OCTOBER 2017 SEEDWORLD.COM / 93 Encirca services, DuPont’s agronomic software business. Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. and Dow AgroSciences LLC will collaborate to develop and commercialize a break- through improved wheat quality trait in North America. The collaboration leverages Arcadia’s non-GM TILLING trait development platform with Dow AgroSciences’ enabling technology plat- forms, high-quality germplasm and global commercial channels. Monsanto and Valent U.S.A. LLC, a sub- sidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, expanded their partnership in the 2018 Roundup Ready PLUS Crop Management Solutions platform. Syngenta announced it has entered into non-exclusive licensing agreements with Dow AgroSciences LLC and M.S. Technologies, L.L.C. for the Enlist E3 Event in soybeans in the United States, Canada and Latin America, and the Conkesta Enlist E3 stack in soybeans in Latin America, with options for global rights for both. Don Funk, founder of Channel Bio Corp, is leading a team of entrepreneurs to launch Midwest Seed Genetics across the Corn Belt for the 2017-18 growing season. He is re-acquiring the brand for the purpose of providing farmers mean- ingful choice in the dynamic future that awaits agriculture. DuPont Pioneer and Evogene Ltd. have entered into a multiyear collaboration. The scope of the agreement includes the research and development of microbi- ome-based seed treatments in corn. The goal of the collaboration is to provide farmers with innovative bio-stimulant seed treatment products that protect and maximize corn yield by leveraging each other’s relevant technologies. On July 27, The Dow Chemical Company, parent company of Dow AgroSciences, announced its second quarter earnings. Agricultural Sciences reported second quarter sales of $1.6 billion, up 3 percent year-over-year, driven by a double-digit increase in the Seeds business. Volume increased 6 percent, with gains in both Seeds and Crop Protection businesses, while price declined 3 percent. PRODUCT NEWS The North German Chambers of Agriculture ranks Valerio, a new tetraploid perennial ryegrass, as “the best variety in Germany in the late-ripening group.” According to Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (DSV), Valerio marks an important step forward in forage grass breeding for the company. Dairyland Seed announces six new corn silage hybrids and one new alfalfa product to its lineup for the 2018 planting season. “The highlights for these new products are the new genetics and expanded trait packages,” says T.J. Strachota, Dairyland Seed marketing leader. These include HiDF-3099RA – 99 SM, HiDF- 4099PRE – 99 SM, HiDF-4808E – 108 SM, HiDF-3211RA – 111 SM, HiDF-3413 – 113 SM, HiDF-3915SSX – 115 SM and Magnum 8. Dairyland Seed announced 22 new corn hybrids for the 2018 growing season, eight of which use Enlist weed control technol- ogy. New products to the brand’s portfolio include: DS-7781RA – 81 RM, DS-7185 – 85 RM, DS-9686 – 86 RM, DS-9090RA – 90 RM, DS-7593 – 93 RM, DS-7294a – 94 RM, DS-7599 – 99 RM, DS-1101 – 99 RM, DS-9802RA – 102 RM, DS-9804RA – 104 RM, DS-9510RA – 110 RM, DS-7911RA – 111 RM, DS-9513RA– 113 RM, DS-6414 – 114 RM, DS-5494E – 94 RM, DS-5898E – 98 RM, DS-7802PRE – 102/100 RM, DS-8303SRE – 103/101 RM, DS-7106PRE – 106/104 RM, DS-8508SRE – 108/106 RM, DS-8412SRE – 112 RM, and DS-8314SRE – 114 RM. Rijk Zwaan expands its product portfolio with Crystal lettuce, a frilly, open lettuce type that has the bite of iceberg lettuce. Crystal lettuce is ideal for use on burgers and sandwiches, as well as in traditional Asian ‘hot pot’ dishes, which is why it made its debut in the Asian Market at the company’s Asian Leafy Days, says Harry Turna, Rijk Zwaan crop coordinator for lettuce. To better help farmers with zone management and making use of variable rate technology, Beck’s released several new FARMserver tools. For more than three years, Beck’s precision farming team continued to research and develop FARMserver’s Management Zone Tool, which now features an option to add field elevation, a new multi-layer tool, an irrigation pivot tool and enhanced test blocks. For the 2018 planting season, Mycogen Seeds will offer a new seed treatment, REVONTEK, on its corn and silage hybrids to protect against early season diseases such as Phythium and Rhizoctonia. SW