b'S&W Seed Company to Acquire Australian-Based Pasture GeneticsS&W Seed Company announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pasture Genetics Pty Ltd. The acquisition will expand and diversify S&Ws product offerings in Australia and follows S&Ws other recent initiatives in the country to become one of the leading suppliers of elite seed genetics to Australian farmers. Pasture Genetics seed product portfolio includes alfalfa, medic, clovers, vetch, forage cereals, as well as pasture and other grasses.Delair and BASF Collaborate to Accelerate Research for Ag Solutions BASF and Delair announced their collaboration to scale up BASFs research and development projects for seeds, traits and crop protection. The agreement will enable BASFs agricultural research stations worldwide to use the delair.ai cloud platform to streamline and standardize the information gained through drone-based field studies. The delair.ai platform providesTruterra and Syngenta Collaborate on Cutting-enterprise-focused workflows and industry-specificEdge Stewardship Advancement Capabilitiesanalytics and will help BASF turn its visual drone dataTruterra (formerly Land OLakes SUSTAIN) and into actionable insights and ultimately, new sustainableSyngenta announced that they are collaborating to solutions for the agricultural market. create a step-change in stewardship and conservation best practices for U.S. growers while helping them Phytonyx Receives First USDA Organicfocus on maximizing acre-by-acre productivity and Certification For Feminized Hemp Seeds profitability. This technology-based alliance will make Phytonyx LLC announces premier U.S. sales of USDAuse of data analytics from both Truterra Insights certified organic feminized high-CBD and high-CBGEngine and the Syngenta AgriEdge platform. Hemp seeds for the 2020 growing season. As the first major hemp seed breeder/producer of premium quality, feminized hemp seeds to obtain organicPEOPLE NEWScertification, Phytonyx is positioned to provide organicAnuvia Plant Nutrients Names Kyleseeds to all hemp farmers who intend to produceRenninger CFOcertified organic hemp flower, oil and isolate. Anuvia Plant Nutrients announced Kyle Renninger is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer ASTA and AOSA/SCST Cancel June 2020 PLDC (CFO). In his new position, Renninger will be a senior ASTA announced the cancellation of the June Policyexecutive responsible for managing financial actions & Leadership Development Conference (PLDC),and planning and analyzing the companys financial which was to be held in conjunction with AOSA/ status.They also announced Jim Byrum is joining SCSTs Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. Both hostthe company as director of Government Affairs. In his organizations were looking forward to bringingnew position, Byrum will be responsible for interacting together the seed industry and the seed testingwith policy leaders within government and NGOs community for this valuable opportunity for educationabout Anuvia and the opportunities presented by its and connection.innovative fertilizer technology.CSGA/CSTA Annual Meeting to be HeldArcadia Biosciences Promotes Randy Shultz to Virtually Chief Technology OfficerThe Canadian Seed Growers Association andArcadia Biosciences, Inc. announced that Randy Canadian Seed Trade Association have announcedShultz, Ph.D. has been promoted to the role of chief the cancellation of their Joint Annual Meeting intechnology officer. Shultz joined Arcadia in 2019 as Winnipeg, which will now be offered as a virtualhead of research and development and has played a meeting.vital role in the development of cutting-edge breeding 114/ SEEDWORLD.COMINTERNATIONAL EDITION 2020'