D&M Chem founders Dee and Mathias Gargus will remain with the newly formed D&M division of The McGregor Company along with their 30 employees.

“20 years is the benchmark where we are burning things out as an industry. It’s good for farmers in their management practices for managing weeds, insects and disease to keep things complicated," Harlan Asmus says.

The collaboration is for the discovery and development of new biological insecticidal solutions.

To date, tens of thousands of acres have been planted with SIMPAS-Applied Solutions (SaS) through the SIMPAS application system.