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Yield Alberta — An excellent year for Alberta grain producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 An exceptional year for all crops . . . . . . . . 6 System thinking research to optimize yields and profitability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using minimum price contracts . . . . . . . . 14 Risk Area Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Yield Alberta An excellent year for Alberta grain producers

e are pleased to provide the fifth edition of Yield Alberta. This is a joint publication brought to you by the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) and Alberta Farmer.

The data

The data presented in Yield Alberta is farm-level data for a given year and based on (Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/our) 22 risk areas. Yields are adjusted for dockage and test weight, but not for quality. The data is presented as reported by farmers, as collected from an inspection on a claim or as gathered through random audit. To ensure that there is a reasonable sample size, and to protect the privacy of producers, varieties are only listed if they are grown by five or more producers in a risk area. In general, the larger the sample size and the higher the number of acres reported, the more representative the yields. Where there are a small number of acres reported, results may be more sensitive to growing conditions and field-specific circumstances. To ensure easy access to this data, staff at Agriculture and Rural Development have built an online tool for your use. This data is available at www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app96/loadrptinput. By entering their legal land description, producers may com-

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pare varieties by yield and cropping practices in an easy-to-use interface.

The articles

2013 will be remembered as an excellent year for Alberta grain production. In an article written by Dean Dyck, the 2013 crop year is reviewed. 2013 was a year that began with some uncertainties and a late start, but finished with some of the best overall yields producers have seen. In 2013, we also witnessed how volatile prices can be. Provincial crop market analyst, Charlie Pearson, provides some insight into the price declines and the importance of the available tools to handle price risk. New to 2013 was the implementation of Growing Forward 2. With this new Framework Agreement, producers and stakeholders in the agriculture industry should be aware of the new programs available through this initiative. Also included in this publication is an article authored by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development research scientist Sheri Strydhorst. This article presents recent research into cultivar response to agronomic practices to optimize yields and profitability. We hope that you enjoy the articles and find the information provided here valuable. If you would like more information on this publication or the data, please contact AFSC at: Yield.Alberta@AFSC.ca.

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Yields of all principal field crops exceeded the 10-year average, except brown mustard

An exceptional year for all crops by Dean Dyck, program development analyst, AFSC

2013 will be remembered as a year when growing conditions were superb. While excessive moisture was a problem when seeding started, warm, dry weather during May allowed for seeding to be completed on time around the province. During June, timely precipitation allowed crops to mature in good to excellent condition. The first two weeks of July brought hot, dry weather which advanced crop growth, and yields were expected to be approximately 10 to 20 per cent higher than the long-term averages. Cooler weather in August led to a small decline in crop conditions, but production was still expected to be higher than average.

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When harvest started in September, reported yields were exceptional with the quantities being the highest ever reported for almost all crops in all regions. When harvest was virtually complete in October, yields were estimated to be 20 per cent above the five-year average with aboveaverage crop quality.

Yields

Provincial crop yields on stubble in 2013 were significantly higher than 2012 because of the excellent growing conditions (see table 1). In fact, no crops experienced yield declines. In percentage terms, argentine canola,

Table 1: Average Yields for Selected Alberta Dryland Stubble Crops Crop HRS Wheat

2013 yield Bushels per acre

2012 yield Bushels per acre

% change 2013 to 2012

10 year average Bushels per acre

% change 2013 to 10 year average

HRW Wheat

SWS Wheat

CPS Wheat

Durum

Argentine Canola

Barley

Field Peas

Oats

Flax

Brown Mustard

-6

Yellow Mustard

Fababean*

3071

2701

2510

Lentils*

2139

1674

1362

Kabuli Chickpeas*

2337

1910

1251

* pounds per acre

CPS wheat, barley and oats had 30 per cent higher yields than 2012. Hard red spring wheat was up 25 per cent over 2012. Yields of all principal field crops exceeded the 10-year average, except brown mustard. In most areas of Alberta, the 2013 crop yields were significantly higher than 2012 (see table 2). In the southern part of the province, yields for canola and HRS wheat were 15 and 22 per cent higher than last year, respectively. The notable exception was barley, which only registered a two per cent increase in yield over 2012. Central Alberta rebounded from a disappointing 2012 and posted yields for barley, HRS wheat, field peas and canola that were equivalent to 2011. Northern Alberta saw double-digit increases over 2012 for the four major crops. Northwestern Alberta, in particular, saw exceptional yield increases of barley and HRS wheat. Yields in the Peace Region improved significantly in 2013, particularly field pea yields, which were up 58 per cent from 2012.

Quality

Based on the Alberta crop report statistics from 2013, the dry weather in September enabled above-average crop quality with 93 per cent of the spring wheat, 94 per cent of the barley, 90 per cent of the oats, and 97 per cent of the canola falling in the top two grades. Table 2: Average Yield Difference from 2012 Region

Barley

Canola

Field Peas

HRS Wheat

South

15%

22%

Central

22%

33%

12%

25%

North East

24%

28%

24%

15%

North West

43%

25%

19%

36%

Peace

26%

31%

58%

24%

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Evaluating yield responses for 48 different management practices

System thinking research to optimize

yields and profitability b y S h e r i S t r y d h o r s t , research scientist – agronomy, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

estern Canada must advance agronomic practices to increase yields and profitability. Next-generation agronomy will include efficient and effective use of in-crop nitrogen, foliar fungicides, and plant growth regulators (PGRs). Although some of these practices are currently used in Alberta, further research is required to examine their performance in management systems. As a new agronomic research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD), I feel it is critical to take a novel and unique approach to agronomic

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research. Our field studies began in 2013 to investigate stacking agronomic practices (foliar fungicides, PGRs and in-crop nitrogen fertilizer) to study them using a systems approach. Yield and agronomic benefits associated with these individual practices have been documented. However, there is very limited research testing the combined effects of these practices. This small-plot research project has been inspired by the ‘Wheat 150’ and ‘Barley 180’ field-scale trials being conducted throughout Alberta, which are led by Ty Faechner of ARECA. These trials involve testing similar

intensive management practices using a systems approach on a field scale. However, field-scale trials are unable to test all possible combinations of these agronomic practices. To effectively test all agronomic combinations using a scientifically rigorous approach, small-plot trials are required. The small-plot experimental design allows us to learn more about optimizing individual practices but also how different agronomic practices respond when used in combination. While this results in a very complicated experimental design, a large number of treatments and intricate data analysis, producers need this information to further increase yields in a significant way. Small-plot field research on wheat began in 2013 at Barrhead, Willingdon and Red Deer. Although these are just first-year results, and the research group is hesitant to draw any conclusions, early results look promising. Feedback from producers and agronomists indicated results were relevant and directly applicable at the farm level.

Plant growth regulators

Plant growth regulators (PGRs) have recently received a lot of attention and interest in western Canadian agronomic circles. The PGRs we are considering for use aim to produce shorter (two to 15 cm shorter), thicker and stronger stems to improve lodging resistance in intensive management systems. They can be an important agronomic tool in high-nitrogen management systems with ample moisture. Although PGRs occasionally increase

yields, their main purpose is to serve as a harvest management aid — to reduce lodging, reduce combine harvest time, and reduce straw production which aids in trash management in no-till systems. Our early results found that the PGRs performed exactly as intended. They reduced crop height and lodging (Table 1). As we continue our study in 2014, we will be testing the two PGRs which are in the process of registration for Western Canada: Chlormequat chloride and Trinexapac-ethyl. It is important for producers to recognize that the application timing of PGRs is critical to achieve desired effects. Agronomically beneficial applications of PGRs require uniform plant stands and high seeding rates. Careful crop staging is critical to avoid undesirable growth such as increased tillering and reduction in grain yields. We are currently in the process of developing a cereal staging guide to help producers and agronomists accurately stage their crops to ensure the best performance of PGRs and other agronomic inputs.

Yield responses of the 48 different management practices

Of the 48 different management practices that were tested, fungicide treatments significantly increased yields. At Barrhead, depending on the management practice, yields ranged from 106 to 148 bushels (bu.)/acre. The highest yields were achieved with a dual fungicide application of Continued on page 10

Table 1: Performance of Ethephon and Chlormequat Chloride in “Foremost” CPS wheat at research trials conducted in Barrhead, Willingdon and Red Deer PGR use in “Foremost” CPS wheat

Plant Height in PGR treatments vs. control

Lodging in PGR treatments vs. control

Yield in PGR treatments vs. control

Ethephon

1-5 cm Shorter

Slight improvement

No effect

Chlormequat Chloride

5-7 cm Shorter

No difference or slight improvement

No effect

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Figure 1: Barrhead 2013 wheat yields were significantly affected by fungicide applications. Headline was applied at flag leaf (Time A). Prosaro was applied at 50% head emergence (Time B). In the dual fungicide treatment (Time A+B), Headline was applied at flag leaf followed by an application of Prosaro at 50% head emergence.

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137 B

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134 B

131 C

137 B

145 A

116 C

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Time A

Time B

112 C

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Time B

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none

Time A

Time B

Time A+B

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Time A+B

Chlormequat Chloride:

Ethephon:

No PGR:

Significant differences between all fungicide treatments

No significant difference between fungicide applied at Time A or Time B

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There was no significant yield response to supplemental in-crop nitrogen fertilizer or the PGR treatments; however, protein and 1,000 kernel weight data have not yet been analyzed. At Willingdon, there was no yield response to the management practices, but this might be attributed to the relatively dry conditions experienced at that location.

Headline applied at flag leaf followed by Prosaro applied 14 days later (Figure 1). There was 30 bu./acre yield increase reported with the dual fungicide treatment. The dual fungicide application of Headline + Prosaro costs $57.77/acre for product and application. The dual fungicide application at Barrhead (with its 30 bu./acre yield advantage) had to return more than $57.77/acre to be profitable, compared to the standard management practice where there was no supplemental nitrogen fertilizer, PGR or fungicide application. Similar trends were found at Red Deer. The dual fungicide applications increased yields by 33 bu./acre. Yield increases from the single fungicide applications were also observed. A sole application of Headline fungicide at flagleaf timing increased yields by 20-23 bu./acre. Similarly, the sole application of Prosaro fungicide at head emergence increased yields by 21-25 bu./acre.

Cultivar responses

An additional component in this study is to investigate how different wheat cultivars and wheat classes respond to advanced agronomic management. Research from other parts of the world has found that wheat cultivars differ in their response to PGRs, nitrogen fertilizer rates and foliar fungicides. However, it is unknown how current western Canadian cultivars (Table 2) respond to intensive agronomic management or if some cultivars are more responsive than others. Continued on page 12

Table 2: Wheat cultivars tested for their response to intensive agronomic management (PGRs, in-crop nitrogen fertilizer and foliar fungicide) Cultivar

Class

2012 Acres

% of acres

Height

Lodging

% Yield of Check

HRS

987428

22.0

Tall

104

CDC Go

HRS

535045

11.9

Semi-Dwarf

117

AC Andrew

SWS

11105

0.2

Short

100

AC Foremost

CPS

203062

4.5

Short

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Continued from page 11

Plans are underway to expand this project to five locations across Alberta in 2014, 2015 and 2016. In addition to studying wheat management systems, we will use a similar approach to study 52 different management practices in feed barley production systems and 15 different management systems in field pea. With an additional 15 site years of data, solid conclusions can be drawn and ARD can make specific recommendations to growers as to how they can maximize harvestability, yields, quality and profitability.

