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AN INITIATIVE OF:
Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis
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Events connecting students and postdocs
at U.S. universities and colleges with the global seed and agbiotech industry
 

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13 February 2025
 

In-person company visit
Nuseed

West Sacramento, California

Nuseed is a global agriculture innovator enabling the transformation of select crops into renewable and traceable sources of lower-carbon energy, and plant-based nutrition. Nuseed’s proprietary solutions contribute to solving global challenges like food security, human nutrition, and climate change. By unlocking the intrinsic value and commercial potential of Omega-3 canola, carinata, sorghum, sunflower, and energy cane to deliver VALUE BEYOND YIELD®, Nuseed empowers growers and end-use customers to rapidly scale today to meet current and emerging demand for generations to come.

Established in 2006, Nuseed has 10 locations in Australia, Europe, North America, and South America, including three proprietary innovation centers, more than 400 employees, and sales in more than 30 countries. Nuseed is the seed technologies platform of Nufarm Limited (ASX:NUF).


Picture taken during our previous field trip to Nuseed in April 2023

In January 2020, Nuseed completed construction in West Sacramento, Calkifornia, of its 48,000 square foot state-of-the-art Innovation Center facility to support analytical and molecular breeding R&D activities, as well as global management. Many of Nuseed’s global commercial operations, marketing, supply chain and finance teams are based at the facility.

Nuseed R&D takes place across the globe, however, operations based out of the new West Sacramento Nuseed Innovation Center play a significant role supporting Nuseed’s key global markets, including:

  • Sorghum seed sold by Nuseed in Europe, Africa, and Asia
  • A large proportion of Nuseed’s sunflower seed sold in Europe
  • All sunflower seed sold in both the US and Canada
  • Expansion of Nuseed Omega-3 Canola grain production with operations managed by Nuseed’s North American supply chain leadership

Nuseed’s Global R&D Lead, Leon Streit says, “The addition of this industry leading R&D, supply chain and global management location in the US, in combination with our Horsham Innovation Center in Australia and our rich bank of global germplasm, gives Nuseed a competitive global advantage across both hemispheres.”

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21 May 2025

iNetwork - Online networking session with 2 companies
8:00 to 9:30 AM US Pacific time = 17:00 to 18:30 in Europe
  • BASF | Nunhems
    BASF's Vegetable Seeds Business, featuring the Nunhems brand, offers more than vegetable seeds. We offer partnerships and customer-oriented solutions for the entire vegetable value chain including growers, processors, plant raisers, dealers, traders, retailers and food service industry – tailored to consumer needs and trends.
    Click here to explore employment opportunities.
     
  • TBA

 

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Spring 2025
date TBA

In-person company visit
with
Bayer Vegetable Seeds
Woodland, California

As an innovative vegetable seed company who’s also a world leader in human health and nutrition and horticulture, we are driven to deliver health for all and hunger for none.

But we can’t do it alone. Working together, we can ensure that every seed grows beautifully, harvests efficiently, sells quickly, transports easily, and provides the flavor people want – and the nutrition they need. Together, let’s work to grow your business – so that we can grow a healthier world.
With more than 20 different crops and thousands of innovative vegetable seed selections, we’re proud to support a diverse range of growers around the world. Together, we’re growing your business and supporting a healthier world.

A global leader, the company researches and develops over 20 different crops with over 2,200 varieties of seeds. These innovative seeds are marketed to commercial vegetable growers, dealers, distributors, home garden seed providers and wholesalers in more than 150 countries and territories.

 

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April or May, 2025

Online workshop on seed production
for students at Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo

 

At Bayer's invitation, the students of Professor Jeffrey Wong's Seed Production class will attend an online workshop with Bayer's seed production & supply chain specialists.

       
       
       
       
       

 

 

 

 

13 November 2025
 

In-person company visit
GreenVenus

Davis, California
Our host
Arianne Tremblay
Molecular Biology Lead
GreenVenus

Innovation for Healthier People and Planet

With next-generation plant propagation and speed breeding technologies, GreenVenus, LLC is improving the quality of food for consumers while reducing food waste and preserving valuable resources.

Our Focus
Specialty crops are at the core of who we are. These crops present immense opportunities for advancement in genetics. In addition, the power of our technology platforms allows us to bring innovation to any specialty crop category and we are excited about the developing pipelines of both lettuce and yellow peas.

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2025 (TBA)
 

iWorkshop online workshop on preparing for an industry job interview  

TBA

 

 

 

 

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2025 (TBA)
 

iWorkshop online workshop on the transition to a first job in industry

TBA

 

 

 

 

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