Company moves from strength to strength
25 November 2004: With Australian based seed technology innovator and major seed company Pacific Seeds being a part of the global Advanta sale process in March 2004 there has been speculation within the industry over what this will mean for the company.

Pacific Seeds Managing Director, Chris Bazley was invited to the first sitting of the new Advanta board at their Dutch headquarters in Kapella to find out what the future holds and to present how the Pacific Seeds, now a key part of Advanta's global business, operates.

"I went there predominately to meet the Fox Paine management and attend the first management board meeting of the new Advanta," Mr Bazley said.

"By attending the first meeting it gave me the chance to get a first hand insight into their operation, and discuss the direction of Advanta globally."

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New technology a booster for Australian sunflowers
25 November 2004: A strict quarantine barrier in Australia means that sunflower production, including plant breeding has been conducted in isolation from exotic diseases already present in other regions around the globe.

According the Pacific Seeds' Research Director and sunflower breeder Alan Scott, one of the effects of this protective isolation is that many Australian varieties have not been able to be bred to incorporate resistance to some of these exotic pests and diseases.

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