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

Public or private? As it gears up to mark its 50th anniversary, SeCan thrives by...
Europe

Breeding Under the Treaty on the Line: The Future of the Multilateral System

As countries prepare to meet in Lima, Peru, the future of global crop diversity is...
U.S.

How 1,500 Everyday Growers Are Hacking the Seed Data Bottleneck

More than 1,500 volunteer growers are helping SeedLinked, USDA, and Seed Savers Exchange solve one...
Canada

Farmers Wanted Yield. Consumers Wanted Protein. Tom Greaves is Delivering Both

A yellow pea variety built to bridge productivity and market demand is taking off...
Canada

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

FAST TAKE It’s not just about the best variety this season — it’s about the...

Canada

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

Submit your nomination for the 2026 Plant Breeding & Genetics Award sponsored by Seed World...
Canada

Investing in Innovation Matters. Here’s Why You Should Support the CPBI Scholarships

Become a sponsor and help power the innovations that will define the next decades of...
Europe

Key Wheat Genes That Control Plant Height and Grain Size Identified

Rothamsted scientists discovered how specific GA3OX genes in wheat regulate growth and grain size by...
U.S.

Corn Trait Wins USDA Deregulation

USDA has deregulated Bayer’s MON 95379 corn, a biotech trait designed to protect against major...
U.S.

Swinging for More Than Fences

The Seed World U.S. October issue is in your mailbox and online! Every fall, the...

Canada

The Quiet Disruptor Behind Canada’s Protein Future

Every year, Canada’s pulse and special crops industry singles out one person who’s changing the...

Latin America

Modelo Predice la Productividad Agrícola con Imágenes Satelitales

Embrapa utiliza imágenes satelitales y aprendizaje automático para predecir con alta precisión los rendimientos de...
Latin America

Model Predicts Agricultural Productivity With Use of Satellite Images

Embrapa uses satellite imagery and machine learning to forecast sugarcane and soybean yields, achieving high...
Canada

Want More Innovation? Pay the People Who Create It

If we need more progress on farms, start by valuing the people creating the genetics,...
Europe

UK Vertical Farms Boost Yields but Raise Carbon Footprint

Vertical farming can greatly boost lettuce yields and cut water use but currently has a...
Europe

Climate, Crisis, and Crops: Why Gene and Seed Banks are More Essential Than Ever

Deep in the Arctic, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault safeguards over a million seeds, symbolizing...
U.S.

She’s in a League of Her Own

We're announcing women 30 game changers in U.S. Seed. These honorees were nominated by their...
U.S.

She’s in A League of Her Own – Part 2

Profiles 11-20 of Seed World U.S. 30 High-Impact Women feature....
U.S.

She’s in a League of Her Own – Part 3

Profiles 21-30 of Seed World's 30 High-Impact Women in U.S. Seed....
Canada

Public? Private? Wrong Question. Jeff Reid Sees the Future of Plant Breeding

SeCan's general manager thinks there’s a smarter way to breed success in this Seed World...
Europe

Game-changing Biotech for Engineering Pathogen-Resistant Crops

Researchers at Japan’s RIKEN CSRS discovered SCORE, an ancient plant immune receptor that detects cold-shock...
Europe

Smarter Robots, Stronger Crops: A Breakthrough in High-Throughput Phenotyping

A new phenotyping robot is transforming plant science with its adjustable wheel track, precision sensor...
Canada

Red, Yellow, Green: The Truth About Canada’s Seed Overhaul

The CFIA’s seed overhaul is here — and unless farmers weigh in now, the rules...
Canada

NRGene Reports Canola Lines With Complete Clubroot Resistance in Field Trials

Field trial results show 0% disease incidence, company says. Saskatoon-based NRGene Green says it has...

Europe

Seeds of Innovation: How Scotland’s Plant Breeding Shapes the Future

The 2025 Euroseeds Congress in Edinburgh is a timely reminder of Scotland’s rich plant breeding...
Europe

Seed Meets Technology 2025: Innovation and Career Opportunities 

From 23 to 25 September 2025, Seed Meets Technology will be held in Seed Valley,...

Latin America

Cocoa Crops Targeted for Climate Adaptation Through Gene Editing

Mars partners with Pairwise to develop cacao more resistant to diseases and extreme climate using...
Europe

What The Selfish Gene Can Teach the Seed Sector

Over the holidays, I finished re-reading Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene, a book that reshaped...
Latin America

Chile se Consolida Como un Centro Clave para el Desarrollo de Semillas Transgénicas y Editadas Genéticamente

En las últimas dos décadas, Chile ha exportado más de US$2.300 millones en semillas biotecnológicas....
Latin America

Chile Emerges as a Key Hub for GMO and Gene-Edited Seed Development

Over the past two decades, Chile has exported more than US$2.3 billion in biotech seeds....
Europe

Regulatory DNA Emerges as Untapped Resource for Crop Breeding and Climate Resilience

A Nature Genetics study from the Max Planck Institute presents a scalable method to map...
Europe

AI Model Boosts Crop Disease Detection with Minimal Data

PlantCaFo is a few-shot learning model that detects plant diseases with limited data, achieving 93.5%...
Europe

New Technique Silences Plant Genes to Boost Crop Yields

CSIC researchers have developed a gene-silencing method using ultra-short RNAs delivered by modified viruses, enabling...
Europe

New Project to Develop Methods To Fast-Track Crop Improvement

Researchers at Cranfield University are developing pollen- and seed-based genetic engineering methods for tomatoes to...
Latin America

Argentina Avanza en la Identificación de Variedades de Soja Mediante Marcadores Ópticos

La Resolución 135/2025 del Ministerio de Agricultura de Argentina autoriza marcadores ópticos para la identificación...
Latin America

Argentina Makes Progress in Soy Variety Identification Using Optical Markers

The Ministry of Agriculture approved AI-powered optical markers for identifying soybean varieties, allowing real-time detection...
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