b'dicamba. After careful consideration, State ChemistManagement working group - the first female scientist, and Seed Commissioner Robert Waltz has determinedand the youngest, to ever take up the position.his agency will be forwarding FIFRA Sec. 24 (c) special local need registration requests to the United StatesPRODUCT NEWSEnvironmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for IndianaSyngenta and Simplot Grower Solutions are working specific labels for the use of dicamba on soybeans intogether to increase efficiencies for growers the 2020 growing season.through software integration. Growers can now pull recommendations from Simplots centralized Americas drivers have a new choice that unitesagronomic data hub, Simplot Advisor, and insert performance and sustainability at a competitivethem directly into the Land.db software provided cost. Biosynthetic Technologies high-performingwith AgriEdge, Syngentas whole-farm management biobased synthetic motor oil, using high oleic soybeansystem. oil from soybeans grown by U.S. farmers, is now on commercial shelves. Verdeca, a joint venture between Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. and Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., announced The International Maize and Wheat Improvementit has successfully completed the regulatory review Center (CIMMYT) from Mexico and the German Juliusprocess and received approval for its HB4 drought Khn Institute (JKI) signed a Declaration of Intent toand herbicide-tolerant soybeans from the Paraguayan intensify joint research on disease-resistant and stress- Minister of Agriculture, through the National tolerant wheat.Commission for Agricultural and Forestry Biosafety. Valent BioSciences officially launched its newAustralian farmers will be the first in the world to biorational soil health initiative at the 4th Biostimulantsexperience Luximax, the breakthrough pre-emergent World Congress in Barcelona.herbicide by BASF, which has received registration from the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary PEOPLE NEWS Medicines Authority (APVMA). Currently registered for Jonathan Adamson of Pocatello, Idaho is now Westernuse in wheat (excluding durum wheat), Luximax will be Regional Sales Manager at Vive Crop Protection.available to growers in time for the 2020 season.Adamson is working with retailers and growers across the Pacific Northwest to develop and create marketThe three new canola traits showcase Cibus unique demand for Vives unique product offerings. and patented approach to addressing challenges that reduce yield and increase efficiency for farmers. The Lyle Marcus has joined Latham Hi-Tech Seeds as itsnew traits precisely edit the canola genome to reduce corn product manager. Hiring a second productpod shatter, the tendency of canola seed pods to manager was necessary to accommodate Lathamopen pre-harvest that can reduce yields by as much Seeds growth. 40%, build resistance to Sclerotinia, a disease called white mold, that can reduce yields by as much as 50%, The World Food Prize Foundation announced thatand introduce an improved weed control system, as Barbara Stinson has been named President of thecompetition with weeds for nutrients and sunlight can organization, effective January 4, 2020. reduce yield of canola. Sakata Seed America announced the addition ofNIAB has awarded its Centenary Variety Cup to the well-known industry plant breeder, Brian Just, as thered onion variety Red Baron, naming it the most companys new Sweet Pepper lead and senior plantinfluential UK non-cereal variety from the past 100 breeder. Brian brings over 15 years of sweet pepperyears.breeding experience to the role.Maize farmers beset by erratic rainfall in the state of Laura Barham, Jody Butler, Stephen Follis and LuisKarnataka, India, who adopted a new, drought- and Duran-Ortiz have joined the Americot cotton seedheat-tolerant maize hybrid are harvesting nearly 1 ton breeding team. more of grain per hectare than neighboring farmers who sow other maize varieties. SWJames Hutton soft fruit breeder Dorota Jarret has been appointed chair of the International Society for Horticultural Sciences Rubus and Ribes Species and 84/ SEEDWORLD.COMJANUARY 2020'