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The Slowest Part of Plant Breeding May No Longer Be Biology
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

AAFC Research Station Closures Trigger Emergency Study in Ottawa

Canada

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

Canada

CFIA Cuts Will Not Disrupt Seed Regulatory Modernization

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

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

Canada

Alberta MLA Urges Action After AAFC Layoffs Threaten Lacombe-Area Ag Research

Canada

AAFC Staffing Cuts Spark Concern Across Canada’s Seed and Plant Breeding Sector

Canada

UPDATE: List of AAFC Research Stations Reportedly Being Shuttered Grows

Canada

CSGA and AAFC Leadership Changes Mark a Turning Point for Canada’s Seed Industry, says Manitoba Seed Growers President

Canada

Departure of Senior AAFC Breeder Sparks Renewed Calls for Long-Term Wheat Breeding Strategy

U.S.

Lorena Basso: Innovation Is Urgent to Feed 9.5 Billion by 2050

Canada

Without Seed Innovation, Canadian Food Prices Could be 65% Higher

Canada

New Tech Could Turn Canola’s “Waste” Into a $7,000-a-Kilo Product

Canada

Soil Compaction Isn’t the Problem — it’s the Symptom

Canada

SeCan Unveils Canadian Genetics Gaining Attention for 2026

Canada

Cereals Canada and James Richardson & Sons Sign MOU for Future Home of Gate

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Canada

CSGA Builds a Startup for the Seed Sector: Inside the Launch of Blue Tag Solutions

Canada

Crop Production Soars in 2025 as Prairie Yields Hit Record Highs

Canada

6 Reasons Why Hybrid Wheat Could Transform Farming Economics by 2027

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Canada

Why Corteva’s Hybrid Wheat Technology is Key to New SpinCo Valuation

Canada

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On-Farm Trials Are the Future in Improving Crop Yield, Seed Performance Decisions

Canada

Barley Producers Back Next-Gen Breeding With $1.15M Investment

Canada

The Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation Awards are Accepting Nominations, Applications for 2026!

Europe

Almost Everything You Eat Has Been Modified by Humans

Europe

Scientists Decode Oat Pan-Genome, Unlocking Path to Climate-Resilient Crops

Europe

Rooted in Progress: Reinventing the Carrot for a Changing World

Canada

Tuesday’s Budget is a Test for an Industry That Says it Wants to Innovate

Canada

Farmers Say ‘I Don’t Have Time to Be Unwell.’ This Scientist Is Fighting to Change That

Canada

What Happens When Public Science Gets a Private Engine? A 50-Year Success Story

Canada

Know a Variety That Changed Farming? Nominate it for Seed of the Year

Canada

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Nominate a Plant Breeding Pioneer

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Advancing Better Canola: Before Canola Can Thrive, it Must Survive

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AI and Sales: Why Garbage in Still Means Garbage Out

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

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

GLOBAL NEWS
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Crop Side Streams Could Become Consumer Foods

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Seed Sector 2045: The Future Seed Sector May Be More Layered Than Larger

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AI in Agriculture Brief Highlights Crop Production

18% More Maize, 27% Less Nitrogen Loss?

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