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.
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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
Coalition pledges funds for barley variety development
The Canadian Barley Research Coalition has pledged nearly $1.15 million in funding to work with Agriculture Agri-Food Canada on the development of new barley varieties.
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.
Meet the new yield-boosting wheat varieties being developed in Manitoba
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Brandon is working on three new wheat varieties that beat out controls by up to 15 per cent on yield
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Brandon is working on three new wheat varieties that beat out controls by up to 15 per cent on yield.
Made-in-Manitoba sunflower hybrid heads to market
Manitoba Crop Alliance lands U.S. co-operative CHS to commercialize the first confection sunflower variety to come out of their homegrown breeding program
Manitoba’s confection sunflower growers will have a new seed option next spring that was developed specifically for perform in the province. The pending commercialization of one of their hybrids is a milestone for the Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA), the commodity group that represents the province’s sunflower growers. The organization has invested in its own sunflower
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.
Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre
A group of Prairie crop associations have pledged $1.8 million to continue barley variety development at the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre.
Canadian wheat breeding review seeks value for farmer funds
The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition says they invest a lot on behalf of farmers; they want to make sure those funds are going to pack the most punch
The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition says they invest a lot on behalf of farmers; they want to make sure those funds are going to pack the most punch.
Review coming for Canadian wheat breeding
Canadian Wheat Research Coalition says review of the wheat breeding innovation system will make sure research meets farmer needs.
Keep corn-burrowing insect pests off balance
Hitting corn rootworm or European corn borer with the same solution year-after-year will just create a new problem for farmers
Hitting corn rootworm or European corn borer with the same solution year-after-year will just create a new problem for farmers
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