Key highlights
- BASF Agricultural Solutions to invest €17 million to expand its Canola Breeding Centre of Innovation in Saskatoon.
- Construction scheduled from spring 2026 through end of 2027.
- Expansion adds precision-controlled growth systems, high-throughput automation pipelines and a research-grade glasshouse to enable genomic selection at scale.
- Objective is to accelerate genetic gain and integrate new traits to improve yields and disease protection in hybrid canola.
Overview
BASF Agricultural Solutions will invest €17 million to expand its Canola Breeding Centre of Innovation in Saskatoon, Canada, transforming breeding infrastructure to accelerate hybrid canola development.
Timeline
Construction is scheduled from spring 2026 through end of 2027.
Technologies and facilities
Expansion adds precision-controlled environment growth systems, high-throughput automation pipelines and a new research-grade glasshouse to support genomic selection at scale and higher breeding throughput.
Expected impact
Enhancements are intended to improve predictive breeding decisions, shorten innovation cycles, accelerate genetic gain across InVigor programs and enable integration of new traits to raise yields and disease protection in hybrids.
