b'INSIDE THE MACHINE-LEARNING PLAY THAT COULD RESHAPE SEED IDENTIFICATIONWith a new AI-powered verification platform, Blue Tag Solutions is laying the groundwork for real-time identification, automated quality checks, and fully digital seed traceability.By Marc ZienkiewiczIN A SECTOR governed by rigorous standards, legacy systems, and seasonal pressures, innovation is a constant pursuit. Doug Miller, executive director of the Canadian Seed Growers Association (CSGA), believes the sector is on the cusp of a fun-damental shiftone that requires new thinking, new tools, and a new structure.Thats why CSGA has created Blue Tag Solutions, a separately incorporated subsidiary with a bold mandate: build entirely new value streams on top of the certified seed system.The company, announced at the Interprovincial Seed Growers Meeting in Ottawa in November, may be young, but its ambitions are anything but modest.We have an ambitious vision for what the future looks like, Miller says. Blue Tag Solutions gives us a place to turn that vision into action. Blue Tag Solutions first major initiative is an agreement with ZoomAgri, an Argentinian ag-tech firm known for its machine-learning varietal Turning Seed Into Machine-Readable Data identification tools.Blue Tag Solutions first initiative is an agreement withWhile Blue Tag Solutions is starting with wheat, the road-ZoomAgri, an Argentinian ag-tech firm known for itsmap is far broader.machine-learning varietal identification tools. Its tabletopZoomAgri already works with soybeans, barley, and pulses device can analyze 500 grams of seed in roughly three minutes,in global markets. Miller hinted that pulses could be next identifying the variety using high-speed, 360-degree imagein Canada and the long-term vision includes a cross-crop capture and AI-driven pattern detection. Canadian digital identity dataset.For Canada, the first opportunity lies in training the systemThe implications are massive, ranging from faster, more on Canadian wheat varietiesa dataset that has never beencost-effective quality assurance and stronger IP enforcement fully digitized. in high-value crops to the creation of new identity-preserved Miller sees this not as a novelty, but as foundational infra- models built around real-time verification, Miller says. structure for the future. The technology also opens the door to future interoper-This is about building new value on top of the work weability with emerging digital traceability systems, ultimately already do, he says. Its an enabler. A foundation other partsgiving both the seed and grain sectors a far more modernized, SeedWorld-quarter-June4 2025 Option 1.pdf 1 2025-05-30 3:14:05 PMof the sector can innovate from. data-driven toolbox to work with. C Crop diversity is good for farmersand the land.M Our Diverse Field CropsCluster (DFCC) initiative Y supports breeding research for \x1fax, camelina, mustard CM and confection sun\x1fowers.MY DFCC isaiming for new varieties with improved yield, disease CY Visit agwest.sk.ca to learn how we grow biobusiness in Saskatchewan and pest resistance, and adaptations to climate change that CMY will increase pro\x1dtability for Canadian producers.KJANUARY 2026SEEDWORLD.COM/CANADA 33'