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Our Roots Run Deep. For over 40 years, SeCan has been a leader in conventional soybeans.
On September 19th SeCan will be hosting a plot tour at Curtis Seeds (St Thomas, Ontario) showcasing the food-grade pipeline breeder increases from the University of Guelph. Please join us from 10-12 followed by lunch in St Thomas. The full agenda is linked here. Rain date is September 22. Register to attend here.
Agenda: Meet the team. Istvan Rajcan, Milad Eskandari, Matt Hooyer, Shannon Bieman and Nick Cowan will all be there (see below).
Food-Grade Pipeline Tour of Breeder Increases:
- MG 0: OAC Strive potential replacement: 3 varieties with similar maturity to OAC Strive, with Cyst protection confirmed. Additionally all have OAC Strive genetics which is a proven performer.
- MG 1: 2 varieties with higher protein and larger seed size than industry leader in this maturity.
- MG 2: Update on SC 7422. Variety offered out last year with exceptional yield and excellent food-grade quality. Additionally 2 new varieties.
Testing Discussion:
- Number of years of testing before a variety reaches the market through U of G.
- OSACC advantage
- 2 years of OSACC performance data before a variety is offered out. Published performance data.
- New! 2 years of compositional data on varieties before being offered out.
Disease Screening:
- Increased effort in 2025 to screen for three key diseases. Phytophthora, Sudden Death Syndrome and White Mould.
Don’t miss this event!
Hope to see you.