More than 60 people gathered to honour fourth generation farmers Craig and Jinel Ference of Double F Farms located at Kirriemuir as Alberta’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2018. The winners were announced at the Alberta regional event held at the Pomeroy Inn &...
Pollinator protection has been a hot-button issue in Canada for the last five years. We look at some of the efforts in this country to protect pollinators and what the implications of them could be for the seed sector. Recent headlines regarding overwintering of...
When it comes to seed quality, customers want to know exactly what they are buying and what they can expect. High quality seed is determined by its parent’s genetic makeup, physical integrity and purity of the seed, seed health and physiological seed quality, explains...
DowDuPont Agriculture Division is launching a new premium global seed brand — Brevant — in Canada, Latin America and select European countries in 2018. The Brevant brand will replace the Dow Seeds brand over the coming months following the merger of Dow...
The new Seed Synergy green paper lays out a proposed vision for a next-generation Canadian seed system. They key to a successful 21st-century Canadian seed industry is a modernized seed system that effectively attracts investment, fosters innovation, and delivers new...
