JUNE 2017 SEEDWORLD.COM / 3 JUNE 2017 / THE INKERS MAIN OFFICE 1395-A S. Columbia Road PMB 360 Grand Forks, ND 58201-9907 SUBSCRIPTIONS Seed World is published six times a year. North American subscription rates are: one year USD $70, two years USD $120. The international rate for one year is USD $200. To subscribe, please email subscribe@issuesink.com. WANT MORE SEED WORLD? Follow us online at: facebook.com/SeedWorld twitter.com/seedworldmag SeedWorld.com Please recycle where facilities exist. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States. CONTRIBUTORS Joseph Byrum, Eloy Corona, Jerry Flint, Dick Hagen, Melissa Shipman, Dennis Thompson, Brian Wallheimer, Frank Zaworkski EDITORIAL BOARD R.B. Halaby, AgriCapital Betty Jones-Bliss, Purdue University John Schoenecker, HM.CLAUSE Jim Schweigert, Gro Alliance PUBLISHER Shawn Brook sbrook@issuesink.com EDITOR Julie Deering jdeering@issuesink.com MANAGING EDITOR Michelle Clarke mclarke@issuesink.com STAFF EDITORS Marcel Bruins, Janet Kanters, Marc Zienkiewicz MARKETING Craig Armstrong carmstrong@issuesink.com Aqueena Clennett aclennett@issuesink.com CREATIVE Theresa Kurjewicz, Lesley Nakonechny DIGITAL John Bauer, Kyle Dratowany CIRCULATION Dean French dfrench@issuesink.com Q. WHAT’S YOUR SECRET TO TIME MANAGEMENT? 1. Get everything into my iCal and then set reminders to keep me on track. Define the maximum amount of time for everything. Stay focused on only the items that will make the biggest impact. 2. I try to prioritize the urgent tasks from the important ones. Delegate tasks when the urgent items can’t be attended to urgently. 3. One thing that works for me: avoid/ limit multitasking. 4. I use Stephen Covey’s practices of blocking time for the important personal and professional meetings first. I’m cognizant of our internal meeting schedule and align the length of a meeting and the objectives. My struggle is responding to the urgent versus the important. I keep it written in front of me on a daily basis to keep it top of mind.