Bayer CropScience
Lamar Buckelew, Global Stewardship Manager for Bayer CropScience
ASTA and BIO
“What we’re trying to do is accomplish the same goal and that is to establish best management practices for the industry.”
ASTA’s Stewardship Initiative
“This guide is intended to help smaller companies … set up their own best practices.”
Defining Stewardship
“Stewardship has been practiced since the beginning of the seed industry…”
Using the Guide
“…Give them a framework or structure upon which they can build.”
Voluntary Participation
“Neither of these guides that are being produced are meant to be prescriptive…”
Why Stewardship?
“Everyone does not have a stewardship program – it might not be as defined and structured as what we’re outlining in these guides but everyone wants to produce a quality product.”
