Logan Skori is working to increase the protein content on crops across the Prairies. Logan Skori wasn’t exactly sure what he wanted to be when he grew up. His family had a grain farm near Kinsella, Alta., which he worked on. When he graduated high school he went to...
All of us at 20/20 Seed Labs are particularly excited about the 2022 season because it’s the first season where our new greenhouse will be completely finished and in operation. We initially had the idea to build a greenhouse five years ago, primarily because we were...
The following piece is from our sister publication, Germination. Whether it’s paying mind to wheat classes or looking at third-party testing of vicine/convicine in faba bean, the Prairie Grain Development Committee has the consumer in mind. The University of...
On Seed Speaks this week, we took a closer look at two specific technologies in the seed industry that are both working toward a similar goal: stackable traits. Featuring the ROXY Rice RPS by Albaugh and the California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation and...
Parthiba Balasubramanian is working to breed dry bean varieties specifically for Albertans. Parthiba Balasubramanian didn’t plan on becoming a dry bean breeder. Even though he had grown up in India where pulse crops are a regular part of peoples’ diets, his interest...
With the potential to cut breeding time in half, gene editing and other new breeding technologies prove the sky is the limit – that is, if they’re not strangled by red tape and regulations before takeoff. “It has democratized the type of crops and traits that people...