Cultivars selected for this study were based on: high yield potential, height, lodging rating and per cent of acres grown in Alberta based on AFSC data. At Barrhead, we found that all cultivars responded well to the management practices. However, at Red Deer, cultivars responded differently (Figure 3). For example, AC Andrew, Harvest and AC Foremost all had significantly higher yields with the dual fungicide application compared to the untreated control. In contrast, CDC Go did not have a yield response to any of the management practices. Growers should be cautioned that this is only one year There is definitely more work that we need to do in this area, but our early results of data and things could be very different in 2014. suggest that we need to develop specific management practices for specific cultivars. This is important research for producers. If certain cultivars donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t respond to the different management practices, it is obviously not worth putIf we continue to see similar trends in future years of ting input costs into these particular cultivars. the study, and assuming that 50 per cent of Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual cropland receives advanced agronomic management, provincial wheat yields could increase 25 per cent to Conclusion 54 bushels/ac. Growers should be cautioned that this is only one year of data and things could be very different in 2014. Although Acknowledgements there have been very exciting trends in 2013, growers The 2013 field trials are funded by the Alberta Wheat should not make management decisions based solely on Commission with in-kind support provided by ARD, this data. Your 2014 management decisions should be Koch Agronomic Services, Kittle Farms Ltd., Don made based on what you see in your fields and 2014 crop Schmermund, Brian Trueblood, Clarence Assenheimer, prices. There is no guarantee this research will see such Greg Porozni and Terry Young. promising results again in 2014.

Figure 3: Yield response of four different wheat cultivars to: dual foliar fungicide applications; Chloremequat chloride (PGR); and in-crop nitrogen fertilizer (UAN) at Red Deer in 2013

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140

147 A 138 B

120 112 B

113 B

control

112 A

115 B

UAN

109 B

118 A

Chlorome

110 AB

133 BC 126 C

118 A

control

115 AB

UAN

119 A

control

110

121 A

UAN

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Minimum price contracts are a tool to help farmers establish a floor price for their crops

Price volatility

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risk management

b y C h a r l i e Pe a r s o n , provincial crop market analyst, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

hat a difference a year has made in terms of is to understand and use price risk management tools Alberta grains. to lock in better values and protect against the declines The drop in prices from the 2012-13 to going into the low price periods. the first half of the 2013-14 crop years has To deal with the increased volatility, Alberta farmalmost been unprecedented. ers will have to have a plan for dealing with price risk Canola prices in January of 2013 were over $600 per and ensuring they have delivery opportunity. The first tonne, compared to well under $400 per tonne at the step in this process is to have an overall business plan, same time in 2014. Lethbridge feed barley prices in early including a financial and marketing plan. This involves 2013 were about $280 per tonne, while today they are determining the financial and cash flow needs of the under $160 per tonne. The same story is happening with marketing plan and the impact they have on this plan. Edmonton top-quality high-protein Canada Western red The next step is for farmers to understand the grain conspring wheat where prices were about $290 in January of tracts that are available to them and when they should 2013, versus just over $150 per tonne recently. be used. The drop in Alberta prices has been the result of a couple of factors. First is the overall change The decision around a minimum price contract involves looking in international crop pricat both the price risk side and the cost of the premium. es. Prices were supported in 2012-13 by the drought in the United States Midwest and the impact mainly on corn production. U.S. corn prices rallied to record highs in 2012-13 as the world Minimum price contracts are examples of a risk manmarket scrambled to replace U.S. corn imports. World agement tool to help farmers establish a floor price for crops have returned to more normal production levels, their crops. These contracts work by guaranteeing a including in the U.S. Midwest. The overall impact is farmer a minimum price. If prices are below the minito reduce world crop prices from the extreme highs in mum contract values during a set period or at delivery, 2012-13 to more normal levels in 2013-14. the value the farmer receives remains at the guaranteed The second factor has been record crop production in level in the contract. If prices are higher than the value Western Canada, and the inability of the grain-handling in the contract, then the farmer is able to capture the and transportation system to handle deliveries in a better price in the market. The minimum price contracts timely manner. The overall impact of the larger western work like an insurance product so there is a premium Canadian crop has been to lower Alberta prices. cost that needs to be paid to establish the minimum The lesson to be learned is that grain prices have value for the crop. become volatile, with wild swings in price from extreme There are different alternatives an Alberta farmer can highs to lows likely a regular occurrence in the future. use to establish a minimum price. Examples include Small changes in world crop supplies will cause wild swings in prices. For Alberta farm managers, the lesson Continued on page 16 14

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Continued from page 14 using options strategies for crops where prices are based off a futures market (canola and wheat), grain company minimum price contracts and Agricultural Financial Services Corporation’s (AFSC) spring price endorsement. The contracts are different in how they work, both in terms of the minimum price and delivery. As an example, a minimum price contract with a grain company also means that you are committed to delivery, whereas options strategy and the AFSC spring price endorsement do not require a farmer to be locked into delivery commitment to a grain company. How premium levels are established also varies for the different types of contracts. Options on futures contracts and grain company minimum price contracts have premiums for coverage that vary daily based on changes in market prices whereas the spring endorsement premiums are set early in the spring and do not vary with market prices. So when should a farm manager consider a minimum price contract? The answer is when there is a lot of uncertainty about the direction of future prices and the farmer is in a situation where they need to make a decision about pricing because the values fit with the overall business plan for their operation. If the expectation for 16

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future is prices will go higher, then a farmer will likely do nothing in terms of pricing, but will simply wait and sell at higher price. If futures prices are expected to go lower, then the strategy is to contract some of the crop ahead of time and lock in the price. If a farmer doesn’t know the future direction of prices and would like to make a pricing decision, then minimum price contracts are tools that should be considered. The decision around a minimum price contract involves looking at both the price risk side and the cost of the premium. The market outlook for the 2014 crop year looks very uncertain. If the world harvest produces another large crop in 2014-15, there is a strong probability that prices could go slightly lower than current new-crop forward contracts are offering. As has been seen in the past few years, a major production problem in one of the large crop-producing regions would tighten world crop supplies and cause prices to rally. So in the world of price uncertainty, minimum price contracts are a good contract to consider as a part of a farmer’s marketing plan. Within the minimum price contracts, the AFSC spring price endorsement should be considered as one of the alternatives. The basics of the decision on which contracts to use should be a farmer’s marketing plan which includes their financial and business needs as well as their market outlook.

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ALBERTA WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 47 55 48 378,873 Stettler (HRS) Harvest (HRS) 49 50 48 1,003,234 CDC Go (HRS) 52 56 49 538,613 Lillian (HRS) 41 37 38 444,309 AC Foremost (CPS) 69 67 63 208,342 44 42 47 235,527 Strongfield (D) 5700 PR (CPS) 59 63 60 127,656 CDC Abound (HRS) 49 47 48 160,173 CDC Stanley (HRS) — 59 52 26,821 AC Eatonia (HRS) 34 32 36 170,909 — 53 51 32,418 CDC Utmost (HRS) Superb (HRS) 45 49 46 203,405 CDC Verona (D) — 48 53 46,417 CDC Alsask (HRS) 45 53 45 93,912 Radiant (HRW) 54 50 56 49,567 AC Crystal (CPS) 56 49 58 29,434 CDC Imagine (HRS) 47 47 44 57,017 AC Intrepid (HRS) 42 54 45 46,036 5702 PR (CPS) 59 61 57 24,661 Sadash (SWS) 54 72 52 11,706 Muchmore (HRS) — — 60 5,030 Carberry (HRS) — 42 48 10,475 Prodigy (HRS) 42 43 39 50,118 SY 985 (CPS) — — 64 1,350 AC Avonlea (D) 43 41 45 41,918 33 49 47 41,795 CDC Teal (HRS) 53 51 46 36,952 Unity (HRS) 5701 PR (CPS) 56 60 53 17,030 60 49 46 33,705 Goodeve (HRS) 37 45 42 32,020 AC Splendor (HRS) Alvena (HRS) 42 57 45 32,492 40 42 44 22,884 McKenzie (HRS) Glenn (HRS) 39 43 39 16,074 40 34 35 38,730 AC Barrie (HRS) 50 42 50 11,355 AC Andrew (SWS) WR 859 CL (HRS) 50 52 45 16,346 43 48 42 28,908 Infinity (HRS) 5604HR CL (HRS) — 37 45 6,878 — — — Transcend (D) — 39 40 42 13,822 Roblin (HRS) Kane (HRS) 51 46 45 19,819 44 47 51 15,908 AC Navigator (D) CDC NRG003 (CPS) — — 60 3,252 — 52 56 4,080 Brigade (D) 34 31 32 15,546 AC Cadillac (HRS) Enterprise (D) — — 54 4,190 34 30 38 15,571 Kyle (D) AC Elsa (HRS) 35 44 39 12,085 51 42 29 3,653 Alikat (HRS) — — 42 1,443 Shaw (HRS) CDC Buteo (HRW) 59 53 61 7,255 Columbus (HRS) 34 29 30 8,001 CDC Thrive (HRS) — — 50 1,568 AC Taber (CPS) 70 55 55 6,875 — — 55 3,535 CDC Osler (HRS) 77 85 65 5,921 Oslo (CPS) 5602 HR (HRS) 44 42 43 10,904 Fieldstar (HRS) — — 39 2,962 Journey (HRS) 47 44 39 5,229 33 31 30 5,471 Laura (HRS) 35 27 21 4,223 Katepwa (HRS) Waskada (HRS) 51 42 45 8,911 AC Bellatrix (HRW) 50 35 60 4,740 NRG010 (CPS) — — — — 43 36 40 6,592 AC Majestic (HRS) — — — — Conquer (CPS) Pasteur (CPS) — — — — 5603 HR (HRS) — — 44 2,003 Park (HRS) 28 34 32 4,838 48 58 54 4,287 CDC Osprey (HRW) — — — — Whitehawk (HRS) Leader (HRS) 37 31 25 1,484 CDC Bounty (HRS) 44 46 44 8,467 AC Morse (D) 37 37 49 1,711 — — — Somerset (HRS) —

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 59 793,134 60 785,530 64 550,664 46 424,792 83 360,121 52 231,543 77 187,008 60 179,693 60 153,063 42 113,222 59 108,683 58 106,293 51 53,594 52 52,374 56 49,727 67 47,455 56 44,125 56 38,677 72 35,987 64 35,863 73 31,741 55 31,730 42 29,695 73 29,343 49 28,822 48 28,331 57 27,522 69 27,105 57 26,810 55 25,694 52 22,810 48 22,584 51 21,965 42 20,212 57 19,509 48 18,867 45 16,471 57 15,387 56 14,016 46 13,676 55 12,686 54 12,548 79 12,496 64 12,445 35 12,399 55 11,862 41 11,439 52 9,859 51 7,863 55 7,857 60 7,127 34 6,965 60 6,932 72 6,448 73 6,062 94 5,870 53 4,873 42 4,726 48 3,991 28 3,903 26 3,861 39 3,217 52 3,199 65 3,066 52 2,666 76 2,257 74 2,200 43 2,134 39 2,038 46 1,884 52 1,874 34 1,842 55 1,818 47 1,617 66 1,531

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 38 — — Sceptre (D) — Thatcher (HRS) 31 27 — — Snowbird (HRS) 54 52 — — CDC VR Morris (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 65 1,512 37 1,372 61 1,326 62 536 60 5,053,600

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Carberry (HRS) — 77 70 40,377 CDC Go (HRS) 70 78 73 43,830 Stettler (HRS) 78 77 70 23,057 Strongfield (D) 71 81 75 21,257 Radiant (HRW) 88 71 84 11,542 CDC Abound (HRS) 60 67 64 18,104 Superb (HRS) 65 73 67 19,262 Glenn (HRS) 61 67 63 9,394 CDC Verona (D) — 89 74 5,954 Sadash (SWS) 68 88 81 2,491 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — 70 769 AC Foremost (CPS) — — — — Lillian (HRS) 61 58 52 4,432 Harvest (HRS) 59 66 45 2,314 Shaw (HRS) — — — — CDC Utmost (HRS) — — 68 1,204 AC Andrew (SWS) 78 105 86 2,114 Transcend (D) — — — — AC Navigator (D) 62 81 77 1,353 AC Tempest (HRW) — — 86 1,121 — AC Crystal (CPS) 59 58 — 5700 PR (CPS) 833 82 76 61 WR 859 CL (HRS) 68 59 63 2,509 Brigade (D) — — 74 1,946 Enterprise (D) 773 — — 61 — SY 985 (CPS) — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 76 67,610 81 40,345 78 23,710 90 19,579 88 18,829 77 12,741 78 8,862 72 8,185 75 6,696 94 6,155 76 4,955 97 3,883 55 3,256 84 2,955 81 2,679 71 2,670 94 2,093 79 2,055 91 1,985 65 1,647 96 1,638 93 1,508 71 1,410 84 1,377 69 1,097 80 908 80 258,016

