Cross Pollination | July 2012
EU: Patent ExemptionsThe European Parliament wants to protect European breeders from excessive patent protection, which it believes could stifle innovation and progress. In a non-binding resolution adopted at the start […]
Awards of Achievement | July 2012
CSGA AWARD WINNERS Honourary Life Membership AwardsRobert Graf began his career in 1987 with the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. He has headed Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s winter wheat breeding program at the […]
Seed Treatment: A tool for Sustainable Agriculture | July 2012
Seed Treatment: A Tool for Sustainable Agriculture Seed treatment technology has come a long way since the use of salt brine in the mid-1600s. Today seed treatments deliver clear environmental, […]
Boosting Seed’s Natural Properties | July 2012
Boosting Seed’s Natural Properties North American companies are developing, testing and marketing new technologies to improve the performance of seed. Seed enhancements are commonplace in North American agriculture—they are designed to […]
Forage Finesse | July 2012
Forage Finesse When Dr. Surya Acharya talks about forage crops, producers listen—intently. The many cultivars he’s developed have profoundly changed the forage crop landscape across Western Canada. Now the recipient […]
Industry News – June 2012
Industry News is geared to seed professionals and delivers the people, industry, business and product news you need to know. Submissions are welcome. Email us at news@issuesink.com. PEOPLE NEWS BASF […]
Giant Views, Mike Gumina
See More About Giant Views of the Industry… Make Your Voice Heard Over the past year as chairman, I have been impressed by the tremendous number of issues the American […]
IPR Makeover
IPR Makeover Updating intellectual property rights laws stimulates investment and innovation while providing striking benefits for farmers in developing countries. Countries worldwide are making progress on protecting intellectual property rights, […]
Taking The Reins
Taking the Reins Blake Curtis is a fourth generation New Mexican with long-standing ties to the seed industry. Curtis was raised on the same ranch his ancestors homesteaded in the […]
Celebrating A Quarter-Century
Celebrating a Quarter-Century The American Seed Trade Association Management Academy, held each spring in partnership with Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business, celebrated its twenty-fifth birthday this year—and […]
Say It Like It Is
Say It Like It Is The Global Crop Diversity Trust continues to make strides in securing food security in the United States and worldwide. U.S. President Harry Truman was renowned […]
Preparing for Patent Expiration
Preparing for Patent Expiration The seed industry aims to ease the transition of seed technology once patents expire. During the past year and a half, a core group of individuals […]
Five-Star Seed Attractions
Five-Star Seed Attractions From freedom rides to tractor crankin’, members of the seed industry are showing their passionate sides by weaving hobbies and industry together and coming up with unique, […]
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
CSGA 2012 Annual_x000D_ General Meeting and Interprovincials_x000D_ Deerfoot Inn & Casino, Calgary, Alberta_x000D_ July 10-14, 2012_x000D_ _x000D_ REGISTER ONLINE HERE_x000D_ _x000D_ REGISTRATION FORM DOWNLOAD_x000D_ _x000D_ FORMULE D’INSCRIPTION DE L’ACPS_x000D_ _x000D_ […]
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 […]