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Marc Zienkiewicz

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Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba
As seen in: Seed World, EIN News, Genetic Literacy Project, Farms.com, Germination Magazine, Spud Smart Magazine, Alberta Seed Guide, Ontario Grain Farmer, Cover Crop Strategies, Agriculture Newswire
Senior editor for @seedworldgroup and @seedworldcan. I tell the stories that move seed forward with smart, sharp content on innovation & people driving change.
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Young Plant Breeder Wins CPBI Scholarship for AI-Powered Hemp Research

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By Marc Zienkiewicz Verified
| Seed World Verified
When Vincent Fetterley first saw it happen in the field, the science stopped being theoretical. He had crossed two wheat plants himself — one resistant to stripe rust, the other vulnerable. Months later, standing among rows of infected wheat covered in yellow disease streaks, he could suddenly see genetics playing out in real time. “There was this really clear segregation,” he recalls.
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Why Canada’s Plant Breeders Want More Competition — and Why Farmers Should Care

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By Marc Zienkiewicz Verified
| Alberta Seed Guide Verified
PHOTO: From left Logan Skori of AgGene, Curtis Pozniak of the Crop Development Centre, and Jodi Souter of J4 Agri-Science. The next canola variety that handles heat better. A wheat variety with stronger disease resistance. A pulse crop that yields more in dry years. Those improvements don’t happen by accident.
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Why the Next Big Battle in Farming Won’t Be Over Fertilizer — It’ll Be Over Seeds

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By Marc Zienkiewicz Verified
| Alberta Seed Guide Verified
For decades, farmers have thought about seed as the starting point of every crop. Futurist Nicolas Badminton believes it’s about to become much more than that. Speaking last week at the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) meeting in Calgary, Badminton argued that the world’s biggest agricultural challenge is no longer simply producing higher yields.
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