With fed support on the decline, grain sector faces tough choice: pay more out-of-pocket or fall behind global competitors.
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Who pays for plant breeding? A renewed push for farmer levies
With fed support on the decline, grain sector faces tough choice: pay more out-of-pocket or fall behind global competitors
Dry bean breeding has paid off for farmers
Experts say they’ve seen the payoff in yield and farmer profit as better dry bean varieties have hit the scene in Manitoba and surrounding regions
Experts say they’ve seen the payoff in yield and farmer profit as better dry bean varieties have hit the scene in Manitoba and surrounding regions.
Manitoba Ag Days plans star-studded speaker lineup
Dragons’ Den panellist Arlene Dickinson among schedule highlights for 2026 farm show in Brandon, along with the usual production, agronomy and business experts
Dragons’ Den panellist Arlene Dickinson among speaker series highlight for 2026 Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon, alongside slate of agriculture experts.
Manitoba data in on Maizex canola hybrids
Maizex Seeds has two new canola hybrids for western Canadian farmers to plant for the 2026 crop. The latest Manitoba trial data is in on the new varieties
Maizex Seeds has two new canola hybrids for western Canadian farmers to plant for the 2026 crop. The latest Manitoba trial data is in on the new varieties.
Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO
Seeds Canada has announced Dan Wright as its new chief executive officer.
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.
NFU condemns seed destruction in Palestine
Gaza seed bank held local crop genetics that were key parts of cultural and physical survival
Canada’s National Farmers Union (NFU) issues a statement condemning Israeli military forces’ targeted damage of a Seed Multiplication Unit in July 2025 in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The case for better farmer swag
Customer gifts, chemical or seed company merchandise and farm show give aways don’t have to be boring or repetitive
Customer gifts, chemical or seed company merchandise and farm show give aways don’t have to be boring or repetitive
NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense
The National Farmers Union is pushing back against changes to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act that would narrow the scope of farmers’ right to save seed or propagate crops from cuttings and tubers.
Dekalb’s blast from the past
Bayer celebrated the brand’s greatest seed hits at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
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