Gro Alliance Opens Vegetable Seed Improvement Center in Davis, CA
Davis, CA – Gro Alliance announces the opening of its vegetable seed improvement center in Davis, California. The site is the only location in the Western Hemisphere to feature Seed-X’s AI-powered seed improvement technology. It combines world-class imaging and machine learning to sort seed to improve germination, purity, physical quality, and more.
At the core of the improvement center is the revolutionary GeNee™ technology, powered by smart AI. This empowers clients to elevate the quality of their seed lots, minimize unsold inventory, optimize production, and ultimately boost sales and profitability.
“The future of seed improvement is now in Davis!” Said Jim Schweigert, president of Gro Alliance. “And this is just step one. Our future work with Seed-X will see this technology achieve improved speed and capabilities which have the potential to completely change the definition and structure of a seed cleaning and sizing facility while greatly reducing lower quality seed.”
Meck Slagle, an industry veteran with experience at Gingko Bioworks and Bayer has joined Gro Alliance as the vegetable seed improvement lead. She’ll be the main point of contact for the Davis location and seed companies. UC Davis student, Khushi Chawda, a 2024 National Association of Plant Breeders Bourlag Scholar, joined the team as a market development intern.
Companies can reserve seed lot improvement time by contacting Meck Slagle at meck.slagle@groalliance.com and or learn more by visiting www.groalliance.com.
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About Gro Alliance
Founded in 1941, Gro Alliance is the leading seed supply chain solutions provider in North America. It offers GMO, non-GMO, organic, regulated, popcorn and soybean seed production as well as a full suite of seed corn, soybean, sweet corn, and wheat nursery services for companies around the world. Its headquarters are in Cuba City, Wis. with additional seed corn operations in Howe, Ind. and soybean seed operations in Mount Pulaski Ill., Breckenridge, Minn. and Leland, Iowa. It has nursery operations in Chile through its joint venture, CIS Alliance, and out licenses seed corn and soybean germplasm through Breeder Direct. You can learn more at www.groalliance.com, www.cisalliance.cl and www.breederdirect.com.
About Seed-X
Seed-X is an AI-driven Agri-Food Tech software company revolutionizing seed quality and food safety across the entire seed and grain value chain for the benefit of seed and food companies. Seed-X's proprietary technology, combining computer vision and deep learning analysis capabilities, facilitates a more sustainable & secure food future by addressing new quality attributes at the single seed level and introducing innovative quality control and segmentation capabilities. You can learn more at www.seed-x.com