July 08

AgVenture Hobart Brothers expands territory, adds three District Sales Managers

Mehmet Tulbek named Technical Director of the Northern Crops Institute

June 08

Ahern International Seeds hires Ing. Armando Luna as technical sales representative for Northern Sinaloa and Southern Sonora

Thavy Un joins BASF Turf & Ornamentals as Marketing Manager

General Assembly of EuropaBio confirms Willy De Greef as new Secretary General to lead association

Dr. Wilf Keller appointed as the new President and CEO of Genome Prairie

Germain's Technology Group appoints new Customer Services Manager and Production Manager at its Dutch production site

New Sales Manager at Seed Processing Holland BV

Enza Coastal Seeds hires George Thacher as Area Sales Manager for the Salinas, California area

Seminis hires Technical Sales Manager for Mexico greenhouse market

Owen J. Newlin and Dr. Manjit Misra honored at Iowa State University's annual Distinguished Awards Celebration

AgVenture hires seed industry professional Brian Zeeb to serve as President of two long-standing independent regional seed companies

Great Lakes Hybrids promotes Doug Little to Brand Manager

The Asia & Pacific Seed Association welcomes Dr. Zenaida Nisperos Ganga as its new Deputy Director

Dr. Ainong Shi joins Indiana Crop Improvement Association as Genetics Lab Supervisor

Ahern International Seeds promotes Ing. Raul Piceño

Becker Underwood promotes industry veteran Kyle Payne to national accounts manager for U.S. inoculant sales

Dan Swalla joins Renze Hybrids, Inc. as Sales and Marketing Manager

May 08

Wyffels Hybrids hires District Sales Managers in eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois

Dr Andries Koops appointed as manager of the business unit Bioscience of Plant Research International

Nunhems USA promotes Margy Van Zant to Customer Service Manager

American seed industry honors Dr. Roger Krueger

AgVenture Spangler Seed builds leadership team

Rabo AgriFinance names John J. Ryan New President and CEO

BASF appoints vice president to U.S. crop protection division

Bob Yaklich joins Nunhems USA as part of expanded focus on value-added seed technology

Tally Zangy joins the sales department of Seed Processing Holland

April 08

Monsanto Company adds Janice L. Fields to its Board of Directors

Willy De Greef appointed New Secretary General of EuropaBio

Seed Veteran Mike Bieret signs with AgVenture Hobart Brothers as Sales and Marketing Manager

Seminis hires Technical Sales Manager for the greenhouse market in western Canada and the United States

AUSVEG appoints new chairman

Plant Health Care, Inc. promotes Dr. Greg Lewis to Vice President, Corporate Development

Breann Hammann joins Becker Underwood as Southern Territory Manager for its seed enhancement business unit

Rabobank America creates new agricultural advisory board

March 08

Renze Hybrids welcomes Craig Williams as new Operations Manager

Führungswechsel bei der Gemeinschaft zur Förderung der privaten deutschen Pflanzenzüchtung e.V.

Dr. Jane Kveton Dever named Associate Professor - Cotton Breeding at Texas AgriLife Research

Newest installment of Seed World’s groundbreaking video series, Giant Views of the Industry On-line, features Tom Strachota, Chief Executive Officer of Dairyland Seed

Fontanelle adds regional agronomist

David Stamp named National Sales Manager at NC+ Hybrids

Innovationspreis Gregor Mendel 2008 an Prof. Dr. Gerhard Röbbelen - Raps: ein leuchtendes Beispiel für die Pflanzenforschung

Germain’s Technology Group appoints a new European Horticulture Sales and Marketing Manager

United Soybean Board and soybean checkoff recognizes industry leaders

Appointment of Frank Barenbrug as Member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Barenbrug Group

Onafhankelijke jury unaniem: Dieuwertje van der Does winnares Rijk Zwaan Plant Sciences Award 2007
Independent jury unanimous: Dieuwertje van der Does wins Rijk Zwaan Plant Sciences Award 2007

United Genetics hires Pat Boleda as NAFTA Sales Manager

Roger Sawheny joins United Genetics Seeds Co. as the Customer Service and Logistics Manager

February 08

AVRDC, The World Vegetable Center, appoints new Director General

Alexandre José Cattelan é o novo chefe geral da Embrapa Soja

Plant Health Care, Inc. promotes Mike Cloutier to Vice President of World Agricultural Sales

Mississippi State University Extension hires new soybean specialist

Eduardo Negre appointed General Manager of G.T.G. España Seed Coating and Enhancement Services S.A.

