1+ week, 5+ day ago   (687+ words) One of the most important issues facing Canada’s seed industry today is the environment for investment in plant breeding. There has been tremendous change in this area recently, and there are important discussions happening across the industry about what comes…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (967+ words) Geopolitical conflicts continue to disrupt global fertilizer markets. Seed World Columnist Shawn Hackett explores how prolonged volatility could reshape seed demand, production planning and breeding priorities over the next several years. Throughout history, agricultural production and prices have moved in…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (308+ words) Public plant breeders are often focused on the immediate work in front of them: improving crops, mentoring students, teaching classes and managing breeding programs with limited resources. She says they don’t always have time to step back and assess the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (316+ words) Farmers and growers in Scotland are being encouraged to prepare for future water shortages as climate change disrupts rainfall patterns and increases the frequency of dry weather. The warning comes from the Centre of Expertise for Waters, or CREW, a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (505+ words) Melon production in the Nordic region may appear novel, but it is rooted in centuries of cultivation. Melons were grown at Nordic latitudes as early as the 1600s and remained a feature of garden production for generations. NordGen is now working…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (581+ words) Canada’s seed sector has a rare opportunity to influence federal policy at a foundational level, according to Senator Robert Black, who last week in Whitehorse urged seed growers to help shape a national soil strategy already gaining momentum in Ottawa....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (307+ words) For most of the last century, that arrangement sat comfortably in the background. It is not sitting comfortably now. That is the shift Darcy Pawlik, executive director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers, wants the industry to reckon with. Check-off…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (532+ words) In most of Canadian agriculture, bigger is usually better. Bigger farms. Bigger yields. Bigger equipment. The Yukon doesn’t have that luxury. With growing seasons that can last as little as 60 to 90 days and less than two per cent of the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (421+ words) The James Hutton Institute, Scotland’s interdisciplinary scientific research institute for the sustainable management of land, crop and nature resources, is playing a central role in a new UK-wide research and innovation network designed to strengthen the future of food production....