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Investment Survey
- Confidential survey of members
- Conducted every 5 years
- Information is extremely valuable in CSTA`s
advocacy efforts
- Began Fall 2012 – Results as of July 2013
CSTA Members Invest In Plant Breeding and Research Results of the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
CSTA Members Invest In Plant Breeding and Research Results of the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
CSTA Members Invest In Plant Breeding and Research Results of the CSTA Investment Survey Presented to the 2013 Annual Meeting Growing for the World Investment Survey Confidential survey of members Conducted every 5 years
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Total Investment in Research in Canada
- $ 89.5 million in 2012
- $ 94.2 million in 2013
- $130.2 million in 2017
4.7% of combined domestic sales in 2012
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Total Investment in Plant Breeding 2012 Traditional Plant Breeding $44 million 49.2% Trait Development $ 5 million 5.6% Variety Evaluation $22 million 24.6% Other $18.5 million 20.7%
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Employment (Full time Equivalents) 2012 Research 589
Scientists 131 Technicians 219 Support 88 Summer 151
Sales 366 Production 176 Processing 354 Total 1,485
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Crop Kind 1987 2001 2007 2012 2017 Canola 50.0 67.3 74.7 45.1 16.2 Corn 19.7 17.4 8.6 16.7 13.3 Soybeans 4.9 5.7 6.9 9.6 5.7 Other Oilseeds Total Cereals 10.6 5.1 5.9 7.8 8.5 Wheat 5.3 7.4 Barley 1.9 0.5 Other Cereals 0.6 0.4 Pulse Crops 0.3 0.1 Forage & Grass 2.1 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.3 Special Crops 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.02 0.07 Garden Seed 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
% of Investment by Crop Kind
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