Better Seed, Better Life Podcast

The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! Over the coming weeks you will get to know more about each our staff members and learn what issues they work on. This week we will be hearing from Director of State Government Affairs, Pat Miller.

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The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! Over the coming weeks you will get to know more about each our staff members and learn what issues they work on. This week we will be hearing from Senior Director, International Programs and Policy, Abigail Struxness.

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The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! Over the coming weeks you will get to know more about each our staff members and learn what issues they work on. This week we will be hearing from Senior Director of Seed Health and Trade, Dr. Ric Dunkle.

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The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! Over the coming weeks you will get to know more about each our staff members and learn what issues they work on. This week we will be hearing from Senior Vice President of Innovation, Dr. Bernice Slutsky.

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Here is a hot take on ASTA’s efforts as COVID-19 impacts sweep across the globe.

For the latest COVID-19 updates and policy impacting seed movement and availability, visit https://www.betterseed.org/covid-19/.

If you are experiencing impacts to your business or have questions or concerns please reach out to me, Ellen Zimmerman by email at [email protected]. Our staff is at the ready to help you.

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The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! Over the coming weeks you will get to know more about each our staff members and learn what issues they work on. First up is the Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Jane DeMarchi.

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The Better Seed Better Life podcast brings to you the American Seed Trade Association Meet The Staff series! Over the coming weeks you will get to know more about each our staff members and learn what issues they work on. First up is the CEO and President, Andy LaVigne.

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This is the last episode of the CSS recap series! Hemp has become a hot topic in the last year within agriculture. So, it is no surprise that we had a session dedicated to this issue. Listen in to the recorded hemp session with ASTA’s Hemp Working Group Chairwomen Wendy Mosher of New West Genetics.

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We are still recapping ASTA’s largest event each year! CSS has more than 2,500 seed industry professionals from 36 countries together for America’s largest seed industry conference! This episode highlights just a few of the outstanding students attended CSS. Listen in now to interviews with Julianne Kellogg with Washington State University, Tavin Schneider of Washington State University, Kiersten Bean of Iowa State University and Lauren Schreck of Purdue University.

Students had multiple opportunities to get involved at CSS outside of the regularly programmed sessions. The Seed Science Challenge hosted by the Seed Science Foundation was new this year and was an activity where Julianne and Tavin presented research findings on the emerging hemp industry. The Student Poster Contest is available to graduate students with research to present. 11 students participated and shared their findings with CSS attendees. There were exclusive student sessions about internships, mentoring and the seed industry career outlook. In addition to our nearly 20 student members in attendance, Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences brought 20 students to listen to sessions and explore the trading room floor.

If you know someone who might be interested in our student membership, please reach out to me, Ellen Zimmerman for more details on benefits and how to apply!

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More than 2,500 seed industry professionals from 36 countries came together for America’s largest seed industry conference! A time-honored tradition each December in Chicago, this year’s CSS & Seed Expo, held December 9-12, brought new opportunities to life with essential networking and educational opportunities to keep industry connections and career knowledge current. This episode highlights just a few of the outstanding exhibitors that were on the trading room floor during CSS. Listen in now to interviews with two new exhibitors SlantRange and Sony Images. Then, we will here from two of the 6 stops from the Seed Treatment Education Tour – Corteva and BASF. They will share not only what was highlighted during the tour but more about their booth.

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