2017 ASTA CSS and Seed Expo

Held each year in Chicago, CSS 2017 & Seed Expo is America’s largest seed industry convention with the latest information on seed treatment, plant breeding innovation, the agricultural economy forecast for 2018, emerging global disease threats and more.

This virtual ag newsroom, courtesy of ASTA, includes links to photos and audio content available free of charge for digital or print publication or broadcast.

2017 ASTA CSS and Seed Expo photo album

Audio files:

ASTA CSS 2017 Attendance Strong – Interview with ASTA CEO Andy LaVigne

ASTA Announces Student Video Awards – Interview with Katelyn Fritz, ASTA Better Seed Better Life video winner

2018 Agricultural Economy Themes – Interview with Dan Basse, Ag Resource Dan Basse, Ag Resource, presentation

Digital Ag and Big Data – Digital Ag, Big Data session

Bayer Helps Fund ASTA Communications Efforts – Interview with Brad May, Bayer

Clariant Agrocer™ Now Granulated – Interview with Mark Self, Clariant

Interview with ASTA Chair Tracy Tally, Justin Seed Co.

Interview with Julie Borlaug, Inari Agriculture

Chromatin Growing Sorghum Improvements – Interview with Charles Miller, Chromatin

Panel: Communications & Policy in Plant Breeding

Plant Breeders Award Grad Scholarships – Interview with National Council of Commercial Plant Breeders Scholarship Winners

StollerUSA at #ASTACSS – Stoller Press Conference Interview with Don Botkin, Stoller

New Bayer Seed Treatment Offers Promising Yield Benefit – Interview with Jennifer Riggs
Soybean Growers Lose $1.6 Billion Annually to SCN and SDS – Interview with Jeremiah Mullock