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — 42 36 812,851 L120 — — 33 352,861 L150 — 44 35 626,597 5440 45 42 36 353,659 — — 33 4,031 74-44 BL 73-45 RR 35 40 33 627,977 L135 C — — 39 71,486 VT 500 G — — 33 172,907 VR 9559 G — — 33 59,460 45S52 — 43 34 141,915 45H29 44 39 35 117,307 L159 — — 36 33,702 — 43 31 110,179 73-15 RR 45H31 — 43 34 50,669 1990 — — 33 23,496 45S54 — — — — 1012 RR — 36 35 33,026 72-65 RR 39 36 35 83,567 L154 — — 34 17,402 D3153 — 37 36 24,243 6060 RR — 39 35 30,277 1918 — 34 29 37,923 74-47 CR — — — — VR 9558 GC — — 37 25,287 4300 — — 22 450 73-55 RR 41 38 34 57,597 6040 RR 37 38 33 34,509 VR 9553 G — — 32 59,585 73-75 RR — 42 33 45,618 45H73 36 33 33 22,768 D3152 37 — 41 7,828 V12-1 — — 31 2,080 5525 CL 31 38 31 19,318 VR 9557 GS — — 36 7,688 VT Barrier — 30 23 30,830 VR 9350 G — — 28 33,761 1970 — 42 32 12,055

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 48 675,090 43 353,695 46 341,637 46 311,416 44 298,640 40 280,378 51 204,525 41 186,406 45 132,845 44 126,723 47 111,033 47 109,085 40 106,837 44 101,148 46 89,598 46 68,649 41 57,693 42 57,465 48 52,772 42 50,801 44 45,468 37 34,617 45 26,518 45 25,770 36 25,593 41 24,321 40 22,748 41 22,657 44 20,295 42 19,465 48 18,819 43 18,289 41 17,469 43 16,845 33 16,341 37 16,309 46 14,810

‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L156 H — — — — 6050 — — — — VT Remarkable — 32 27 27,636 46H75 — — 33 4,255 45S51 37 41 31 30,664 VR 9560 CL — — 35 12,906 45H26 34 33 30 31,406 72-35 RR 29 35 29 20,549 6056 — — — — 46A76 30 34 28 9,175 1016 RR — — 13 1,340 D3154 S — — — — Red River 1861 — — — — v1040 28 — 30 17,124 74-54 RR — — — — 2012 CL — 38 31 9,088 1980 — — 34 16,676 430 24 29 28 38,711 9550 39 37 32 9,165 9554 — — 33 2,427 5535 CL — 32 30 10,822 94H04 — 35 29 9,629 45H28 36 35 32 13,230 500 — 34 30 11,208 71-45RR 33 36 33 12,521 9551 34 30 24 4,637 34-65 33 29 28 13,892 997 RR 28 26 27 8,309 4434 RR — — 24 3,340 5020 36 39 31 20,297 1960 — 43 31 2,884 Early One — 25 20 4,515 D3151 35 35 27 6,971 1651H 27 30 31 2,822 45H21 36 41 31 1,316 Canterra 1867 39 28 29 935 45A71 26 25 25 4,418 9590 44 41 32 17,007 1950 39 39 27 4,590 72-55 RR 35 36 31 5,715 73-65 RR 40 38 35 8,320 73-35 RR 37 32 32 5,062 Rugby 27 27 25 3,650 46S53 — 28 35 1,464 45A54 — — — — 43A56 18 29 21 4,493 6020 RR 32 24 27 7,815 SW Spirit River 14 19 16 1,136 1145 43 — 32 8,073 NX4-102 RR 33 — — — 45A51 43 35 — — NX4-106 RR 31 32 31 4,378 5030 44 38 34 8,680 Cafe 13 20 24 1,814 45H25 33 34 25 1,094 D3150 39 35 — — Fusion — — — — IMC 130 — 41 35 1,004 32-75 22 29 23 2,321 SW Wizzard — — 27 1,038 8440 44 41 34 21,315 Synergy — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 44 14,223 38 13,751 35 13,342 44 12,727 42 12,480 46 12,120 41 10,888 34 10,158 51 9,274 38 8,988 38 8,414 46 7,606 34 7,350 34 6,938 49 6,851 42 6,683 39 6,456 36 6,449 41 5,572 42 5,472 41 4,936 37 4,847 37 4,776 43 4,581 41 4,483 40 4,260 38 4,071 33 3,807 31 3,441 41 3,408 44 3,405 21 3,286 37 3,212 38 3,184 47 2,961 45 2,931 40 2,500 44 2,420 44 2,387 41 2,269 43 2,020 45 2,007 39 1,833 35 1,752 47 1,745 29 1,500 35 1,440 17 1,432 49 1,421 42 1,182 42 1,179 39 1,128 35 1,100 30 1,027 40 1,016 45 984 40 984 49 949 39 861 28 638 43 539 26 367 44 4,421,876

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 51 58 48 21,178 L150 — 54 46 29,624 L130 — 55 41 6,328 74-44 BL — — 40 389 45S52 — 60 42 7,038 73-45 RR — 51 44 17,439 1012 RR — — 46 5,568 1990 — — — — VT 500 G — — 41 4,414 L159 — — — — L156 H — — — —

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 61 26,642 53 9,728 61 9,255 53 8,936 55 8,870 56 7,841 47 5,508 46 4,444 48 3,950 52 3,715 55 2,491

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CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres VR 9559 G — — 42 2,850 6060 RR — 51 51 3,182 45S54 — — — — D3153 — — 40 903 2012 CL — — 29 1,246 V12-1 — — — — L120 — — 35 1,003 73-75 RR — — 44 2,856 L154 — — 34 907 45H29 — 53 — — 1970 — 58 48 1,252 Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 53 2,021 56 2,005 59 1,770 41 1,604 49 1,517 55 1,311 57 1,252 64 1,159 69 1,066 51 594 50 429 55 112,392

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 66 68 59 530,871 Champion 69 76 66 235,774 AC Metcalfe 61 64 55 453,614 CDC Copeland 69 71 59 301,284 CDC Austenson — 78 67 72,250 CDC Meredith 76 82 70 75,574 CDC Coalition 71 75 67 84,216 CDC Cowboy 58 55 51 95,767 Newdale 66 70 63 44,033 Ponoka 65 62 54 59,602 Seebe 58 52 46 57,732 Conlon 58 60 49 46,817 Sundre 64 59 49 41,717 Bentley 79 59 59 20,178 Busby 89 58 53 22,447 CDC Trey 78 66 58 14,572 CDC Dolly 52 55 44 18,543 Major — 81 67 9,469 Stander 72 65 59 11,718 CDC Thompson 85 72 61 10,234 Vivar 75 70 73 8,451 Chigwell — 69 56 6,814 CDC Kindersley — — 63 2,890 Trochu 74 67 58 6,540 Merit 57 — — 69 5,203 CDC Helgason 62 58 56 8,314 Bridge 38 35 32 7,208 Falcon 65 65 66 3,142 CDC Bold 63 61 64 7,216 McLeod 66 54 47 9,157 Gadsby — — 49 3,147 Merit — — — — Harrington 39 46 42 5,842 Formosa 74 69 56 8,865 Legacy (BT 950) 63 47 56 2,354 CDC Yorkton 65 65 53 4,499 AC Ranger 75 72 70 4,637 Manley 73 71 43 2,070 CDC Battleford 62 49 48 2,778 Otal 26 22 31 1,809 CDC Kendall 68 66 56 6,284 AC Lacombe 44 48 41 3,281 AC Albright 33 61 43 1,034 Lacey 70 75 64 5,217 Niobe 69 65 54 2,993 CDC PolarStar 71 73 62 3,335 Cerveza — — — — CDC McGwire — — — — AC Harper 39 36 46 1,180 CDC Maverick — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 77 461,104 83 317,403 69 298,222 77 259,455 81 229,211 85 141,533 81 88,942 63 80,161 81 51,155 74 45,522 68 38,979 59 33,599 66 25,305 74 25,131 71 23,393 76 16,250 52 15,296 80 12,368 72 12,276 76 11,179 80 9,182 71 8,400 88 7,247 77 7,054 84 6,678 70 6,437 40 5,390 77 5,251 85 5,170 66 4,906 70 4,881 100 4,704 46 3,279 70 3,270 61 2,578 67 2,180 75 2,122 66 2,072 63 2,063 47 2,058 60 2,007 59 1,759 53 1,692 76 1,621 80 1,585 82 1,502 81 1,203 75 513 33 430 71 243 76 2,307,714

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 73 87 80 21,076 CDC Austenson — — 78 19,834 Champion 71 90 86 8,168 CDC Coalition 78 97 88 7,572 Vivar 72 97 90 2,687 Chigwell 93 82 85 5,953

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 100 30,463 86 28,503 90 15,265 100 4,723 104 3,814 99 3,431

‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 66 75 62 8,165 AC Harper 69 62 54 6,006 CDC Meredith — — 64 1,359 CDC Copeland 59 89 64 1,736 CDC Cowboy 75 79 77 2,658 Muskwa — — — — CDC Thompson 60 87 — — CDC Earl 59 99 81 2,148 Conlon 68 69 70 1,648 Sundre 62 95 95 1,486 CDC Yorkton 65 89 80 2,591 Newdale 83 — — — Duke — — 81 1,001 Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 84 3,285 95 3,268 95 2,703 88 2,048 63 1,998 93 1,652 111 1,267 89 1,181 86 1,174 79 1,089 107 850 92 815 92 784 92 111,536

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 47 45 43 375,889 Delta Fld Pea 36 32 45 57,652 CDC Golden 36 36 36 54,843 Thunderbird 44 36 39 35,363 CDC Striker 42 45 46 16,056 SW Midas 38 34 36 46,489 CDC Patrick 40 25 32 8,166 Cooper 39 35 38 11,526 Cutlass F.P. 30 34 35 11,342 CDC Centennial 38 34 38 4,704 Garde 45 35 39 4,591 Eclipse 31 38 39 11,482 DS-Admiral 40 36 32 13,712 Canstar 45 36 41 10,642 CDC Hornet — — — — Sorento 51 45 40 3,835

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 52 446,040 48 49,418 41 38,578 48 29,931 55 29,400 53 23,099 39 12,977 50 12,631 53 8,729 39 6,886 52 5,868 50 5,486 38 3,983 45 3,706 44 3,541 59 2,948

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Pluto — — — Carneval 30 32 32 Espace 42 43 — Polstead 41 44 47 SW Capri 47 42 39 CDC Sage 41 33 28 Profi 41 24 38 CDC Saffron — — — Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2012 Acres — 3,921 — 4,332 2,958 637 1,238 —

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 49 2,454 34 2,433 53 2,429 59 1,766 48 1,511 46 1,502 42 1,350 54 954 50 711,591

PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 40 55 50 7,315 CDC Centennial — — — — Marrowfat — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 56 4,931 55 1,008 49 745 53 9,004

