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Canada

AI and Sales: Why Garbage in Still Means Garbage Out

Canada

The Best Partnerships Don’t Sell Machines. They Build Better Ones

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Canada

How One Seed Plant Upgrade Improved Flax Cleaning — and Much More

Canada

The Best Way to Use AI? Think Like a Golfer, Not a Robot

Canada

What Seed Processors Should Look for Beyond Equipment Specs

FEATURE STORY
Yue Yu
Can Genomics Speed Up the Journey From Breeder to Farmer?
Genomic prediction can help identify promising plants before breeders spend years evaluating them. But there’s a catch: breeding faster doesn’t mean farmers get it faster...
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Canada

Faster Plant Breeding Puts Canada’s Seed System to the Test

Nick Petruic of SaskSeed on his farm at harvest, speaking about the future of the AAFC Indian Head Research Farm.
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When Action is the Only Option | On The Brink: Season 2 – Episode 16

Canada

Is Canada’s Variety Registration System Slowing Seed Innovation?

Karen Withers, founder of AgCultured Consulting, with a maze representing complex seed labeling regulations.
U.S.

Inside The Hidden Bottleneck Slowing Seed Shipments Across America

Canada

Canada’s Plant Breeding Future Depends on People, Not Just Funding

NEWS
Canada

Flax Could Hold an Answer to Farming’s Fertilizer Problem

Canada

Why CSGA’s New President Says Now is the Time to Get Involved

University of Guelph soybean breeder Istvan Rajcan beside an open padlock and emerging soybean plant representing freedom to operate
U.S.

The Varieties Fade; The Impact Doesn’t

BUSINESS
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U.S.

The Fertilizer Squeeze Could Change the Seed Industry for Years

Canada

Why Plant Breeding, Leadership and Seed Policy Matter Together

Canada

No Agenda, Just Listening: Glenn Logan Reflects on Leading the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association

SUSTAINABILITY
Canada

Ottawa is Finally Treating Soil as Strategic Infrastructure. Here’s Why Seed Growers Should Care

Canada

How Cover Crops Can Improve Seed Quality and Create New Opportunities for Seed Growers

Canada

How Farmers Thrive in One of Canada’s Toughest Growing Environments

RESEARCH
Canada

The Future of Plant Breeding Could Begin Before the Field Trial

Canada

Innovation Gets the Headlines. Plant Breeding Capacity Makes It Possible

Europe

Global Soil Degradation Is Cutting Crop Yields

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People Make the Difference: The Team Behind Keating Seed Corp’s Success
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Building an Ecosystem Instead of a Blueprint | On The Brink: Season 2 – Episode 15

Dan Wright says there is no master plan for Canadian plant breeding. It is an ecosystem. The vision exists; the...
Soybean breeder Istvan Rajcan stands in a soybean field at pod stage in a University of Guelph polo shirt, discussing public-private plant breeding funding.
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From Students To Scientists | On The Brink: Season 2 – Episode 14

Ask Canada's most decorated soybean breeder his favourite part of the job and he doesn't name a variety. He names...
Jim Dyck of Oat Advantage stands in a green oat plot near a red and grey barn, making the case for an oat variety use agreement.
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Making The Case For VUA | On The Brink: Season 2 – Episode 13

Jim Dyck is one of a handful of private oat breeders in Western Canada. A variety takes 10 to 15...
Dr. Francois Eudes, director of research, development and technology at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, [seated in interview setting / speaking to camera], discussing AAFC research cuts and plant breeding.
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The Goal Isn’t Better Public Breeding. It’s Better Breeding | On The Brink: Season 2 – Episode 12

Roughly 80 per cent of Canadian wheat acres carry AAFC genetics, and AAFC is absorbing a 15 per cent budget...
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McGill University PhD candidate Neha Paserkar discusses climate change, white mold disease resistance and plant breeding on the Seed World Podcast.
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