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Time to Register: SeCan Food-Grade Pipeline Update/Tour – September 19

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August 11, 2025

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. More details to follow - rain date is September 22. Register here.

Tentative 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: 

  1. 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. 

  2. MG 1: 2 varieties with higher protein and larger seed size than industry leader in this maturity. 

  3. 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:

  1. Number of years of testing before a variety reaches the market through U of G.

  2. 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:

  1. 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.