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A PLANNING TOOL FOR ALBERTA FARMERS

Welcome to Yield Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2011 — the crop year in review . . . . . . . . 6 Yield correlations for major field crops in Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Risk Area Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Variety Yield Tables Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yield alberta is a publication of Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Correspondence may be addressed to: Curtis Boyd Project Manager / Policy Analyst Agriculture Financial Services Corporation 5718 56 Ave, Lacombe, AB T4L 1B1 Phone: 403 782-8288 Yield.Alberta@AFSC.ca

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• Risk Area 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Published by Farm Business Communications 1666 Dublin Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3H 0H1 Phone: 204-944-5765 Fax: 204-944-5562 news@fbcpublishing.com www.agcanada.com

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Agroclimatic Maps Growing Season Precipitation - April . . . . . . Growing Season Precipitation - April-May. . . Growing Season Precipitation - April-June . . Growing Season Precipitation - April-July. . . Growing Season Precipitation - April-August . Growing Season Precipitation - April-Sept. . . Spring Wheat Soil Moisture - April . . . . . . . . Spring Wheat Soil Moisture - October . . . . . . Average Daily Mean Temperature - April . . . . Average Daily Mean Temperature - May . . . . Average Daily Mean Temperature - June . . . . Average Daily Mean Temperature - July. . . . . Average Daily Mean Temperature - August . . Average Daily Mean Temperature - Sept. . . .

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YIELD ALBERTA

Welcome to

Yield Alberta

nnual Crop producers in Alberta who participate in the AgriInsurance program contribute to a wealth of data housed by the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC). Beyond providing benefits through insurance, this information can be valuable to producers. Yield Alberta provides a snapshot of farm-level yields under actual growing conditions across the province by risk area. The third edition of Yield Alberta is brought to you through a joint venture between AFSC and Alberta Farmer.

The data

Farm-level data is fundamentally different from plot data such as the results reported in the Alberta Seed Guide. We would recommend that you consider both sources of information as you are making your decisions. The data presented in Yield Alberta is based on farm-reported yields in each of AFSCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 22 risk areas. These yields are impacted by both management decisions and growing conditions. Yields are adjusted for dockage and test weight but not for quality. They are as reported by farmers or from an inspection on a claim or random audit.

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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 the risk area. A statistical rule of thumb is that a larger sample size (number of acres) leads to more representative results (yields). When there are few acres grown conditions can have a significant impact on the resulting average yields.

Finding the data online

This yield information is also available online through Ropinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the Web at www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app96/loadrptinput. In 2011 the team at with Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) worked to make this more user-friendly for clients. By accessing this site and the Alberta Management Insights data additional information is also available. By entering your legal land description, producers may compare varieties by yield and cropping practices in an easy to use interface. We hope that this publication provides meaningful information for you. If you would like further information on this publication or help interpreting the data, please contact Curtis Boyd at AFSC through: Yield.Alberta@AFSC.ca

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Despite problems, 2011 yields far exceeded the 10-year average

2011

The crop year in review

by Dean Dyck, Program Development Analyst, AFSC

onsistency is not a word associated with agriculture or weather. Looking back, Alberta’s 2011 growing season was much like 2010 — a year of extremes. Winter was wetter than normal, while spring was dry and started slowly with cool temperatures. Summer continued with cool, cloudy coastal weather and a lot of rain including heavy downpours in some areas. Fall was the redeeming feature for many crops, with warm weather and little rain advancing maturity and allowing for a reasonable harvest. The past year reinforced that weather in Alberta is less than consistent. Changes in weather are frequent and common in Alberta and across the Prairies. Farmers have had to adapt to these patterns by shifting planting schedules or crop selections.

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Yields

Provincial crop yields in 2011 for principal field crops were marginally better than 2010 but still far exceeded the 10-year average. The exceptions were yellow mustard and lentils, with yields approximately 13 per cent lower than the previous year. Hard red spring wheat averaged 48 bushels per acre on stubble, 19 per cent higher than the 10-year average and up five per cent from last year. The highest yields were in Risk Area 19 (Grande Prairie, Fairview, Falher area) at 63 bushels per acre. Barley on stubble averaged 70 bushels per acre, 11 bushels higher than the 10-year average. Yields were variable throughout the province with Risk Area 19 again having the highest average yields at 80 bushels per acre. Argentine canola yields averaged 38 bushels per acre on stubble,

higher than the 10-year average of 33 bushels. As in 2010, yields were consistent throughout the province, with the highest yields recorded in Risk Area 8 (Drumheller, Three Hills and Stettler area) at 46 bushels per acre. Field peas averaged 39 bushels per acre on stubble, unchanged from 2010 but 15 per cent higher than the 10-year average. The highest yields were again in Risk Area 8.

