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62 as Perryfields in Britain Cebeco Seeds Group in the Netherlands and the Pickseed companies in Canada and the United States. We had reached a point where the DLF identity was becoming blurred by the many different names and logos under which we were operating throughout the world Truels Damsgaard CEO of DLF explains. We felt that it was time to unite the DLF family under a single recognizable identity with a new name and logo. As a result all former company names including Innoseeds Prodana and even DLF-TRIFOLIUM have been replaced by the DLF name and a uniform DLF logo. Bayer CropScience completed a 15.6 million expansion to its canola seed processing facility originally built in 2006 that sits on the outskirts of Lethbridge Alta. Now reported as the largest canola seed processing facility in the world the expansion increased building capacity to 43000 square feet and its bin storage and conveyance systems to a five-acre footprint. The plant can now process more than 30000 tonnes of canola seed per year. Southern Alberta is the centre of hybrid canola seed production in Canada and the major canola seed companies all have facilities in the region. Al Driver president of Bayer CropScience Canada said one of every two Canadian canola fields grew the companys InVigor brand last year and thats the basis that we have built and expanded this facility. C L Seed Production Group Inc. opened a new processing facility in Blenheim Ont. ready in time to receive the 2015 seed corn harvest. The facility is the first new seed corn drying facility to open in Canada for many years. The modular technology being used in the facility has the ability to match the amounts of electricity and natural gas being used to the amount of corn being dried. This allows for tighter control of the amount of heat and fan intensity for the specific batch of corn being processed according to C L. The facility will be used for wholesale production of seed corn and will serve North American and export markets. PEOPLE NEWS Syngenta chief executive officer and executive director Mike Mack informed the companys board of his intention to step down at the end of October. The board accepted his decision. John Ramsay chief financial officer will serve as interim CEO until a new chief executive is appointed. On behalf of the Board I should like to thank Mike for his very significant contribution to Syngenta says Michel Demar Syngenta chairman. Under his strong strategic and operational leadership Syngenta developed and implemented its innovative integrated strategy and the commitments behind the Good Growth Plan. Mack said he believes this is an appropriate time for the company to benefit from the perspectives of a new leader. Darren Wallis joins Bayer CropScience as the new North American vice-president and head of communications for the CropScience division. In this position Wallis is responsible for all internal and external corporate communications activities including corporate reputation media relations corporate social responsibility employee communications digital communications and issues management. Wallis will be based at the North American headquarters for Bayers CropScience division in Research Triangle Park N.C. Wallis has more than 20 years of experience in strategic communications. Most recently he served in various communications roles at Monsanto Company. His previous work experience involved serving clients in a variety of industries at two large international public relations firms. AgriThority LLC adds Beau Musser to the companys leadership team as chief financial officer. Musser has experience in budgeting financial analyses and management. In this role he will play an integral role in business development lead business case analyses and database management and supervise internal and external financial accounting and reporting. He will also serve as project controller for AgriThority and its clients. Beau has a reputation for improving business operations through the creation of custom analysis systems and financial forecasts says Jerry Duff AgriThority managing member. His expertise in business planning financial tracking and market research will streamline the efforts of AgriThority and its clients. AgriThority is a consulting firm that provides product and field development services as well as market access services to the crop protection seed seed treatment plant nutrition and precision agriculture sectors. Arysta LifeScience makes organizational changes to more fully integrate the French company Gomar which it acquired in March 2014. Paula Pinto former global head of value- added portfolio and regulatory for Arysta LifeScience will lead the companys newly created Global Portfolio Management Organization which now includes a wide range of products across three segments seed treatments conventional crop protection and biosolutions. Global product development manager Mark Singleton will lead the newly consolidated Global Regulatory and RD Organization on an interim basis. Jean-Pierre Princen formerly global head of biosolutions and seed treatment has assumed the position of senior biosolutions advisor to Arysta LifeScience. In addition Jos Nobre has been appointed president of Gomar. Nobre retains his previous positions of CEO for Europe of Arysta LifeScience and president of the Agro Branch of Arysta LifeScience Europe. Ellen Kullman chair and CEO of DuPont retired from the company Oct. 16. Edward Breen a current member of the DuPont Board of Directors will assume the role of interim