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Seed World Editor Marc Zienkiewicz (right) sat down with Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Commissioner Anthony Parker in Banff recently.
Marc’s Take This Week: The Quiet Leaders Behind Seed Innovation and Why They Matter More Than Ever
Anthony Parker
Canada

Innovation in Agriculture Depends on Plant Breeders’ Rights, Says UPOV President

Canada

Marc’s Take This Week: The People Behind Plant Breeding — and What Canada Risks Losing

Canada

Lacombe Closure Puts Spotlight on Canada’s Agricultural Research Workforce

Canada

Canadian Seed Growers’ Association Faces New Chapter as Doug Miller Exits

Canada

Canada’s Seed Sector This Week: Pressure is Building, but so is Momentum

Canada

Seed Innovation in Canada: The Funding Problem No One Can Ignore

Canada

CSGA AGM 2026 Whitehorse: Dates, Travel, Keynote and What to Expect

Canada

Seeds Canada’s New CEO Isn’t Rushing In — And That’s the Strategy

Canadian seed growers face rising diesel costs after Strait of Hormuz crisis 2026
Canada

Diesel Jumps, Margins Shrink: Canadian Seed Growers Feel Impact of Hormuz Crisis

Canada

OP-ED: No Investment, No Innovation — What’s at Stake for Canadian Farmers

Curtis Pozniak is on the latest episode of On the Brink.
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Canadian Conditions Need Made-for-Canada Solutions: On the Brink Episode 2

Canada

Canada’s Wheat Breeding System Cannot Stay Status Quo, Leaders Warn in New Webinar

Canada

Canada’s Crop Breeding System Faces a Turning Point

Canada

Plant-Protein Demand Shaping New Yellow Pea and Faba Bean Lines on the Prairies

Canada

10 Years After UPOV ’91: Is Canada Ready for a New Plant Breeding Funding Model?

Canada

New Barley Lines Could Help Beer Stay Fresher Longer

Canada

Loss of Prairie Research Stations Threatens Wheat Testing System, PGDC Committee Hears

Canada

New Mustard Promises Yield Gains as PRCO Flags GM and Research Risks

Canada

Who Funds Wheat Research in Canada? Increasingly, it’s Farmers

Canada

Canadian Seed Industry Warns of Lost Year in Crop Breeding and Field Trials

Canada

Federal Budget Cuts Put Canada’s Wheat Breeding System at Risk, New Report Warns

Canada

Seed Regulatory Modernization: Where Industry Aligns — and Where it Pushes Back

Canada

Inside Doug Miller’s 15-Year Tenure at CSGA: SRM, Innovation and Digital Transformation

Canada

Why Proposed Dicamba Restrictions Could Impact Canadian Soybean Seed Production

Canada

Arctic Strategy, Trade Wars and the Future of Prairie Farming — According to Peter Mansbridge

Canada

The New Trade Map: Why Canadian Seed Companies Should Rethink “the Global Marketplace”

Canada

Agriculture Day Highlights the Need for Clarity on the Future of AAFC Research

Canada

CFIA Cuts Will Not Disrupt Seed Regulatory Modernization

Canada

Grain Growers of Canada Demands Transparency on AAFC Research Cuts and Facility Closures

Canada

Manitoba Seed Growers Challenge Ottawa on AAFC Cuts After Davos Food Security Message

Canada

Saskatchewan Seed Growers Call for Reversal of AAFC Facility Closures in Indian Head and Scott

Canada

CSGA Warns AAFC Research Facility Closures Will Hurt Canadian Crop Innovation

Canada

Syngenta Canada Launches Equento Cereals Seed Treatment for Wireworm Control in Western Canada

Canada

CFIA Job Cuts Confirmed as Ottawa Targets $235M in Savings

Canada

What we Know So Far About the Reported Cuts to AAFC Staffing, Research Stations

CAN360

What AAFC Research Station Closures Could Mean for Canadian Seed Innovation

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The Overlooked Role of Seed Processors in Crop Success

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Keeping Seed Cleaning Plants Moving: 13 Years in Parts & Service

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“I’m Dean”: The Humble Leadership of Wheat Breeder Dean Spaner Leaves Lasting Mark on Prairie Agriculture

20 Most Promising Young Plant Breeders in Europe 2026

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Defining Seed and Food Security

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