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield AC Morgan 81 93 82 Derby 66 82 59 AC Mustang 71 71 65 CDC Baler 71 69 66 Waldern 55 55 55 Calibre 60 51 58 CDC SO-I 94 75 86 Triactor — 145 63 Grizzly 50 48 64 Cascade 51 40 48 7600M 64 60 64 Murphy 64 — —

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 105 102,507 94 21,198 84 19,344 75 7,804 68 6,296 67 3,480 97 2,809 109 2,054 82 1,389 57 1,132 74 692 81 454

2012 Acres 90,765 20,474 15,846 6,435 3,285 4,490 707 1,091 2,078 1,944 654 —

‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

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OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Jordan 72 74 93 AC Juniper 62 69 48 Foothill 63 66 — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2012 Acres 204 1,153 —

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 112 427 68 387 69 283 96 175,327

OATS IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 71 108 — — AC Mustang 83 — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 113 949 86 308 96 2,012

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 19 17 15 36,161 Centennial Brown (Brown) 23 20 17 3,134 AC Pennant (Yellow) 20 18 15 10,256 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 19 33,949 19 9,400 19 8,486 19 60,118

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Sorrel 27 25 24 Prairie Sapphire — — 18 CDC Bethune 24 27 24 Hanley 26 26 23 Prairie Grande — — — McGregor 26 — — Taurus — — — Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2012 Acres 8,435 535 2,955 2,894 — — —

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 30 12,021 34 3,916 31 3,519 25 3,468 35 1,148 28 751 18 459 30 28,506

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Prairie Sapphire — — 36 2,036 CDC Sorrel 37 39 32 4,968 Hanley 35 38 26 1,903 CDC Bethune 31 34 35 1,965 Taurus — 39 26 612 NorLin — — 38 633 Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 43 7,149 37 5,301 39 1,610 42 1,577 38 627 38 575 40 17,743

POTATO DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Seed) 10 7 12 1,798 Weighted Average Dryland Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 13 849 14 4,866

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Fry) 15 16 17 30,630 Shepody (Fry) 11 14 16 2,662 Russet Burbank (Seed) 10 15 13 1,297

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 19 28,754 17 1,807 11 1,439

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2014

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres FL 1867 (Chip) 9 14 — — FL 1879 (Chip) 11 17 14 929 Ranger Russet (Fry) — 16 — — Atlantic (Chip) 8 14 13 654 Shepody (Seed) — 12 — — Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 16 1,202 16 761 16 559 14 467 12 371 17 40,803

BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Island (Pinto) 1,275 2,377 2,454 15,584 Resolute (Great Northern) 1,301 2,377 2,232 10,621 Medicine Hat (Pinto) — 2,780 2,391 3,036 AC Black Diamond (Black) 1,361 2,144 2,148 2,570 AC Redbond (Small Red) 1,232 2,362 2,056 4,141 AC Polaris (Great Northern) 1,239 2,394 2,239 1,373 Myasi yellow (Black) 1,272 2,661 2,708 2,023 Winchester Pinto (Pinto) 1,360 2,382 2,301 3,321 Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 2,577 14,190 2,621 12,855 2,546 3,384 2,038 2,971 2,588 2,698 2,453 2,469 2,968 2,266 2,757 1,312 2,568 42,537

LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Maxim 1,714 1,577 1,886 22,511 CDC Richlea 1,945 1,663 1,570 5,459 CDC Dazil — — — — CDC Improve 1,743 1,434 1,444 6,529 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 2,384 24,640 2,165 4,455 1,709 2,940 1,870 1,902 2,148 42,102

SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† ALBERTA 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Beta 49RR33 — — 31 4,338 31 16,418 Beta 47RR75 21 26 29 8,060 29 2,753 HM 9103 — 28 30 10,061 32 2,474 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 31 21,954 FABA BEAN DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Snowbird 2,372 2,780 2,741 3,128 FB9-4 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 3,083 10,547 2,788 659 3,065 11,206

FABA BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres FB9-4 — — 3,449 674 Snowbird 2,418 3,161 2,051 1,091 Weighted Average Irrigated Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 4,142 1,665 3,761 875 3,996 2,620

TRITICALE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Pronghorn (Spring) 53 48 36 2,251 Tyndal (Spring) — 63 45 2,481 Bunker (Spring) 34 49 34 1,356 Pika (Winter) 44 66 37 637 Weighted Average Dryland Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 52 2,960 66 2,320 49 1,457 42 794 57 10,506

TRITICALE IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Tyndal (Spring) — 88 113 2,077 Weighted Average Irrigated Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 126 1,685 105 2,325

CHICKPEAS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Frontier (Kabuli) 1,228 1,852 2,005 9,675 CDC Orion (Kabuli) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Chickpeas yield (Lbs.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 2,350 6,076 2,734 1,345 2,337 10,559

‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

RYE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Prima (Fall) 40 48 47 Dakota (Fall) 52 41 44 Musketeer (Fall) 27 42 41 Weighted Average Dryland Rye yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2012 Acres 4,099 1,732 814

SUNFLOWER IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 6946 1,230 2,417 1,371 2,574 Weighted Average Irrigated Sunflower yield (Lbs.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 52 5,087 37 1,377 55 1,028 46 10,099 ALBERTA 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 2,315 1,560 2,321 1,746

RISK AREA 1 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-45 RR — — 43 7,415 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 1 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 38 4,791 41 9,347

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 43 49 73 15,084 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 1 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 59 12,936 69 28,769

RISK AREA 2 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Lillian (HRS) 43 41 39 138,848 Strongfield (D) 46 47 49 39,064

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 48 141,398 54 38,540

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Stettler (HRS) — 50 49 18,812 Harvest (HRS) 51 48 46 35,372 CDC Go (HRS) 47 46 51 21,853 CDC Abound (HRS) 49 44 42 13,181 Radiant (HRW) 55 52 62 18,899 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — 48 1,720 CDC Imagine (HRS) 39 40 41 7,715 Carberry (HRS) — — 44 3,699 CDC Verona (D) — 44 59 6,978 WR 859 CL (HRS) 39 42 42 7,212 Superb (HRS) 42 43 43 44,150 AC Avonlea (D) 41 39 44 10,013 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — Enterprise (D) — — 56 2,895 Transcend (D) — — — — Glenn (HRS) 31 47 36 9,049 Kyle (D) 47 — 47 1,379 Waskada (HRS) 55 44 48 4,167 Sadash (SWS) — — — — AC Andrew (SWS) — — — — AC Navigator (D) 41 51 50 6,030 AC Crystal (CPS) — — — — AC Eatonia (HRS) 34 33 37 1,915 SY 985 (CPS) — — — — AC Foremost (CPS) — — — — 5604HR CL (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 57 34,835 61 26,866 58 25,897 52 20,986 61 17,630 59 10,309 54 9,987 55 9,143 49 8,708 40 8,112 52 6,913 46 6,296 61 5,978 59 5,753 60 5,686 58 5,368 49 3,380 39 3,018 68 2,709 69 2,423 52 2,405 50 2,253 49 1,763 61 1,308 78 1,237 44 706 53 430,457

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Carberry (HRS) — 75 67 8,546 Stettler (HRS) — 74 66 4,734 CDC Go (HRS) 60 70 71 10,657

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 74 18,773 72 9,151 64 7,289

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WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 75 74 87 2,686 Radiant (HRW) Sadash (SWS) — 94 80 1,409 CDC Abound (HRS) 56 69 68 5,973 Glenn (HRS) 61 64 67 4,910 Strongfield (D) 85 74 76 3,935 — — — AC Foremost (CPS) — Lillian (HRS) 63 59 52 2,443 CDC Verona (D) — — 68 1,500 AC Navigator (D) 38 — — — Superb (HRS) 61 77 65 3,673 — — 90 AC Tempest (HRW) 763 Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 81 5,144 95 3,672 83 3,614 72 2,927 84 2,591 92 2,270 52 2,212 54 1,862 89 1,690 64 1,212 58 981 75 72,881

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 74-44 BL — — — — L150 — 41 35 47,794 73-45 RR — 45 34 96,148 L130 — 45 36 15,537 5440 43 41 34 31,238 1012 RR — — 33 17,498 45S52 — — 33 2,095 L159 — — 27 1,258 6060 RR — 45 36 8,847 L120 — — 33 2,798 VR 9559 G — — 37 3,670 VT 500 G — — 32 9,474 1918 — 30 27 3,777 L154 — — — — V12-1 — — — — 1990 — — 30 3,770 45S54 — — — — 45H31 — — 35 6,472 72-65 RR 44 36 33 2,108 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 44 48,352 44 34,495 39 33,219 45 25,088 42 24,687 43 16,911 44 11,865 40 9,546 44 8,849 39 5,203 42 4,323 36 4,185 34 3,862 44 2,501 36 2,301 47 2,160 50 2,025 40 1,322 35 754 43 256,657

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 52 60 47 7,620 — 74-44 BL — — — L130 — — 44 2,356 45S52 — 61 46 3,132 73-45 RR — 50 47 9,706 1990 — — — — L150 — 50 49 12,622 1012 RR — — 45 2,889 L159 — — — — 45S54 — — — — VT 500 G — — 40 902 VR 9559 G — — 40 1,037 Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 62 12,893 49 5,944 62 4,965 54 4,953 55 4,840 46 4,191 44 3,594 46 2,641 52 1,638 64 755 51 601 41 462 54 52,859

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 50 58 64 114,119 — — 72 12,704 CDC Austenson Champion 60 61 79 30,584 AC Metcalfe 51 60 55 56,837 CDC Meredith 73 77 72 17,339 CDC Copeland 65 64 61 13,366 CDC Coalition 65 76 65 5,589 Merit 57 — — — — Ponoka 56 57 43 10,455 CDC Cowboy 49 47 62 4,184 Newdale 75 74 61 3,461 Bridge 25 29 40 2,256 Harrington 36 — — — Conlon 46 58 — — Chigwell — 72 39 323 Vivar 75 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 78 113,504 82 47,147 84 39,672 63 34,312 85 22,333 67 14,259 68 6,407 84 5,570 57 4,997 64 3,146 77 2,743 38 2,703 48 1,527 50 1,177 73 426 79 141 76 317,232

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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2014

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 72 86 84 11,601 CDC Austenson — — 75 11,150 Champion 87 86 88 5,862 Chigwell — 86 88 3,555 Vivar 74 100 98 1,520 79 105 88 5,437 CDC Coalition AC Metcalfe 61 74 64 5,950 CDC Meredith — — — — CDC Copeland — — 66 831 Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 104 17,063 85 14,017 88 9,875 99 3,251 109 3,180 107 3,116 85 2,320 90 1,408 71 979 95 61,678

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 52 56 50 74,097 44 49 45 7,075 SW Midas 41 45 41 12,176 CDC Golden Delta Fld Pea 47 37 42 4,626 CDC Centennial — 28 34 1,077 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 55 81,937 58 7,103 48 5,930 56 3,339 26 1,625 55 103,564

PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 43 50 55 1,435 Weighted Average Irrigated Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 43 1,112 48 1,899

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 345 AC Mustang 52 76 65 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 72 584 68 1,667

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 14 6,573 17 12 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 17 7,707 17 8,302

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel 27 28 26 2,318 — Prairie Sapphire — — — McGregor 26 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 31 4,522 41 790 26 651 31 9,846

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel 25 36 — — Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 34 1,154 38 1,866

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 19 2,453 Russet Burbank (Fry) 17 18 Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 20 1,985 20 1,985

BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 2 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 475 1,992 1,241 Resolute (Great Northern) 880 1,924 2,441 Island (Pinto) 656 — 2,416 1,390 2,247 1,103 Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,130 2,554 SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 2 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres — — 30 501 27 2,748 Beta 49RR33 HM 9103 — — 31 1,746 27 560 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 27 3,592 ‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

