Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
August 28, 2009

Seed World is proud to announce that the recipient of the annual Future Giants of the Seed Industry Award is Jim Schweigert of Gro Alliance, LLC.

The Future Giants of the Industry Award is co-presented by FuSE (Future Seed Executives), an initiative of the American Seed Trade Association, and Seed World magazine. The award recognizes a young individual who shows the potential to make a significant contribution to the industry.

Schweigert is a brilliant and outstanding seedsman. After realizing there was a need to connect young people in the industry, he founded the American Seed Trade Association’s Future Seed Executives initiative in 2005, which has since become the fastest growing committee in ASTA. Since joining Gro Alliance in 2003, he has held the positions of Client Operations Manager, Director of Business Development, and his current post as Vice President of Business Development, where he manages client relationships, contracting and pricing for the company. Schweigert also serves as the chair of ASTA’s Management Skills Committee, and will serve as ASTA’s Vice-President to Canada beginning in 2009.

The award was presented at the 2009 ASTA Annual Convention in Arizona in June. Future Giants of the Industry will annually recognize a rising leader who is currently employed in the seed industry or is in the graduation year of his/her post-secondary program and plans to enter the seed industry. Nominations for next year are now open – nomination forms can be downloaded at www.seedworld.com.

The Seed World family of publications includes Seed World magazine, the Seed World web site, and Seed Week, a weekly e-newsletter. Seed World reaches decision makers across the breadth of the seed sector in America, including distributors, retailers, breeders, wholesalers, brokers, trade associations and industry suppliers.

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Published: August 28, 2009