Seed World Podcast

The first International Wheat Congress will be held in Saskatoon, Sask., from July 21-26, 2019. The Congress is the first meeting of its kind. It will include a balanced program encompassing six areas of wheat research. The program consists of joint plenary sessions and concurrent sessions, with over 100 invited speakers presenting. Hermann Bürstmayr, professor […]

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is dedicated to abolishing poverty and hunger among people and populations that depend on rice-based agri-food systems. Remy Bitoun, head of IRRI tech transfer, sits down with Marc Zienkiewicz to talk about how the global seed industry can contribute to bolstering rice in the developing world and beyond.

The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) recognized Blake Curtis of Curtis & Curtis Inc. and John Duesing of Corteva Agriscience with its Lifetime Honorary Member Award during the Policy and Leadership Development Conference in Denver, Colo. The award is one of the highest awards given out by the association and recognizes individuals for untiring service […]

From June 5-6, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the University of California, Davis, teamed up to tackle an important topic: food safety. At the Breeding Crops for Enhanced Food Safety Conference, Alex Martin sat down with Maeli Melotto, one of the creators and organizers of the event and an associate professor […]

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the University of California, Davis, teamed up to tackle an important topic: food safety. At the Breeding Crops for Enhanced Food Safety Conference, Alex Martin sat down with Marilyn Warburton, a research geneticist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service’s (USDA-ARS) Corn Host Plant […]

One research firm set out to better understand the psychology of the farmers who are most likely to lead the industry in 2040 and the implications for retailers and those who seek to serve them. If you had a crystal ball to look 20-plus years into the future, would you? Sometimes knowing the future can […]

One Leader’s Strategy for Successful Employee Engagement and Retention. Does your company struggle with employee engagement? If so, you’re not alone. Only 13% of employees worldwide are engaged at work, according to a Gallup study at the start of the decade on the State of the Global Workplace. In the United States, that percentage bumps […]

When it comes to confident nematode management, many US soybean, corn and cotton producers will confront a heightened level of risk due to two predominant factors. 1) Populations of host-damaging nematodes continue to spread in key growing regions. 2) Some of the most damaging nematodes, such as soybean cyst nematode (SCN), are beginning to overcome resistant […]

This past week, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and University of California, Davis, teamed up to tackle an important topic: food safety. At the Breeding Crops for Enhanced Food Safety Conference, Alex Martin sat down with Gail Taylor, a professor and chair of the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of […]

International Seed Federation president Eduard Fito talks to us about wrapping up his first year as ISF president and his fondest memory of working in the family business, Semillas Fito, of which he is now director of corporate affairs and business development.