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
Content by Marc Zienkiewicz
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
Seed Synergy Project Could Culminate in 5 Groups Merging
The Canadian seed industry could possibly see five of its six associations merge into one as the Seed Synergy Collaboration Project ramps up. At a Seed Synergy update session and… Read More
Why the NAPB is Holding its Annual Meeting Outside the U.S. for the First Time
The National Association of Plant Breeders 2018 meeting will have a decidedly Canadian flair. For the first time in the organization’s history, the NAPB annual gathering is being held north… Read More
Tom Steve’s New Project is Kind of a Big Deal
To quote fictional anchorman Ron Burgundy, what Tom Steve is currently working on is — in wheat circles — kind of a big deal. If it comes to fruition, it… Read More
We Need to Talk About Mental Health
The launch of the Do More Ag Foundation is helping shed light on mental health struggles among farmers, and how we can empower ourselves to manage depression and anxiety. Last… Read More
Breathing Life into Flax
With only one public breeding program left for the crop in Western Canada, flax researchers are trying to get growers to adopt the latest genetics and help usher in a… Read More
