b'I N D U S T R Y N E W S Delivering the news you need to know. Submissions welcomeemail us at news@seedworldgroup.com. Albaugh Announces Corteva Agrisciences Glyphosate Business AcquisitionAlbaugh, LLC. announced the acquisition of Corteva Agrisciences glyphosate business. The acquisition only includes intangible assets like trade names, reg-istrations, regulatory data, formulations, patents, and know-how.PacBio and Corteva Agriscience Announce WorkflowPacBio and Corteva Agrisciences announced their collaboration on a workflow that will streamline DNA extraction through library preparation. This workflow will allow high throughput plant and microbial genome sequencing. The collaboration started after the BASF has decided to cease its activities in hybridannouncement at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) agricultural meeting. This wheat seed development in North America andwill allow Corteva to sequence thousands of samples continue in Europe, the company announced thisevery year as a part of their research and production week. Despite the tremendous efforts of ourprograms.expert teams, the results of our North AmericanBosch BASF Smart Farming and AGCO trials have not achieved the development goalsAnnounce CollaborationBosch BASF Smart Farming announced a collabo-we set to meet the needs of growers in Canadaration with AGCO Corporation to integrate Smart and the United States, said Brent Collins, BASFsSpraying technology on Fendt Rogator sprayers and head of seeds & traits, Canada, in an email toto develop new features. The trails of the Bosch BASF Smart Farmings Smart Spraying Solution started in Seed Worlds sister publication, Germination. May 2021 to allow farmers to use herbicide conserva-tively without having less weed control. The system uses targeted spraying for day and night conditions BUSINESS NEWS while also offering digital tools to turn herbicide appli-Bayer Announces Plan to Invest in Ukrainiancation data into insights. Seed Production SiteBayer announced that starting in 2023 onwards, theTavant and Bayer Announce Partnershipcompany will be investing 60 million euros into theirTavant announced a partnership with Bayer to help corn seed productions facility in Pochuiky, Ukraine.encourage organizational innovation and growers Bayer stated that through this investment they areincrease crop yields, reduce expenses and utilize more emphasizing their commitment to Ukraine and helpingsustainable farming practices. Together the compa-to rebuild their economy. The 60 million euros will gonies look to to maximize crop yields while minimizing towards a new seed dryer, state-of-the-art agriculturalenvironmental impacts.field equipment, storage facilities and the construction of two bomb shelters. PEOPLE NEWSADAMA Announces New President and CEOFMC Announced Support of Ukrainian FarmersADAMA Ltd. announced that Steve Hawkins has Through Cultivating Freedom Program been appointed president and CEO by their board of FMC announced they will be supporting Ukrainiandirectors starting May 1, 2023. Hawkins was serving farmers by donated 3% of sales revenue throughas ADAMAs senior vice president and is succeeding Cultivating Freedom program. The program will sup- Ignacio Dominguez, who served in upper manage-port agricultural business that have been impacted inment roles with ADAMA for over a decade.de-occupied regions.90/ SEEDWORLD.COMINTERNATIONAL EDITION 2023'