78 / SEEDWORLD.COM SEPTEMBER 2018 SINCE1915 ThefirstissueofSeedWorldwaspublishedin1915.Heretheeditorswilltakeyoubackintimeto explorethenumbers,newsandissuesthatimpactedtheseedindustry—allcoveredbySeedWorld. 1915 1920 1925 1927 1930 1935 1939 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1963 1965 1966 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2008 2010 2015 Charles Augustus Lindbergh flew solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean to Paris. A MOMENT IN TIME ON THE COVER: This March 1963 issue features the Agricultural Alumni Seed Improvement Association in West Lafayette, Ind., and its new seed plant. Planning started in 1959. At the time, plant managers expected the new plant to handle at least 20,000 bushels of soybeans, 16,000 bushels of wheat, 10,000 bushels of oats and 500,000 pounds of popcorn seed in its first season of operation. The association was incorporated in 1938. During its first year, 20 acres of single-crossed seed corn were planted. As of 1963, the association had contributed more than $500,000 to the Purdue Experiment Station to help finance the development of new crop varieties. FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 1963 ISSUE: 3,600 acres of seed are produced by the Agricultural Alumni Seed Improvement Association. 75 years of operation is celebrated by the Burpee Fordhook Farm at Doylestown, Penn., the oldest flower and vegetable research farm in America. 73% is the increase in trade on behalf of the European Economic Community within the Common Market between 1958 and 1963. 85% is the rate of accuracy with which dust storm conditions on the Great Plains could be predicted by USDA through its wind erosion climatic index. 50% of U.S. seed exports go to the European market. USDA scientists in California publish first gene sequences for Brachypodium, a model grass plant, and switchgrass. Congress passes the Federal Seed Act. North Dakota State University releases Fortuna, the first rust and sawfly resistant wheat. Diamond v. Chakrabarty finds genetic material of crops can be owned.