b'ment. The collaboration aims for launching NufarmsCalyxt to support the companys recently announced and CROP.ZONEs hybrid herbicide solutions acrossgo-to-market strategies. major European markets, starting with the imple-mentation of an early adopters program for the 2021Sakata Seed America Welcomes Bill McCarthyseason in Benelux and Germany from 2021 onwards. Sakata Seed America is proud to announce the appointment of well-known industry plant breeder, Bill NRGene and Agriplex Genomics AnnounceMcCarthy, as its new Associate Director of Research Mutual Collaboration and Development. Bill began his career at Sakata 27 NRGene and Agriplex Genomics announced a non- years ago before spending 22 years as a plant breeder exclusive collaboration to provide end-to-end opti- for Seminis, Monsanto and Bayer.mized mid-density genotyping services. This new collaboration couples NRGenes new software solutionKelsey Letham Joins the Clean Seed Teamfor optimized genotyping with Agriplexs amplicon- Clean Seed Capital Group Ltd. announced that it has based technology to offer the breeding community aretained the services of Kelsey Letham to head its complete end-to-end solution for low-cost genotyp- investor relations program. Kelsey Letham has worked ing. Agriplexs PlexSeq technology is a proprietaryin the Financial Services and Wealth Management genotyping platform based on the amplicon sequenc- industry for over 13 years. ing method. Barenbrug Completes Acquisition of Jacklin Seed CompanyThe Royal Barenbrug Group announced that it hasThe Dubcovsky lab at UC Davis has developed a finalized terms for the purchase of Simplots Jacklinnew tool that helps ease this process by coaxing Seed business. The transaction, which includes a supply agreement between Barenbrug USA andthe transformed cells, including those modified Simplot Partners, was finalized Oct.with the gene-editing system CRISPR-Cas9, to Syngenta Group Acquires Leading Biologicalsregenerate new plants.Company, ValagroSyngenta Group announced the acquisition of Valagro, a biologicals company, by its business unit Syngenta Crop Protection. The investment positions Syngenta Crop Protection as one of the key globalTotal Seed Production Introduces New Soybean companies poised to shape the rapidly growing bio- Supervisorlogicals market, which is set to nearly double in sizeTotal Seed Production, Inc. (TSP) promoted Brandon over the next five years.Eisele from a production technician to his new role as soybean supervisor. Benson Hill Announces New HeadquartersBenson Hill announced the grand opening of its newInari Appoints New CFO For Next Chapter Of headquarters located in the 39 North InnovationGrowthDistrict in St. Louis, MO. The 160,000 square footInari, the biotechnology company developing next-headquarters will house a diverse and growing teamgeneration seeds, announced Stuart Brown has joined with expertise in plant biology, agronomy, data analyt- the company as chief financial officer. Brown will lead ics, machine learning, and food science all focused onthe internal financial team and spearhead efforts with a single goalempowering the innovation of betterthe investor community. food and ingredient options from plant to plate.Bayer: Supervisory Board Extends CEO Werner Baumanns Contract Until the end of April 2024PEOPLE NEWS The Supervisory Board of Bayer AG has unanimously Calyxt Appoints Sarah Reiter as Vice Presidentdecided to extend the contract of Werner Baumann, of Business Development Chairman of the Board of Management, until April Calyxt, Inc. announced that it has appointed Sarah30, 2024. Before the extension, Baumanns contract Reiter as Vice President, Business Development. In thiswould have expired at the 2021 Annual Stockholders role, Reiter will drive new business opportunities atMeeting. 126/ SEEDWORLD.COMDECEMBER 2020'