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Seed Research in Canada

Funding is critical in every sector. For the seed industry, changes in both the amount of government funding into crop genetics and specific areas...

Seed Research in the United States

A close look at the funding landscape, past, present and future in North America. Funding is critical in every sector. For the seed industry, changes...

Move Over Soybeans, Lupin is Here to Stay

What’s next in breeding this exciting high-protein and “quirky” crop   As the European livestock sector looks to replace imported soybeans in animal feed, other...

ISF President Aims to Bridge the Communication Divide

Halfway through his term as International Seed Federation president, Coles reflects on how we have everything to celebrate and nothing to apologize for. A native...

Counter-season and COVID-19

How European and Chilean seed companies and agencies are meeting the challenges of counter-season production during a pandemic Even though the pandemic has caused challenges...

High Expectations

How seed companies are using standard and new breeding techniques to produce new cannabis varieties for both discerning recreational consumers and a growing number...

Cutting-Edge Seeding, Next-Gen Breeding

High-precision planting technologies may allow breeders to do things that today are considered science fiction. If one thing is for certain in agriculture, it’s that...

Will Mexico Join UPOV 91?

A myriad of benefits for the U.S. seed industry will be realized from signing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. January 2020 marked a considerable milestone for the...

The Road to Svalbard

The Cherokee Nation made an unprecedented decision this fall: to deposit seeds into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It was late 2005 when the world...

An Inside Look from the EU Parliament

Politics and food are very intertwined these days, and every region of the world is grappling with many issues, from trade wars to regulation...