b'The Headlines Business | People | Policy | Product | ResearchSubmissions welcome: news@issuesink.comBUSINESS PRODUCTNEW MILL TO PRODUCE OAT PRODUCTS FOR THE WORLD MARKETSEED WORLD LAUNCHES DIGITAL PLATFORM TO HELP SEED Paterson GlobalFoods has announced it is building a newPROFESSIONALS ADVANCEoat mill in Manitoba. The facility will be located on theThe team behind Seed World pulled back the curtain on companys 600 acres adjacent to its existing inland grain ter- a new digital platform, Seed World PRO, to help profes-minal and ancillary businesses in northwest Winnipeg. Thesionals in the seed industry grow their skill sets, build new mill, to be known as O Foods Ltd., will process up tobusiness and navigate the complexities of the market. We 250,000 metric tonnes of raw oats from western Canadianhave surveyed hundreds of seedsmen and women and farmers every year. Construction will begin immediately. the one resounding message we kept hearing was, We dont need more information, we need the right infor-PRIDE SEEDS MARKS 70 YEARS mation, says Shawn Brook, Seed World publisher and PRIDE Seeds officially kicked off its 70th anniversary with apresident of Issues Ink. With Seed World PRO, we are cake-cutting at Canadas Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock,stepping up to the challenge and bringing people together Ont. Doug Alderman, vice-president of sales and marketing,online and providing learning opportunities.said that while the company has been successful in a com- Built on three pillars, Seed World PRO members can petitive marketplace by leading with the latest in seed tech- access actionable content, address concerns in a private nology and innovation, PRIDE Seeds has never strayed toonetworking group and access a panel of industry experts far from its roots. The companys corporate offices remainthrough the advisory board. Theres also a concierge in Pain Court, Ont., where company founder Napoleonservice for quick questions and information requests. Nap King first began growing corn hybrids developed inInterested individuals can sign up for a 14-day free trial at the American Midwest, back in the 1930s. It wasnt untilwww.seedworld.com/pro1950 that the PRIDE Seeds name was officially established in Canada. RESEARCHSCIENTISTS TRACK THE INVASION OF HERBICIDE-RESISTANT WEED SYNGENTA ANNOUNCES NEW CORN BREEDING FACILITYINTO CANADASyngenta introduced a new $30 million Trait ConversionA team including scientists from the University of Acceleratora highly-automated controlled environmentIllinois has identified the ways in which glyphosate-corn breeding facilityat its R&D and seed productionresistant waterhemp has emerged in corn and soybean facility in Nampa, Idaho. The Nampa facility will housefields in southwestern Ontario. In a study published in the capabilities and capacity to bring choice in traits toProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team corn growers, the company said.says that glyphosate resistance, first detected in Ontario in 2010, has spread thanks to two mechanisms: first, pollen PEOPLE and seeds of resistant plants are physically dispersed by CHRIS CHURKO CHOSEN AS NEW CEO OF FP GENETICS wind, water, and other means; second, resistance has Former Alliance Seed general manager Chris Churkoappeared through the spontaneous emergence of resist-has taken the reins as chief executive officer of theance mutations that then spread. Regina-based FP Genetics. Churko takes over for RodThe researchers found evidence of both mecha-Merryweather, who has retired. nisms by comparing the genomes of herbicide-resistant waterhemp plants from Midwestern U.S. farms with the ROGER ROTARIU TO LEAD NUSEED ENTRY INTO NORTH AMERICANgenomes of plants from southern Ontario. From a practi-CANOLA MARKET cal standpoint, the study adds insights into what farmers Roger Rotariu has joined Nuseeds Calgary-based teamneed to do to reduce the occurrence of herbicide-resistant as Nuseed North American marketing lead. His priorityweeds in their own fields. Patrick Tranel, professor in the will be Nuseeds introduction into the Canadian and U.S.Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois canola markets. He will also lead the marketing strategyand study co-author says, Not only should farmers be for Nuseeds North American sunflower, omega-3 canolausing crop rotations and multiple effective herbicides with and sorghum business units. He started in 2014 withdifferent modes of action to delay resistance, but also they Nufarm, Nuseeds parent company, as the Western Canadamust be vigilant so that new resistant biotypes, and even marketing manager and was most recently Nufarm port- new weed species, dont move into their fields. Source: folio and customer marketing manager, responsible forACES Research. Canadian and North American cereal portfolios. He is also a current director on the board of the Canadian Seed Trade Association. 62GERMINATION.CA NOVEMBER 2019'