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Andy LaVigne
Andy LaVigne is President & CEO of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), a role he has held since 2006.
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Jun 1, 2026
Andy LaVigne: Everything Starts With Seed
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25:20Andy LaVigneGUEST
Where is food, you know, where does food play in how we, uh, you know, we live our daily lives, you know? And that comes ultimately down to the farmer and what they choose to pl- plant and what the market is.
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25:31Andy LaVigneGUEST
What are the other factors that come into play? We go from, in agriculture, we go from a five-year farm bill, you know.
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25:39Andy LaVigneGUEST
Well, if you followed the farm bill over the last 25, 30 years, all we've done is do a little tweaking here and there.
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25:45Andy LaVigneGUEST
And, you know, I think 2018 we had a pretty good change in it under the leadership of Chairman Pat Roberts to really get to where, you know, you were farming the market, you were trying to...
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12:33speaker_4HOST
Do you hear from some of your members about, you know, for example, when it comes to wheat, the variety registration system in Canada and some of the challenges that they faced?
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12:46Andy LaVigneGUEST
They'd like to bring some of the varieties that have been developed in the US into the market in Canada, but it takes longer to, to go into the market than it does in the US, and that difference in the two systems is a bit of a challenge getting into the registry in, uh, in Canada.
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13:01Andy LaVigneGUEST
So we've been working very closely with Seeds Canada and with the Canadian, um, uh, Department of Agriculture to really improve that process.
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13:10Andy LaVigneGUEST
It is still there and, you know, dealing with the certification and everything, just a different process than here on, in, uh, the US.
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13:41speaker_4HOST
Fair enough.