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RISK AREA 3 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Lillian (HRS) 42 37 40 129,589 Strongfield (D) 46 43 50 125,850 AC Eatonia (HRS) 37 33 42 71,353 CDC Verona (D) — 52 54 29,145 CDC Go (HRS) 46 47 53 16,322 Carberry (HRS) — — 42 3,589 AC Avonlea (D) 47 42 48 20,874 Radiant (HRW) 56 46 56 11,050 Brigade (D) — 52 57 3,601 AC Navigator (D) 46 45 52 9,878 CDC Abound (HRS) 44 35 41 13,690 Glenn (HRS) 44 38 44 5,009 Stettler (HRS) 33 40 41 6,264 Transcend (D) — — — — Superb (HRS) 40 38 40 8,019 Kyle (D) 37 31 39 7,519 Enterprise (D) — — — — CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — Harvest (HRS) 47 43 42 6,672 Pasteur (CPS) — — — — Sadash (SWS) — 59 44 — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 47 138,814 54 119,468 47 52,677 53 30,879 56 19,638 52 13,143 49 12,468 64 12,275 65 11,663 54 10,143 47 9,437 44 8,271 63 7,951 54 6,417 51 5,498 36 3,726 55 3,502 62 3,137 48 2,466 79 278 47 94 51 496,226

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Carberry (HRS) — 83 73 25,102 CDC Go (HRS) 78 83 77 18,758 Strongfield (D) 67 85 77 12,773 Stettler (HRS) 74 77 74 12,468 Radiant (HRW) 90 58 82 4,834 CDC Abound (HRS) 65 67 65 8,810 Superb (HRS) 67 74 72 10,490 CDC Verona (D) — 95 78 4,104 Glenn (HRS) 59 74 67 2,761 Shaw (HRS) — — — — Sadash (SWS) 71 86 84 1,082 Transcend (D) — — — — CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — AC Andrew (SWS) 79 97 85 1,529 Brigade (D) — — 71 1,316 Lillian (HRS) 736 52 60 45 Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 77 36,967 88 18,522 93 11,802 85 9,354 88 8,505 71 6,481 79 3,698 90 2,928 72 2,580 83 2,269 93 2,203 79 1,879 79 1,661 92 1,328 85 1,247 50 656 82 117,787

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L150 — 40 34 21,672 L130 — 39 35 17,522 5440 47 41 33 12,845 73-45 RR — 46 31 13,984 L120 — — 32 5,838 — — — 74-44 BL — L159 — — 35 1,518 6060 RR — 42 36 3,351 D3154 S — — — — D3153 — — 37 4,396 L154 — — 35 985 1012 RR — — 35 3,755 5525 CL — — — — VT Barrier — 25 26 2,378 45S52 — — — — VT 500 G — — 22 2,276 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 44 18,288 46 17,342 42 10,184 41 9,968 41 8,757 40 4,715 38 3,638 39 3,110 49 2,662 44 2,612 46 2,455 38 2,151 40 1,708 20 1,393 33 1,381 38 1,034 42 104,920

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 54 57 53 1,694 L150 — 59 47 6,902 L159 — — — — L130 — — — — — — 44 1,750 VT 500 G 74-44 BL — — — — 73-45 RR — — 48 2,370 73-75 RR — — 47 1,072 Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 62 4,459 59 2,390 50 1,356 64 1,331 52 1,226 64 984 54 838 65 709 58 21,095

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 66 66 70 26,765 AC Metcalfe 52 51 59 24,197 Conlon 52 53 51 12,102 CDC Austenson — — 66 2,749 CDC Coalition 50 51 71 7,244 CDC Copeland 53 48 61 6,807 Champion 52 48 77 3,636 CDC Meredith — — 66 2,817 CDC Cowboy 39 41 45 3,585 Newdale 63 — 55 1,434 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 72 33,218 62 24,588 45 12,322 73 9,158 76 8,681 67 7,688 76 7,335 72 6,269 51 2,339 70 954 67 120,532

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Austenson — — 85 3,839 Xena 82 89 90 2,468 CDC Coalition 78 88 88 1,888 Champion 62 104 84 1,566 Muskwa — — — — AC Harper 47 — 76 1,243 Conlon 57 83 82 1,037 Vivar 71 93 97 952 Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 90 7,286 95 4,172 90 1,503 100 1,034 87 715 71 697 87 557 72 514 90 19,832

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 47 43 42 69,658 Delta Fld Pea 36 32 47 42,086 CDC Golden 34 30 38 13,167 CDC Centennial — — 40 1,576 SW Midas 32 37 47 2,098 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 49 96,897 48 37,027 44 11,437 44 4,657 47 2,008 48 157,007

PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 35 61 49 4,506 Marrowfat — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 56 1,957 49 745 53 3,761

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MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 21 19 Andante (Yellow) 17 19,861 Centennial Brown (Brown) — — — — AC Pennant (Yellow) 21 18 17 5,532 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 21 14,846 19 1,933 24 1,200 21 19,991

SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 3 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres — — 31 3,687 Beta 49RR33 32 13,200 Beta 47RR75 21 26 29 5,901 29 2,379 HM 9103 — — 30 8,250 33 1,914 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 31 17,802

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Prairie Sapphire — — — — CDC Sorrel 29 18 24 1,679 Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 30 1,403 27 1,189 29 3,209

FABA BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 3 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres FB9-4 — — — — 4,329 732 Weighted Average Irrigated Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 3,456 1,092

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Prairie Sapphire — — — CDC Sorrel 36 38 33 CDC Bethune 31 40 39 Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2012 Acres — 2,838 1,389

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 47 2,987 39 2,430 45 937 43 7,576

CHICKPEAS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 3 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Frontier (Kabuli) 1,210 1,880 2,041 8,864 2,385 5,237 CDC Orion (Kabuli) — — — — 2,734 1,345 Weighted Average Dryland Chickpeas yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,384 8,955

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Fry) 15 16 17 25,469 Shepody (Fry) 16 2,333 11 14 Ranger Russet (Fry) — — — 16 Atlantic (Chip) 8 14 12 584 Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 18 23,944 17 1,807 16 559 15 397 18 30,350

BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 3 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 10,178 Resolute (Great Northern) 1,368 2,423 2,210 9,360 2,674 Island (Pinto) 10,124 1,280 2,475 2,443 11,143 2,596 AC Black Diamond (Black) 2,651 1,407 2,252 2,043 2,115 2,067 2,379 Medicine Hat (Pinto) — 2,840 2,387 2,431 2,513 AC Redbond (Small Red) 2,158 1,292 2,376 2,047 3,636 2,757 2,136 Myasi yellow (Black) 1,275 2,661 2,646 1,824 3,002 AC Polaris (Great Northern) 996 2,457 1,898 1,272 2,485 2,173 Winchester Pinto (Pinto) 1,180 1,401 2,389 2,221 2,783 2,740 Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,603 33,096 LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 3 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Maxim 1,983 1,738 2,078 14,700 2,619 17,211 CDC Improve 1,933 1,633 1,381 4,122 1,870 1,902 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,330 29,073

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RISK AREA 4 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 36 32 35 76,476 Lillian (HRS) CDC Go (HRS) 48 40 47 31,015 Strongfield (D) 34 38 43 44,412 AC Eatonia (HRS) 33 33 36 54,891 Stettler (HRS) — 35 42 10,161 CDC Verona (D) — 42 49 8,779 Glenn (HRS) — — 39 — Radiant (HRW) 50 48 49 6,087 Unity (HRS) — — — — AC Avonlea (D) 26 45 44 5,513 Superb (HRS) 39 36 29 2,900 — AC Andrew (SWS) — — — Sadash (SWS) — — 35 1,453 Kyle (D) 28 30 36 5,092 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — — Carberry (HRS) 166 — — 41 Harvest (HRS) 44 26 41 2,142 Transcend (D) — — — — CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — AC Bellatrix (HRW) — 35 38 — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 42 69,851 52 43,890 49 39,652 42 32,301 47 29,350 47 8,282 53 8,166 45 8,144 52 5,393 56 5,172 50 4,717 43 4,454 48 4,146 42 3,998 46 3,668 42 2,100 52 1,963 51 1,913 51 1,528 43 897 46 303,226

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WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Carberry (HRS) — — 62 6,465 CDC Go (HRS) 69 75 72 8,642 Strongfield (D) 72 74 71 4,549 Radiant (HRW) 89 80 84 3,737 Superb (HRS) 66 64 55 4,687 Stettler (HRS) — 77 66 5,047 Glenn (HRS) 66 62 44 1,723 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — CDC Utmost (HRS) — — 70 956 5700 PR (CPS) 78 64 — — CDC Abound (HRS) 47 64 54 2,521 Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 76 11,240 79 9,668 86 5,186 97 5,180 81 3,952 76 3,856 71 2,678 71 2,090 72 1,345 97 1,026 80 989 80 52,799

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 35 33 31 18,213 L150 — 32 25 6,004 L130 — 34 29 7,622 73-45 RR — 32 28 14,501 1990 — — — — 45H29 — 25 — — D3153 — — 35 3,104 74-44 BL — — — — L120 — — — — 45S52 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 42 14,425 31 9,178 33 7,112 38 6,088 40 5,872 34 4,543 35 4,389 36 4,048 34 2,732 38 575 36 70,288

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 49 59 50 9,240 45S52 — — 45 2,311 L150 — 53 43 8,868 VT 500 G — — 40 1,303 1012 RR — — 48 2,029 73-45 RR — — 41 2,730 L130 — 60 43 1,565 VR 9559 G — — — — 74-44 BL — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 62 7,628 61 2,582 56 2,295 45 2,123 52 1,857 58 1,841 57 1,078 56 910 58 684 57 25,517

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Champion — 62 69 13,176 CDC Cowboy 49 41 38 9,092 Xena 46 49 35 8,441 AC Metcalfe 45 47 48 11,059 Conlon 54 44 54 4,640 CDC Meredith — — — — CDC Austenson — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 72 13,409 51 10,472 55 7,863 62 6,081 84 4,069 74 1,682 60 1,263 62 50,491

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Austenson — — 81 4,015 Xena 84 95 69 2,418 Champion — 97 82 740 CDC Earl 52 — 75 1,570 Duke — — 81 1,001 CDC Cowboy — 86 70 1,038 Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 84 6,173 114 2,867 67 1,679 78 861 92 784 67 478 88 15,566

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow 30 34 43 CDC Golden 36 32 34 Delta Fld Pea 36 28 42 Thunderbird — 20 34 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 40 37,544 30 9,902 47 7,713 41 4,540 40 66,038

2012 Acres 18,920 12,334 9,065 2,155

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — — 44 699 Weighted Average Irrigated Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 60 1,223 54 2,281

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield AC Morgan 42 — 29 CDC Baler — 52 49 Waldern 47 43 — AC Mustang 72 41 76 Derby 37 38 — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2012 Acres 809 990 — 1,227 —

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 72 1,534 53 1,347 46 1,009 52 884 13 438 55 5,824

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 16 15 14 4,484 Centennial Brown (Brown) 22 — 19 2,110 AC Pennant (Yellow) 15 18 12 2,058 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 19 6,545 18 5,858 18 2,799 18 17,142

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Prairie Sapphire — — 37 1,289 CDC Sorrel 39 41 33 1,757 Hanley 35 39 27 1,631 CDC Bethune — 43 25 576 Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 39 3,825 36 1,717 39 1,470 38 640 38 8,301

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Fry) 14 18 16 2,708 Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 19 2,826 19 3,016

BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Island (Pinto) 1,473 2,500 2,527 2,926 Resolute (Great Northern) 1,340 2,387 2,360 786 Medicine Hat (Pinto) — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 2,634 2,963 2,798 1,291 2,731 927 2,666 5,572

LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Maxim 1,902 1,544 1,689 2,998 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 1,783 4,369 1,790 6,774

SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 4 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Beta 49RR33 — — — — 26 470 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 27 560 TRITICALE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Pronghorn (Spring) 36 36 31 1,562 Weighted Average Dryland Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 35 1,157 41 2,738

