Texas, USA 2010 - International Herbage Seed Group
Texas, USA 2010 - International Herbage Seed Group Texas, USA 2010 - International Herbage Seed Group
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) – germplasm enhancement and cultivar developmentTexas is the largest cotton producing state in the U.S. Planted acreage in 2008 was 5 millionacres. Harvested acreage was 3.25 million acres yielding 4.45 million bales with a farm gatevalue of $1.14 billion. Cottonseed values, for oil and livestock feed, from this crop increasedvalue an additional $363.6 million. (NASS website)In addition to the previously mentioned plant improvement programs, TFSS is also involved withspecialty type commercial crops types listed below. These crops include both greenhouse andfield production and are another source of economic impact for the producers of Texas.Ornamentals – Crape myrtle, roses, Brugmansia, hardy hibiscus, and other flowering trees andshrubsTexas is considered to be the third largest output state in nursery and greenhouse productionbased on wholesale sales values. The nursery and greenhouse production industry in Texasemploys 22,700 people and encompasses 21 million square feet of covered greenhouse and shadeproduction area plus an additional 22,162 acres of outdoor production. Wholesale value ofnursery and greenhouse sales for Texas in 2007 was $2.064 billion. Of total sales, 72% was soldin Texas and 26% was sold in other regions of the U.S. Export sales represented 2% of sales.(The Economic Impact of the Green Industry in Texas)Texas AgriLife Research may be somewhat unique among public research organizations in thefact that the Legislature of the State of Texas has mandated that we protect intellectual propertyand license the use of inventions to companies that have the ability to broadly distribute productsto the producers of Texas and beyond. One purpose for these mandates was that the legislaturewas anticipating a reduction in traditional funding of public research programs. As a result ofour efforts to meet these challenges, we have been successful in broadly licensing products andcurrently have sales of plant materials developed by AgriLife in about 35 states in the U.S. andapproximately 20 countries throughout the world.Since 2002, the role of TFSS has been greatly expanded to meet these challenges. In addition tothe more traditional functions of „foundation seed‟ organizations, we work closely, not only withthe various plant improvement programs, but also with various internal business units andexternal corporate entities that have interest in various research projects. These efforts weredeveloped to allow scientists to work on their specific research projects without the worry ofbusiness issues that are related to commercialization of their research outcomes.TFSS works with the AgriLife Contracts and Grants office to develop sponsored researchagreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs), andproduction contracts. With the AgriLife Corporate Relations Office, TFSS works with corporateentities to develop public/private partnerships that lead to sponsored research agreements andultimate licensing of research outcomes. This method is more of a pull-through economic7
principle and encourages both AgriLife scientists and corporate research leaders to collaborate toprovide research solutions for specific problems.TFSS interaction with the Texas A&M University Systems (TAMUS) Office of TechnologyCommercialization (OTC) is on a very frequent basis. TFSS markets many of the plant materialimprovements to prospective licensees, assists OTC with licensing terms and drafting both noncommercial(evaluation) license agreements and commercial license agreements, managesexecuted license agreements and monitors agreements for compliance and infringement issues,and collects royalties for OTC on licensed plant materials. OTC then distributes the licensingrevenues to the various stakeholders under guidelines setout under TAMUS Intellectual Property(IP) policy.TFSS also provides royalty collection/license management services for several other land grantinstitutions that market plant materials into the Texas and SW US markets. Another serviceprovided by TFSS is production and/or seed conditioning services to public and private breedingprograms. With some of the revenues generated by TFSS, we are able to provide some longerterm investment (funding) in AgriLife plant breeding programs. In most cases, this funding isfor assistance in the production of small purification or breeder seed blocks in programs thathave commercial potential but lack adequate and timely funding for these small and veryexpensive production blocks.TFSS, as a representative for AgriLife, is very active in state, regional, and national seed andagricultural organizations. We also work very closely with the seed certification agencieslocated in every state where AgriLife licensed products are produced for commercial sales.TFSS acts as a resource for many of our commodity board stakeholders as well as AgriLifeinternal committees such as the Intellectual Property Management and Commercialization Team,Small Grains Advisory Committee, and Plant Review Committee.Change is a given for agribusiness and the only constant is that we will continue to see change inthe way agribusiness is conducted and in the speed of technological improvements moving to themarketplace. TFSS is fortunate to be a part of the AgriLife team that has led some of thechanges and in many cases AgriLife is looked to as an operating model for other universities andpublic institutions as they move from more traditional funding mechanisms to the developmentof public/private partnerships and public institution licensing of most or all plant materialimprovements.NASS website – National Agricultural Statistics Servicehttp://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Texas/index.aspInformation current as of January 26, 2010The Economic Impact of the Green Industry in TexasMarco A. Palma, Charles R. Hallmapalma@tamu.edu8
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principle and encourages both AgriLife scientists and corporate research leaders to collaborate toprovide research solutions for specific problems.TFSS interaction with the <strong>Texas</strong> A&M University Systems (TAMUS) Office of TechnologyCommercialization (OTC) is on a very frequent basis. TFSS markets many of the plant materialimprovements to prospective licensees, assists OTC with licensing terms and drafting both noncommercial(evaluation) license agreements and commercial license agreements, managesexecuted license agreements and monitors agreements for compliance and infringement issues,and collects royalties for OTC on licensed plant materials. OTC then distributes the licensingrevenues to the various stakeholders under guidelines setout under TAMUS Intellectual Property(IP) policy.TFSS also provides royalty collection/license management services for several other land grantinstitutions that market plant materials into the <strong>Texas</strong> and SW US markets. Another serviceprovided by TFSS is production and/or seed conditioning services to public and private breedingprograms. With some of the revenues generated by TFSS, we are able to provide some longerterm investment (funding) in AgriLife plant breeding programs. In most cases, this funding isfor assistance in the production of small purification or breeder seed blocks in programs thathave commercial potential but lack adequate and timely funding for these small and veryexpensive production blocks.TFSS, as a representative for AgriLife, is very active in state, regional, and national seed andagricultural organizations. We also work very closely with the seed certification agencieslocated in every state where AgriLife licensed products are produced for commercial sales.TFSS acts as a resource for many of our commodity board stakeholders as well as AgriLifeinternal committees such as the Intellectual Property Management and Commercialization Team,Small Grains Advisory Committee, and Plant Review Committee.Change is a given for agribusiness and the only constant is that we will continue to see change inthe way agribusiness is conducted and in the speed of technological improvements moving to themarketplace. TFSS is fortunate to be a part of the AgriLife team that has led some of thechanges and in many cases AgriLife is looked to as an operating model for other universities andpublic institutions as they move from more traditional funding mechanisms to the developmentof public/private partnerships and public institution licensing of most or all plant materialimprovements.NASS website – National Agricultural Statistics Servicehttp://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/<strong>Texas</strong>/index.aspInformation current as of January 26, <strong>2010</strong>The Economic Impact of the Green Industry in <strong>Texas</strong>Marco A. Palma, Charles R. Hallmapalma@tamu.edu8