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JUNE 2015 SEEDWORLD.COM 75 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 PEOPLE NEWS Nufarm Limited appoints chief operating officer and acting CEO Greg Hunt as its new managing director and CEO effective immediately. Nufarm chair- man Donald McGauchie says Hunt was appointed following a global search for a successor to long-time managing director and CEO Doug Rathbone who stepped down in early February. Hunt had been acting CEO since that time. Californias Pinnacle Seed welcomes Mike Koda to its team as manager of research and development. In this role Koda will be responsible for the development of new high-yielding lettuce varieties. Previously Koda served as seed production man- ager at Progeny Advanced Genetics and research associate at Plant Sciences Inc. Wayne Smith is the new chairman and CEO of BASF Corporation headquar- tered in Florham Park New Jersey. He succeeds Hans Engel who as CEOfor BASF SE will relocate to the companys global headquarters in Ludwigshafen Germany to assume additional responsi- bilities on the board of executive direc- tors. In addition to his role as CEO and chairman of BASF Corporation Smith will be responsible for the catalysts coatings and performance materials divisions. MinnesotasThunder Seed hires Krista Kappes as its new customer service representative. Starting as a student while earning a bachelors degree in agricul- tural communications from North Dakota State University Kappes began working full-time in May. In this role she will be responsible for developing grower and dealer relationships as part of Thunder Seeds sales marketing and service department. Kappes brings more than four years of experience in the agriculture and seed industry providing her the skills needed to build key relationships. Advanta an international supplier of proprietary agricultural crop genetics and seed hires James Puent and Caleb Stewart as sales account managers. Puent will be responsible for sales of Phoenix seed corn in Northwest Kansas and Stewart will be responsible for sales in southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma. In their roles they will offer agronomic and technical support to customers through on- farm consultation and product training. Pennsylvanias TA Seeds promotes two personnel to meet increasing customer needs and long-term goals. Steve Reeder has been promoted to production manager and is responsible for corn and soybean seed production as well as the warehousing of all TA Seeds products. Tyler Shaffer has been promoted to plant manager and is responsible for seed corn and soybean process- ing and conditioning including all combinations of seed treat- ment. TA Seeds also welcomes Bruce Ulmer as general manager. Bryan Decker joins the La Crosse Seed sales team and will cover northeastern Wisconsin. Decker will assist customers with their forage turf and cover crop seed needs. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin Madison Decker earned a bachelors degree in agronomy. NewLeaf Symbiotics a biotech company commercializing plant health and nutrient technologies appoints Sarita Chauhan as director of fermentation and technology development. Chauhan joins the company from Decision Alternatives an ag biotechnology consulting company that she founded in 2011. She will work at NewLeafs St. Louis facility in the Bio Research Development Growth Park at the Danforth Plant Science Center.