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Canola Breeding Has Changed. So Has the Meaning of a Better Hybrid

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Advancing Better Canola: Before Canola Can Thrive, it Must Survive

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AI and Sales: Why Garbage in Still Means Garbage Out

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The Best Partnerships Don’t Sell Machines. They Build Better Ones

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How One Seed Plant Upgrade Improved Flax Cleaning — and Much More

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Ontario Seed Growers Look to Protect the Future of Plant Breeding
With public research under pressure, new Ontario Seed Growers’ Association president Phil Nadalin is focused on strengthening the partnerships that bring new crop varieties to farmers...
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How ISTA is Preparing Seed Testing for the Future

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Why SeCan’s Next 50 Years Matter to Seed Retail

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

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

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El Niño Seed Supply Risks: Is the Industry Prepared?

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Better Genetics Are Running Into an Infrastructure Problem

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

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

BUSINESS
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A Faster Seed System Still Needs Trusted Data

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The Most Expensive Word in Farming is “Almost”

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What CSGA’s New Executive Director Wants Farmers to Know

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Ottawa is Finally Treating Soil as Strategic Infrastructure. Here’s Why Seed Growers Should Care

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How Cover Crops Can Improve Seed Quality and Create New Opportunities for Seed Growers

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How Farmers Thrive in One of Canada’s Toughest Growing Environments

RESEARCH
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Why Saskatchewan Seed Growers are Thinking Beyond Certified Seed

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The Most Important Innovation in Pulse Breeding May Be the Network

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

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From Treatment to Planting: Protecting Rhizobium Viability in Pulses
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Think Bigger, Invest Smarter | On The Brink: Season 3, Episode 6

Independent plant breeders have plenty of skin in the Canadian plant breeding game. SeCan’s Jeff Reid explains how independent seed...
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Making a Case for End Point Royalties | On The Brink: Season 3, Episode 5

Could farmers’ variety choices help direct breeding investment? On The Brink explores the case for end point royalties, clearer costs...
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Where Should We Place Our Bets? Breeding for the Bottom Line | On The Brink: Season 3, Episode 4

Seed grower and RDAR director Kelly Barany calls for breeding priorities shaped by farm needs, shorter timelines, and funding that...
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What Could Slow the Next Great Seed Variety?

From variety trials to seed increase, four industry leaders identify the weak points between a breeding breakthrough and the farm...
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Can Gene Editing Give Seeds a Stronger Start?

At UC Davis, Reagan Reed is testing how genes work together to influence germination and seed quality...
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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 keep young plant breeders at...
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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 replace scientific talent and competing...
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Can Genomics Speed Up the Journey From Breeder to Farmer?

Genomic prediction can help identify promising plants before breeders spend years evaluating them. But there’s a catch: breeding faster doesn’t...
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