Quality Improved from 2010

Overall crop quality was very good throughout the province even though crops were seven to 10 days behind in maturity for most of the summer. Most of the province harvested 1 CW for wheat and barley and 1 CAN canola. However, northwestern Alberta and the Peace area experienced lower grades of hard red spring wheat and field peas.

Slow start, favourable finish

major crops were at least 15 per cent above average. Central Alberta had good to excellent soil moisture at the start of the growing season but cool weather into June caused delayed seeding. Once the crop was in the ground, development was delayed between seven to 10 days due to rainfall accumulations. Warmer weather in late summer and fall

A slow start to the year, excessive soil moisture and record or near record rainfall in southern Alberta led to delayed seeding or reseeding. In fact, approximately 285,000 acres, or five per cent of the acres in the region were unseeded. As the year progressed, the weather improved and yields for all of the

2011 yield Bu/ac

2010 yield Bu/ac

% change

10 year average

% change

HRS Wheat

Durum

-5

Argentine Canola

Barley

Field Peas

Oats

102

Crop

Dryland Yields (bushels per acre) Risk Area

HRS Wheat

Barley

Canola

Field Peas

6 7

14 15

Irrigated Yields (bushels per acre) Risk Area

HRS Wheat

Barley

Canola

Field Peas

spurred growth and maturity resulting in yields for all major crops approximately 10 per cent above average. Farmers in northern Alberta started the year with dry soil conditions, low temperatures and a lack of rainfall, which delayed seeding and set crop development back one to two weeks behind normal. However, the area received significant to excessive precipitation during the growing season, leading to delayed crop development. As a result, quality was extremely variable across the region. Yields for the wheat and canola were approximately 20 per cent higher than normal but field peas were down nine per cent. Peace Region producers experienced a reversal in weather from 2010. Moderate to heavy precipitation prevailed throughout the growing season, setting crop development behind normal. Cool, wet weather during harvest resulted in much of the crop taken off in tough and damp condition. Despite the weather yields for the major crops were approximately 20 to 40 per cent higher than normal. In contrast, field pea yields dropped 15 to 30 per cent of normal.

Crop insurance down, hail average

Crop insurance claims mirror the favourable yields in the province. To date, claims for 2011 are estimated at $80 million, substantially down from $204 million in 2010. Hail is always a factor in Alberta, but claims for the year through AFSC were only slightly higher than both 2010 and the 10-year average.

Looking ahead

Although the beginning of the growing season looked gloomy, 2011 turned out to be a very good year for most crop producers. Crop yields and prices were higher and prospects for 2012 look quite good. Producers still need to be aware of potential risks that could change farm profitability. Sound risk management strategies are one of the keys to protecting the future of the farm business. 2012

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Yield correlations for major

field crops in Alberta

b y To m C r o z i e r, J S M R i s k M a n a g e m e n t C o n s u l t a n t

hile reviewing various aspects of the crop insurance program, AFSC recently undertook a study to examine how closely yields of specific crops move in step with each other. Yield correlations are a good way of providing this measure. Correlations can vary from -1.0 to +1.0. A correlation of -1.0 would, in this case, indicate yields move in exactly the opposite direction to each other, while a correlation of +1.0 would indicate yields move perfectly in step with each other. This article reviews yield correlations among the primary crops grown in Alberta and between different regions and soil zones. This information provides a perspective on how crops respond to their growing conditions. Yield correlations are provided for major field crops produced on dry land in Alberta: • • • • • • • •

Red spring wheat Durum wheat CPS wheat Extra strong wheat Barley Canola Oats Field peas

Yield correlations for the above crops are examined from two vantage points: • By AFSC Sales Regions (map 1), and • By major soil zone (map 2)

With respect to the regional comparison, the sales regions are as follows: • • • •

Southern Region Central Region Northern Region, excluding the Peace The Peace Region

With respect to the soil zone comparison, yield correlations are provided for: • • • • • 8

Dark brown soils Brown soils Thin black soils Black soils, including black-dark gray soils Gray soils (primarily the Peace)

