7 Ways Seed-Applied Technologies are Evolving
From boosting yield to helping you look at what you’re trying to accomplish on the farm, these products hold a lot of promise for the future. Next-generation seed treatment technologies,… Read More
Content by Marc Zienkiewicz
The Scoop on Seed Synergy
An attempt to forge a next-generation seed system for Canada is gaining speed. Here’s what you need to know about what’s happening. Canada’s seed industry has come together under the… Read More
“Pardon Me – Do You Have Any Grey Poupon?”
The first hybrid brown mustard and a whopping 61 other cultivars were put forward for registration at this year’s meeting of the Prairie Grain Development Committee. In some ways, this… Read More
Is Intercropping The Future?
Lethbridge-based Eric Bremer, head of R&D for Western Ag Innovations, has learned a thing or two about intercropping during his time researching the practice. “Intercropping can have substantial benefits, but… Read More
Flipping The Switch
For global researchers studying epigenetics, looking at the surface of the genome could be the key to discovering the next big thing in plant and seed engineering. Classical genetics has… Read More
Brave New World
The development and testing of the xarvio app holds lessons for seed growers and breeders, including the importance of AI and not trying to replace your agronomist with an app…. Read More
A Look Through the Single Window
The Seed Synergy Collaboration Project is exploring the enhancement of the client/member experience through an integrated system and processes, possibly including blockchain. Doug Miller of the CSGA and Richard Freeman… Read More
From Mergers to Royalties: Views on Seed Synergy
Members of the Seed Synergy oversight committee — and the president of CropLife Canada — shed some light on how they feel the process is unfolding and whether our industry… Read More
What’s a Trailing Royalty and How Does it Work?
At its annual meeting in Montreal in July, the Canadian Seed Trade Association’s Intellectual Property (IP) Committee had a decision to make: which of two models would best facilitate value… Read More
CSAAC and CSI are Looking to Merge
This proposed marriage of two seed sector associations shows just why the Seed Synergy model of trust and collaboration is so effective. The Commercial Seed Analysts Association of Canada (CSAAC)… Read More
