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Why Canada’s Breeding Future Hinges on Value Creation
Canada

John Barlow on the Fight to Save Canada’s Ag Research Facilities

Canada

Reversing AAFC Cuts Could Buy Time — But Canada Still Needs Breeding Reform

Canada

Plant Breeders’ Rights Reform Signals New Era for Canadian Horticulture

Canada

Western Canada Wheat and Barley Breeding Groups Unveil New Vision for Innovation

U.S.

NAPB 2026 Puts Spotlight on Cotton Breeding and Fiber Quality Advances

Canada

Canadian Parliament Urges Reversal of Agricultural Research Centre Closures

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Canada

Who Speaks for Seed in Canada-U.S. Trade? Michael Harvey Takes a Seat

Canada

Register For Our Webinar on the Future of Value Creation

Canada

Global Institute for Food Security Names Jason Reinheimer CEO

Seed World Editor Marc Zienkiewicz (right) sat down with Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Commissioner Anthony Parker in Banff recently.
Canada

Marc’s Take: The Quiet Leaders Behind Seed Innovation and Why They Matter More Than Ever

Dean Spaner (right) with students and colleagues Enid Perez-Lara and Hiroshi Kubota.
Canada

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

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

U.S.

NAPB 2026 in Texas Showcases Innovation as Borlaug Scholars Program Invites New Sponsors

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

The class of Seed School 2026.
Canada

Seeds Canada Prepares for 2026 AGM After Successful Seed School

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

Marc Zienkiewicz and Kelly Turkington
Canada

This Week in Seed: A Global Crisis, Rising Costs — and a Bigger Question No One Can Ignore

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

U.S.

Why the 2026 NAPB Annual Meeting at Texas A&M is a Must-Attend

Canada

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

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

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

Canada

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Fiscal Discipline Should Target AAFC Overhead — Not High-Return Research

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

AAFC Research Station Closures Trigger Emergency Study in Ottawa

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

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From Motion to Momentum: Where Strategy Begins

The Overlooked Role of Seed Processors in Crop Success

Garry Hamilton of Nexeed

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

Strengthening Canada’s Variety Development Pipeline Through Private-Sector Innovation 

GLOBAL NEWS
Fusarium ear blight, Fusarium head blight, FHB, or scab, is a fungal disease of cereals: wheat, barley, oats, rye and triticale. FEB is caused by a range of Fusarium fungi, which reducing grain yield

Breakthrough Crop Research Creates Fusarium-Resistant Wheat Hybrids

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Scientists Build First Watermelon Super-Pangenome to Advance Crop Breeding

Chinese money plant algorithm revealed in the leaf veins of Pilea peperomioides

Money Plant Reveals Nature’s Hidden Algorithm

Farm Bill uncertainty

Why Farm Bill Uncertainty Matters to Seed

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