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 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128 Page 129 Page 130 Page 131 Page 132 Page 133 Page 134 Page 135 Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148“We support the International Seed Federation in its strategy and work with plant variety protection regulators here in South America, encouraging governments to have a UPOV 91 like seed act. If we can work together regionally and gain consensus, that’s much easier than working globally — 11 versus 80. We can use these smaller discussions to build consensus and then grow the ideas out from there.” — Diego Risso, Seed Association of the Americas executive director “Cover crops are here to stay. Anticipating what farmers need and then breeding to that need, kind of like precision ag, except, we are doing it in a sector that hasn’t really thought of it that way before. There is an educational challenge associated with these new cover crops. Part of it is understanding that these aren’t your grand- pa’s cover crops. People think cereal, rye, oats and some of the more commodity things. There are some amazing products out there that can meet very specific needs and goals, and part of that is getting everyone at the table. One of the comments I heard … is that you really need to think of cover crops as an input, as opposed to this thing that’s on the side.” — Risa DeMasi, Grassland Oregon founding partner “THE THING THAT EXCITES ME IS THE NEW TOOLS THAT ARE COMING AVAILABLE, in particular the new tools of big data, precision agriculture and predictability. When I was a young plant breeder, our world was big. Our responsibility was to somehow put these breeding populations together, create variability, look at them and come up with an advance or no advance decision. My world existed of about 10 basic traits that we looked at. But if you think about all the possible genes, all the possible environmental impacts on those genes, we were really making those decisions off of millions of data points, even the ones we couldn’t see. Now with the predictive analytics and the big data opportunities, we have a chance to bring many more data points together so that we can see more and use it in predictive breeding.” — Don Blackburn, Dow AgroSciences global seeds and traits research and development leader Universal Coating Systems is dedicated to your seed coating needs. OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE with equipment design, manufacturing and installation on every continent on the globe. From the smallest laboratory system to complete large-scale seed coating plants. For all your seed needs, we’ve got you covered. CONTACT: Dave Waldo c: 503-507-3499 » p: 503-838-6568 e: dave@universalcoating.net » www.ucoatsystems.com POLYMERS & COLORANTS » Seed coating polymers that provide a smooth, even coverage » Many color offerings. Give your coated seed a natural appearance with UNICOAT NUDE® » Custom blending