b'CANADA ON THE WORLD SEED STAGETHREE CANADIANS NOW HOLD MAJOR LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE AMERICASMarc ZienkiewiczEDITORSTHREE MAJOR SEED ASSOCIATIONS in the Americas NOTE: This storynow have Canadians at the helm of their boards.is the second in aQuebecs Georges Chauss, the new presi-series showcasingdent of the Canadian Seed Trade Association Canadas leadership(CSTA), is now joined by two other fellow on the world seedCanadians holding important seed trade leader-stage and its role inship positions: Wayne Gale of Ontarios Stokes helping shape globalSeeds is the new president of the American Seed policy in an effortTrade Association (ASTA) while Scott Horner of to better feed theAlbertas HyTech Production serves as presidentFrom left: Scott Horner, Georges Chauss and Wayne Gale. world. For the firstof the Seed Association of the Americas (SAA). Photo courtesy Brenda Traskentry in this series,Chauss took the reins of the CSTA board at see germination.ca/ the associations annual meeting in Whistler, B.C.,and Leadership Development Conference held in canadian-pbr-is-a- in June. He serves as seed service director forDenver, Colorado.model-for-the-world/ Sollio Agriculture, formerly known as the agricul- In taking the gavel, Gale said: Just as our ture division of La Coop fdre. industry always has, I am confident that we will Hes been involved with the CSTA for 20continue to rise up and evolve to meet the chal-years. He steps into the presidents role at a cru- lenges of today, and tomorrow, with new and cial time when the Seed Synergy Collaborationinnovative solutions for farmers and consumers. Projectof which the CSTA is one of five dedi- This will require us to think differently than cated seed association membersis enteringin the past 50 years, and it will require us to into a new phase and working to design a singleembrace new ideas for the path forward.national seed organization for the country. Horner, general manager of HyTech We all have one thing in commonbuild- Production, has been president of the SAA since ing a prosperous industry. Realizing were all2017. The main purposes of the SAA are to edu-95% alike, thats a big win, he says. In the pastcate and support development, marketing and we might have seen each other as having sofree movement of the seed within the continent many differences in mandates and customers andand advocate for seed industry legislation and the like, but we are all part of the same valueregulation issues as to ensure plant property chain with the same goals at the end of the day. rights. He is featured in this edition of Retail Gale serves as ASTA chair for the 2019-20 yearRoundtable on page 28. after being passed the gavel at ASTAs 2019 Policywith files from Julie DeeringSEPTEMBER 2019GERMINATION.CA 21'