More than 2,500 seed industry professionals from 36 countries attend America’s largest seed industry conference each year. A time-honored tradition each December in Chicago, the 2019 CSS & Seed Expo features essential networking and educational opportunities as well as a huge trade show.
This virtual ag newsroom includes links to photos and audio content available free of charge for digital or print publication or broadcast.
Photos
2019 ASTA CSS & Seed Expo photos
Audio
ASTACSS19 Remarks by Dan Basse, AgResource (1:00:00)ASTACSS19 Interview with Dan Basse, AgResource (8:52)
ASTACSS19 remarks from ASTA chair Wayne Gale and CEO Andy LaVigne (7:48)
ASTA leadership interviews
ASTACSS19 Interview with ASTA Chair Wayne Gale, Stokes Seeds (10:25)
ASTACSS19 Interview with ASTA 2nd Vice Chair Brad May, BASF (4:49)
ASTACSS19 Interview with ASTA CEO Andy LaVigne (9:10)
ASTA Announces Winner of Third Annual “Better Seed, Better Life” Student Video Contest
ASTACSS19 Interview with video contest winner Kevin Falk (4:21)
Farmer of the Future research
ASTACSS19 Interview with Brett Sciotto - Aimpoint Research (7:07)
Thriving Amongst the Giants
ASTACSS19 Scott Beck, Beck's Hybrids (14:02)
ASTACSS19 Myron Stine, Midwest Oilseeds (8:38)
ASTACSS19 John Wyffels, Wyffels Hybrids (10:43)
A New Look at Corn and Soybean Production
ASTACSS19 Emerson Nafziger - University of Illinois (31:12)
Next Generation Wheat Markets
ASTACSS19 Mark Gold, Top Third Ag Marketing (22:21)
ASTACSS19 Jody Pollok-Newsom, MI Wheat Program (23:18)
Hemp Seed Opportunities & Challenges
ASTACSS19 Hemp session - Pat Miller, ASTA (14:46)
ASTACSS19 Hemp Genetics International (23:20) Garry Meier and Jeff Kostuik
New Breeding Technologies
ASTACSS19 Peggy Ozias-Akins University of Georgia, NAPB (20:34)
ASTACSS19 Interview with Peggy Ozias-Akins, UGA, NAPB (3:35)
ASTACSS19 Travis Bayer - Sound Agriculture (18:41)
ASTACSS19 Interview with Travis Bayer, Sound Ag (3:20)
ASTACSS19 Jesse Poland - Kansas State University (29:10)
Holistic Solutions Approach to IPM
ASTACSS19 Jennifer Riggs, BASF (20:50)
ASTACSS19 Nathan Kleczewski, University of Illinois (23:21)
The ASTA Challenge Session on Biologicals: Answers from Key Players
ASTACSS19 Adil Anjem - Bayer (11:17)
ASTACSS19 Mike McFatrich - NewLeaf Symbiotics (16:17)
ASTACSS19 Interview with Mike McFatrich, NewLeaf Symbiotics (6:30)
ASTACSS19 Pamela Calvo Velez - BASF (16:44)
ASTACSS19 Alex Cochran - Corteva Agriscience (21:42)
Exhibitor Interviews
ASTACSS19 Interview with Jess Bollinger, Arable Labs (3:36)
ASTACSS19 Interview with Pamela Calvo Velez, BASF (5:23)
ASTACSS19 Interview with Jennifer Riggs, BASF (9:35)
ASTACSS19 Interview with Ruhiyyih Dyrdahl-Young, BASF (4:14)