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Pickseed Canada announces four new appointments

November 12,  2001

September 28, 2001

Pickseed Canada Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of DON BIGGIN to the position of Sales and Production Coordinator for its British Columbia operation, based in the lower mainland at Abbotsford.

Don comes to Pickseed with an enviable record of accomplishments in the seed industry. He has spent the past 25 years with a BC based seed company and knows all aspects of that trade intimately.

Don is a graduate of the University of British Columbia with a degree from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. Additionally, he holds membership in the BC Society of Agrologists, and is a Director on the BC Forage Council, representing the Canadian Seed Trade Association. He is also a past Director of the Canadian Seed Trade Association and served as President in 1998/99.

Don has an unique breadth and depth of knowledge of the BC seed industry. The requirements of this market are varied and unique as a result of the extreme variations of climate and soils.

Pickseed has been directly involved in the BC market since 1997, we expect the addition of Don Biggin to build on the momentum we have established in the sale of forage, turf and seed corn products.


October 4, 2001

Pickseed Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. JAY HACKNEY, M. Sc. to the newly created position of Product and Research Development Manager for Agricultural Products associated with the sales activity of Pickseed’s eastern Canadian Agricultural Business Unit.

This unit comprises both the Pickseed Retail Farm Products and the Mapleseed Division. Pickseed has a history tracing over 50 years of delivering leading edge forages, seed corn and silage inoculants to progressive livestock farmers. Mapleseed is the successor to the Maple Leaf Mills Seed Department which has an unbroken history of more than 100 years of seed trade.

Pickseed specializes in the sale and service of leading edge , innovative forage crops, the most recent introductions being Pickseed 2065MF alfalfa and TimPro Timothy. Pickseed’s leading silage corn hybrids such as EXEL, ExSile, and ExMax are bringing new levels of yield and feed quality to dairy and beef producers.

Jay has been active at Pickseed since 1994, heading up Forage Crop Development. Prior to that he was a successful soybean breeder in Quebec. He is a graduate of MacDonald College at McGill University and of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.

Jay will continue to operate the largest alfalfa testing and development program in Canada as well as adding the evaluation of related forage species. He will identify the newest and best varieties and products for the sales distribution of Pickseed and Mapleseed.

As well he will provide agronomic service to the company encompassing leading edge technology transfer to the sales groups, who in turn have ongoing and close contact with their customer base; the farming community of eastern Canada.

Jay has an excellent background in plant science and agriculture to assure a valuable contribution to Pickseed and ultimately Canadian agriculture.

Jay will be based in Lindsay, Ontario at Pickseed’s head office.


October 4, 2001

Pickseed Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of DAVE LOCKMAN, B. Sc. to the newly created position of Sales and Product Development Coordinator within the Wholesale Department of Pickseed.

Dave comes to this position after serving more than two years as Production Agronomist in the Eastern Farm Products area. He is a B.Sc. graduate from the University of Guelph and Alfred Agricultural College. He was raised on a dairy farm in Quebec. During his tenure as agronomist he developed a high level of skill analyzing varieties best suited for the needs of our Pickseed Farm clientele.

Dave’s new responsibilities will include expanding the sales base of the Wholesale department. His knowledge of the front line application of improved plant genetics provides excellent qualifications for this expanded activity.

Dave will be based in Lindsay, Ontario at Pickseed’s head office.


October 9, 2001

Pickseed Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of DOUG MACMILLAN to the newly created position of Director of Professional Turfgrass Sales.

Doug has been a valuable member of Pickseed Canada for over 35 years. His wealth of knowledge and experience has enabled him to create a loyal following for Pickseed turfgrass products in Eastern Canada.

In his new role, Doug will be responsible for sales and program development in Eastern Canada. This includes overseeing the activities of our eastern turf sales team and our turf distributors in the Maritimes.

Doug will continue to operate out of Pickseed’s head office in Lindsay, Ontario.


The Pickseed Group of Companies is a global leader in the development, production and distribution of forage crop seeds and turfgrass. In addition, Pickseed Canada, along with its partners Pickseed West and Roberts Seeds of Oregon, dedicate themselves to delivering the best value in their respective products for the production of environmentally friendly lawns, playing fields and turf … wherever people work and play.

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