b'CONTENTS / DECEMBER 2019COLUMNS14 Agriculture and Farming are Evolving. How Should South America?34 Seed Innovation and Protection AllianceHow are innovation and intellectual property connected?92 International Agricultural Development102 Mixing underused crops into mainstream crops.144 Giant ViewsGlobal dialogue on plant breeding innovations brings Features,continued together farmers with overseas.96 Soybeans for Every ScenarioMore trait options mean greater opportunity to meet 2020 demand.102 Old Business with New FacesThe Western Seed Associations effort to reinvigorate dwindling membershipSpecial Sectionsand attendance.47 INSIDERS104 Change the Way You ManageExperts from around the seed industry and those Corn Rootworm who service it share their perspectives and provide As 2020 approaches, learn how to startrecommendations on everything from seed treatments fighting off that pesky corn rootwormto equipment and from engineering to content with new management practices. marketingwith the goal of helping you make better, more informed business decisions.108 Whats Your State of Mind?Mental health advocates are helping ensure an important conversation happens in Americas ag community. In Every Issue112 Seed as the SolutionIowa Seed Center focuses on seeds30 Strategyto solve global hunger and nutritionPrecision ag is continuously growing and changing, and deficits. experts say its important to stay on top of it to fully understand it.116 Stimulating InnovationHow the U.S. is revising its biotech130 Cross Pollinationregulations.131Regulatory Roundup120 Keeping the Pace!What says ASTA on the U.S. biotech132 World Statusrevision?134 Industry News122 Can Wheat Save the World?The wheat genome is way more142 Since 1915complex than the human genomecan we figure it out in time to feed a growing world population?6/ SEEDWORLD.COMDECEMBER 2019'