Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 6052 GERMINATION.CA MARCH 2017 TheHeadlinesBusiness | People | Policy | Product | Research Submissions welcome: news@issuesink.com BUSINESS FEDS FUND ACCURATE TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCERS The Trudeau government announced a repayable contri- bution of $470,000 to help a Quebec company to com- mercialize a laser-based soil analysis system that replaces more traditional chemical analyses. This funding to Logiag Inc. will allow the company to introduce to the market laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), a technology that allows for faster and more accurate data at lower cost. The goal is to provide producers with the exact amount of fertilizer needed and thereby avoid the overuse of chemicals.  MONSANTO’S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE PROGRESSES Monsanto Company announced the progress the company has made across its research and development pipeline during the past year. The company’s platforms support solutions that reduce the footprint of global ag production through better harvests, protect harvests from increas- ing threats and deliver continuous improvement to global ag production. A few of these components include the BioAg Alliance, Climate FieldView and Higher-Yielding Corn. Additionally, there’s the continued development of NemaStrike Technology, research to promote the health of honeybees, next-generation insect and weed control technologies, and research that aims to curb the effects of disease on vegetables and row crops, including Downy Mildew-Resistant Lettuce and the DEKALB Disease Shield TM corn hybrids platform. SYNGENTA SOFTWARE Syngenta chose NRGene’s GenoMAGIC cloud-based software package for more comprehensive evaluations to accelerate trait discovery and breeding across diverse crops. The GenoMAGIC software analyzes unlimited vol- umes of genomic data, identifying broad sequence poly- morphisms and haplotypes. This enables scientists and breeders to easily relate genomic sequences with benefi- cial traits, making genomic selection and trait mapping much more productive. Data use is accelerated, making breeding both faster and more cost effective. LICENSING AGREEMENT FOR MONSANTO Monsanto Company announced it reached a new global licensing agreement with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for the use of the novel CRISPR-Cpf1 genome- editing technology in agriculture. The CRISPR-Cpf1 system represents an exciting advance in genome-editing technology, because it has potential to be a simpler and more precise tool for making targeted improvements in a cell’s DNA when compared to the CRISPR-Cas9 system. PEOPLE SYNERGYAG WELCOMES GREG NYBERG Greg Nyberg has joined SynergyAG as the location manager for Provost, Alta. “We are proud to have Greg on our team with his depth, com- mitment and knowledge he brings to agriculture,” said Brad Hanmer, president and CEO of SynergyAG. “He is widely known in the Provost and surrounding area by producers for his dedication to them and his community.” SynergyAG is an inde- pendent chain of agricultural retail locations focusing on seed genetics, crop nutrition, crop protection and agronomy services. The Provost loca- tion will operate out of temporary facilities as construction gets under- way for the new permanent invest- ment in spring 2017. JOHN SORBY BRINGS EXPERIENCE TO THUNDER SEED Thunder Seed has named John Sorby as its new sales director. Sorby brings Monsanto Company has reached a new licensing agreement for the use of the novel CRISPR-Cpf1 genome-editing technology. “WEARE PROUDTOHAVE GREGONOUR TEAMWITH HISDEPTH, COMMITMENT AND KNOWLEDGE HEBRINGSTO AGRICULTURE.”