84 / SEEDWORLD.COM FEBRUARY 2018 Global crop protection group ADAMA, the combination of Adama Agricultural Solutions Ltd. and Hubei Sanonda Co., Ltd. (together, "ADAMA" or "the Combined Company"), announced that Joseph M. Krkoska will be joining the Combined Company's management as Executive Vice President of Global Operations. Verdant Partners is pleased to announce that Emmanuel Rougier has joined Verdant Partners as a Senior Global Advisor. Mr. Rougier has had a long and distinguished career with Limagrain, based in Saint-Beauzire, Puy-de-Dôme, France. Colorado Wheat announced that it has filled the positions of Seed and Trait Specialist and Communications Coordinator. Tyler Benninghoven will begin serving as Seed and Trait Specialist in February 2018. Benninghoven earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Soil and Crop Science from Colorado State University in 2008, with a Minor in Soil Resource Conservation. PRODUCT NEWS Adding an additional mode of action, Stamina F4 cereals fungicide seed treatment by BASF recently gained EPA registration. The seed treatment is the first time the company has brought the Xemium brand fungicide as a seed treatment into a cereal crop. Stamina F4 combines Xemium brand fungicides and F500 technologies. It offers cold tolerance, emergence and disease protection against Rhizoctonia, Fusarium and Pythium. Syngenta has announced approval of Orondis® fungicide for use in citrus crops by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Orondis (oxathiapiprolin) fungicide exhibits systemic and translaminar movement to protect both existing and new growth and offers a unique mode of action with no cross- resistance to currently used products. Nufarm Americas recently announced that Anuew Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) is now registered for use in Arizona. Anuew is a proprietary tool for year-round turf management, containing prohexadione calcium, a new turf PGR with a mode of action that can be applied to all managed turf areas including golf greens, tees, fairways and rough, residential and commercial lawns, sod farms, sport fields and similar areas. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has issued a Special Local Need registration for XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology Herbicide. The registration would require auxin-specific (dicamba) training for farmers and certified applicators using the product. DuPont Pioneer and Perdue AgriBusiness announced plans to increase acreage of Pioneer® brand Plenish® high oleic soybeans in Mid-Atlantic regions including Maryland, Delaware, southeast Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and western Virginia for 2018 production. Even more farmers will have the opportunity to produce Pioneer brand Plenish high oleic soybeans under contract and be eligible for a grain premium. SW Seed and grain cleanerS for the world Crippen Northland Superior Supply Co. 8-851 Lagimodiere Blvd. Winnipeg, MB Ph: 204-925-6141 www.northlandsuperior.com Air Screen Cleaners Indented Cylinder Length Separator Gravity Separator