Vegetable Seed Market Working to Improve the Farmer’s Bottom Line

Randall Weiseman February 8, 2013 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Seeds, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

When it comes to vegetable seed customers, Blake Curtis, chairman of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), says their number one priority is the farmer.

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