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78 SEEDWORLD.COM OCTOBER 2015 SINCE1915 ThefirstissueofSeedWorldwaspublishedin1915.Heretheeditorswilltakeyoubackintimeto explorethenumbersnewsandissuesthatimpactedtheseedindustryallcoveredbySeedWorld. 1915 1919 1920 1923 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1958 1960 1962 1965 1968 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2011 2015 The term biological control is coined. The National Seed Storage Laboratory is set up to provide long-term storage of plant germplasm. Alfalfa blotch leafminer is found in the United States. A MOMENT IN TIME Pictured here is the Peace Bridge an international bridge between Canada and the United States located at the east end of Lake Erie at the source of the Niagara River. It connects Buffalo N.Y. to the Town of Fort Erie in Ontario Canada just 100 miles from Toronto. Its here that the American Seed Trade Association hosted its 1962 annual meeting. Not since 1930 have we held a meeting in Canada and it seemed time to cross the border and renew friendships and make new acquaintances among our Canadian counterparts wrote ASTA president James Wallace in his formal invitation found in this issue of Seed World. FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 1962 ISSUE 2700 pounds is the amount of alfalfa harvested on one site in the San Joaquin Valley that was attributed to a concentra- tion of natural wild pollinators. 15000 leafcutter bees are needed to yield some 90000 in the first generation and rise to 300000 before the years end according to a California study on the effectiveness of pollinators in alfalfa fields. 1 BILLION is the estimated increase in federal funding to farmers in 1961 com- pared to the previous year. 1055872 farmers took part in the Agricultural Conservation Program in 1960. 407 million acres of U.S. cropland will be needed by 1980 to meet foreign and domestic agriculture needs. First alfalfa gene index is identified and assembled by USDA scientists and several genes associated with regulating lignin and cellulose production are identified. Congress discontinues its distribution of seeds.