Giant Views Germination March 2012
Developing New Partnerships for Expanded Ag Research _x000D_ When asked why I took the executive director position at the Western Grains Research Foundation, my response was simple. Throughout my 30 […]
Industry News Germination March 2012
Industry News People News Pickseed has appointed John Patton as vice-president of international sales for the Pickseed Companies Group. Patton brings over 25 years of in-depth industry knowledge to his […]
Regulatory Roundup Germination March 2012
Regulatory Roundup Provincial Winnipeg BioVision Seed Labs CFIA AccreditedThe Winnipeg location of Alberta-based seed laboratory BioVision Seed Labs has officially been accredited by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to test […]
World Status Germination March 2012
From a maize development program in France to the unlocking of the pigeonpea genome in India. STATUSISF There’s no fair sport without proper and clear rules. The same is true […]
Cross Pollination Germination March 2012
Making Wheat a Priority “It’s time to put wheat back on top again,” said Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall after announcing $10 million in new funding for wheat-related research over five […]
Reacting to Rust Germination March 2012
Reacting to Rust A fungus under control for 50 years is back and ravaging wheat crops in Africa, the Middle East and Asia—and it could be headed this way. The […]
Canola Trials Back on Track Germination March 2012
Canola Trials Back on Track When the Prairie Canola Variety Trials ceased to exist in 2010 due to debate about the format of the protocol, the canola industry was encouraged […]
New Ideas Bloom Germination March 2012
New Ideas Bloom Results from this year’s variety recommending meetings. Each February, members of the Prairie Grain Development Committee and the Western Canada Canola/Rapeseed Recommending Committee meet to approve registration […]
New Varieties Germination March 2012
Readers have indicated that Germination’s New Varieties list is one the most eagerly anticipated features of the year. Seed companies across Canada sponsor the list of their new varieties and […]
Expanding the Toolkit Germination March 2012
Expanding the Toolkit Seed companies have another tool in their public relations toolkit. Social media tactics such as blogs, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are making inroads into the agriculture industry. […]
Farming New Ground Germination January 2012
Farming New Ground Another cropping season has come and gone and the new challenges we have to face year after year never fail to amaze me. One would think after […]
Industry News Germination January 2012
Industry News People News Makhteshim Agan of North America Inc. has added three new members to its sales team. In Western Canada, Buck Peters will serve as area business manager […]
World Status Germination January 2012
STATUSISF There’s a first time for everything. Recently, the International Seed Federation was faced with making an unprecedented decision: changing the dates of its annual World Seed Congress. Initially, the […]
Cross Pollination Germination January 2012
Pioneer’s New Use of Patents “These aren’t plant variety patents, but rather variety improvement patents on specific cells in soybean plants,” says Dave Harwood of Pioneer Hi-Bred, referring to the […]
CSGA 2012 Annual General Meeting and Interprovincials
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Expiration Date Germination January 2012
Expiration Date The expiration of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready patents is creating a wave of discussion and confusion in the seed industry, and is raising new questions for the entire sector. […]
Giant Bios Germination January 2012
Giant Bios Meet the people behind our Giant Views commentary this issue. JanWillem BreukinkPresident and CEO, INCOTEC Group BV JanWillem Breukink has 30 years of experience working in the seed […]
CSAAC 2011 Awards of Achievement Germination January 2012
CSAAC 2011 Awards of Achievement Marie Greeniaus Award Winner In 2005, the Commercial Seed Analysts Association of Canada established the Outstanding Achievement Award to honour CSAAC members who promoted exceptional […]
CSGA Germination January 2012
CSGA Identifying Customers and Anticipating Guture Needs Understanding what seed customers need in the short-term is not enough. Knowing today what they will need three or four years down the […]
Industry News – February 2012
People News Bayer CropScience has announced that Inci Dannenberg has been named vice president of commercial operations for crop protection for the United States. Dannenberg succeeds Jim Delong, who retired […]
Giant Numbers Germination January 2012
Giant Numbers 19—Years since Canada agreed to comply with the UPOV 1991 convention, but has still not complied. “Our legislation became compliant with UPOV 1978 in 1990. In 1991, the […]
Giant Highlights Germination January 2012
Giant Highlights With seed poised to meet the food shortage challenge, many of the experts in this year’s Giant Views of the Industry had interesting stories to tell about staying […]
Whos Counting
The Global Crop Diversity Trust explores the challenges with global food production as the population keeps growing. World population just surpassed the big round number of 7,000,000,000. Mankind reached […]
Seed SOS
Certain hybrids of seed supplies are limited this year, which is forcing seed companies to plan ahead for production and logistics. “Every product year has its challenges, but 2011 was […]
Farm Bill Free For All
Farm Bill Free-for-all As the reauthorization process of the farm bill resumes, seed industry leaders encourage stakeholders to stand shoulder to shoulder for ag. The reauthorization of the farm bill, […]
Entering The Future Of Vegetable Breeding
New vegetable varieties combine consumer and agronomic benefits. “It’s a rediscovery of flavor and quality, a desire to reconnect with agriculture and know more about where food comes from and […]
Keeping Seed Safe
Few connections have been made between seed and the contamination of food, but seed industry members, who feel the impact of every food safety scare with decreased seed sales, are […]
CSTA January | Germination 2011
CSTA: Attracting the “Future Giants” of the Seed Industry A Key Strategic Priority for the Canadian Seed Trade Association A recent study done for the Canadian Seed Trade Association by […]
Giant Views Sarah Foster Germination March 2011
Seed Testing a Valuable Tool in 2011 _x000D_ It’s no surprise that harvest conditions play a large role in determining seed quality for the next year—and the 2010 harvest was […]
Top 10 | Germination 2012
Germination‘s Pick:See which article the editor of Seed World thinks had the most impact in 2011! 1. Giant Views Column: The Portrait of Today’s Seed GrowerShaun Haney of […]
Giant Views of the Industry Germination January 2012
Giant Views of the Industry _x000D_ The face of the seed industry is evolving. Not only are farmers and their needs changing, but the increased use of new technologies is […]
Forecasting the Future Germination January 2012
Forecasting the Future In today’s environment of rapidly fluctuating markets, it takes shrewd planning to forecast seed demand, and John Latham of Latham Hi-Tech takes this seriously in his business. […]
Industry News – January 2012
People News S&W Seed Company has announced that Matthew Szot has been elected as the company’s senior vice president and full-time chief financial officer effective immediately. Previously, Szot served […]
Lessons From Licensors
Lessons from Licensors Seed World spoke with three genetic providers about licensing, access to genetics and the opportunities they are most excited about. Tim Johnson is the president of SGI […]
Forcasting the Future
With North American commodity markets as unpredictable as the weather and an increase in the use of technology impacting the business landscape, retailers and seed companies are having to keep […]
Seed World Since 1915
Since 1915: Looking Back in History 1915 Honesty in the Seed Business There is probably no other business where honesty plays such an important part as the seed business. The […]