How a Phobia of Needles Led Tannis Anderson into Plant Breeding
Seed World sits down with Borlaug Scholar Tannis Anderson at the 2019 meeting of the National Association of Plant Breeders in Pine Mountain, Georgia, to talk about her work studying soybeans, using...
View ArticleHow Darwin’s Finches Made Stephanie Sjoberg Want to be a Plant Breeder
Marc Zienkiewicz chats with NAPB Borlaug Scholar Stephanie Sjoberg about her research on winter wheat and how Charles Darwin’s famous finches inspired her to breed plants. Interview conducted at the...
View ArticleZaki Afshar Wants to Make Life Easier for Afghan Farmers
National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) 2019 Borlaug Scholar Zaki Afshar talks to Seed World’s Marc Zienkiewicz about his family’s farm in Afghanistan and how he’s working to make farming easier...
View ArticleEver Hear of Baijiu? Sarah Marsh Bets You Haven’t
2019 National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) Borlaug Scholar Sarah Marsh talks to Seed World’s Marc Zienkiewicz about the world’s most-consumed alcoholic beverage that you’ve probably never...
View ArticleGoing to the Gym Gives Caio Canella Insight into Soybean Breeding
National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) Borlaug Scholar Caio Canella talks with Marc Zienkiewicz about soybean breeding and how pumping iron helps him in his efforts to make food more...
View ArticleAdam D’Angelo Loves Bluegrass Music and Eats a Reasonable Amount of Nutella
2019 Borlaug Scholar Adam D’Angelo talks with Marc Zienkiewicz about his love of playing bluegrass music, hazelnut breeding, and why he gets a lot of Nutella-related comments and questions. Interview...
View ArticleHow Staying Up for 45 Hours Prepared Elizabeth De Meyer for Cornell
2019 Borlaug Scholars sits down with Marc Zienkiewicz at the 2019 meeting of the National Association of Plant Breeders in Pine Mountain, Georgia, to talk about her wheat research and the things one...
View ArticleCovering Your Bases with Cover Crops – A Seed World Webinar & Podcast
It’s time to cover all of our bases — with cover crops, that is! This year was a mess, from the late spring, to flooding in the Midwest, to late planting. We want to find out what problems seed...
View ArticleHeather Manching Balances School and Motherhood
2019 Borlaug Scholar Heather Manching talks to Marc Zienkiewicz about how a plant breeder balances her studies and motherhood at the same time. Recorded at the 2019 meeting of the NAPB in Pine...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly
It goes against the grain of many, but transparency within your team and externally with customers is what moves everyone forward. In a new podcast series, Jason Kaeb sits down with Seed World to...
View ArticleSeed World Innovation Webinar Series: Stay on Top of Your Game When It Comes...
Almost every day, it seems as though we have a new tool when it comes to precision ag — not only that, but new digital tools are appearing everywhere. This webinar will take a look at some of the...
View ArticleSeed World Innovation Webinar Series: Thinking Outside the Elevator, Soy...
In today’s complex and costly agricultural environment, seed companies and growers alike need to be thinking about new sources of revenue beyond the grain commodity market. Food-grade soybean...
View ArticleSeed World Innovation Webinar Series: Halve your breeding cycle with...
xSeedScore predicts phenotypes, integrating diverse data at unprecedented accuracy During this webinar, you will:• Gain a better understanding of why machine learning outperforms standard statistical...
View ArticleSoil Health for Feeding the Seed – A Seed World Strategy Webinar & Podcast
Soil health has become such a popular and important subject to farmers — but how should the seed industry start promoting soil health? Together we’ll learn how soil health feeds the seed and produces...
View ArticleMikhil Ranka Wants to Make a Better Home for Seeds
Focused on firing up the rhizosphere and improving properties of soil that are beneficial to the rhizosphere, Mikhil Ranka of Zydex Industries sits down with Julie Deering in Chicago. Ranka shares...
View ArticleRyan Bartlet Wants to Change the Way We Put Nutrients on Seeds
At AgriThority’s Exceed the Seed meeting in Chicago, Julie Deering and Compass Minerals’ Ryan Bartlett, vice president of innovation and product development, talk seed-applied nutritionals. Together,...
View ArticleDoug Kremer Thinks Science is Like Magic
Doug Kremer, CEO of Terramax, says from his early days in college, he was floored by the magic of science. In particular, microorganisms really peaked his interest, which pushed him into his career....
View ArticleDan Basse Says the Globalization of Agriculture is Accelerating
At the 2019 ASTA CSS & Seed Expo in Chicago, Ill., Julie Deering sat down with Dan Basse, an economist with AgResource Company. Together, they chat about the state of the agriculture economy, and...
View ArticleWilke Heijs Keeps the Farmer at the Top of Mind
From the Netherlands, Wilke Heijs of Ceradis Crop Protection shares why biologicals are secondary to traditional chemistries … but she’s says Ceradis is working to change that with next-generation...
View ArticleTim Hammerich Talks Job Trends Happening in the Seed Industry
At the 2019 ASTA CSS & Seed Expo Conference in Chicago, Ill., Julie Deering sat down with Tim Hammerich, founder of AgGrad. He shares the jobs he’s seeing trend in the seed industry currently, in...
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