Tag Archives: Seed
Harris Seeds promotes vice president
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Horticultural supplier Harris Seeds has announced the promotion of a member of its executive leadership team and the hiring of a manager for one of the company’s key product divisions. Vicky Rupley, a vice president with the company and an officer on Harris Seeds’ board of directors since 2005, has been…
Bayer offers to buy Monsanto for $62 billion
LONDON — Bayer of Germany said on Monday that it had offered $62 billion in cash to acquire Monsanto in a deal that would combine two of the world’s biggest companies in the businesses of crop seeds and pesticides. The transaction, if consummated, would create an industry giant whose products include antibiotics, genetically modified crops…
NALP names new ambassador
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Heads Up Landscape Contractors has announced that its CEO, Gary Mallory, has been named a Professional Landcare Network (PLANET, now called the National Association of Landscape Professionals – NALP) Academic Excellence Foundation Ambassador. Ambassadors contribute time and resources to endow AEF scholarships for students enrolled in landscape contracting and/or horticulture programs at…
FMC announces promotion
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Turf professionals receive a $15 per bottle instant rebate on QuickSilver herbicide through the ‘2015 QuickSilver Enhance Your Performance Promotion’ this spring. The promotion runs from April 15 through June 15. “Good things happen when QuickSilver is in the mix, so we want to encourage turf managers to use QuickSilver during…