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Archive of articles and videos: TRENDS

End-users Expectations
“Faster and Better.”
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(Video interview with Ron Becherer - Dec 07)
Why Organic Seed
“I never thought organic seed would catch on.”
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(Video interview with Patty Buskirk - Aug 07)
Trends in AAS Winners
“Tall” and “Purple Leaves”
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(Video interview with Nona Wolfram-Koivula - July 07)
“Disease resistance is just beginning in flowers.” view clip from video interview
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(Video interview with Nona Wolfram-Koivula - July 07)
The Evolution of Flower and Veg
“We’re going to have multi-purpose plants.”
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(Video interview with Nona Wolfram-Koivula - July 07)
Breeder/Customer Relationship
“The breeder/producer has to hone in on what the grower wants.”
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(Video interview with Nona Wolfram-Koivula - July 07)
Status of the Sector
The seed sector is becoming much more important globally.
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(Video interview with Bill Romp - June 07)

Seeding a Healthier World
There’s a key role for seed in the worldwide search for better health.

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(Jan 2008)

Beefing-up Animal Feed
Seed designed to enhance herd health.

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(Jan 2008)

Following Demand
Are consumers really demand healthier choices?

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(Jan 2008)

Growing a Healthy Globe
Seed offers benefits to the environment.

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(Jan 2008)

Chew on This
Will forage be put out to pasture by ethanol corn? Or could forage help feed the biofuels beast?

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(Oct 2007)

Macro Trends in Seed

Can seed solve economic, environmental, health and nutrition issues.

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(Video interview with Bryan Gerard - Apr 07)

The Impact of Biofuels on Soybeans

It’s going to encourage traits that will make soybeans very efficient in producing fuel.

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(Video interview with Bryan Gerard - Apr 07)

Future Seed Sector Success

The skill set of a company has to be significantly different over the next 10-15 years.

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(Video interview with Bryan Gerard - Apr 07)

Supporting Farmers
We have to help farmers in being able to feed this growing demand for food, for feed, and for energy.

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(Video interview with Bruce Howison - Mar 07)

Trends in Sector
It appears there is a lot more activity in the seed industry.

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(Video interview with Pat Hinner - Feb 07)

Ethanol Driving Demand
We’re just over half way in expected ethanol production.

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(Video interview with Pat Hinner - Feb 07

Soybean Demand to Increase Too
Corn is the heavy hitter right now, but we expect biodiesel to come into play in the soybean sector.

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(Video interview with Pat Hinner - Feb 07

Still All About Yield
How can the seed sector respond to biofuels?

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(Feb 2007)

Predicting the Future
What will the whole new crop of processes and uses for agricultural products mean for the seed industry?

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(Feb 2007)

Broadening the Horizon
Look beyond traditional markets and focus on finding new uses for age-old commodities like grains and oilseeds

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(Feb 2007)

The need for drought resistance
In developed countries, we’ve overcome insects and weeds but environmental stresses remain.

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(Jan 2007)

Giant Views of the Industry
Explore insights into the issues affecting the seed business today on topics including market size, human resources, risk management and technology licensing.

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(Dec 2006)

Men with Messages (and a Woman too!)
A synopsis of the insights of a few of the experts featured in the Giant Views of the Industry interviews and brief bios on all the experts interviewed.

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(Dec 2006)

Sectors to watch
Caught in the Cross Fire: Agronomic Corn and Soy

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(Nov 2006)

A Matter of Size
New technology changed the reasons to sell soybeans by seed count.

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(Nov 2006)

Top Trends – What’s Changing Your World?
From nanotechnology to super certification, explore some of the trends that are creating new opportunities for your enterprise.

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(Nov 2006)
Creating a Healthy Value Chain
Key factors affecting the strength of the oilseed value chain.
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(May 2006)

Plants Integrate Basic Elements of Living
Seed, feed, food, drug, and industrial industries are merging.

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(Mar 2006)
Giant Views of the Industry: Part II
Experts within the major seed sectors provide insights on trends and challenges.
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(Jan 2006)
Giant Views of the Industry: Part I
Experts within the major seed sectors provide insights on trends and challenges.
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(Dec 2005)

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