Novozymes launches seed industry group

Novozymes BioAg, Milwaukee, WI, the world leader in bioinnovation has created a new department called the Seed Industry Group to focus on applications of Novozymes technologies at the seed company level.

Allan Basnight is the head of this newly created team.

This will mark Basnight's 33rd year with Novozymes and its legacy companies. Most recently, he was the senior director for sales in North America with EMD Crop BioScience, purchased by Novozymes in 2010.

"With his experience and knowledge, Allan will be a great asset in helping Novozymes BioAg deepen and strengthen its relationships with seed companies," says Dorn Severtson, business manager USA for Novozymes. "Novozymes leads the industry in the development of beneficial biological products that enhance plant fertility and maximize yield potential. Seed application of the products delivers these benefits to the crop even sooner for greater impact from the season's start."

Basnight's team includes three other professionals located strategically across the U.S. They will support seed companies to help make Novozymes' current and new products available to growers in-the-bag. The seed industry team will work independently of the field sales teams, so the sales force can continue to provide the service that ag retailers and growers have come to expect from Novozymes.