76 / SEEDWORLD.COM JANUARY 2018 An historic event saw three accomplished and outstanding Canadian women inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame at a special awards banquet on November 30, 2017 in Calgary, Alberta. The 2017 inductees are Robynne Anderson, Patty Jones and Jean Szkotnicki. Robynne Anderson worked extensively with the Canadian Seed Trade Association after launching Issues Ink, an agricultural publishing and consulting company that created agricultural publications including Germination and Seed World. Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a leading provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, has announced that Steve Bogash, Matt Heinze and Dr. Karla J. Medina- Ortega have joined the MBI team to meet customer needs in the growing biological products industry. PRODUCT NEWS Origin Agritech Ltd. an agricultural biotechnology trait and seed provider, announced that the company has entered into a com- mercial biotechnology trait and corn germplasm license agreement with KWS SAAT SE, one of the world’s leading plant breeding and seed companies. This agreement facilitates KWS’ entry into China’s corn biotechnology trait and expanded seed market. Under the agreement, Origin will combine insect resistance and herbicide toler- ance traits co-developed by the Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences and Origin Agritech into KWS corn inbred lines. Biotech- enhanced corn is planned to be deployed upon Chinese commer- cial and regulatory approval. Future biotech enhanced versions of these products will also be made available to KWS to serve Chinese farmers. KWS has 160 years of plant breeding history, a 70-country footprint and a strong reputation in China. DuPont Pioneer announced that farmers will have additional acres available for production contracts of Pioneer® brand Plenish®^ high oleic soybeans for the 2018 growing season. Soybeans contracted under this program will be processed by Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) in Frankfort, Indiana, increasing grower access to this value-added market opportunity. Farmers who contract with ADM to grow Pioneer® brand soybeans with the Plenish high oleic soybean trait in the 2018 growing season will receive a 50 cent per bushel incentive for producing and storing the beans or a 40 cent per bushel premium for a harvest delivery contract to a designated elevator. SW