SEPTEMBER 2017 SEEDWORLD.COM / 85 green type. Calawinter RZ is suitable for indoor winter production, while Calabonita RZ can be grown indoors and outdoors in spring, summer and early autumn. Calagreen RZ will complement Calabonita with higher vigor in the pro- tected segment. North Dakota State University research- ers released two new kidney bean varieties, Talon and Rosie. Both new varieties “possess improved resistance to root pathogens and bacterial diseases,” says Juan Osorno, lead NDSU researcher. “They also show higher seed yields and superior performance.” Golden Harvest launches a new website and dedicated social media channels. Located at www.GoldenHarvestSeeds. com, the website is designed to offer farmers an online experience tailored to their needs. The 2018 New Varieties Seed & Vegetative catalog is available now from Ball Seed. The 96-page guide supple- ments the full Ball Seed Catalog and features an expanded product offering of breeding breakthroughs. Golden Harvest releases 46 new corn hybrids (14 of which are new genetic families) and 18 new soybean varieties for 2018. The new hybrids and varieties expand the agronomic options available to farmers. Syngenta introduces SY Grit, a hard red winter wheat, to its AgriPro brand wheat portfolio for the 2017-18 season. SY Grit is a medium early maturity with a good disease tolerance package, well suited for the Central and Southern Plains. MarketsandMarkets released of a new report on planting equipment that estimates the market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.27 percent until 2020, making it worth $21.43 billion. All-America Selections (AAS) recognized three new national AAS Winners for the 2018 garden season: American Dream sweet corn, Onyx Red ornamental pepper and Rad Racer F1 cocktail tomato. These varieties were trialed throughout North American by independent judges. Silver River Sweetclover is a new Texas A&M variety available through Turner Seed Co. in Breckenridge, Texas, and Justin Seed Co. in Justin, Texas. The variety was developed through cooperative efforts by researchers at Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension. As the business world has become more global, so has the need to be more mobile without sacrificing productivity. To help, Seed World debuted its Seed World App. After receiving approval from China’s Ministry of Agriculture for the import of grain produced from corn containing the Enlist trait, Dow AgroSciences announced that Enlist corn will be available in the United States for the 2018 growing season. A new wheat production system is now available to farmers in North America, thanks to the collaboration of the Colorado Wheat Research Foundation, Inc. (CWRF), Albaugh LLC and Limagrain Cereal Seeds, LLC. CoAxium is a targeted technol- ogy platform that combines a newly patented herbicide-tol- erant trait and elite germplasm together with novel herbicide brands and best-in-class industry stewardship. SW “[Talon and Rosie both] possess improved resistance to root pathogens and bacterial diseases.”