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Why Costa Rica Is Attracting Global Seed Investment and R&D

Costa Rica is a leading hub for seed innovation, offering regulatory stability, diverse microclimates and...
Canada

Seeds Canada’s New CEO Isn’t Rushing In — And That’s the Strategy

Dan Wright steps into Seeds Canada’s top role with a listening-first approach and a focus...
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Canada

Why the VUA Matters for Farmers — and the Future of Seed Innovation

Seeds Canada’s Lauren Comin explains how agreements like the VUA help sustain plant breeding while...
Canada

OP-ED: No Investment, No Innovation — What’s at Stake for Canadian Farmers

Failing to fund crop genetics today could limit farm productivity and profitability tomorrow, as momentum...

Canada

10 Years After UPOV ’91: Is Canada Ready for a New Plant Breeding Funding Model?

PBR Commissioner Anthony Parker says collaboration between producers, public breeders and private companies will determine...
Canada

Seed Regulatory Modernization: Where Industry Aligns — and Where it Pushes Back

Momentum builds for Canada’s seed regulations overhaul as the CFIA releases its SRM What We...
Canada

Inside Doug Miller’s 15-Year Tenure at CSGA: SRM, Innovation and Digital Transformation

From controversial digitization to regulatory reform, Miller’s 15-year tenure changed how Canada’s seed certification system...
U.S.

Gene Editing Is Getting Faster. Commercialization Still Isn’t

The seed industry is now at a point that is past CRISPR breakthrough. Commercialization is...
Canada

Why Proposed Dicamba Restrictions Could Impact Canadian Soybean Seed Production

Dicamba’s future in Canada is now tied to more than weed control...
U.S.

EPA Sets New Dicamba Restrictions for Soybean and Cotton

EPA announces new dicamba restrictions for cotton and soybean growers, including tighter application limits, drift...
Canada

CFIA Cuts Will Not Disrupt Seed Regulatory Modernization

The agency says it remains focused on science-based regulation and plans to publish updated Seeds...
U.S.

The Regulation Race Is Redrawing Seed Innovation

Gene editing is accelerating plant breeding across crops and regions, but global regulatory frameworks may...
Canada

Canada’s Agricultural Innovation is Falling Behind as R&D Spending and Seed Reform Stall

Our seed and plant-breeding systems are stuck in a risk-averse, underfunded loop, experts say...
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Europe

Top 10 Best Read Stories on Seed World Europe in 2025

Discover Seed World Europe’s most-read seed sector stories of 2025. After a year of coverage...
Canada

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

Canada’s farm economy is approaching a decisive moment. It can reignite innovation and productivity, or...
Canada

Is Canadian Agricultural Innovation in Crisis? The Evidence Says Yes

Our seed and plant-breeding systems are stuck in a risk-averse, underfunded loop, experts say...
Canada

Seeds Canada’s Outgoing CEO on Regulatory Reform, Farmer-First Leadership, and What’s Next

Barry Senft looks back on the challenges of COVID, building a new culture remotely, and...
Canada

Why Seed Growers Are Bringing Their Story to Parliament Hill This Week

Bringing the provincial seed grower discussion to Ottawa ensures federal ears hear provincial voices —...
Canada

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

Growers are increasingly expected to conduct their own preliminary testing of new varieties, a practice...
Canada

Farmers Are Ready for Innovation. Why Canada’s Regulations Aren’t

The truth is simple: status quo is not an option if we want a competitive...
Canada

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

The real test isn’t what the budget cuts — it’s what we build in its...
Canada

Industry Has Warned Ottawa That Red Tape is Choking Our Farm Economy

CropLife Canada says regulatory inaction is costing Canada billions in lost growth and threatening the...
Canada

Could a Trump Media Ban Mean Delayed Seed Rules for U.S. Farmers?

This isn’t about taking sides. It’s about how information moves from Washington to a shop...
Canada

Why the Seed Sector Can’t Stay Silent on PBR

Comments on proposed Plant Breeders' Rights' amendments close Oct. 18 at midnight...
U.S.

Corn Trait Wins USDA Deregulation

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

When Red Tape Chokes Green Progress

Europe’s slow approval process for crop protection products — often 8–12 years — delays sustainable...
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,...
Canada

Why Red Tape is the Biggest Roadblock for Plant Breeding in the Americas

Only government and industry together can write the next chapter of seed rules, Diego Risso...
Canada

Plant Breeders Exist — But Does Canada Even Care?

A Canadian breeder who saw Soviet agriculture collapse says we’re making the same mistake...
Canada

Innovation is Stuck in the Waiting Room — Can Policy Set it Free?

In this Seed World 360 interview, Lauren Comin warns that we need to get moving...
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...
Canada

Doug Miller Drops the Case for a Farmer-First Seed System

In this rapid-fire Seed World 360 interview, CSGA's executive director makes the case for change...
Canada

SRM is Heating Up and the Stakes Couldn’t be Higher for Growers, Miller Says

CSGA warns that without mandatory data, independent inspections, and smarter delegation, SRM risks missing the...

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

With Parliament Coming Back, we Have a Chance to Show our Value in Nation Building

Modern advocacy isn’t about protest — it’s about partnership, strategy, and showing what works....
Canada

The Canola Industry Says China’s Tariff Move is ‘Effectively Closing’ the Market

The country's 75% duty on canola shipments takes effect today....
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