Lindsay, Ontario
September 10, 2001

Pickseed Canada Inc. was pleased to welcome a delegation from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China on September 10th at its head office location in Lindsay, Ontario.

The delegation consisted of 18 animal and crop science specialists, keenly interested in the improvement of crop production and animal nutrition.

Pickseed specialists presented information explaining the cropping and feeding processes undertaken in eastern Canada for both dairy and beef production.

The group is pictured here with Mr. Jay Hackney M.Sc., product development and research coordinator at Pickseed. Hackney gave the group a lengthy and detailed description of the various proprietary varieties developed, produced and distributed by Pickseed. Many of these varieties, such as Pickseed 8925MF and Able alfalfa are currently being successfully grown in China.

Pickseed Canada and its sister company Pickseed West, Inc., of Oregon, both make significant annual exports to China. The country is in the process of both greening its environment, which has opened a market for turf grass seeds, and improving the diet of the Chinise people, leading to greater production of milk and meat. Alfalfa is a major part of most dairy cattle diets, and varieties proven and procured in Canada are gaining a broad acceptance there.

Pickseed Canada has operations in St. Hyacinthe, Q.C, Lindsay, ON, Winnipeg, MB, Edmonton, AB, and Dawson Creek and Abbotsford, BC. Pickseed Canada is part of the Pickseed Companies Group, which includes Pickseed West Inc. and Roberts Seeds of Tangent, OR and Seeds Ohio of West Jefferson, OH. the group is a world leader in the development, production and distribution of forage and turf grass seed.

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