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Texas Seed Trade Association
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Improve your seed production
Texas Seed Trade Association helps members connect with experts, access research, share knowledge and drive the industry.
Our Expertise
Lobbying
All seed producers in Texas are represented by the Texas Seed Trade Association
Legislation
TSTA works to enact legislation to ensure fair trade practices both domestic and internationally, and continue the Texas commitment to producing high quality seeds recognized the world over for excellence
Grow Out
The Texas Seed Trade Association hosts the Texas Winter Seed Growouts in Puerto Rico and Costa Rica and collaborates with the Texas Department of Agriculture to facilitate seed certification
Research
TSTA facilitates current and future developments in seed and crop technology and an opportunity for TSTA Associate members to showcase their products and services
Education
The TSTA Foundation furnishes 13 annual college scholarships to deserving Texas students that might otherwise have difficulty getting the education they need
Cooperation
Texas Seed Trade Association members work together to continue the Texas commitment to producing high quality seeds recognized the world over for excellence
Latest NEWS Posts
TSTA weekly update, 10/19/2023
TSTA Weekly Update, 10/19/2023
- October 19, 2023
- NewsAdminA Editor
- Syngenta
Inside this Issue:
Membership Renewals have been mailed
Growout Season is close!
Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023
The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6
The Western Seed Association annual meeting is now accepting registrations
Arkansas just became the first state to force a Chinese state-owned company to sell its land and get out
Major Policy Changes on November 7th Ballot
Science wins as Kenyan court dismisses landmark case against GMOs
Factoids:
- Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci associated with drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
News Bits
STUDY REPORTS FARMWORKERS MAKE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN ALL WORKERS
TSTA Weekly Update, 10/12/2023
- October 12, 2023
- NewsAdminA Editor
- Water
Inside this Issue:
Membership Renewals have been mailed
Growout Season is Close!
Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023
The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6
The Western Seed Association annual meeting is now accepting registrations
HOUSE NOMINATES SCALISE FOR SPEAKER, THE FARM BILL NEEDS AN EXTENSION
How a heat-tolerant wheat crop offers hope for water-stressed countries
Test project in Morocco described as 'truly revolutionary'
STUDY REPORTS FARMWORKERS MAKE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN ALL WORKERS
Factoids:
Mississippi River water levels are plummeting to an all-time low
The Global Agricultural Productivity (GAP) Report
News Bits
USDA RELEASES CHART SHOWING MARKET SHARES OF SEED COMPANIES
TSTA Weekly Update, 10/05/2023
- October 5, 2023
- NewsAdminA Editor
- Market Share
Inside this Issue:
Membership Renewals have been mailed
Growout Season is Close!
Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023
The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6
The Western Seed Association annual meeting is now accepting registrations
A new wheat variety available for licensing
USDA RELEASES CHART SHOWING MARKET SHARES OF SEED COMPANIES
The Tree of Sex - Important Stuff for Plant Breeders
Kansas Department of Agriculture to conduct a public hearing on Thursday, October 19, 2023, to consider the adoption of proposed regulations that govern the administration of the Kansas Seed Law
Factiods:
CDC REPORTS RATE OF SUICIDE AMONG FARMERS IS 3.5X HIGHER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION
News Bits
