2 I SEED WORLD EUROPE I SEEDWORLD.COM/EUROPE | OCTOBER 2026 TABLE OF CONTENTS OCTOBER 2026 FEATURES, continued Seed Sector 2045: The Map of What Comes Next Seed World Europe is publishing a 20-part online series built around a subway concept, with each “station” representing a force shap ing the road to 2045. This is a brief preview of the series. New Rules in the Bag Europe’s PPWR reaches seed packaging, bringing new responsibilities for companies inside the EU and exporters supplying the European market. The Invisible Leak in the Seed Sector How illegal seed reproduction quietly distorts markets, and why the Anti-Infringement Bureau is turning hidden risk into measurable deterrence. 52 56 60 COLUMNS Editor’s Message Europe’s 20-Nucleotide Handbrake The Risk Corner After the NGT regulation, time to rationalise the GMO directive. Franco’s Agri-Notes Plant varieties, a heritage to be protected. Sense, Nonsense and Science Putting concerns about glyphosate into perspective. Giant Views Europe Cannot Ask for More Soy While Undermining Its Market 04 58 66 68 72 DEPARTMENTS Industry News Global Seed Watch 70 71 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX United Kingdom PUBLISHER Shawn Brook sbrook@seedworldgroup.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR - SEED WORLD EUROPE Marcel Bruins mbruins@seedworldgroup.com EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS Madeleine Baerg mbaerg@seedworldgroup.com MANAGING EDITOR Michelle Clarke mclarke@seedworldgroup.com STAFF WRITERS Dawn Ius, Marc Zienkiewicz ADVERTISING SALES Craig Armstrong carmstrong@seedworldgroup.com Aiden Brook abrook@seedworldgroup.com Dean French dfrench@seedworldgroup.com Petar Madjarac pmadjarac@seedworldgroup.com Roxanne Murray rmurray@seedworldgroup.com DIGITAL Ruskin Johnson rjohnson@seedworldgroup.com Christian Leader cleader@seedworldgroup.com Charlene McIvor cmcivor@seedworldgroup.com CREATIVE Kyle Dratowany kdratowany@seedworldgroup.com Lesley Nakonechny lnakonechny@seedworldgroup.com CLIENT SERVICES Ewa Józefowicz Amador ejozefowiczamador@seedworldgroup.com Lindsay Hoffman lhoffman@seedworldgroup.com CIRCULATION Dean French dfrench@seedworldgroup.com CONTRIBUTORS Franco Brazzabeni, Branislava Popov, Joe Schwarcz, David Zaruk ADVISORY BOARD Rachel Blumel, UFS Alberto Lipparini, Assosementi Gina Wied, KWS Antonio Villaroel, ANOVE Kaya Schmitz, BASF Arend Schot, Bejo Stig Oddershede, DLF Adrian Giordani, Bayer seedworld.com/europe instagram.com/seedworldeu/ facebook.com/SeedWorldEU/ x.com/SeedWorldEU https://bsky.app/profile/seedworldeu.bsky.social linkedin.com/company/seedworld-europe/ youtube.com/c/seedworldgroup SUBSCRIPTIONS Seed World Europe is published four times a year. European subscription rates are: one year ¤30. International: one year ¤75. To subscribe please email subscribe@seedworldgroup.com. Please recycle where facilities exist. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Printed in England VOLUME 13, ISSUE 3 ON THE COVER Leonardo Costa, who leads Corteva’s EMEA Seed Applied Technologies, discusses the future of seed treatment, the innovations coming through the pipeline and the team behind the business. Photo: LakeProd in Nyon, Switzerland.
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