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

Climate Change is Rewriting the Rules of Disease Resistance. Neha Paserkar Wants Plant Breeders Ready

Canada

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

Canada

Why the World is Watching Canada’s Royalty Debate Closely

Canada

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

Canada

The Best Scientists Don’t Pretend to Know Everything. Kelly Turkington Built a Career Proving it

Canada

Can AI Unlock Hemp’s Potential? Meet One of Canada’s Rising Plant Breeders

Canada

Young Plant Breeder Wins CPBI Scholarship for AI-Powered Hemp Research

Canada

From Crop Genetics to World Cup Turf, Why Plant Breeding Needs a Bigger Stage

Canada

The Scholarship Winner Helping Rewrite the Future of Crop Genetics

Canada

At 25, Anirup Sengupta is Already Thinking Decades Ahead for Agriculture

Attendees of the 2026 National Association of Plant Breeders annual meeting gather for a group photo at Texas A&M University.
U.S.

Nutrition Emerged as a Big Theme at NAPB 2026

Canada

Brian Rossnagel Inducted Into Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame for Transforming Barley and Oat Breeding

Canada

A Lifetime in Plant Breeding: Dr. Weikai Yan Honoured for Four Decades of Scientific Leadership

Canada

The Common Thread Running Through This Week’s Biggest Seed Industry Stories

Canada

Canada is Shifting Toward Innovation, But More Work Remains on Seed and IP Policy

Canada

Award-Winning Plant Breeder Weikai Yan Says AI Won’t Replace Human Breeders

Canada

Why The Best Solutions Aren’t Built for Everywhere

Tom Warkentin is the breeder behind CDC Meadow.
Canada

CDC Meadow Nearly Got Thrown Out. Instead, It Became Canada’s 2026 Seed of the Year

Canada

How CDC Meadow Became One of Canada’s Most Successful Yellow Pea Varieties

Canada

What Honeybees Can Teach Us About Leadership, Adaptability, and Working Together

Canada

ISTA 2026: Seed Testing’s Biggest Annual Event is Heading to Calgary

Canada

Can Canada Talk Food Security While Cutting Agricultural Research?

Canada

A New Era of Farmer-Led Innovation is Emerging in Canada

Canada

Why Canadian Farmers are Leading Discussions on a New Wheat Breeding Model

U.S.

NAPB 2026 Focuses on AI, Indoor Farming, and the Next Era of Plant Breeding

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

U.S.

NAPB 2026 Puts Spotlight on Cotton Breeding and Fiber Quality Advances

Canada

Canadian Parliament Urges Reversal of Agricultural Research Centre Closures

Valley of death
Canada

Marc’s Take: Canada’s Ag Innovation Problem Isn’t Ideas — It’s Getting Them to Market

Canada

The “Valley of Death” in Canadian Ag Innovation

Farmer and his son in front of a sunset agricultural landscape. Man and a boy in a countryside field. The concept of fatherhood, country life, farming and country lifestyle.
Canada

Canada’s Plant Breeding Future Hinges on Trust, Not Just Funding Models — Marc’s Take This Week

Canada

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: “Consolidation” is a False Efficiency in Crop Breeding

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

D.J. Bing (second from right) at a conference in Australia with colleagues Robyne Davidson, Stan Blade and Tom Warkentin. Photo courtesy Robyne Davidson
Canada

A Quiet Giant in Pea Breeding: Remembering AAFC Scientist D.J. Bing

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The Overlooked Role of Seed Processors in Crop Success

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