The most complete tool for marketing your business in the seed processing industry http://www.seedtoday.com Fri, 09 May 2008 17:40:42 CDT http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/USDA_Grants_Protection_to_15_New_Plant_Varieties-57038.html http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/USDA_Grants_Protection_to_15_New_Plant_Varieties-57038.html WASHINGTON (May 8, 2008) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 15 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include clover, rye, soybean and wheat. The certificates are being issued under the Plant Variety Protection Act. The certificates require that the varieties be new, distinct, uniform and stable. The owners will have the exclusive right to reproduce, sell, import and export their products in the United States for the duration of protection. The 15 certificates are: -- the Resolute variety of white clover, developed by University of Georgia Fri, 09 May 2008 15:21:25 CDT http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Pioneer_Plans_Expansion_in_Johnston__DesMoinesRegister_com_-57018.html http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Pioneer_Plans_Expansion_in_Johnston__DesMoinesRegister_com_-57018.html Pioneer greenhouse project gets OK in Johnston By JULI PROBASCO-SOWERS • jprobasco@dmreg.com • May 8, 2008 Post a CommentRecommend Print this page E-mail this article Share this article: Del.icio.us Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine What’s this? A $10 million greenhouse expansion project at Pioneer Hi-Bred in Johnston will move forward following the City Council's approval of a site plan Monday. Pioneer's greenhouses are located north of Northwest 62nd Avenue and east of Beaver Creek, across the road from the company's main campus at 7100 N.W. 62nd Ave. Plans call for building four new greenhouses, a building where plants are prepared for a greenhouse, and relocating Fri, 09 May 2008 11:10:45 CDT http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/The_Witch_is_Dead___Homemade_Seed_Treatment_Control_Striga__Witchweed__in_Africa_-57000.html http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/The_Witch_is_Dead___Homemade_Seed_Treatment_Control_Striga__Witchweed__in_Africa_-57000.html A sorghum field severely infested with Striga. Ibadan, Nigeria -- The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and its partners have found a way to control the scourge of witchweed (Striga hermonthica) in Sub-Saharan Africa through a biocontrol agent. Striga infests some 50 million hectares of cereal crops, specifically maize, sorghum and millet, causing farmers an estimated US$7 billion in annual losses and affecting over 300 million people in the region. Developed by a team led by IITA plant pathologist Dr. Fen Beed with partners from the University of McGill (Canada) and University of Hohenheim (Germany), the technology utilizes certain Fri, 09 May 2008 10:24:19 CDT http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Tech_Services_Strengthens_Regional_Management_Team-56996.html http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Tech_Services_Strengthens_Regional_Management_Team-56996.html Tech Services, Inc., Bluffton, IN. has announced a promotion for Mark Buettner, Newburgh, IN. Mark, a four year employee at Tech Services, will be the Territorial Supervisor and Senior Research Manager for the central region. Tech Services is expanding testing services in the central and delta regions including eastern Iowa and western Illinois. Tech Services Inc. provides replicated field trials across the Midwest and performs a complete analysis for leading edge genetic yield trials and new technologies. Fri, 09 May 2008 01:09:31 CDT http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/European_Commission_Discusses_How_Best_to_Move_Forward_on_Authorization_of_Pending_GMO_Applications-56980.html http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/European_Commission_Discusses_How_Best_to_Move_Forward_on_Authorization_of_Pending_GMO_Applications-56980.html WASHINGTON (May 7, 2008/BUSINESS WIRE) -- President Barroso of the European Commission today convened a meeting of Commissioners to discuss Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), a highly complex matter and subject to lively and often controversial debate in Europe which has the world's strictest system of approval for GMOs based on safety, consumer choice and protection of biodiversity. The Commission confirmed that in fulfilling its institutional responsibilities and respecting its international obligations, it will finalize decisions on pending cases where existing procedures require the Commission to act, and will examine new cases. The Commission confirms its confidence in the scientific advice provided Thu, 08 May 2008 16:27:36 CDT http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Manganese_Nutrition_of_HT_and_Conventional_Soybeans___Setting_the_Record_Straight-56952.html http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Manganese_Nutrition_of_HT_and_Conventional_Soybeans___Setting_the_Record_Straight-56952.html By Dr. Barney Gordon, Kansas State University The recent article (April 20, 2008) by Environment Editor Geoffrey Lean in the British newspaper The Independent ((>linklink Thu, 08 May 2008 15:30:17 CDT http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Tech_Services__Inc__Appoints_Second_Regional_Research_Manager_for_IL__MO_and_WI-56960.html http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Tech_Services__Inc__Appoints_Second_Regional_Research_Manager_for_IL__MO_and_WI-56960.html Tech Services, Inc., Bluffton, IN. has recently hired Joey Shuler of Salem, IL as one of the central regional Research Managers. Joey will be managing the Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin field testing locations that TSI maintains. Joey is a 2004 graduate of Southern Illinois University with a degree in Plant and Soil Science. Joey comes to TSI from Soygenetics, L.L.C. in Breese, IL. where he worked for 4 years as a Research Associate. Tech Services Inc. is a company that provides quality plots and proven performance. TSI performs a complete analysis for leading Thu, 08 May 2008 15:12:16 CDT http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Farm_Newsman_Booted_in_Wake_of_Monsanto_Expos_eacute_-56950.html http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/Farm_Newsman_Booted_in_Wake_of_Monsanto_Expos_eacute_-56950.html (AlterNet.com) By Russell Mokhiber If you have heard of Learfield Communications, it is probably from listening to college football and basketball games. The Jefferson City, Missouri based Learfield is one of the nation’s largest broadcasters of college sports. But it also produces news programming heard throughout the farm belt. Learfield was started 35 years ago by Clyde Lear and Derry Brownfield. Lear went on to be the chairman of the company. He bought out his friend and partner Brownfield in 1985. Brownfield went on to do market news reports for the Learfield news division until 1997 or so, when he Wed, 07 May 2008 22:45:28 CDT http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/FiberMax_Honors_One_Ton_Club_Growers-56911.html http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/FiberMax_Honors_One_Ton_Club_Growers-56911.html Bayer CropScience hosts top-class cotton growers at third annual awards banquet Lubbock, TX (May 7, 2008)  Bayer CropScience recently hosted the third annual FiberMax One Ton Club™ awards banquet in Lubbock to honor the 2007 class of One Ton Club growers. Following a near perfect season with an extended fall, 98 growers achieved one-ton yields in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, bringing the total number of members to 234 since the club was established in 2005. The club recognizes growers who plant FiberMax® cotton seed and produce 2,000 lbs of lint cotton or more per acre on at least 20 Wed, 07 May 2008 09:45:41 CDT http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/EU_Commission_Delays_Decision_on_Approving_More_GM_Crops-56852.html http://www.seedtoday.com/articles/EU_Commission_Delays_Decision_on_Approving_More_GM_Crops-56852.html Brussels (May 07, 2008/Reuters) -- The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, delayed a decision on Wednesday on whether farmers may grow more genetically modified crops, saying further scientific analysis was needed before approval could be given. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will be asked for more assessment of the risk of growing two GM maize crops, and a potato modified to produce extra starch. That move is likely to put off EU approval of the crops for several months. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas, one of the 27-strong Commission's most GMO-wary members, had wanted to reject the two maize applications,