Episodes

In our new Eye on Business podcast episode, Trevor Nysetvold and Holly Gelech of Alberta’s SGS BioVision offer insights on what the new year will bring in terms of seed health and how your business could benefit from testing seed in-storage. Hosted by Marc Zienkiewicz Seed analysts be thought of as diagnostic doctors, diagnosing the health of your most precious input. As a new year begins, the “physicians” at SGS BioVision are advising you bring your seed in for more than just its routine check...

The outgoing president of the Canadian Seed Trade Association reflects on his 12 months helming the board and explains his favourite analogy for the Seed Synergy Collaboration Project. The post For Todd Hyra, Seed Synergy is Like Building a New Seed Plant appeared first on Seed World.

Trevor Nysetvold and Holly Gelech of SGS BioVision talk to Marc Zienkiewicz about how the company’s seed testing services are expanding due in part to its recent International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) accreditation. The post Why SGS BioVision’s Services Continue to Expand appeared first on Seed World.

10 years ago, France brought together its six seed associations to form the Union Française des Semenciers, the French seed association. We talk with Franck Berger, CEO of Limagrain Vegetable Seeds, on how that happened and how understanding an old French saying was the key to doing it. Also, he talks about how Limagrain Vegetable Seeds knits together people and cultures to help it be successful. The post Chacun voit midi à sa porte: Franck Berger on how France’s Seed Industry Came Together app...

It can often seem like the international trade scene is one of constant disruption. The best weapon in your arsenal is knowledge. In this webinar, four speakers with experience in international trade and regulatory matters will give you some valuable information and lessons learned during their own careers on how to survive and thrive in a sometimes unpredictable global marketplace. During this webinar you will receive: -A high-level snapshot of the international trade climate, especially with ...

Growing up in Victoria, B.C., David Hansen didn’t see himself in agribusiness. In fact, he had no understanding or appreciation of agriculture. His destiny was in law enforcement and the RCMP. “When I graduated high school, I was in fact too young to apply to the RCMP. I went to Saskatchewan for a brief holiday, that included time with relatives who owned a small family farm in the Melfort area. This first-ever experience of the farm at harvest literally set the stage for what would become a li...

Germination presents a series of stories on the 20 most influential people in the seed sector in 2018. Want to nominate someone for 2019? Email mzienkiewicz@issuesink.com with the subject line “Top 20 nomination”! Trevor Heck has some big shoes to fill — but given his background in helping people develop themselves and their businesses into success stories, he’s the perfect person to fill them. Heck has taken over for the recently-retired Jay Bradshaw as president of Syngenta Canada and is rea...

Germination presents a series of stories on the 20 most influential people in the seed sector in 2018. Want to nominate someone for 2019? Email mzienkiewicz@issuesink.com with the subject line “Top 20 nomination”! As our industry works to design a next-generation seed regulatory system for Canada via the Seed Synergy Collaboration Project, Wendy Jahn can feel the weight of the responsibility on her shoulders. As national manager of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Seed Section, she’s respo...

Germination presents a series of stories on the 20 most influential people in the seed sector in 2018. Want to nominate someone for 2019? Email mzienkiewicz@issuesink.com with the subject line “Top 20 nomination”! To quote fictional anchorman Ron Burgundy, what Tom Steve is currently working on is — in wheat circles — kind of a big deal. If it comes to fruition, it could serve to rock the very foundations of western Canadian agriculture and change the way farmers think about cereals. Steve, ge...

Germination presents a series of stories on the 20 most influential people in the seed sector in 2018. Want to nominate someone for 2019? Email mzienkiewicz@issuesink.com with the subject line “Top 20 nomination”! Greg Stokke knows the secret to being a great leader: surround yourself with talented, creative people and then get out of their way. “I will lay out the vision and point out the path, but I’m not going to tell people how to get to the end point,” says Stokke, Western Canada area lea...

Germination presents a series of stories on the 20 most influential people in the seed sector in 2018. Want to nominate someone for 2019? Email mzienkiewicz@issuesink.com with the subject line “Top 20 nomination”! Garth Hodges says dreams are like seeds — they start small, you plant them into the minds of people, you nurture them and don’t give up on them. One of his dreams was Bayer Crop Science’s InVigor¬® pod shatter reduction technology, which went into development in 2000 and launched 14 y...

Germination presents a series of stories on the 20 most influential people in the seed sector in 2018. Want to nominate someone for 2019? Email mzienkiewicz@issuesink.com with the subject line “Top 20 nomination”! Jason Reinheimer isn’t shy about giving his predictions on the future of western Canadian agriculture. One of those predictions is that wheat will soon overtake canola as the West’s biggest money crop. “In the next five years we’re going to see major shifts in our wheat industry, and...

