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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...
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...
Canada

What Could Slow the Next Great Seed Variety?

From variety trials to seed increase, four industry leaders identify the weak points between a...
Canada

A Farmer’s Most Important Assets Don’t Appear on a Yield Map

Living soils, the best genetics and capable plant scientists quietly determine the future of Canadian...
Canada

Could Research Cuts Push Canada’s Young Plant Breeders Elsewhere?

With public research under pressure, emerging scientist Ben Erickson explains what Canada must do to...
Europe

Ukraine’s New GMO Law: What It Means for the Seed Sector and EU Integration

Ukraine GMO law will introduce a broader framework for genetic engineering, GMO registration, labelling, traceability...
Canada

The Farm Gate is Sending Canada’s Seed Sector a Message

Todd Hyra, Mark Keating and Greg Stamp discuss changing customer demands and what they mean...
Canada

The Slowest Part of Plant Breeding May No Longer Be Biology

The countries that lead plant breeding will be those that connect data, people and investment...
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Europe

AgRI 2040 Sets EU Agri-Food Innovation Priorities

AgRI 2040 and Food 2040 will guide EU-funded research, innovation and market deployment across agriculture,...
Canada

OP-ED: Why Canada’s Plant Breeding Advantage is No Longer Guaranteed

Kenny Piecharka of KWS says conversations that once happened in the hallway are finally happening...
Canada

Why the “Plant Breeding Pipeline” is the Wrong Model for Canada

Breeding, registration and seed certification can no longer operate as isolated steps in an era...
Canada

You Can Process More Lines. You Can’t Automate Better Ideas.

Technology lets breeders evaluate tens of thousands of candidates, but Brian Rossnagel says efficiency cannot...
Europe

EU PPWR: What Seed Companies Need to Do Now

The EU PPWR now applies to packaging used across the seed sector. Seed companies and...
Canada

Seed Certification Was Built for Trust. It Has to Be Built for Change, Too

Shannon Bieman takes on the CSGA presidency as seed certification continues to evolve, bringing her...
Canada

Faster Plant Breeding Puts Canada’s Seed System to the Test

Advances in genomics are accelerating breeding while raising new questions about variety registration, research infrastructure...

Canada

Is Canada’s Variety Registration System Slowing Seed Innovation?

Canada’s variety registration system helped build confidence in Canadian seed. But breeders, farmers and seed...
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Europe

Seed Sector 2045: Why Public Trust Matters for Plant Breeding Innovation

Plant breeding innovation in Europe depends on more than science and regulation. As NGTs move...
Canada

Canada’s Plant Breeding Future Depends on People, Not Just Funding

As Canada rethinks its breeding ecosystem, researchers like Yue Yu show why the next model...
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Europe

China EDV System Begins With First 10 Crops

China EDV system implementation has begun with MARA publishing the country’s first agricultural plant EDV...
Europe

EU Seed Trade Looks to New Global Agreements

EU seed trade could benefit from recent EU trade agreements with Mercosur, Australia, India, Indonesia...
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U.S.

The Way I See It… There’s More Seed in the Farm Bill Than You Think

The latest Farm Bill fight is about much more than SNAP. For the seed industry,...
Canada

Why CSGA’s New President Says Now is the Time to Get Involved

Shannon Bieman says a rapidly changing Canadian seed sector presents a big opportunity...
Canada

Why Plant Breeding, Leadership and Seed Policy Matter Together

Innovation isn't simply the product of discovery. It's the product of relationships...
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Europe

Commission Excludes Soybean Seeds from EUDR

The European Commission has removed soybean seeds EUDR coverage after recognising that seeds for sowing...
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U.S.

USTR Exempts Planting Seed from New Forced Labor Tariffs

The exemption protects seed moving through global research and production systems from tariffs of up...

Canada

Brent Collins Reflects on His Time as Seeds Canada President

The outgoing Seeds Canada president says the organization has grown into a stronger voice for...
Europe

Euroseeds Welcomes EP Rejection of High ILUC Soybean Oil Proposal

Euroseeds says the European Parliament’s rejection of the soybean oil ILUC proposal is an important...
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U.S.

That’s the Way I See It – Five Headlines; One Trend

This week's biggest seed industry stories reveal more than breaking news. They highlight how innovation...
This week's biggest seed industry stories all point to the same conclusion: innovation alone isn't enough.
Canada

The Seed Sector Has a Connection Problem, Not an Innovation Problem

This week's biggest stories all point to the same conclusion: the people who can make...
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U.S.

What the Fair Seeds for Farmers Act Would Change

The Fair Seeds for Farmers Act would change federal plant IP protections and restrict some...
Canada

Why We Can’t Let Canada’s Seed Sector Become a Museum Piece

Boomtown celebrates the past. It also reminds us what happens when successful institutions stop evolving...
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Europe

Euroseeds Urges Agri-Food Role in EU Fund

Euroseeds has joined 39 European agri-food organisations in urging policymakers to keep agriculture and food...
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U.S.

Seed Industry Presses U.S. to Lift Tariffs on Research Seed

ASTA is urging the U.S. to eliminate tariffs on planting seed, saying added costs are...
Canada

Why the World is Watching Canada’s Royalty Debate Closely

A decades-old breeding model helped make Canada an agricultural powerhouse. Now industry leaders warn the...

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