Lee Rulon of Beck’s Hybrids receives Indiana Crop Improvement Association's 2008 Crops and Soils Merit Award

Ray Wu, Cornell University's acclaimed pioneer of genetic engineering and developer of insect-resistant rice, dies at 79

Kansas Crop Improvement Association elects new executive officers

Gary Sanders joins Americot, Inc. as Sales Representative for southwestern U.S. sales

Dulaney Seed, Inc. grows, hires Stephen Lary as a Professional Crop Planner

Seeds of Change announces several new positions

Nunhems USA adds John Erb as Carrot Crop Sales Manager

Plant Health Care, Inc. announces Rick Rice as New Director, Sales & Marketing

Lisa O'Brien to serve as executive director of the United Soybean Board (USB) and soybean checkoff

January 08

At Nunhems USA, Russ Kabaker takes on new role as Integration Manager for the Paragon Seeds acquisition and Lettuce Crop Sales Manager for the Americas

Dr. Gary Whiteaker joins Verdant Partners

AgVenture Lakeland Seed Co. hires seed service agent

U.S. National Academy of Sciences recognizes Monsanto's Chief Technology Officer for development of agricultural biotechnology

Germain’s Technology Group North America appoints Mario Rivas as Head of Sales and Marketing, North and South America

CSIRO Plant Industry’s Dr Greg Constable receives “Outstanding Research in Cotton Physiology Award”

Nunhems USA names Jeff Boettge Crop Sales Manager for onions and hot peppers

Syngenta announces two key appointments

In Memoriam - Dr. Roger W. Krueger

Devgen strengthens management team by appointing Mr. Bipin Solanki as CEO of Devgen Seeds and Crop Technology in India

IJs van Dok, founder of Seed Processing Holland BV, passes away

Germain Dauk named BASF Pulse Promoter of the Year

USDA/APHIS makes key management changes

Delta and Pine Land's Tom Kerby retires, remains with business as consultant

U.S. Organic Trade Association names new Director of Marketing and Public Relations

Dr. Gene Hookstra joins STA Laboratories as General Manager of Genetic Services

National Seed Association of India elects members of its 2008 Governing Council

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December 07

Seed Processing Holland BV, appoints sales manager for China
荷兰种子加工设备有限公司指定负责中国市场的业务经理

Northern Crops Institute selects Brian Sorenson as its new Director

Brad Kortsen appointed Sales and Marketing Manager at INCOTEC USA

New President and CEO of Enza Zaden North America

BASF Plant Science names NutriDense forage specialist for the Upper Midwest region of the U.S.

Devgen appoints Wim Goemaere as Chief Financial Officer

Hollar Seeds appoints new president - Andy Medina named President, Larry Hollar Chairman of the Board

Paul Schmidt joins EMD Crop BioScience as President

Relevance of rice research recognized

Syngenta’s Dale Nicol named CAPCA Member of the Year

Emerald Seed Company appoints Robert (Bob) Brown as Sales and Marketing Manager

November 07

Bruce Paterson joins Plant Health Products as Marketing Manager

Leading Iowa State University grain economist Robert Wisner retires

Jim Elam joins Siegers Seed Company as seed consultant for Tennessee, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and southern Illinois and Indiana

New members named to the U.S. National Watermelon Promotion Board

Thomas Lübberstedt named director of the Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding in the Plant Sciences Institute at Iowa State University

AgVenture's Jim Groepper passes the gavel of the Iowa Seed Association

Bayer CropScience LP, the U.S. business of Bayer CropScience AG, announces new BioScience leadership team

Illinois Crop Improvement Association retains Dr. Charles Lay to provide on-going technical and educational support to staff members

Dr. Digvir Jayas joins the Agri-Food Research and Development Initiative (ARDI) Council

New American Seed Trade Association staff to focus on communications and seed health

Dr. Christian Verschueren steps down as Director General of CropLife International

African farmer and world agricultural leader announced as President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Mycogen Seeds adds three new district agronomists

Monsanto Canada appoints new Director, Regulatory Affairs

Lisa Nichols joins ASTA as Director of International Programs

DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred announces leadership changes

Antoon Santegoeds joins ASTEC as Director of Sales & Marketing

Australia's Cotton Catchment Communities CRC appoints Philip Armytage as its new CEO

October 07

Kincannon & Reed executive search announces management changes

Syngenta announces the appointment of Davor Pisk as Chief Operating Officer Seeds
Syngenta gibt die Ernennung von Davor Pisk zum Chief Operating Officer Seeds bekannt
Syngenta annonce la désignation de Davor Pisk au poste de Chief Operating Officer Seeds

