The American Seed Trade Association CSS & Seed Expo is a wrap, but the content lives on and will lead into the next ASTA conference, the virtual Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference in February.

ASTA President and CEO Andy LaVigne says they had nearly 1000 attendees at the virtual CSS & Seed Expo. “The great thing about virtual is you can continue the life of this event,” said LaVigne. “And you reach a lot more people. We had people from South America, Europe, even Asia, participating in our event this week.”

The event included the annual outlook from ag economist Dan Basse, as well as interesting sessions with the major players in the seed industry, sustainability, premium markets, genome editing, corn research, and much more. All content remains available for attendees and the platform will even be open for appointment setting through December 18.

You can find interviews and other content from the event in the 2020 ASTA CSS & Seed Expo Virtual Newsroom.

In this interview, LaVigne sums up the annual event and talks about how it will tie into future events. He also comments on the nomination of former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to serve in the same role under the Biden Administration.