Each December, the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) hosts America’s largest seed industry convention as the Christmas Season begins traditionally in the Chicago Hyatt Regency at the top of the Magnificent Mile.
This year, like everything else since March, the ASTA CSS and Seed Expo was virtual, and that allowed nearly 1000 attendees from around the world to participate and have access to timely industry content, like the annual outlook for the agricultural economy with Dan Basse. People are still registering for the event to see some of the great panels and presentations.
In this edition of the ZimmCast, we recap some of the highlights of #ASTACSS, including interviews with Basse, ASTA chair John Latham, Iowa farmer Pam Johnson, and ASTA CEO Andy LaVigne. Find more interviews and other media content from the event on the AgNewsWire virtual newsroom.
Gene editing is still a relatively new technology but the promise that it holds for future food production continues to grow.
It was only four years ago that the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) featured gene editing at the annual CSS and Seed Expo and held a press conference to introduce the technology to media. This year, ASTA CSS offered a session with today’s leading edge companies to talk about current and future directions of genome editing.
The panel, moderated by David Bubeck with Corteva Agriscience, featured Mark Cigan, GENUS; James Radtke, Cibus US; and Nicholas Bate, Pairwise Plants. In this interview, Bate discusses consumer acceptance of gene editing and how Pairwise has been working with Bayer on new traits for corn, soybeans, wheat, canola and cotton. ASTA Interview with Nicholas Bate, Pairwise (5:16)