Tracy Beran joins Fontanelle Hybrids in the new position of Manager of Production Services

Four new district sales managers to market Arise seed for Brown Seed Enterprises in Southern Illinois

Dr Thomas Lumpkin to be the new Director General of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. completes management transition

Paul Mullan is appointed Managing Director of Germain’s Technology Group

CropLife Canada announces staff changes

UC Davis seed biologist Kent Bradford acknowledged as “outstanding faculty”

Stephen McCutcheon to head Food Standards Australia New Zealand

INCOTEC appoints Chief Financial Officer

September 07

Joerg Ellmanns to head up Bayer CropScience Australia

Willem Schrage joins North Dakota State Seed Department as director of potato programs

Royal Dutch decoration for dr. ir. O.M.B. (Orlando) de Ponti, retiring as Director of Research & Development at Nunhems BV.

Peter Beetham promoted to Senior Vice President of Research at Cibus LLC

WARDA appoints new Assistant Director General for Research & Development

Northern Crops Institute Director Pat Berglund announces December retirement

Australia's Prime Minister’s Prize for Science awarded to two CSIRO scientists for their discovery and development of a gene silencing mechanism

Rebecca Bech named USDA/APHIS deputy administrator for biotechnology regulatory services

Cindy J. Smith appointed as administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

BASF Agricultural Products appoints Paul Rea director of Specialty Products Division

AgVenture, Inc. Brian Sims as District Sales Manager in Southwest Indiana

Apex Seeds appoints Ray Osburn as Asian Sales Manager based in Shanghai, China

August 07

Becker Underwood names Stephanie Zumbach and Charlie Hale as Product Managers in the seed enhancements group

Three consultants join The Context Network

CGIAR appoints Dr. Ren Wang as director of its global network of 15 research centers

American Phytopathological Society Foundation names 2007 award recipients

Kincannon & Reed announces appointment of Jon Leafstedt as new director

Golden Acres Genetics announces new sales representative for Central Texas

July 07

Jim McCullagh receives CSTA Seed Achievement Award

Alejandro Hernandez wins 2007 Plant Breeding and Genetics Award

Tim Welbanks elected 2007-08 President of the Canadian Seed Trade Association

Fontanelle Hybrids announce the addition of three new District Sales Managers

Dr. Thomas Brooks joins Americot, Inc. as Director of Quality Assurance and Assistant Breeder

Chris Zanobini appointed Executive Vice President of the California Seed Association

Syngenta board announces Chief Financial Officer succession
Syngenta Verwaltungsrat gibt Nachfolge für den Chief Financial Officer bekannt
Annonce du Conseil d’administration: succession du Chief Financial Officer

Michael Campbell joins the Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis as Executive Director

Giant Views of the Industry Online: Seed World presents video interview with Nona Wolfram-Koivula, Executive Director of All-America Selections and the National Garden Bureau

Chile: Nuevo Directorio de Asociación Nacional de Productores de Semillas (ANPROS)

Texas A&M Agriculture's Dr. Norman Borlaug to receive U.S. Congressional Gold Medal

Founder of Uganda's Victoria Seeds Ltd. awarded African Green Revolution Yara Prize for 2007

First Executive Director named to the Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center at UC Davis

BASF Board of Executive Directors: new team as of 2008
Mit neuem BASF-Vorstandsteam ins Jahr 2008

Gianni Bernardotto appointed Director of Marketing and Sales at De Ruiter Seeds

June 07

Hein Bemelmans joins the Board of Enza Zaden as Director of Marketing & Sales

Jim Rouse named interim director of the Iowa Crop Improvement Association

Pacific Seeds International Division changies its name to Advanta International

AgResearch appoints Dr Travis Glare as new General Manager of Science Strategy

Giant Views of the Industry Online: Seed World presents video interview with Bill Romp, Business Unit Manager for the Becker Underwood Seed Coatings Unit

Iowa State University names new endowed chairs in the areas of crop genomics and biorenewable crop research

Purdue University food science professor winner of World Food Prize for his contributions to food processing and preservation

EuropaBio elects new Chairman to lead association over next two years

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa appoints former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as Chairman of the Board

Syngenta board announces Chief Executive Officer succession plan
Syngenta Verwaltungsrat gibt Nachfolgeregelung für CEO bekannt
Le conseil d’administration de Syngenta annonce un plan de succession pour le poste de Chief Executive Officer

