Facts, Statistics and Industry Guidelines
Fact Sheets and Statistics
- Forage Seed Use Statistics 2011 – from Statistics Canada
- Quick Reference on Plant Breeders’ Rights – UPOV 1991 and UPOV 1978
- Certified Seed Success Stories
- Harvesting Success with Certified Seed
- Delivering Success with Certified Seed
- Healthier Fields and Food with Certified Seed
- The Proof is in Your Fields: The Future is in Your Hands
- Passionate about the Industry and its Future – Interviews with Canadian Plant Breeders
- Francis Kirigwi – wheat breeder
- Henry Olechowski – soybean breeder
- Ron de Pauw – wheat breeder
- Eric Gagnon – soybean breeder
- Curtis Pozniak – wheat breeder
- Vaerio Primomo-vegetable breeder
- F2 Canola – the Second Generation is not the Same as the First
- A Certified Seed Tax Incentive - An Economic Stimulus for Canadian Agriculture
- Intellectual Property Protection – A Shared Responsibility
- The Facts on Innovation from Biotechnology – A three-part series of fact sheets on biotechnology
- Seed For More Feed – Reseeding Pastures with Certified Seed
Industry Guidelines
- Rules for Resealing Pedigreed Seed – for distribution to seed retailers
- Treated Seed Check List – CSTA has joined with the Ontario Agri-Business Association and the Grain Farmers of Canada to develop a checklist for farmers to prevent co-mingling of treated seed and commercial grain. You can find it here. Please feel free to print and distribute to farmer customers.
- Guidelines For the Storage and Handling of Treated Seed
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Presentation on Guidelines for Seed Treatment Facility Operators and Authorized Establishments
- Product Discontinuation Check-List - Part of the lifecycle of any product is its removal from the marketplace. This is especially important for products developed with modern biotechnology and developing the procedures, protocols and industry standards for biotechnology product discontinuation in the marketplace is a key end point within the plant biotechnology lifecycle. New plant biotechnology products are routinely developed and older products taken out of production by the manufacturer as a normal and predictable part of a product’s lifecycle, and their removal needs to proceed in the most effective way possible. For that reason, CSTA’s Biotechnology Committee worked with CropLife Canada to develop a product discontinuation checklist to help members of the plant biotechnology industry facilitate the removal of a product of biotechnology from the market.