Barry Senft, CEO of Seeds Canada, poses next to a Seeds Canada banner.

Senft to step down as CEO of Seeds Canada

The founding CEO of the five-year-old organization will stay on until January 2026

Barry Senft, the founding CEO of the five-year-old Seeds Canada organization is stepping down as of January 2026.

Farmer Ernie Sirski, left, whose farm hosted the recent meeting of Soy Canada and the Manitoba Soybean and Pulse Growers Association, stands with Manitoba agriculture minister Ron Kostyshyn during the event.  |  Ed White photo

VIDEO: Prairie soybean sector celebrates milestones

The industry has made tremendous strides, going from 20,000 acres of the crop in 2000 to 1.5 million acres today

DAUPHIN, Man. — With a Ukrainian welcome of bread, salt and a sheaf of wheat, Soy Canada and the Manitoba Soybean and Pulse Growers Association began their anniversary celebrations by going back deep in into Canada’s farming past. Canada’s pulse and soybean industries are new in Canadian farming history but have arisen from the pioneering […] Read more