It takes years of dedication and whole lot of patience to develop a strong forage variety. For Dr. Bruce Coulman, his journey into plant breeding started when he was working in the Crop Science Department at the University of Saskatchewan back in high school.
Coulman’s enjoyment in working the plots sparked a long career, leading to his induction this year into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame for his groundbreaking forage crop research.
Some of the things that Coulman has found the most satisfying throughout the course of his career have been developing varieties that were widely used by farmers, and mentoring graduate students from all over the world. He has had the pleasure of watching many of these mentees go on to their own distinguished careers.
When asked about some of the big changes that Coulman has seen over the course of his career, he says, “There have been [a lot of] changes and the one thing that hasn’t changed is it takes quite a bit of time to develop varieties, and so you have to have a lot of patience in this business.”
In early November, the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame will induct four new members, including a forage breeder, a canola breeder, an entomologist, and a cattle genetics leader. This is the fourth and final interview, each featuring one of the inductees. Check out the third interview on genetics leader, Paul Larmer, here.
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