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Public Plant Breeders Need More Than Funding; They Need Support
4+ week, 2+ day ago (308+ words) Public plant breeders are often focused on the immediate work in front of them: improving crops,...role. The committee may not be widely known outside plant breeding circles, but its mission is straightforward....a group of people interested in the…...
Unlock Hemp's Potential? Meet One of Canada's Rising Plant Breeders - Seed World
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (378+ words) Unlock Hemp’s Potential? Meet One of Canada’s Rising Plant Breeders What if artificial intelligence could...Fetterley is tackling. As one of the 2026 Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation Scholarship recipients, Fetterley...field covered in stripe rust convinced him to pursue plant breeding,…...
How Canada Can Strengthen Plant Breeding Investment
1+ week, 5+ day ago (687+ words) industry today is the environment for investment in plant breeding. There has been tremendous change in this...This is where the current discussions around the plant breeding continuum become so important. The challenge...
Eastern Canada Plant Breeding Needs Investment
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (241+ words) Grain Farmers of Ontario, argues that Eastern Canada plant breeding needs more investment, and that the public...
Ottawa is Finally Treating Soil as Strategic Infrastructure. Here's Why Seed Growers Should Care
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....
Rice Breeding is Becoming a Game of Tradoffs
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (784+ words) Modern breeding programs face growing pressure to increase yield, improve quality, reduce environmental impacts and remain globally competitive all at the same time. Rice feeds more people than any other crop on Earth, supplying roughly one-fifth of all calories consumed…...
The Fertilizer Squeeze Could Change the Seed Industry for Years
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…...
How AI is Changing Certified Seed Operations
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (883+ words) “It’ll tell me this is the lot number you need to plant because the germ is this… or it’ll remind me to...
How Farmers Thrive in One of Canada's Toughest Growing Environments
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (532+ words) machinery. Innovation here often begins with identifying plant material from regions with similar climates. Vangal...
Nordic Melons Project Tests Historic Varieties
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (505+ words) environmental footprint,” says Pawel Chrominski, plant expert at NordGen and project leader. Melon cultivation...melon cultivation also meant the loss of valuable plant genetic resources and cultural heritage. Interest...