CSGA 2012 | Giant Views 2012
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CSTA 89th Annual Meeting 2012 | Giant Views 2012
Dr. Surya Acharya, Forage Breeder, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Station sits down with Germination magazine to discuss the key to his success as a plant breeder as well as […]
2011 Giant Views Christoph Goppelsroeder
_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Syngenta Crop Protection AG_x000D_ _x000D_ Christoph Goppelsroeder Global Head Seed Care_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Christoph Goppelsroeder, global head of seed care for […]
2011 Giant Views Darrell Maddox
_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Endless Sky Partners, LLC_x000D_ _x000D_ Darrell A. Maddox Managing Director_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Darrell A. Maddox started Endless Sky Partners. Here he […]
2011 Giant Views JanWillem Breukink
_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ INCOTEC_x000D_ _x000D_ JanWillem Breukink President & CEO_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ JanWillem Breukink, President and CEO of INCOTEC, talks about some new products […]
2011 Giant Views Thomas Hughes
_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Verdant Partners LLC_x000D_ _x000D_ Thomas F. Hughes Partner_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Thomas Hughes, partner at Verdant Partners, discusses the increased acceptance of […]
CSTA 2011 Giant Views – Patty Townsend
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CSTA 2011 Giant Views – Norm Dreger
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CSTA 2011 Giant Views – Jim Bagshaw
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CSTA 2011 Giant Views – Jim McCullagh
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2011 Giant Views Ron Markert
CSGA – AGM 2012 Ron Markert, Markert Seeds CSGA’s Annual General Meeting in 2012 Ron Markert, speaks about why should people come to Alberta for this year’s meeting. Stampede’s 100th […]
CSTA 2011 Annual Meeting
SyngentaNorm Dreger, Head of Cereals North America Syngenta Seeds Canada, Inc.Jim Bagshaw, National Seeds Marketing Manager Hendrick SeedsJim McCullagh, Vice-President Business Development FP GeneticsDebbie Stiles, General Manager The Donald Cooper […]
CSTA
Partners in Innovation: Canada as a Competitive, Prosperous World Leader to Feed a Hungry World In the next 50 years, the world’s farmers will have to produce as much food […]
CSGA
Plant Breeding in Canada It’s been almost 110 years since a small group of pioneers conceived a plan for seed competitions, which grew into the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association. Their […]
2011 AWARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT
CSGA Award Winners Honourary Life Awards Colleen Acres was raised on a dairy, sheep and crop farm south of Ottawa. She and her husband, Dwayne Bazinet, and sons Mitchell, Taylor […]
A SHIFT IN WHEAT
Study shows more western Canadian wheat growers are buying certified seed. A recent study completed by Blacksheep Strategy revealed a shift towards increased certified wheat seed usage in Western Canada. This […]
NUTRITION MAKES THE NEWS
Concerns over the malnutrition of one billion people globally is putting this health issue front and centre on the world stage, but the nutrition challenge cannot be solved solely by […]
FIELDS OF BLUE
Gordon Rowland is honoured for his decades of work in breeding successful, widely-grown flax varieties. Flax is often overlooked in lists of the top crops in Western Canada, but thanks in […]
International Edition Features Seed World International 2011
SEED WORLD INTERNATIONAL EDITION 2011 An International VoiceThe International Seed Federation has been hard at work since last year’s World Seed Congress… An International Voice The International Seed Federation has […]
By The Numbers
INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT IRELAND’S AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY. 90percent—The amount of protein feed for Ireland’s livestock that comes from soy and maize by-products produced in North and South America. 8.5percent—The […]
SAVING SEED FOR THE FUTURE
A growing seed vault at Svalbard might be the key to Earth’s food security. Lying halfway between Norway’s northern coast and the North Pole, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, nicknamed […]
KEEPING TRACK OF GLOBAL INFORMATION
Gathering information is easy, but sorting through it is tougher. Information overload is a common complaint. If you have a computer with internet access, you can gather facts and figures, […]
PLANTS DO IT TOO
The Global Crop Diversity Trust urges the industry to educate people on the power of plant breeding. Recently I was being interviewed over the phone by a journalist and was […]
EXPANDING THE TOOLKIT
SEED COMPANIES ARE REACHING OUT TO GROWERS THROUGH VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA AVENUES. Seed companies around the world have another tool in their public relations toolkit. Social media tactics such as […]
THE SECOND SIEGE
Late in the summer of 1941, Abraham Kameraz and Olga Voskresenskaia were harvesting potatoes. Frantically. Scientists specializing in the tubers, they oversaw the Soviet Union’s vast breeding-stock collection of 6000 […]
A DYING BREED
The number of candidates entering breeding programs is decreasing around the world. What will this mean for the seed industry in the years to come? Developing new varieties of plants […]
THE MICE BECOME MIGHTIER
NEW TRAITS ARE BEGINNING TO FLOW FROM OTHER COMPANIES—NOT JUST THE BIG SIX. SMALL AND MID-SIZE TRAIT DEVELOPERS ARE FORGING PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL THE BIG SEED COMPANIES, AND IT IS […]
EUROPE’S DEBATE ON GMOS
Is the EU really starting to move on genetically modified crops? The debate around the European Union’s policy on genetically modified organisms continues, with a flurry of activity and announcements […]
Seed Industry Applauds Adoption of International Treaties
The outcomes from last October’s biodiversity and biosafety meetings in Nagoya, Japan are welcomed by the international plant science industry. Historic decisions adopted at the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit, as well […]
SEED HEALTH AND TRADE ISSUES
A need for global harmonization. Seed companies in today’s global environment need to be aware of many different types of seed trade regulations around the world. These regulations can be […]
NUTRITION MAKES NEWS
Concerns over the malnutrition of one billion people globally is putting this health issue front and center on the world stage, but the nutrition challenge cannot be solved solely by […]
NOVEL FOOD, NEW BREEDING TECHNIQUES, GMOS . . .
Is there any future for innovation in Europe’s agriculture industry? On behalf of the European Seed Association, we are very excited for the 2011 World Seed Congress in Belfast, Ireland. […]
AN INTERNATIONAL VOICE
What has the International Seed Federation been working on since Calgary? The CongressThe annual ISF World Seed Congress is the major event for the global seed industry. Between 1,200 and […]
SEED HEALTH AND SEED TRADE ISSUES
A need for global harmonization. Seed companies in today’s global environment need to be aware of many different types of seed trade regulations around the world. These regulations can be […]
Current Issue
Seed World June 2011 Boosting Seed’s Natural Properties Seeding Innovation Watch the Channel Sowing the Seed of Success 110 Minutes—An Unprecedented Opportunity Boosting Seed’s Natural Properties The seed enhancement […]
February 2011 Issue
Seed World February 2011 Tomato Breeding Takes Off Staying Off the Shelf Seed Industry Applauds Adoption of International Treaties A Seed Brokerage Success Story