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The Most Important Farmer in Canada Hasn’t Planted a Crop Yet

Canada’s seed industry is making decisions whose consequences won't be felt for another decade. Are...
Europe

Seed Sector 2045: Why NGTs Make the EDV Question More Important Than Ever

As genome editing transforms plant breeding, essentially derived varieties are becoming a critical intellectual property...
Europe

How Pieter van Kesteren’s Career Traces the Transformation of Vegetable Seeds

Pieter van Kesteren spent more than four decades helping shape the international vegetable seed industry....
Europe

BIOCRAFT Project Uses AI to Develop Resilient Crops

The EU-funded BIOCRAFT project will combine artificial intelligence, biotechnology and soil microbiome research to develop...
Canada

Why SeCan’s Next 50 Years Matter to Seed Retail

Register for our Nov. 3 webinar to understand what comes next...
Europe

Euroseeds 2026: Global Seed Innovation and Collaboration

Euroseeds 2026 will bring seed industry leaders to Valencia, Spain, to explore plant breeding innovation,...
Green Soybean Pods Attached to Plant Stem In Field
Europe

Plant-based Proteins: An Opportunity for Farmers and the Seed Sector

Plant-based proteins could create new opportunities for European farmers and the seed sector as the...
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Europe

Thousands of Seed Samples Added to Svalbard Global Seed Vault

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault received thousands of seed samples from 21 institutions in October...
Canada

Farmers Are Taking the Lead on the Future of Canadian Wheat Breeding

With Canada's wheat research system facing major changes, CWRC Chair Jocelyn Velestuk says farmers must...
Canada

Can Canada’s Seed Industry Afford to Tell Farmers the Truth?

Independent variety trials help farmers separate meaningful genetic improvements from marketing claims. As seed regulations...
U.S.

USDA Launches Seed Sovereignty Initiative to Strengthen Crop Genetic Resources

A $180 million investment will support sequencing of major crop collections, drawing support from the...

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U.S.

Protecting Crops from Growing Cybersecurity Threats

Researchers are calling for a national Agriculture Cybersecurity Consortium to help protect crops, farm equipment...
Canada

A Faster Seed System Still Needs Trusted Data

With combines winding down and regulatory changes approaching, the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association is preparing...
Europe

A New Phoma Threat Raises the Stakes for Oilseed Rape Breeders

With 95% of UK P. biglobosus isolates resistant to two SDHI fungicides in laboratory tests,...
Europe

Arevo: Can a Thin Red Coat Change How a Crop Uses Nitrogen

Arginex seed treatment is designed to deliver nitrogen from germination in a form plants can...
Europe

Could AI Speed Up Pheromone Discovery for Emerging Crop Pests?

Researchers identified the lily moth sex pheromone by starting with insect scent receptors rather than...
Canada

The Most Expensive Word in Farming is “Almost”

Canada invests heavily in plant breeding, seed certification and technology. But the real challenge may...

Canada

Why Saskatchewan Seed Growers are Thinking Beyond Certified Seed

From defending research farms to tackling slow adoption, the Saskatchewan Seed Growers' Association is making...
Europe

The Flavour Tomato Breeders Lost May Still Be Hiding in the Wild

Research from the Boyce Thompson Institute shows how wild tomato relatives may help breeders recover...
Europe

Seed Sector 2045: Why Plant Breeding IP Matters for Europe’s Future

Plant breeding IP is becoming central to Europe’s seed innovation debate. This article explains how...
Europe

What If Half the Wheat Diversity in the Catalogue Was Not Really Different?

A University of Córdoba review found GLU-B1 diversity in wheat was overstated, with many recorded...
U.S.

USDA Invests $180 Million in National Plant Germplasm System

The National Plant Germplasm System will receive $180 million from USDA to strengthen seed banks,...
U.S.

Seed Innovators Need a Clear Path to Market

Seed innovators need more than scientific validation to attract capital. Paola de Almeida says credible...
U.S.

Wheat Geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky Named 2026 World Agriculture Prize Laureate

Jorge Dubcovsky, a wheat geneticist at UC Davis, has been named the 2026 World Agriculture...
U.S.

The Corteva-Inari Case Is Settled… But the Bigger Questions Aren’t.

The Corteva-Inari settlement leaves larger questions unresolved about how seed innovation should balance intellectual property...
Europe

Vylor Is Open for Business: What Changes for Europe’s Seed Sector

Vylor seed genetics enters Europe with established brands, breeding programs and global R&D scale. Its...
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Europe

Euroseeds Urges Focus on Variety Performance in Organic Breeding Rules

Euroseeds is urging EU policymakers to keep organic breeding rules focused on variety performance, warning...
Canada

Better Genetics Are Running Into an Infrastructure Problem

As breeding tools become more powerful, Canada’s testing, delivery and funding systems are becoming just...
Canada

The Most Important Innovation in Pulse Breeding May Be the Network

Genomics gets the attention, but collaboration among breeders, researchers, producers and seed companies could determine...
Canada

Alberta Seed Growers Push to Protect Variety Testing as Research Capacity Shrinks

President Sarah Weigum says reliable regional trials and seed purity testing are essential to reducing...
Europe

Leonardo Costa on Corteva’s Seed Applied Technologies (SAT) Next Chapter in EMEA

Leonardo Costa outlines Corteva SAT priorities in EMEA, including new seed treatment products, customer partnerships,...
U.S.

Vegetable Trials Target Organic Seed Production Yield Gaps

Broccoli, lettuce, squash and tomato trials are helping researchers fill data gaps in organic seed...
U.S.

Bluemuda Turfgrass Could Reduce Sports Field Irrigation

Researchers at Oklahoma State University and Mississippi State University are testing 60 bluemuda turfgrass combinations...
U.S.

8 AI Players to Watch in Crop Breeding

Eight companies and research organizations are advancing AI crop breeding through predictive genomics, crop modeling,...
Europe

Early Heat Hurts Wheat Most but Could Build Resilience

Wheat heat stress causes the greatest yield losses when heat waves strike before flowering, field...
Canada

The Next Great Crop May Begin as an Uncertain Bet

Breeders, researchers and farmers have to make decisions years before they know which ideas will...
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