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 […]
Regulatroy Roundup
National DuPont Asserts Patent Infringement Against MonsantoDuPont has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto for violating a United States patent protecting a novel seed production technique. The lawsuit was filed in […]
New Tools Speeding Genetic Progress
New Tools Speeding Genetic Progress New lab-based businesses supporting the seed industry are helping lighten the workload. The seed industry is benefitting from an explosion of lab-based businesses which provide […]
Top 10 of 2011
Seed World’s Pick: See which article the editor of Seed World thinks had the most impact in 2011! 1. The Mice Become Mightier The world’s biggest seed companies are […]
Top 10 of 2012
1. 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 […]
Champions of Independence
Champions of Independence Anticipating the Next Play Considering the rapid evolutionary pace of the seed industry, it’s no longer good enough to just peer into the future. Much like a […]
Feature Articles
Champions of Independence Considering the rapid evolutionary pace of the seed industry, it’s no longer good enough to just peer into the future. Much like a football team needs to […]
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, economic and social benefits, making the technology […]
Food Fight
The Global Crop Diversity Trust explains the link between changing weather patterns and food riots. Every year, in a tradition dating to the 1940s, thousands gather in the Spanish town […]
year in review
Now is the Time for fruit and veggies“Now that the president has signed First Lady Michelle Obama’s child nutrition bill into law, and with debate beginning in early 2011 on […]
Patent Reform in the United States…
U.S. patent law has not experienced comprehensive changes in the past 60 years. However, the world of U.S. patents changed as we know it on September 16, 2011, when President […]
Expiration Date
**The following article raises many questions around patent expiration. A lot of work is being done on this issue by industry so watch for more on this topic and the […]
Yukon Gold named 2011 Seed of the Year
Yukon Gold potatoes have been named the 2011 Seed of the Year by the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association. Learn more about this award-winning potato variety.
Giant Views of the Industry: Part Two
Back to part one… Giant Views of the Industry continued…. Independents Face New ChallengesThe increase in the use of new technologies and resulting evolution of the seed industry also brings […]