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Several companies have added new personnel recently, including RiceCo, EcoSMART, and Arysta Life Science.

The newsmakers include:

• Matt Plitt -- formerly with Agriliance, BASF Corp., and American Cyanamid -- has joined RiceCo LLC as director of business operations.
  
  
• EcoSMART Techologies, Inc. has added Dr. Wai-Ki "Frankie" Lam and Kyle Shore to its team.
  
  Dr. Lam, an integrated pest management specialist, will be a field development manager located int Salinas, CA. Prior to joining EcoSMART, Dr. Lam served as an entomologist at the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE), Monterey County, CA.
  
  Shore, formerly with Helena Chemicals, will serve as a field sales representative.
  
  
• Arysta LifeScience North America LLC has hired Cary Andrews, previously with Michelin Ag, as a sales representative to cover Mississippi, Louisiana, and part of Arkansas.