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Growing up in Taiwan, a young Andy Chen watched his family tend to sugarcane, cultivating a deep-rooted love for agriculture. Little did he know, those childhood experiences would germinate into a lifelong passion for plant science and wheat breeding, leading him to Canada where the 29-year-old now serves as head wheat breeder for Limagrain Cereals […]

The wheat of the future will deliver new technologies like herbicide tolerance, solid stem and powerful disease resistance. Our team is only beginning to show what’s possible. Being as well-established a crop as it is, it might be hard to believe that truly exciting things are just beginning to happen in wheat. After joining the […]

In July of 2022, Limagrain Cereals Research Canada (LCRC) under Limagrain Field Seeds (LFS) proudly announced their breeding partnership with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG). This strategic collaboration marks the growth of LCRC’s breeding program to now include pulses. A full-scale field program with peas and lentils began with seeding in 2022 and will continue building […]

CANTERRA SEEDS and France‐based LIMAGRAIN, through its listed company Vilmorin Et Cie S.A., today announced an agreement to establish a new cereal breeding and development partnership, Limagrain Cereals Research Canada, to be located in Saskatoon, SK. Limagrain Cereals will bring significant added value to western Canadian agriculture by developing new varieties of cereals, with a […]