|
 |
Lamar Buckelew
Global Stewardship Manager
Bayer CropScience
Lamar is a Global Stewardship Manager at
Bayer CropScience. He has specific crop
responsibilities in corn, soybeans and
sugarcane globally and general crop
responsibilities for Latin American
issues. He also represents Bayer on the
Stewardship Task Force within the
Biotechnology Industry Organization
(BIO) and the Stewardship Committee of
the American Seed Trade Association
(ASTA). Previous roles include Industry
Relations Manager, Insecticide Product
Development Manager and Field
Development Representative.
|
|
Defining Stewardship
“Stewardship has been practiced since the beginning of
the seed industry…” |
|
|
ASTA’s Stewardship Initiative
“This guide is intended to help
smaller companies…set up their
own best practices.” |
|
|
Using the Guide
“…give them a framework or
structure upon which they can
build.” |
|
|
ASTA and BIO
“What we’re trying to do is
accomplish the same goal and
that is to establish best
management practices for the
industry.” |
|
|
Voluntary Participation
“Neither of these guides that
are being produced are meant to
be prescriptive…” |
|
|
Why Stewardship?
“Everyone does have a
stewardship program – it might
not be as defined and structured
as what we’re outlining in these
guides but everyone wants to
produce a quality product.” |
|
|
