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.







A field of flax at a Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre in Carberry on Aug. 6, 2025. Photo: Miranda Leybourne

Flax seed treatment research looks to boost emergence

A three-year study at Manitoba’s crop diversification centres looks to improve flax stand counts, thus creating more robust, hopefully disease-resistant crops

A three-year study at Manitoba’s crop diversification centres looks to improve flax stand counts, thus creating more robust, hopefully disease-resistant crops


A winter wheat field at the Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre near Carberry on Aug. 6, 2025.

Carberry field day looks for agriculture solutions

Manitoba farmers explored research solutions for resilient crops, perpetual agronomic issues and new kinds of agricultural products at a field day at the Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre in Carberry on Aug. 6.

Manitoba farmers explored research solutions for resilient crops, perpetual agronomic issues and new kinds of agricultural products at a field day at the Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre in Carberry on Aug. 6.