Seed-applied technologies represent a revolution in farming; the developments in this space are making a huge difference...
Fueling Plant Growth Through Seed-Applied Technologies
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Marc Zienkiewicz
Marc Zienkiewicz
CSGA Honours 8 Major Influencers
For the first time in two years, the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association has honoured eight members who’ve had a big...
Michael Patten Knows How to Equip Others for Success
Germination put out the call for nominations to identify some of our industry’s most important mentors who have played a...
Yield, Yield, Yield: Examining the Power of Modern Trait Development
Modern trait development is changing the lives of growers like never before. Whether it’s advancements like clubroot...
Can the Seed Industry Still Come Together?
Seeds Canada is proposing the formation of an independent standards setting body which would oversee the country’s seed regulatory framework. Some say it could start an important conversation.
Monica Klaas on Why the Alberta Seed Processors are Represented Within Seeds Canada
Monica Klass, general manager for the Alberta Seed Processors, sits down with Marc Zienkiewicz...
How DNA is an Agronomic Game-Changer
Next week on Seed Speaks, we talk to three experts about how DNA and its associated technologies are changing the face of...
How do we Responsibly Introduce Seeds Containing Generic Novel Traits?
As biotech traits reach the end of their intellectual property protection (including patent protection), opportunities for the seed sector present themselves in regard to selling seeds with generic novel traits (SGNTs).
Seeds Canada Says We Need More Voices in the Regulatory Process
The following piece is from our sister publication, Germination. Seeds Canada has proposed the formation of an independent...
Why Value Chain Support is Key for Seeds Canada
Now that Seeds Canada has gone through a successful amalgamation, new challenges lie ahead — a big one being growth and encouraging new members to join and get even more support from the broader value chain to ensure the Seed Regulatory Modernization (SRM) process comes to a conclusion that benefits everyone.
As Seeds Canada Meets, the World is Taking Notice
For Ellen Sparry and Seeds Canada, what’s happening around the board table now will help create future success in the seed world.
CSGA Members Want to Make Vigour a Standardized Test
At the July 6, 2022 Canadian Seed Growers’ Association (CSGA) annual general meeting, a resolution was passed calling on CSGA to work with Seeds Canada and other seed industry partners to to make vigour testing a standardized seed test in Canada, and to see that a minimum standard for vigour is developed for major crop kinds.