Better Seed, Better Life Podcast

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. Some of the things that were discussed at this year’s conference included the emergence of the hemp seed market, a peek behind the curtain of biologicals, the ever-essential Agricultural Economic Forecast report by Dan Basse – and so much more. This episode highlights some of the many things that took place during the conference. Listen in now to interviews with Andy LaVigne, ASTA’s CEO and President, ASTA’s First Vice Chair John Latham of Latham Hi-Tech Seeds and ASTA’s Second Vice Chair, Brad May, with BASF.

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While in Chicago at the 2019 CSS & Seed Expo Conference, it was announced that an agreement on USMCA had been reached. Enjoy this policy hot take with ASTA’s Abigail Struxness, Senior Director of International Programs and Virginia Houston, Director of Government Relations, as they walk through what agreement was reached, what it means for the seed industry, the timeline moving forward and how you take action.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Virginia to get in contact with your elected Member of Congress of their staff at [email protected].

If you are interested in lobbying yourself, ASTA members can join the Storm The Hill event in Washington DC on April 22n or contact us to get involved with lobbying today.

Send us an email at [email protected] with any questions, comments, stories or ideas you have for future episodes. We’d love to hear from you! Subscribe today to be notified of each episode release.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, you can find us by searching @better_seed and check out our website betterseed.org for more info on this podcast and world of seeds.

Thank you for listening to Better Seed Better Life Podcast! Today we will be tuning into a pre-recorded webinar that Virginia Houston, ASTA’s Director of Government Relations, gave in May of 2019. In just 15 minutes you learn the who, what, where, when and why to lobbying. Enjoy this webinar and Q&A session with Virginia Houston.

If you are interested in lobbing yourself, ASTA members can join the Storm The Hill event in Washington DC this coming April or contact us to get involved with lobbying today.

Send us an email at [email protected] with any questions, comments, stories or ideas you have for future episodes. We’d love to hear from you! Subscribe today to be notified of each episode release.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, you can find us by searching @better_seed and check out our website betterseed.org for more info on this podcast and world of seeds.

Thank you for listening to Better Seed Better Life Podcast! Today we will be tuning into a pre-recorded webinar that Ellen Zimmerman gave on how to get involved with ASTA and a quick overview of our strategic focus areas. If you have questions about how to get involved, please don’t hesitate to email [email protected] and we will get you plugged in!

To find a full list of our divisions, committees and working groups go to http://www.betterseed.org/committees.

Send us an email at [email protected] with any questions, comments, stories or ideas you have for future episodes. We’d love to hear from you! Subscribe today to be notified of each episode release.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, you can find us by searching @better_seed and check out our website betterseed.org for more info on this podcast and world of seeds.

The American Seed Trade Association has launched a new podcast. The Better Seed Better Life Podcast is a podcast about the world of seeds and focuses on state and federal policy issues, international efforts and interviews seed experts about other important industry topics.  It is geared toward seed professionals but anyone with an interest in the agricultural industry will enjoy our guests and topics.

Fans of the podcast can contact ASTA staff via email at [email protected] to provide feedback and ideas for the podcast, or to become a guest on the show.

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