000, Fernando has served as the Dairy Technical Support Manager, then Product Manager for the KEMTRACE® mineral and NUTROCAL® product lines. Prior to joining Kemin, Fernando worked as Purina Mills Dairy Consultant and Dairy Team Leader for 13 years.
- FMC Corporation announces several new appointments within its North America Agricultural Products Group (APG) division, effective immediately. Aaron Locker has been promoted from Product Manager to Director of Strategic Account Management; Daryl Wiest moves into the new position of Market Access Manager; Mark Frerichs has been promoted to North America Sales Director; Taking over for Frerichs in the Midwest region is Chip Willingham; Craig Heim has been appointed Manager of Product Development and Bobby Leifker, formerly a Retail Market Manager in California and Idaho, has been appointed Product Manager.
