MARCH 2019 GERMINATION.CA 33 Nexeed Inc – Equipment solutions for Canadian grain & seed processors. Your Local Cimbria Dealer. Equipment sales, color sorters, spare parts, training, or plant design contact Nexeed to learn more. 204 982 3531 NEXEED.CA “The UPOV Office would like to thank the authorities in Canada and the United States of America for enabling the High-Level Study Tour to take place,” adds Leontino Taveira, UPOV’s technical and regional officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, who was also a participant on the tour. “We would also like to thank the individual organiza- tions in both countries that demonstrated the importance of the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention for promoting investments in plant breeding by small, medium and large- sized enterprises from the public and private sector.” Tour members Alejandro Hernandez, Translator; Diego Risso, Uruguay; Evandro Roman, Brazil; Luis Rangel, Brazil (standing on tractor); Alicia De Marcuard, Argentina; Joanne Ardell & Terry Ardell, Seed Grower; Mark Hermeling, U.S.; Anthony Parker, Canada; Marien Valstar, Netherlands; Peter Button, UPOV Office; Leobigildo Tellez, Mexico; Leontino Taveira, UPOV Office.