July 16, 2025

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Safeguarding our aeeds: new review spotlights global risks and advances

PhytoGen cottonseed announces two new varieties for 2026 - Advanced breeding for breakthrough yield and fiber quality

Field-by-field mapping could improve yield, productivity predictions - University of Saskatchewan researchers use field border mapping to collect data on yields, weeds (The Western Producer)

Seed Genetics Direct puts farmers first in seed selections

July 15, 2025

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BioLumic brings food-system pioneers to Scientific Advisory Group, deepening world-class expertise in light-programmed seed traits

Sumitomo Corporation invests in DPH Biologicals, a U.S. based developer of biological products in agriculture

Proven Seed to launch four new canola hybrids for 2026 season

UC Davis postdoctoral researchers Pershang Hosseini and Matt Fatino offer parasite management strategies - Weed Day includes Orobanche research

USA - A peek into testing and trials at BASF | Nunhems

July 14, 2025

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Breeding better cauliflower for resistance and resilience

Crucial mutant corn stocks threatened under 2026 USDA budget

Spearhead Bio awarded National Science Foundation Tech Transfer Grant to accelerate development of improved corn varieties - Startup leads next generation precision crop improvement using plant’s natural genome evolution

Senate panel rejects U.S. Administration’s proposed cuts to agricultural research - House spending committee has taken similar position on 2026 request (Science)

Ceres Greenhouse Solutions partners with KWS Seeds on facility expansion (Greenhouse Management)

Limagrain Cereals Canada Research leads the way in pea quality standardization with innovative assessment tool: digitizing greenness and bleaching levels in peas

July 11, 2025

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U.S. Plant Variety Protection Office issues at total of 25 certificates on June 20, 2025

KWS Seeds promotes Lynn Dusek to the new position of General Agronomist for the sugarbeet market

Gene editing up a better canola crop - Canola gene editing project taps maize genetics for a more robust, higher yielding plant (Manitoba Co-operator)

Field-tested confidence: Inside Stine’s Product Development Plot program

Canada - BASF delivers strongest disease package yet with new InVigor L355PC hybrid canola

July 10, 2025

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Seeds Canada 2024-2025 Year in Review

Seeds Canada launches the Guide to Sustainable Seed

Alfalfa research focuses on future challenges (Brownfield AgNews)

The legacy of the Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research 

Building bridges for better breeding - A rising star in computation biology for agriculture, Amanda Hulse-Kemp helps interdisciplinary teams leverage advancements in genomics, artificial intelligence and sensor technology to breed better crops faster and more efficiently than ever before

Discover processing sweet corn in Plainfield, Wisconsin

Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at University of Saskatchewan study shows Western Canadian farmers produce barley and oats with lowest carbon intensity

July 9, 2025

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Branching out: Tomato genes point to new medicines

Austin Anderson joins Gro Alliance as Warehouse, Distribution, and Site Labor Lead in Cuba City

USDA/APHIS announces update to practices for reviewing petitions seeking a determination of nonregulated status for organisms altered or produced through genetic engineering