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SeCan is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The not-for-profit company is Canada’s biggest distributor of certified seed.

SeCan celebrates 40th anniversary

Canada’s largest certified seed distributor is even more relevant today, says general manager Jeff Reid

By Allan Dawson July 8, 2016

SeCan was ahead of the curve when founded in 1976 — and still is today, says general manager Jeff Reid. “I think it is interesting that 40 years after SeCan was initiated, it seems in many respects to almost be just coming-of-age now, with all the talk about public, private and producer partnerships,” Reid said

Wheat seeds spilling from hand, close-up

Crops, News

PBR enforcement numbers highest on record

Financial penalties can range from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands, depending on the level of illegal sales

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 15, 2016

This past year was the busiest on record for plant breeders’ rights education and enforcement. Todd Hyra, western Canadian business manager for SeCan, said there were over 400 advertisements for seed sales that required investigation industry-wide through the Canadian Plant Technology Agency (CPTA), the body established to protect intellectual property rights. “SeCan alone had 40

Cereals, Crops

PBR breach to cost Saskatchewan seed grower $150K

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News February 19, 2016

A Saskatchewan seed grower will pay $150,000 to SeCan — the largest penalty in the seed company’s history — for breaching SeCan’s plant breeders rights (PBR). Harvey Marcil of Pasqua Farms near Moose Jaw, Sask., has also agreed to stop making unauthorized seed sales and was expelled from SeCan’s membership, Todd Hyra, SeCan’s business manager

Cereals, Crops

Elite Barley Producers Share Ideas

March 10, 2011

The “Elite Barley, Canadian Malting Barley Grower Recognition Program,” recently named the 10 farmers selected by industry as top producers for the year. The goal of the program is to promote grower best management practices for malting barley, and showcase the value that malt and malt barley bring to western Canadian agriculture and the Canadian

Cereals, News

Warburtons Adds AC Unity

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 17, 2009

Warburtons Foods, in conjunction with SeCan, has added AC Unity VB to the select variety list for Warburtons Foods IP Program. “Warburtons Foods has been testing AC Unity VB for a number of years and the quality is very good,” said Adam Dyck, program manager Warburtons Foods in a release. AC Unity VB was bred

Forages, News

Agriculture Hall Of Fame – for Aug. 27, 2009

August 27, 2009

David Gislason was born December 22, 1941, in the Geysir district, near Arborg, Manitoba. In 1963, he and his wife Gladys purchased his parents’ farm where they continue to successfully produce grains, oilseeds and forage seeds. David pioneered the use of leafcutter bees in Manitoba for the pollination of alfalfa seed fields and was an

Forages, News

Nine Named To Hall Of Fame

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 16, 2009

Farmers, rural advocates and builders from the public sector are among the nine new inductees to Manitoba’s Agricultural Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees announced on April 9, are to be formally recognized at an induction ceremony July 16 for “outstanding contribution to the improvement of agriculture and the betterment of rural living in the

Cereals, News

Kyle Durum Wheat “Seed Of The Year” In The West

By Allan Dawson March 5, 2009

Kyle durum wheat, the most popular durum grown in the West between 1988 and 2005, was named Seed of the Year for Western Canada at the recent Prairie Grain Development Committee annual meeting. Kyle and its developer, Fred Townley-Smith, a retired Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) plant breeder, were recognized Feb. 25. The first crosses

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Make wheat like canola, CropLife told

By Allan Dawson January 8, 2009

“One of the things farmers maybe should be interested in is having some control over their own germplasm.” – David Rourke Plant breeders need to make wheat more like canola, farmers said during CropLife Canada’s annual convention in Ottawa last month. “You look at what canola (yield) has done and it has been phenomenal,” Jeff

Cereals, News

Kyle recognized for its contribution to durum sales

December 18, 2008

A program to recognize public seed breeders’ contributions has expanded west and named the durum variety Kyle as its 2008 western honouree. Seed of the Year was developed in 2005 by the University of Guelph and SeCan with support from the Ontario and federal Agriculture Departments. The Western Grains Research Foundation and SeCan have brought

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SeCan celebrates 40th anniversary

PBR enforcement numbers highest on record

PBR breach to cost Saskatchewan seed grower $150K

Elite Barley Producers Share Ideas

Warburtons Adds AC Unity

Agriculture Hall Of Fame – for Aug. 27, 2009

Nine Named To Hall Of Fame

Kyle Durum Wheat “Seed Of The Year” In The West

Make wheat like canola, CropLife told

Kyle recognized for its contribution to durum sales

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