Germination presents a series of stories on the 20 most influential people in the seed sector in 2018. Want to nominate someone for 2019? Email mzienkiewicz@issuesink.com with the subject line “Top 20 nomination”! These days, Brenda Trask is known by many as the communications manager for SeCan. The owner of communications company Brenda Trask and Associates has become known as not only an effective communicator and brand-builder, but as the seed sector’s memory-maker. Her influence extends to...

Germination presents a series of stories on the 20 most influential people in the seed sector in 2018. Want to nominate someone for 2019? Email mzienkiewicz@issuesink.com with the subject line “Top 20 nomination”! Developing a brand is no easy task. There’s a lot involved, and no one knows that better than Jeff Reid. The former researcher sits at the helm of SeCan as its general manager, and in a world where the corporate sphere often dominates, he has taken the SeCan brand to unprecedented he...

Germination presents a series of stories on the 20 most influential people in the seed sector in 2018. Want to nominate someone for 2019? Email mzienkiewicz@issuesink.com with the subject line “Top 20 nomination”! As someone whose job it is to safeguard the intellectual property (IP) of plant breeders, you might consider Lorne Hadley to be the plant breeder’s patron saint. As executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency, Hadley leads the action agency working to ensure intellectua...

Germination presents a series of stories on the 20 most influential people in the seed sector in 2018. Want to nominate someone for 2019? Email mzienkiewicz@issuesink.com with the subject line “Top 20 nomination”! Iris Meck might not work directly in the seed industry, but that’s not stopping her from having a big influence on it. Meck, owner of Iris Meck Communications, is helping put the seed sector’s women in the spotlight by creating the Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference that takes...

Participants will learn about: • The latest in soybean research • New soybean varieties for the Prairies • How you can advise grower customers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta who are thinking of growing soybeans Speakers: • Tom Warkentin, Professor, Ministry of Agriculture Strategic Research Program Chair, University of Saskatchewan • Elroy Cober, Research Scientist, Soybean Breeding and Genetics, AAFC • Brad Pinkerton, Manitoba Marketing Representative, SeCan Sponsored by: SeCan, Canter...

Johan Van Asbrouck of Thailand’s Rhino Research, which seeks to become the global technology provider for the seed industry, sits down with us at the triennial conference of the International Society for Seed Science in Monterey, Calif., to discuss his thoughts on the big issues he feels the industry needs to tackle to be technologically successful in the future. The post To Ensure its Success, the Seed Industry Must Deal with These 3 Issues appeared first on Seed World.

• How education of both you and your customers is crucial to good stewardship. • How to understand grower needs to ensure good stewardship once seed leaves your facility. • The latest operational standards for retail facilities. Featured Speakers: Peter Entz, Assistant Vice-President of Seed and Trade, Richardson International Sarah Foster, President, 20/20 Seed Labs Russel Hurst, Vice President, Sustainability and Stewardship, CropLife Canada The post A Retailer’s Guide to Properly Stewardi...

Germination editor Marc Zienkiewicz catches up with veteran Canadian journalist, speaker and author Don Newman to get his take on the Canadian ag industry._x000D_ _x000D_ http://germination.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Don-Newman.mp3 The post LISTEN: Talking Ag with Don Newman appeared first on Seed World.

Dave Carey, government affairs and policy director for the Canadian Seed Trade Association, speaks with Germination’s Marc Zienkiewicz about what the United States’ departure from the Trans-Pacific Partnership means for the Canadian seed industry._x000D_ _x000D_ http://germination.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/TPP.mp3 The post LISTEN: What the U.S. Move on TPP Means for Canadian Seed appeared first on Seed World.

It has been a year since the Government of Ontario implemented regulations on the use of corn and sobyean seed treated with Neonicotinoid insecticides. How has industry responded? What has been the impact of the regulations on pollinators and on growers? What’s coming for the next growing season? What is happening in the rest of Canada? The post What’s the Buzz? An Assessment of Regulations on Insecticide Treated Seed, A Germination Strategy Session Webinar & Podcast appeared first on Seed Wor...

Syngenta’s acquisition by ChemChina has been an emotional process marked by regulatory hurdles, but company insiders say Syngenta will be better and stronger as a result. _x000D_ For Paul Minehart, April 30, 2015 was the day consolidation in the agriculture industry really began._x000D_ _x000D_ “I got a call from Bloomberg News saying, ‘Monsanto has made an offer to buy Syngenta. Would you like to comment on that?’” said Minehart, head of corporate communications, North America for Syngenta....

Two Canadian seed companies have joined forces and are showing — in an industry where mergers and acquisitions often steal headlines — that smaller, independent businesses are as relevant as ever. _x000D_ At its 2016/17 dealer launch held the last week of September in Winnipeg, Semences Prograin and Manitoba’s Quarry Seed came together to announce Quarry’s exclusive distribution of Prograin soybean varieties in Western Canada._x000D_ _x000D_ Founded in 2002, Quarry Seed has quickly become a ...