Japanese company Mitsui & Co's biopesticide subsidiary, Certis USA (Columbia, Maryland), has appointed Kyle Beery as director of manufacturing. 

Chinese agricultural biotechnology company Origin Agritech (Beijing) has appointed Dr Gengchen Han as chief executive officer. 

Industry association CropLife Asia has made appointments to its board of directors.

Newly launched Evogene agrochemical subsidiary AgPlenus has appointed Eran Kosover as its chief executive officer.

Bayer has appointed Duraiswami Narain vice-chairman and managing director for its Indian Crop Science subsidiary, Bayer CropScience, as well as senior Bayer group representative for South Asia effective December 1st.

DowDuPont’s agriculture business, Corteva Agriscience, and FMC each featured as award winners in three categories of the 11th Agrow Awards at a prestigious ceremony in London, UK last night.

A panel of experts from the crop protection industry will analyse market developments during 2018 and discuss trends likely to shape the future of the industry.

The US Western Plant Health Association (WPHA) has appointed Tracy Starich as chair of its board of directors for the 2018/19 term. 

The Australian industry association, CropLife Australia, has re-elected Paul Luxton as president of the organisation. 

Mike Allan has been appointed as head of the North American business of Japanese company Mitsui & Co’s biopesticide subsidiary, Certis USA (Columbia, Maryland), with effect from November 1st.