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RESEARCH CENTER

RESEARCH CENTER

The Semican Research Center was initially set up in 1996 by Jacques Beauchesne, the founder of Semican. At that time, federal and provincial cereal breeding programs were being phased out, or moving elsewhere…


How to distinguish ourselves then, with no access to private varieties? Creating the Research Centre addressed that need.


The primary objective of the Centre was to gain access to exclusive, good-quality cereal varieties that we could then offer to Canadian grain producers. To that end, Jacques Beauchesne promptly met with local, national and international partners to get material for testing under Eastern Canadian climatic conditions. Affiliations were formed with plant breeders for the provision of genetic material and the breeding process was underway.


Over the years, cereal and soybean crosses were made using conventional selection methods in the field. Even without the use of modern techniques to speed up the process, the Research Centre has achieved excellent results. Thus, in less than 25 years, Semican has brought 41 varieties to market so far.


Our work continues to progress, and many high-quality varieties developed by our Research Center are now available.


Our work continues to progress, and many high-quality varieties developed by our Research Center are now available. You’ll find them in this Web site!

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