Consumer Insights on Canada’s Food Safety and Risk Assessment System
Canada has one of the best food safety and risk assessment systems in the world. In the Conference Board of Canada’s 2014 food safety rankings, …
Canadian Agriculture: An Essential Service
As an essential service, this spring farmers enter a season of more uncertainties than normal In the last few weeks, the Covid-19 crisis has impacted …
The Knowledge-gap Between Canadian Consumers and Agriculture
As the trend towards urbanization continues, the Canadian agriculture industry faces increasing concerns about the disconnect between consumers and food production. In 2016, only 19% …
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Registration
After years of varietal development, the most promising varieties are selected to begin the process of registering them for commercial use. Under Canadian legislation, the Seeds Act and Seeds Regulations govern the testing, inspection, quality, and sale of all seeds. This legislation ensures that all seeds, whether imported or developed domestically, are proven to be safe for production and consumption before they reach the fields of Canadian farmers. In this final blog of the #LabtoField series, we explore how newly developed crop varieties become registered seed for use in Canada.
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Seed Disposal
This is the eighth of a series of #LabToField blogs that will explain the yearly cycle of variety development. Click here to read Part 1: …
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Varietal Testing at the U of S Grains Innovation Lab
Part 7: Varietal Testing at the U of S Grains Innovation Lab This is the seventh of a series of #LabToField blogs that explain the …
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Harvest
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Phytotron Part 6: Harvest This is the sixthof a series of #LabToField blogs that will …
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Data Collection
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Phytotron New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Phytotron Part 5: Plot …
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Seeding
Part 4: Seeding Variety Test Plots This is the fourth of a series of #LabToField blogs that will explain the yearly cycle of variety development. …
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Seed Lab
Part 3: Developing New Varieties at the Crop Science Field Laboratory This is the third post of a series of #LabToField blogs that will explain …