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The Best Way to Use AI? Think Like a Golfer, Not a Robot

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What Seed Processors Should Look for Beyond Equipment Specs

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The Benefits of Upgrading Seed Processing Screening Equipment

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Strategy Creates Momentum. Planning Creates Motion.

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The Overlooked Role of Seed Processors in Crop Success

FEATURE STORY
This week's biggest seed industry stories all point to the same conclusion: innovation alone isn't enough.
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 connections between science, infrastructure and farmers will win the future...
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Jocelyn Velestuk standing in front of beef cattle on her farm near Broadview, Saskatchewan, discussing farmer-led wheat breeding
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Farmers Are Building What’s Next | On The Brink: Season 2 – Episode 11

Katy Martin Rainey discusses her priorities for workforce development and stronger plant breeding partnerships as incoming NAPB president.
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NAPB President Wants to Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships

McGill University PhD candidate Neha Paserkar discusses climate change, white mold disease resistance and plant breeding on the Seed World Podcast.
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Can Crops Keep Fighting White Mold in a Changing Climate?

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The Amazon Moment for Seed Retail: Register For Our July 27 Webinar

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

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

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CSGA Announces its New Executive Director, and it’s Not Someone From the Seed Sector

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Climate Change is Rewriting the Rules of Disease Resistance. Neha Paserkar Wants Plant Breeders Ready

BUSINESS
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What Decades of Service Look Like: Meet the 4 Leaders Honoured by CSGA

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Why the World is Watching Canada’s Royalty Debate Closely

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One Helped Build Seeds Canada. The Other Took the Seed Sector to Parliament

SUSTAINABILITY
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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

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What Sustainability Really Means for Seed, Farms and Retailers

RESEARCH
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The Best Scientists Don’t Pretend to Know Everything. Kelly Turkington Built a Career Proving it

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Can AI Unlock Hemp’s Potential? Meet One of Canada’s Rising Plant Breeders

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Young Plant Breeder Wins CPBI Scholarship for AI-Powered Hemp Research

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People Make the Difference: The Team Behind Keating Seed Corp’s Success
Marc Béland, Senior Director of Agriculture at Premier Tech, has been a key contributor to the company since 1996. With a career deeply rooted in biologicals research and development, Marc brings decades of expertise and passion for agricultural innovation to the forefront of his work.
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On-Seed Inoculants: A Conversation with Marc Béland on the Future of Seed Treatment
Darcy Pawlik of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers speaking on the On The Brink set about funding Canadian wheat breeding.
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If Farmers Pay, They Need A Say | On The Brink: Season 2 – Episode 10

Farmer check-off dollars have quietly become the backbone of plant breeding in Canada, even as Ottawa closes research facilities. On...
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One Gene Between Wheat and Disaster | On The Brink: Season 2 – Episode 9

Prairie farmers call midge-tolerant wheat "plant it and forget about it," a crop they no longer have to scout. But...
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National Investment, Regional Success | On The Brink: Season 2 – Episode 8

Josh Cowan, Director of Research and Innovation at Grain Farmers of Ontario, explains why a smaller eastern production base makes...
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The Scholarship Winner Helping Rewrite the Future of Crop Genetics

When Anirup Sengupta talks about plant breeding on this week's episode of the podcast, he reaches for an analogy almost...
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The vice chair of the House agriculture committee says witness testimony made it clear: research facility closures would have lasting...
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