Gray’s Seed hires new Sales and Marketing Manager

Seed veteran joins Harris Moran as Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Seed World announces recipient of the first Future Giants of the Seed Industry Award

Syngenta announces transformation of its North American corn and soybean seeds and traits business to serve more customers

Devgen's board of directors appoints Pol Bamelis as chairman

May 07

Mycogen Seeds announces the promotion of Terry Gardner as National Channel Manager and Dave Schumacher as Senior Marketing Specialist, Grain Corn

Garst Seed Company names two new agronomists in Iowa

Meet Elizabeth Pivonka, the newest Giant in Seed World’s groundbreaking series of video interviews

Dr. James Radtke named Vice President of Product Development at Cibus LLC

Hughes Hybrids names Sales Manager

Golden Acres Genetics announces new Operations Manager

Syngenta Seeds, inc. appoints Steve Goff to Science Advisor for corn and soybean seeds and crop genetics research

Craig Morris named Deputy Administrator of USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Livestock and Seed Program

Garst Seed Company hires new agronomist in Nebraska

SemBioSys CEO named as an officer of the BIO Board of Directors

Karl J. Kisner appointed Marketing Manager for BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals

New CEO announced for Crop & Food Research New Zealand

Nunhems USA expands its crop team structure throught new hires and promotions

Dr Norman Borlaug: The commitment continues

Carl Moberg joins EMD Crop BioScience as North American Marketing Manager

April 07

Golden Harvest Seeds promotes Eric Keetle and Doug Ronk to Regional Sales Managers

Introducing Steve Ainsworth, Cotton Seed Distributors' new General Manager

Jan Derksen joins Germain’s Technology Group Netherlands

Meet Bryan Gerard, the newest Giant in Seed World’s groundbreaking series of video interviews

Dr. Dawn Gustafson to lead Pannar Seed research station in Huron, South Dakota

DuPont to help meet growing demand for plant breeders - Partnership with Purdue University develops scientists to address global demand for grain

International Seed Federation (ISF) appoints new Secretary General

BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals appoints Steve Larson national ornamentals account manager

Becker Underwood promotes Steve Bergschneider to Regional Sales Manager for the Northern U.S.

March 07

Fourth generation Barenbrug appointed President/CEO

Geri Berdak joins Monsanto Company as Director of Public Affairs for the oilseeds and chemistry businesses

Nunhems, the global specialist in vegetable seeds, announces the appointment of Dr. Johan Peleman as Managing Director Research & Development

Seedway hires Product and Market Development Manager

Biopesticide industry alliance names new executive director

February 07

Neal Gutterson is promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer of Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.

Dr. Donald Floyd named “Breeder of the Year” by the U.S. Turfgrass Breeders Association

Chris Hopkins joins Bayer CropScience FiberMax cotton seed team as U.S. Southeast agronomist

Siegers Seed Company announces new consultant for Ontario, Canada

Allan Parker appointed President & CEO, World Potato Congress Inc.

Ampac Seed hires Marcy Arbelbide as sales representative

Jim Hoyt named GROWMARK vice president of strategic planning and corporate services

Jeff Weber joins INCOTEC, Inc. as Account Manager

Dr Bent Skovmand, Director of the Nordic Gene Bank, has passed away

PestFax Editor Peter Mangano receives GRDC Seed of Light award

Inventor of Roundup to be inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame - Dr. John Franz to join Eli Whitney, John Deere, and George Washington Carver for technological advances in agriculture

Zeraim Gedera adds new key industry players to its North American marketing team, sets three new areas of operations

Distinguished vegetable breeder Dr. Fred Angell retires

January 07

Dr. Wilhelm Graf von der Schulenburg, Ehrenvorsitzender des Bundesverbandes Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter, feiert 75. Geburtstag

Syngenta honors organizer of U.S. National No-Tillage Conference with special No-Till Innovator Award

New General Manager at Semillas Harris Moran Mexicana

INCOTEC's Kyle W. Rushing named 2007 College Alumni of the Year

Dr. John Thompson, Australia’s leading authority on long fallow disorder in cereal cropping soils, awarded public service medal

Frederick Schreurs joins Astec Global as Global Director New Business

University of Sasktachewan's Crop Development Centre announces Dorothy Murrell as new Managing Director

Latham Seed Company hires Doug Sayler as South Dakota Sales Manager

New Mexico State University researcher receives national turfgrass science award

Seedsmen Association of Andhra Pradesh, India elects new President for the biennium 2006-08

American Seed Trade Association expands legislative and regulatory staff

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