As Canada’s seed industry nears long-awaited regulatory reform, stakeholders remain divided over who should lead certification and how data should be collected, issues that could shape the future of farming from seed to harvest.
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Five years and counting: Inside Canada’s seed regulatory overhaul

Canada’s seed rule modernization is finally seeing the end of the tunnel, but not everyone’s convinced about the changes or that the timeline is good enough, given agriculture’s quick-changing landscape

Canada’s seed rule modernization is finally seeing the end of the tunnel, but not everyone in agriculture is convinced about the changes or that the timeline is good enough.






GMO market access issues remain concern for growers

GMO market access issues remain concern for growers

The technology to genetically alter crops has never been more accessible, but managing the policy aspect has been, and will continue to be, complicated

One would think that three decades of no ill health effects from eating food made with GM crops would be considered long enough, but that’s the world in which we live.




FILE PHOTO: Customers speak with a salesman at a BYD dealership in Sant Cugat del Valles, near Barcelona, Spain, September 12, 2025. REUTERS/ Albert Gea/File Photo

Canadian canola futures vibing

It’s Your Business: Words from China’s ambassador were interpreted positively by the canola market

Recent comments from Chinese and Canadian officials offered a shot of positive vibes that lifted ICE canola futures to their highest levels in a month, even without any actual concrete developments on the trade front.