RYE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Dakota (Fall) 53 41 44 Weighted Average Dryland Rye yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 37 1,377 38 3,457

2012 Acres 1,732

SUNFLOWER IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 6946 1,304 2,538 1,539 1,206 Weighted Average Irrigated Sunflower yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ ‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

RISK AREA 4 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 2,093 737 2,150 923

RISK AREA 5 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 47 56 48 157,488 Harvest (HRS) 51 55 53 89,733 Stettler (HRS) — 54 51 35,795 CDC Abound (HRS) 48 53 53 13,778 AC Foremost (CPS) 59 71 77 3,527 Lillian (HRS) 42 40 41 18,446 5700 PR (CPS) 56 80 64 3,791 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — 60 4,393 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — 48 2,578 AC Intrepid (HRS) 55 56 47 9,656 Superb (HRS) 39 40 40 7,240 CDC Imagine (HRS) 53 54 49 7,955 5604HR CL (HRS) — — — — Muchmore (HRS) — — 60 2,743 5701 PR (CPS) — — — — WR 859 CL (HRS) 56 — — — Radiant (HRW) 55 64 49 4,294 SY 985 (CPS) — — — — CDC Thrive (HRS) — — — — Sadash (SWS) — — — — AC Taber (CPS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 64 159,576 60 69,914 60 62,864 65 20,344 82 16,892 51 14,560 85 11,258 66 11,004 60 7,114 68 6,084 50 6,013 55 5,220 66 3,192 70 3,139 85 2,433 54 2,195 51 1,846 73 1,573 62 1,302 95 1,255 54 1,058 64 432,038

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 60 76 63 5,433 CDC Abound (HRS) — 74 — — AC Foremost (CPS) — — — — Stettler (HRS) — — 53 808 Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 86 4,117 84 1,657 103 1,613 86 1,349 86 12,980

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — 48 34 58,137 5440 44 46 34 40,226 73-45 RR — 45 31 43,546 45S52 — 48 32 20,977 74-44 BL — — — — L120 — — 35 14,925 VT 500 G — — 29 14,147 L150 — 47 30 55,125 45S54 — — — — 1012 RR — — 29 714 1990 — — 31 5,596 73-15 RR — — 27 7,491 D3153 — — 32 3,699 45H31 — — 30 3,217 L154 — — 35 1,267 1970 — 44 28 3,809 VR 9559 G — — — — L159 — — 33 1,408 45S51 39 47 29 9,181 45H29 23 41 27 3,234 VR 9350 G — — 29 6,241 L156 H — — — — 72-65 RR 35 46 29 2,298 71-45RR 35 42 34 1,695 V12-1 — — — — 4300 — — — — VR 9553 G — — 30 4,850 1918 — — 26 3,333 1980 — — 28 2,696 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§ ‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

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CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — 53 34 2,079 5440 48 55 44 2,624 74-44 BL — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 59 1,881 45 1,662 58 1,324 51 11,632

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 75 82 53 79,867 CDC Copeland 70 75 56 63,149 AC Metcalfe 62 67 56 50,349 Champion 73 83 62 20,101 CDC Austenson — — 59 11,085 CDC Meredith — — 65 9,616 Newdale 58 68 63 11,532 Conlon 68 70 43 7,810 CDC Cowboy 54 61 53 4,975 Bentley — — 52 1,662 Niobe — — 82 725 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 81 73,184 76 57,899 74 37,311 81 30,683 77 21,925 87 17,044 83 13,383 67 4,263 78 2,426 54 1,650 86 865 78 274,707

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 67 86 69 4,459 Champion — — — — — — — CDC Meredith — Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 88 5,356 109 2,057 101 867 91 12,315

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 54 56 44 21,493 Thunderbird — — 51 1,429 CDC Golden 45 45 43 3,200 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 56 26,114 58 3,234 46 2,488 55 34,645

PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 675 CDC Meadow — — 48 Weighted Average Irrigated Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 73 639 56 1,063

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Mustang 78 78 62 1,372 AC Morgan — 69 90 1,615 Waldern 33 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 102 1,064 70 1,054 87 539 93 3,764

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 22 20 13 2,889 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 20 2,710 21 3,235

RISK AREA 6 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) 64 60 70 919 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 72 3,085 69 4,555

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-15 RR — — 30 3,682 L120 — — 28 2,013 4300 — — — — L130 — 40 35 1,416 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 41 3,969 40 1,927 39 1,216 41 1,070 39 11,526

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BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 81 64 58 5,162 AC Metcalfe Xena 82 40 58 3,576 CDC Austenson — — 44 948 CDC Meredith — — — — CDC Copeland 71 74 52 3,277 Busby — 32 43 1,869 Conlon 64 53 33 1,367 Champion — — — — Stander 74 — — — CDC Coalition — — 64 750 69 34 — CDC Helgason — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 71 4,203 69 3,819 72 3,350 70 2,620 64 2,211 48 1,524 43 1,484 75 1,220 63 1,154 61 1,110 53 747 67 27,145

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow — — — Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2012 Acres —

RISK AREA 6 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 33 570 49 1,282

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 60 64 64 1,583 AC Morgan AC Mustang 54 35 29 504 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 89 3,398 72 1,137 78 5,504

RISK AREA 7 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) 74 67 65 37,485 5700 PR (CPS) 69 67 63 27,208 CDC Go (HRS) 63 61 58 30,684 Harvest (HRS) 64 63 60 26,842 Stettler (HRS) — 62 56 10,528 CDC Abound (HRS) 59 53 58 8,006 Oslo (CPS) 77 90 65 5,772 Muchmore (HRS) — — — — CDC Imagine (HRS) 57 62 54 6,221 SY 985 (CPS) — — — — CDC Thrive (HRS) — — — — Alvena (HRS) 58 51 53 726 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — 52 511 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 84 65,618 76 31,916 71 27,543 71 24,337 70 13,366 66 10,903 94 5,870 69 3,556 64 3,057 75 2,514 72 926 52 836 59 824 76 197,715

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — 46 37 83,794 L120 — — 34 28,652 74-44 BL — — — — 73-15 RR — — 36 24,077 5440 42 46 37 18,973 73-45 RR 36 46 33 37,889 VT 500 G — — 33 4,986 L150 — 42 32 20,354 VR 9559 G — — 39 1,898 45H29 39 49 38 4,069 45S54 — — — — 45S52 — 43 34 13,419 45H31 — — — — — 37 35 3,656 6040 RR — — — L135 C — 1016 RR — — — — L159 — — 47 1,936 94H04 — 35 30 1,897 72-35 RR 34 39 34 3,405 40 42 31 5,816 72-65 RR 1012 RR — — — — 1918 — 39 27 2,765 1990 — — — — L154 — — — — — — — 74-47 CR — 1980 — — 33 2,339 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 50 60,853 46 31,681 48 22,895 43 22,110 45 19,638 44 12,529 39 8,607 47 7,755 42 6,839 48 6,768 46 4,885 47 4,122 46 4,058 45 4,031 49 3,984 37 3,419 51 3,413 41 2,485 38 1,952 44 1,828 41 1,592 39 1,407 43 1,395 48 1,372 40 1,283 45 888 46 251,283

‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Copeland 77 71 61 52,224 CDC Austenson — 89 73 19,713 Xena 84 71 64 40,078 CDC Meredith — 88 69 12,710 AC Metcalfe 71 68 57 43,821 Champion 79 79 66 13,503 Newdale 79 62 60 8,963 CDC Trey 92 79 60 6,394 CDC Thompson 89 67 64 7,450 Stander 73 65 63 6,168 CDC Coalition 91 80 66 7,929 Conlon 70 71 56 9,136 Bentley 78 79 67 2,493 Vivar 78 76 80 4,644 Falcon 63 76 68 2,345 Chigwell — 69 62 3,303 Busby — 60 57 4,653 Formosa 78 72 67 3,882 78 50 54 2,036 CDC Helgason CDC Kindersley — — 50 875 CDC Cowboy 62 63 48 1,686 Lacey 78 80 70 3,726 Trochu 77 70 76 708 CDC Battleford 72 45 51 1,686 CDC Bold 67 60 54 1,464 Sundre 73 62 42 4,207 CDC Dolly 893 69 68 37 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 72 39,038 78 36,164 75 31,688 80 27,921 68 27,151 76 17,816 77 9,863 72 8,938 77 7,436 70 6,508 75 6,253 68 5,732 79 3,985 78 3,551 76 3,400 71 2,978 71 2,443 78 2,410 68 2,046 84 1,841 75 1,721 76 1,621 81 1,315 69 1,143 76 923 62 814 51 624 75 259,550

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow 54 47 44 Garde 59 44 43 CDC Striker — — 50 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2012 Acres 6,492 1,503 937

RISK AREA 7 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 46 6,261 54 2,719 55 1,714 48 12,855

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 92 96 87 3,568 AC Mustang 80 87 74 1,215 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 103 3,115 86 2,166 93 6,600

POTATO DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Seed) 945 8 6 10 Weighted Average Dryland Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 14 719 13 1,739

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

FABA BEAN DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 7 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird — — 3,679 583 3,095 3,641 Weighted Average Dryland Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 3,095 3,641

RISK AREA 8 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 54 60 50 177,277 Stettler (HRS) 45 61 49 34,723 Harvest (HRS) 46 51 47 55,284 CDC Abound (HRS) 43 48 51 9,900 AC Foremost (CPS) 57 56 59 3,776 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — 52 2,817 5700 PR (CPS) 53 59 66 5,166 Muchmore (HRS) — — — — CDC Stanley (HRS) — — 48 1,536 Superb (HRS) 44 48 34 5,691 CDC Imagine (HRS) 44 46 43 6,161 Alvena (HRS) 42 48 45 3,269 Carberry (HRS) — — — — Lillian (HRS) 36 41 36 2,103 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 67 169,532 61 70,085 59 36,761 64 19,772 80 15,013 60 11,511 82 10,960 76 9,369 63 3,988 56 3,584 58 3,181 57 3,092 61 2,019 41 1,815 65 378,530

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — 46 36 65,463 5440 44 48 38 54,723 L150 — 49 35 107,323 74-44 BL — — — — L159 — — 39 4,348 VT 500 G — — 32 11,943 L120 — — 31 6,453 L154 — — 31 4,168 45H31 — — 35 3,113 45S52 — 54 32 9,538 — — 23 2,051 VR 9559 G 45S54 — — — — 73-45 RR — 42 33 34,214 1990 — — 43 2,106 — L135 C — — — 45H29 36 44 34 8,899 D3153 — — 32 834 — — 38 1,173 1012 RR 1970 — — 41 1,901 — L156 H — — — 72-65 RR 39 44 27 5,455 74-47 CR — — — — 5525 CL — 43 17 1,613

RISK AREA 8 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 49 54,566 47 50,263 47 37,210 45 23,526 46 22,514 42 16,808 47 13,552 46 11,332 45 10,626 47 10,031 44 9,761 47 8,847 45 7,919 47 7,717 47 7,709 51 5,174 41 4,268 46 3,876 48 3,603 46 3,198 41 3,182 39 2,977 43 2,757

‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres V12-1 — — — — 9554 — — — — 6040 RR 36 46 34 4,244 73-55 RR 34 44 27 3,011 45H73 — — — — — — 33 1,368 73-15 RR 6060 RR — 44 — — VR 9553 G — — 33 3,177 6050 — — — — VT Remarkable — 36 27 2,927 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 46 2,064 46 1,999 42 1,965 38 1,937 45 1,842 39 1,686 46 1,462 33 1,458 42 1,380 37 887 46 352,180

