On Friday, July 11, 2019, The Production Technology Committee  hosted officials from the United States Department of Agriculture to provide an update on the development of the Plant Biotechnology Information Exchange (PBIE) and in a separate meeting hosted staff and members of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) to provide an introduction to the PBIE and discuss the goals of the project.  Current information on the project can be found here.

The PBIE is being developed by the Committee as a tool to improve marketability and trade risk management for the global trade of grains, oilseeds, pulses and other agri-bulks crops. In the PBIE, information on precision biotechnology use in the breeding of seeds for crop production will be collected, managed and shared.