Marc Zienkiewicz chats with newly-appointed Canadian Seed Trade Association president Ellen Sparry on very likely being the last CSTA president and what the future holds as members begin voting on the Seeds Canada merger proposal.

At the July 7 virtual meeting of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association, outgoing president Jonathan Nyborg alluded to the Robert Frost poem “The Road Not Taken”: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one travele...

The Canadian Plant Technology Agency (CPTA) has launched a pilot program to test how the Seed Variety Use Agreement (SVUA) will work in the real world. We speak to those in the know about the program and what we’ve learned so far.

The 2020 annual meeting of the National Association of Plant Breeders is going virtual. It is the 10th annual meeting of the NAPB and was supposed to have physically taken place in Lincoln, Nebraska. “We would have loved to have people come to Lincoln ...

Haplotech founder Rale Gjuric talks to Marc Zienkiewicz about the groundbreaking work the company is doing in hemp, which will help advance breeding programs and help usher in a new era for the long-neglected crop.

Dr. Gil Ronen, CEO and co-founder of the Israel-based NRGene, talks to Marc Zienkiewicz about why the genomics AI company is choosing Saskatchewan for its Canadian head office as announced last week.

Marc Zienkiewicz chats with Nathalie Charland, senior director of scientific and medical affairs for the Quebec-based Medicago, about the company’s new COVID-19 vaccine candidate made using a plant-based technology platform.

Marc Zienkiewicz chats with DL Seeds general manager Kevin McCallum about the company’s two new forage field pea varieties that have become a part of the Seed Variety Use Agreement Pilot Program. Kevin talks about the future of the company’s forage fie...

The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, may have been postponed until next year, but Tom Greaves and staff at Manitoba's Pitura Seeds have decided to hold their own version over the next several weeks as a way to raise money for charity and boost mor...

COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the world. This webinar will offer you some lessons learned and strategies to help you and your business succeed both during and after the pandemic. ​​​​​​​You will: Hear some personal stories from speakers whose l...