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Copeland 68 78 60 47,189 AC Metcalfe 65 72 56 77,199 CDC Meredith 77 85 70 19,528 CDC Austenson — — 68 9,865 Champion 74 86 60 26,279 Xena 72 82 65 27,107 Newdale 63 76 66 4,672 CDC Cowboy 68 75 62 8,634 Bentley — 57 60 2,468 CDC Coalition 68 80 62 2,622 Major — 80 66 2,056 Busby — — 57 2,984 Ponoka 68 75 66 2,880 Trochu 60 72 57 1,836 Sundre 60 69 51 2,623 945 CDC Helgason 46 70 56 CDC Kindersley — — — — CDC Dolly 59 61 50 1,350 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 79 41,847 75 39,604 89 37,604 84 33,418 86 22,217 84 19,201 93 7,797 70 7,691 81 4,660 83 2,697 82 2,580 81 2,434 69 1,705 83 1,321 89 1,186 71 918 89 763 27 392 82 231,612

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 51 53 38 33,045 — CDC Striker — — — Thunderbird 49 49 46 3,918 Cooper 42 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 56 35,669 52 2,851 50 2,375 42 1,061 54 47,457

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Mustang 90 84 73 1,171 AC Morgan 79 86 74 1,714 556 CDC Baler 72 79 71 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 100 1,459 102 1,422 77 671 95 4,299

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel — — 31 1,179 Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 31 1,965 32 3,557

RISK AREA 8 FABA BEAN DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird — — — — 2,444 237 Weighted Average Dryland Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,641 317

RISK AREA 9 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Stettler (HRS) — 48 39 36,808 Lillian (HRS) 38 35 34 63,046 Strongfield (D) 42 39 38 23,510 Sadash (SWS) — — 54 10,089 AC Eatonia (HRS) 31 29 26 42,750

RISK AREA 9 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 47 94,284 43 46,179 46 33,091 64 27,659 33 26,481

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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2014

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 36 41 35 33,993 Harvest (HRS) CDC Go (HRS) 40 45 45 18,395 CDC Abound (HRS) 44 44 43 11,221 AC Andrew (SWS) 51 48 47 5,551 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — 49 965 29 30 30 11,835 AC Cadillac (HRS) Unity (HRS) — 40 40 7,138 CDC Verona (D) — — — — AC Barrie (HRS) 32 29 33 9,430 AC Avonlea (D) 33 38 35 5,518 31 29 26 3,273 Columbus (HRS) Shaw (HRS) — — — — McKenzie (HRS) 37 37 36 3,032 Prodigy (HRS) 32 34 35 8,148 Radiant (HRW) 41 47 46 3,234 Superb (HRS) 32 35 31 4,789 CDC Imagine (HRS) 39 34 29 1,385 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — AC Elsa (HRS) 34 34 37 2,670 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 42 23,656 56 19,534 52 11,999 59 11,946 48 10,304 32 10,154 55 8,877 46 5,725 35 5,293 47 4,886 31 4,661 53 3,467 40 2,939 33 2,938 43 2,762 41 2,431 49 2,209 51 2,154 44 1,949 46 386,937

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 74-44 BL — — 26 975 L150 — 40 34 23,558 45H29 — 31 30 12,901 5440 38 36 32 14,677 L130 — 35 32 13,177 73-45 RR — 35 31 26,204 L159 — — — — 45H31 — — 31 1,975 VT 500 G — — 27 5,299 46H75 — — 34 2,441 — 6060 RR — — — 1918 — 33 26 6,381 5525 CL — 37 32 5,405 1012 RR — — — — 73-75 RR — — 26 3,395 V12-1 — — — — L154 — — — — — VR 9559 G — — — L120 — — 31 2,104 73-15 RR — — 31 1,813 — 4434 RR — — — 1990 — — — — 45H26 30 29 27 6,450 VT Barrier — 32 19 3,282 45S54 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 40 26,623 42 14,202 39 12,278 35 11,168 43 8,827 43 8,002 43 7,803 40 7,239 36 6,415 41 6,090 32 5,646 30 5,283 36 4,800 34 4,225 38 4,077 35 3,980 38 3,728 38 3,694 38 3,647 36 2,957 30 2,882 37 2,717 28 1,261 28 1,160 44 1,133 38 183,017

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 53 64 47 28,988 Champion 63 59 55 11,013 AC Metcalfe 47 52 43 17,196 CDC Austenson 993 — — 59 CDC Cowboy 45 49 40 14,573 CDC Copeland 38 57 46 7,862 Bentley — 32 43 2,450 Conlon 51 42 41 5,432 Newdale — — — — CDC Coalition — 56 51 3,603 Bridge 27 27 19 2,854 CDC Meredith — — — — Seebe 41 47 41 1,081 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 65 21,800 71 20,689 65 15,329 69 7,810 42 7,021 63 3,382 57 2,518 54 2,407 79 1,903 47 1,574 36 1,562 89 1,446 42 1,035 64 93,825

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 33 41 42 21,737 CDC Meadow 35 38 30 6,383 CDC Golden Thunderbird — 28 40 3,844 CDC Hornet — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 46 37,422 36 6,126 48 3,277 44 1,934 45 54,000

‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 64 65 71 3,154 Derby 58 52 37 2,613 CDC Baler — 64 71 541 Calibre 51 49 49 1,876 AC Mustang 61 50 61 853 Waldern 65 66 — — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 58 2,564 62 2,206 58 1,901 50 1,326 59 1,084 77 697 60 10,502

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Pennant (Yellow) 11 1,925 18 17 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 18 3,892 17 5,153

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 29 1,028 29 1,028

LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 9 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Maxim 2,610 1,667 1,111 1,303 3,632 2,007 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,831 4,658

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

RISK AREA 10 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 65 73 63 28,518 AC Foremost (CPS) Stettler (HRS) — 54 52 3,381 5700 PR (CPS) 67 60 59 1,776 Harvest (HRS) 58 51 50 1,426 CDC Go (HRS) — — — — 64 48 45 3,411 Superb (HRS) AC Crystal (CPS) 57 — — — AC Barrie (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 80 36,177 65 5,763 68 4,026 73 3,534 76 1,545 57 1,429 81 874 45 721 75 57,626

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres VT 500 G — — 36 5,881 L130 — 34 35 14,257 L135 C — — 39 2,355 5440 47 47 39 5,906 L120 — — 30 14,894 73-45 RR — 30 32 11,035 L150 — 40 39 12,739 74-44 BL — — — — 73-15 RR — — 29 2,833 45H31 — — 36 1,111 D3153 — — — — 45H29 — 33 33 3,472 45S54 — — — —

RISK AREA 10 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 36 10,314 44 10,171 44 7,947 46 7,772 39 6,126 40 6,116 47 4,084 45 3,964 39 3,503 41 3,481 41 2,741 42 2,143 43 1,687

‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

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yield ALBERTA

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres — — — VR 9559 G — 1990 — — — — 6050 — — — — 45S52 — — 35 3,158 D3152 — — — — — — — 74-47 CR — 6020 RR — 16 31 956 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 41 1,511 38 1,429 36 1,282 46 1,279 46 1,009 40 999 34 556 41 88,143

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Austenson — — 73 740 Seebe 57 36 37 10,167 Xena 81 60 48 6,528 Ponoka 68 50 42 7,934 Busby — — 49 2,052 Champion — — 59 1,176 AC Metcalfe 65 57 42 2,542 CDC Copeland — 33 61 1,400 Gadsby — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 87 6,479 61 6,363 66 4,344 61 4,308 68 4,107 101 2,422 64 2,316 64 1,880 75 719 71 39,104

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield 53 31 44 CDC Meadow Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2012 Acres 2,591

RISK AREA 10 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 41 1,395 46 4,117

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 81 79 77 5,454 AC Mustang 75 68 56 1,849 Derby 65 42 30 764 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 102 9,102 75 2,453 72 702 95 12,950

RISK AREA 11 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) 71 64 61 57,403 Harvest (HRS) 58 54 54 94,331 Stettler (HRS) — 62 53 37,333 5700 PR (CPS) 67 58 57 24,449 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — 53 2,046 CDC Abound (HRS) 58 55 53 13,154 CDC Go (HRS) 57 54 51 10,095 SY 985 (CPS) — — — — Superb (HRS) 61 53 48 11,940 AC Crystal (CPS) 63 53 60 3,987 CDC Imagine (HRS) 55 47 51 4,896 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — 53 3,923 5604HR CL (HRS) — — 51 1,510 5701 PR (CPS) 74 73 56 2,267 WR 859 CL (HRS) 60 53 43 2,811 Muchmore (HRS) — — — — AC Barrie (HRS) 49 57 41 1,747 CDC Thrive (HRS) — — — — Alvena (HRS) 64 47 40 1,581 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 86 91,640 72 74,769 68 48,507 77 33,037 71 11,961 75 10,501 70 9,979 75 7,252 64 4,063 76 3,863 71 3,850 71 3,238 63 2,840 88 2,300 56 2,127 82 2,077 55 1,101 63 1,005 63 393 76 323,658

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L135 C — — 39 54,740 L130 — 46 40 78,372 45H29 51 45 36 22,982 — — 37 13,887 VT 500 G 5440 51 45 39 29,994 L120 — — 35 28,935 VR 9558 GC — — 37 19,401 74-47 CR — — — —

RISK AREA 11 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 50 106,354 49 44,383 50 27,979 42 22,840 48 20,727 46 19,034 45 16,261 47 16,184

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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2014

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 74-44 BL — — — — L150 — 45 36 30,235 D3152 — — 35 2,562 73-45 RR — 41 34 32,742 1990 — — 47 1,051 D3153 — — 43 1,159 1918 — 37 34 5,660 45H31 — — 39 2,029 45S54 — — — — 6056 — — — — 6060 RR — 32 40 2,624 72-65 RR 48 35 26 5,893 45S52 — 45 33 10,736 73-15 RR — — 36 7,134 1012 RR — — 39 1,487 6040 RR — 34 27 2,574 VR 9559 G — — 37 3,325 L154 — — 36 1,718 6050 — — — — 1960 — 44 28 2,135 L159 — — 37 1,310 VR 9557 GS — — 41 878 1145 — — 37 773 45H26 40 35 40 526 L156 H — — — — 1980 — — 38 3,085 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 45 14,878 46 12,371 49 11,684 45 11,617 48 9,608 46 5,641 41 5,269 50 4,815 45 4,643 50 4,617 45 3,932 43 3,850 42 3,828 39 3,705 42 3,281 44 2,886 46 2,813 46 2,622 42 2,495 46 2,335 51 2,266 47 1,260 46 1,013 44 871 46 559 42 483 47 411,505

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 79 69 56 49,661 Champion 75 74 61 13,686 CDC Coalition 74 80 69 15,233 CDC Austenson — — 57 4,605 Seebe 66 54 49 22,056 CDC Copeland 81 69 60 18,935 AC Metcalfe 69 57 52 25,470 Ponoka 69 58 51 8,374 Newdale 41 59 58 3,771 Busby — 67 51 4,400 CDC Meredith — 70 74 2,451 Stander 73 71 58 3,441 Gadsby — — 49 1,966 Major — — 71 1,228 Vivar 79 69 59 2,145 Chigwell — — 51 754 Sundre 71 49 39 5,632 Falcon — — — — CDC Thompson 82 80 54 1,368 CDC Cowboy 70 55 46 2,566 CDC Kindersley — — — — Bentley — — 46 872 CDC Helgason — 61 69 — Conlon 97 87 — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 81 35,401 84 22,672 88 20,726 81 18,361 78 17,799 86 16,116 68 11,111 71 8,237 69 5,215 73 4,920 94 4,480 76 3,763 66 3,057 92 2,668 80 2,136 76 1,634 79 1,485 75 1,361 95 1,242 78 1,045 94 1,009 82 869 70 766 70 552 80 192,959

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield 67 46 44 CDC Striker CDC Meadow 44 38 40 Thunderbird 43 31 37 Cooper 42 36 35 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2012 Acres 3,001 4,833 5,119 2,991

