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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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Innovation Gets the Headlines. Plant Breeding Capacity Makes It Possible

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By Marc Zienkiewicz Verified
| Seed World Verified
We spend a lot of time in this industry talking about what comes out the other end. A new variety. A better trait. Higher yield. Improved disease resistance. A crop that can handle drought, use nutrients more efficiently or give growers another option in the rotation. But this week I found myself thinking more about what has to go in before any of those things can come out. And I don’t mean genetics. I mean capacity. That word kept coming to mind as I looked at four stories we published this week.
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Trade, Fertilizer and Markets: What’s Really on Alberta Farmers’ Minds?

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By Marc Zienkiewicz Verified
| Alberta Seed Guide Verified
For Alberta producers, uncertainty has become part of the business. Commodity prices remain under pressure, fertilizer markets have been rattled by global conflict, and trade negotiations continue to create more questions than answers. Yet despite the challenges, the mood across rural Alberta isn’t one of panic. It’s one of cautious optimism.
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Flax Could Hold an Answer to Farming’s Fertilizer Problem

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By Marc Zienkiewicz Verified
| Seed World Verified
The next breakthrough in farming may be hiding underground. At Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Charlottetown Research and Development Centre, scientists have been studying what happens to flax plants when one of their most important nutrients becomes scarce. Their discovery: some varieties don’t simply tolerate a shortage of nitrogen. They change how they grow. Their roots expand. Their shoots continue developing. And deep inside the plant, hundreds of genes change their activity.
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