Agriculture industry executive David Callachor has been appointed S&W Seed Co.'s commercial manager of hybrid crops, overseeing the company's sales, marketing and the future development of its hybrid sorghum and sunflower seed global business. 

Callachor's over 20 years of experience in the agricultural industry includes work with international hybrid seeds, traits and new technologies. He has worked for several global seed companies and previously served as group sales manager for Southeast Asia at Limagrain. He has also worked in Australia for Landmark, an Agrium company.

"We are dedicated to the expansion of our hybrid sorghum and sunflower programs," S&W Seed CEO Mark Wong said in a news release. "As we look to the future, we believe these programs will become an increasingly larger component of our business. The addition of a seasoned, commercial-minded executive such as David Callachor is an important step in building upon the strong trait development work completed by our breeding team. We look forward to establishing expanded market share while continuing to develop traits that we anticipate will allow us to become significant players in these crops going forward."

S&W hybrid seed, which is produced in several countries, is sold in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, China, Japan, Libya, Pakistan, South Africa, Ukraine and the U.S.