Breeders spend years developing and testing 
new genetics. Seed growers multiply them. 
Independent seed businesses invest in them, 
bring local knowledge to them, and stand 
behind them. Farmers put them to work.
For 50 years, SeCan has helped connect 
those pieces. It was the idea behind SeCan 
from the beginning — create a stronger 
pathway for promising genetics to move from 
research into commercial production — and 
create a way for value to fl ow back into the 
research that will shape what comes next.
Over time, that idea grew into something 
much bigger. It became a national network 
connecting breeding programs, researchers, 
seed growers, independent businesses, and 
farms across Canada.
That network has helped turn innovations into 
varieties adapted to Canadian conditions, 
opportunities for rural businesses and 
communities, and continued investment in 
plant breeding.
The impact can be measured in dollars, 
tonnes, and decades of investment. But its real 
value is found in what those investments have 
allowed Canadian agriculture to do – and what 
to do next. 
Because agriculture doesn’t stand still. 
Weather changes. Diseases emerge. Markets 
evolve. And the varieties Canadian farmers 
will need ten years from now are being 
imagined, developed, and tested today.
More than varieties. More than acres. For fi ve decades, SeCan has helped 
connect the people, ideas, and investment that move Canadian seed innovation 
forward. And there’s still more to grow.
A seed can carry extraordinary potential. But 
potential alone doesn’t get a new variety from 
a research plot into a farmer’s fi eld.
People do.
What can 50 years
of partnership grow?
A lot has grown in 50 years. 
But there’s room for so much more.

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