RISK AREA 11 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 59 4,914 51 3,043 39 2,533 53 1,915 50 15,260

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 103 95 95 15,778 AC Morgan Derby 85 88 72 2,134 AC Mustang 91 87 78 1,986 CDC Baler 58 — 71 751 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 117 18,757 94 2,719 93 1,746 112 342 112 25,755

‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

FABA BEAN DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 11 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird 2,598 2,970 3,037 1,262 3,050 3,763 Weighted Average Dryland Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 3,072 3,955

RISK AREA 12 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Stettler (HRS) — 52 46 75,059 Harvest (HRS) 49 45 44 208,718 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — 50 5,602 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — 49 11,629 CDC Abound (HRS) 48 45 45 37,385 Superb (HRS) 46 44 43 28,597 CDC Go (HRS) 50 51 50 20,013 AC Foremost (CPS) 57 57 59 9,412 CDC Alsask (HRS) 44 46 45 24,142 Prodigy (HRS) 45 43 40 11,340 AC Crystal (CPS) 52 45 53 8,560 AC Barrie (HRS) 43 36 37 12,400 Goodeve (HRS) — 44 42 13,575 Muchmore (HRS) — — — — CDC Imagine (HRS) 45 41 36 7,018 Infinity (HRS) 45 38 42 9,900 Lillian (HRS) 49 40 42 5,895 Unity (HRS) 53 50 48 8,144 CDC NRG003 (CPS) — — 63 1,894 SY 985 (CPS) — — — — AC Splendor (HRS) 47 39 40 6,010 Kane (HRS) 48 42 43 2,466 5702 PR (CPS) — — 50 1,992 5604HR CL (HRS) — — 38 1,424 Alvena (HRS) — 44 48 — — — — NRG010 (CPS) — AC Elsa (HRS) — 41 42 1,447 McKenzie (HRS) 48 44 40 1,648 — 53 — WR 859 CL (HRS) — 62 — — — 5701 PR (CPS) 5700 PR (CPS) 63 59 — — — Radiant (HRW) 53 60 — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 60 147,776 60 136,793 59 43,888 57 34,276 58 31,070 57 18,210 67 17,504 82 16,355 50 12,445 39 9,384 62 9,151 44 7,472 54 6,812 74 6,113 50 5,794 49 4,915 48 4,882 64 4,208 69 3,863 70 3,319 50 3,235 48 2,803 84 2,633 46 2,457 49 2,420 64 2,365 56 2,065 55 1,852 56 1,769 62 1,304 77 1,179 62 1,173 60 561,192

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — 43 42 94,922 L150 — 44 40 100,094 — — 44 7,106 L135 C 5440 46 42 39 41,819 VT 500 G — — 33 42,256 — 74-44 BL — — — VR 9559 G — — 36 7,711 1990 — — 41 2,075 L159 — — 37 5,347 L120 — — 39 20,658 45H29 47 39 40 14,384 — 43 40 4,844 6060 RR 45H31 — — 35 4,551 72-65 RR 42 36 37 8,187 73-45 RR 55 35 38 54,729 45S54 — — — — L154 — — 39 791 1012 RR — — 44 2,262 6040 RR 35 41 36 6,928 1918 — 32 30 3,664 46A76 29 36 29 5,349 — — 37 6,901 73-75 RR V12-1 — — — — D3153 — — — — 6056 — — — — 40 35 34 1,344 5525 CL — — 40 1,920 VR 9560 CL D3152 — — 44 4,864 73-15 RR — — 33 5,417 2012 CL — 40 38 1,486

RISK AREA 12 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 52 79,390 49 69,648 54 43,341 51 36,615 43 33,618 47 31,892 49 22,416 50 20,076 49 19,184 48 16,531 52 13,822 47 8,621 50 8,498 54 7,337 47 7,111 50 5,582 56 5,298 45 5,200 45 4,550 41 4,364 38 4,065 53 3,599 46 2,585 46 2,558 57 2,468 44 2,450 48 2,306 53 2,286 47 2,257 53 2,035

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres — 33 26 3,065 VT Remarkable 45S52 — 32 38 8,076 74-54 RR — — — — VR 9557 GS — — — — Canterra 1867 — — — — — 31 28 2,024 VT Barrier 74-47 CR — — — — 73-55 RR — 34 32 6,786 500 — 31 — — VR 9553 G — — 34 3,503 6050 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 42 1,929 50 1,899 58 1,643 46 1,600 45 1,472 35 1,325 50 1,212 42 1,207 38 1,064 45 943 46 670 49 505,072

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 71 72 64 42,433 CDC Copeland 74 71 64 33,596 Champion 72 77 71 16,540 AC Metcalfe 67 65 62 30,941 64 57 55 14,362 CDC Cowboy 79 78 73 16,028 CDC Coalition CDC Meredith — 78 73 7,574 Newdale 80 85 71 7,535 CDC Austenson — — 69 1,397 Seebe 45 53 43 3,949 — — 70 CDC Kindersley 802 Busby — 74 58 2,591 Ponoka 56 66 53 2,402 Sundre 64 59 55 1,257 — 68 66 1,214 AC Ranger Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 79 36,805 84 36,074 84 22,043 78 18,499 63 12,860 88 11,905 95 11,159 82 5,869 84 3,882 63 3,433 88 2,377 87 1,955 77 1,581 68 1,498 98 853 81 176,974

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PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 34 39 43 19,804 CDC Meadow CDC Striker — 47 48 9,363 Thunderbird 40 35 41 9,173 Cooper 36 33 41 3,633 Sorento 52 45 40 3,835 — — — CDC Pluto — CDC Golden 40 43 43 3,743 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 57 21,317 57 13,461 49 4,810 52 3,881 57 2,379 49 1,814 53 1,729 55 55,857

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 86 80 74 6,234 Derby 66 63 80 2,236 AC Mustang 53 60 73 1,770 74 68 80 CDC Baler 915 Calibre 82 54 59 621 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 99 6,037 105 2,624 86 2,521 76 861 75 586 91 14,925

FABA BEAN DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† RISK AREA 12 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird — — — — 3,474 835 Weighted Average Dryland Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 3,474 835

RISK AREA 13 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Stettler (HRS) — 53 47 72,817 Harvest (HRS) 52 44 43 219,649 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — 49 5,981 5700 PR (CPS) 58 53 62 16,353 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — 48 5,460 CDC Go (HRS) 54 45 43 25,489 CDC Alsask (HRS) 55 42 43 33,387 AC Foremost (CPS) 67 66 58 6,293 CDC Abound (HRS) 52 46 49 16,322 Superb (HRS) 48 41 40 17,243 Prodigy (HRS) 44 38 37 16,543 AC Splendor (HRS) 45 40 36 12,223 AC Crystal (CPS) 58 47 59 4,879 Goodeve (HRS) — 41 45 5,800 5701 PR (CPS) 57 54 49 5,667 SY 985 (CPS) — — — — CDC Imagine (HRS) 51 42 44 6,731 Unity (HRS) 51 43 43 9,578 McKenzie (HRS) 46 43 43 5,848 AC Barrie (HRS) 46 33 33 6,003 Muchmore (HRS) — — — — 5702 PR (CPS) — 54 49 4,483 Alvena (HRS) 51 44 44 5,170 Kane (HRS) 51 44 44 6,822 5602 HR (HRS) 48 46 45 1,526 Infinity (HRS) 57 41 49 3,908 AC Elsa (HRS) 51 46 33 2,416 AC Intrepid (HRS) 53 47 44 1,831 CDC NRG003 (CPS) — — — — Carberry (HRS) — — — — Katepwa (HRS) — 40 23 — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 60 148,409 62 146,159 58 36,657 71 22,659 62 22,557 58 18,984 53 16,790 79 14,974 64 14,302 56 12,877 43 12,325 54 10,735 67 9,938 59 8,008 60 7,513 69 6,132 52 4,792 52 4,542 46 4,490 42 4,452 73 4,440 66 3,545 52 3,316 52 3,291 48 2,752 47 2,289 54 2,185 56 2,178 86 1,212 63 1,153 33 600 60 574,004

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — 39 36 116,918 — — 32 27,519 VR 9559 G L150 — 39 33 111,197 74-44 BL 877 — — 40 5440 49 37 33 59,364 45H29 47 35 36 28,264 VT 500 G — — 34 32,516 L120 — — 34 31,469

RISK AREA 13 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 50 104,869 46 60,522 51 55,770 48 49,932 49 42,990 48 28,515 41 25,380 47 24,876

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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2014

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L159 — — 32 9,046 45H31 — — 36 7,420 1990 — — 29 3,383 D3153 — — 36 5,517 45S54 — — — — L135 C — — 41 3,964 VR 9553 G — — 33 24,417 45S52 — 40 36 13,422 6060 RR — 30 29 3,216 73-45 RR — 38 33 57,247 72-65 RR 45 36 33 17,286 L154 — — 36 3,388 VR 9560 CL — — 34 6,151 45H73 44 35 30 4,786 VR 9558 GC — — 42 1,646 VR 9557 GS — — 31 1,716 73-15 RR — — 29 1,465 46H75 — — — — VT Barrier — 28 25 8,465 1918 — 30 30 7,774 46A76 34 29 31 2,070 1012 RR — — 33 1,845 V12-1 — — — — D3152 — — — — 45H26 44 35 29 5,627 1970 — — 35 2,329 VT Remarkable — 32 28 6,502 5525 CL 39 32 35 1,644 9551 33 28 21 1,697 73-75 RR — — 32 15,884 1980 — — 32 1,625 D3154 S — — — — 73-55 RR 48 38 37 5,191 74-47 CR — — — — 6040 RR 34 36 37 2,714 D3151 42 — 24 2,109 6050 — — — — 4300 — — — — 45H21 39 — 32 622 74-54 RR — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 50 22,268 47 19,841 46 17,492 43 15,891 48 13,681 49 12,817 44 11,286 46 11,066 48 10,136 42 9,575 44 8,869 47 6,577 47 5,994 44 5,924 43 4,783 46 4,694 42 4,564 49 4,124 36 4,109 36 4,020 38 3,777 43 3,557 50 3,489 43 3,324 47 2,997 50 2,739 40 2,290 47 1,937 43 1,838 42 1,506 43 1,490 48 1,470 43 1,419 49 1,204 42 1,160 34 1,102 40 1,097 37 1,060 47 982 46 915 47 649,891

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Champion 80 74 63 43,121 Xena 72 65 56 53,334 AC Metcalfe 63 63 52 48,377 CDC Copeland 72 67 57 22,870 CDC Cowboy 59 52 52 17,639 CDC Austenson — — 71 2,299 CDC Coalition 66 53 61 5,067 CDC Trey 75 53 53 4,455 CDC Meredith — — 71 2,761 Trochu 78 77 55 3,279 Seebe 58 56 52 2,939 53 47 49 3,110 CDC Dolly Newdale — — 49 1,038 Major — — 68 1,685 61 62 50 1,025 CDC Kendall Sundre 65 63 55 1,219 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 85 62,159 79 43,310 71 33,216 78 19,213 64 18,129 84 17,283 75 5,110 84 4,523 88 3,787 72 2,967 59 2,099 66 2,052 73 1,687 75 1,418 62 1,076 57 994 78 225,519

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2010–2013† 2010 2011 2012 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 47 38 39 38,161 CDC Striker 45 42 — — SW Midas 40 26 30 7,780 Thunderbird 56 40 37 3,995 CDC Patrick — 28 30 1,752 Profi 44 27 40 782 43 37 22 3,570 CDC Golden Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2013 2013‡ Yield Acres 56 24,838 50 3,989 49 1,898 45 1,883 35 1,588 42 1,130 49 966 53 40,419

‡ On system as of January 20, 2014;

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