Davis, California, USA
October 7, 2014

Seed Business 101 SM- Field Crops, Chicago, IL, December 5-9, 2014

The December course is offered in conjunction with the American Seed Trade Association Corn & Sorghum Seed Research Conference (December 9-12, 2014).

This one-week course is designed to expose participants to the five functional areas of a seed company (R&D, production, operations, sales and marketing; and administration).  By creating a virtual seed company and case studies for each functional area, the program content is delivered in a very interactive way.  The course gives the students a broad understanding of the major aspects of a seed company’s operations and cross-departmental knowledge of best practices for profitability. The class is taught by widely respected industry executives with additional help of industry experts participating as guest speakers.

Seed Business 101 is offered by UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center.  It was created with input from industry leaders to accelerate the careers of promising new employees and young managers. The course has been offered since fall of 2010 and already attended by over 300 seed professionals.

For details, testimonials and registrations please visit: http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/education/seed_business_fieldcrops.html or contact Sally Mohr sjmohr@ucdavis.edu.

Website: http://sbc.ucdavis.edu

Published: October 7, 2014