- The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association announced the appointment of David Thomas as its new Chief Lobbyist and Leticia Phillips as the organization’s Representative for North America, both based at UNICA’s Washington, D.C. office.
- Syngenta and Bayer CropScience announced a co-development agreement on an HPPD herbicide tolerance trait for soybeans.
- The National Potato Council launched a new website to inform school foodservice providers, nutrition opinion leaders, consumers, and potato industry stakeholders of the issues surrounding the proposed changes to the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program by the USDA.
- The Kansas Soybean Association staff now includes a director of communications. In the newly created position, Brad Parker will produce, manage and implement all of the organization’s communications and outreach programs.
