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March 24, 2026
Building the future: Legacy Seeds breaks ground on a new greenhouse
March 23, 2026
From the lab: the Data driving Canada’s seed future
March 20, 2026
Secrets of evolution found in ancient plant DNA - New research provides invaluable tool for plant breeders and new understanding of plant evolution
March 19, 2026
HPJ Talk: Don Miller of Mountain View Seeds on breeding alfalfa for drought, salinity and stand persistence (High Plains Journal)
March 18, 2026
BASF Agricultural Solutions invests 17 million euro to expand its Canola Breeding Centre of Innovation in Saskatoon, Canada
March 16, 2026
Canada’s crop breeding system needs farmer-led evolution, not just preservation (Manitoba Co-operator)
March 12, 2026
Canada’s cereal breeding system is failing. Who fills the gap? (Manitoba Co-operator)
Horticoop investeert in 25:2, specialist in AI-gedreven plantenveredeling Horticoop invests in 25:2, a specialist in AI-driven plant breeding
Canada - Farmers must take ownership of crop breeding (The Western Producer)
March 11, 2026
Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) report highlights risks and opportunities in Canada's wheat breeding system (Real Agriculture)
Corteva’s hybrid wheat aims to close the yield gap with corn and soybeans (AgWeb)
Collaboration amplifies wheat breeding progress (High Plains Journal)
Canada - Who pays for plant breeding? A renewed push for farmer levies (Manitoba Co-operator)
Canada - Public breeding urged for small acreage crops (The Western Producer)
Canada - Crop breeding debate needed, no matter how difficult (The Western Producer)
March 10, 2026
Wild peanut genetics drive $6M effort to protect crops in Africa and the U.S.
March 9, 2026
University of Minnesota soybean breeding program is critical to the development of new early-maturing soybean varieties (Morning AgClips)
Canada’s public plant breeding crossroads: Can farmer-led funding models work? (Farms.com)
March 6, 2026
Plant scientists, sensor experts connect to grow plant breeding solutions - The North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative’s latest Connecting2Grow workshop focused on advanced sensing technologies to break the bottlenecks that make breeding superior crops a tedious, time-consuming process
March 4, 2026
With NSF award, WashingtonState University crop scientist harnesses AI to identify higher-yielding wheat
Boosting crops with biotechnology - U.S. National Science Foundation's investments in agricultural biotechnologies are transforming food and fiber production
A fresh take on breeding sorghum for silage (Hay and Forage Magazine)
March 2, 2026
High resolution imaging sharpens selection decisions in plant breeding (RealAgriculture)
February 27, 2026
Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) review of Canadian wheat breeding innovation system confirms significant gaps and risks
From labs to lives: at UC Davis, the Student Collaborative Organic Plant Breeding Education (SCOPE) develops food for the future
February 26, 2026
How targeted recombination is transforming plant breeding, using the genes crops already have - New breeding approach helps breeders unlock and assemble desired traits faster and more precisely
Meiogenix breeding technology achieves 10x increase in targeted recombination in corn - Unlocks previously inaccessible genetic diversity to accelerate crop innovation
February 24, 2026
A gene editor that's a better fit for plants - Engineered enzymes rival CRISPR efficiency for producing heritable gene edits
February 23, 2026
Canada - A clean pass under pressure: Why farmers need to take the next shift on plant breeding (RealAgriculture)
February 20, 2026
Wheat breeder loses faith in Canada’s system - Richard Cuthbert, who resigned from Agriculture Canada earlier this winter, says ‘things need to change’ (The Western Producer)
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