SEPTEMBER 2018 SEEDWORLD.COM / 75 Forage Genetics International, LLC, and Alforex Seeds, LLC, resolved litigation over the advertising of certain varieties. This enables Alforex, Dairyland Seed and Mycogen to add alfalfa varieties that contain the unique attributes of FGI’s HarvXtra and Roundup Ready traits to their product offerings. Vladimir Meglič and Antoaneta Kuhar launched ECOBREED, a five-year project that aims to develop methods, strategies and infrastructures for organic breeding. Through the project, they also seek to develop varieties with improved stress resistance, resource use efficiency and quality and improved methods for the production of high-quality seed. Crops of focus include wheat, potato, soybean and common buckwheat. Clean Seed Capital Group Ltd. signed an agreement to strategically acquire U.S. planting equipment manufacturer Harvest International. The deal units two family-run companies to best prepare for the future of precision agriculture technology in North America. Nutrien Ltd., formerly Crop Production Services, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Agrible, Inc. for total consideration of $63-million. Monsanto Company reports substantial progress on a host of sustainability commitments and programs in the areas of climate-smart agriculture, water quality, biodiversity, food security and operational efficiencies. Benson Hill Biosystems, a crop improvement company, formed Saturn Agrosciences, a new subsidiary focused on canola improvement. Saturn will build on progress initiated last year through a partnership between Benson Hill and the University of Guelph, with funding from the Canadian Government’s Genome Applications Partnership Program. Exosect Ltd. granted Monsanto Company a license to use its Entostat technology for the delivery of select agricultural biologicals as seed treatments. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nutrien Ltd. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Tennessee-based Waypoint Analytical, Inc. and its operating subsidiaries. The acquisition will occur in two transactions, with Nutrien initially acquiring 80 percent ownership of Waypoint upon closing, and the remaining 20 percent to be acquired by Nutrien following the fifth anniversary of the initial closing. La Coop fédérée entered into a joint venture partnership with Maizex Seeds. The partnership will have a broad, national presence, and the two organizations will develop synergies between their existing operations, building on the foundation of being a fully Canadian, farmer-owned seed company. Ball FloraPlant redesigned its website. The new look unifies the brand with fresh color to better-align with the 2019 Ball FloraPlant catalog and simplifies navigation to key product information. DLF Pickseed will acquire all of the assets and business of La Crosse Seed. For the 2019 planting season, Golden Harvest released 17 new soybean varieties and 37 new corn hybrids, 21 of which are from 16 new genetic families. Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. and Farmer’s Business Network (FBN), Inc partner to expand the grower base of GoodWheat. This new collaboration enables the FBN Direct inputs platform to distribute Arcadia’s identity-preserved GoodWheat seeds to growers in its network, aiming to increase farmer profitability over commodity wheat. Monsanto and Corteva Agriscience agreed on an expanded license for Roundup Ready 2 Xtend technology for soybeans. Through this non-exclusive, royalty-bearing license, Corteva Agriscience will offer U.S. and Canadian growers additional weed control flexibility through broader access to Roundup Ready 2 Xtend technology across its North America seed brand portfolio. ernstseed.com sales@ernstseed.com 800-873-3321 Restoration & Reclamation Sustainable Landscapes Pollinator Habitat Conservation Biomass