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Main Underlying Considerations Before looking at the yield correlation tables, some important points need to be considered: • The correlation of two of the named crops in each of the attached tables were obtained by including paired yield records for all clients who insured the crops in the same year and at least 100 acres of each crop were insured. For example, in comparing HRS wheat yields and barley yields, if a given producer had one year of experience in which he insured at least 100 acres of both crops in the same year, the data counted as one observation; if less than 100 acres of one or both of the crops were insured, the observation was not counted. If a client had five years of experience insuring at least 100 acres of both crops in the same year, five observations were counted. • Yield correlations are based on yields insured during the period 2000 to 2010. • Yield correlations for two crops are only included in the attached tables if there are at least 50 observations. • Yields on fallow and on stubble are included when both yields are on stubble, or both yields are on fallow — not when one is on fallow and one is on stubble. Commercial and pedigreed crops have also been included. • If a client is insuring two crops in the same year, but one or both have hail damage, the observation is excluded. • Yields of each crop in the pairing have been standardized by reflecting the yield relative to the client’s normal yield. As a result the correlations reflect the movement of the ratios of yield to normal. • All yields reflect adjustments for grade. • For the soil zone analysis, all yields were allocated to a specific soil zone at the quarter section level. Specifically, if a quarter section centroid is in the brown soil zone, the quarter section is treated as being on brown soil. Continued on page 11

Map 1

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Map 2

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Continued from page 8

Yield Correlations by Region The following tables highlight yield correlations, by region: • Table • Table • Table • Table

1 2 3 4

Southern Region Central Region Northern Region (excluding Peace) Peace

significant difference between yield correlations; primarily because of the inherent variability of crop yields. Yields of various types of wheat are not always more closely correlated to yields of other types of wheat than the other major crops. Oat and field pea yields tend to be least correlated to other crop yields (not always).

Yield Correlations by Major Soil Zone The following tables highlight yield correlations, by major soil zone:

Salient Observations: In the Southern and Central Regions, yield correlations for the major crops generally range from +0.6 to +0.8; compared to +0.6 to +0.7 in the Northern Region and +0.45 to +0.60 in the Peace. There are a number of possible reasons for this; a greater likelihood of snowedunder crops and wildlife damage, amongst others. Within a given region, aside from the highest and lowest yield correlations, there is in general no statistically Table 1

• • • • •

Table Table Table Table Table

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– Dark brown – Brown –Thin black – Black and black-dark gray – Gray and North Continued on page 12

Table 2

Yield Correlations

SOUTHERN REGION

CENTRAL REGION

(Min 50 observations) and 100 acres per crop per year Crop

RSW

1.00

Durum

0.81

1.00

CPSW

0.68

0.70

1.00

SWSW

—

1.00

EXSW

0.80

0.81

—

1.00

Barley

0.70

0.71

—

0.74

1.00

Canola

0.65

0.61

0.64

—

0.72

0.62

1.00

Oats

0.62

0.61

0.67

—

0.54

0.51

Field Peas

0.68

(Min 50 observations) and 100 acres per crop per year

Durum CPSW SWSW EXSW Barley Canola Oats

0.66

0.61

—

0.60

0.55

Field Peas

Crop

RSW

Durum CPSW SWSW EXSW Barley Canola Oats

RSW

1.00

Durum

0.71

1.00

CPSW

0.77

—

SWSW

0.69

—

1.00

EXSW

0.83

—

1.00

Barley

0.77

0.65

0.74

—

0.89

1.00

Canola

0.72

0.62

0.66

0.68

—

0.66

1.00

Oats

0.67

0.85

0.66

—

0.67

0.59

1.00

0.69

Field Peas

0.74

0.76

—

0.71

0.70

0.60

1.00

Durum CPSW SWSW EXSW Barley Canola Oats

Field Peas

1.00

— = less than 50 observations and 100 acres per crop per year

Table 3

Table 4

Yield Correlations

NORTH REGION

peace REGION

(Excl. Peace)

(Min 50 observations) and 100 acres per crop per year

(Min 50 observations) and 100 acres per crop per year Crop

RSW

1.00

Field Peas

Durum CPSW SWSW EXSW Barley Canola Oats

Durum

—

1.00

CPSW

0.70

—

1.00

SWSW

—

1.00

EXSW

—

1.00

Barley

0.73

—

0.65

—

0.58

1.00

Canola

0.70

—

0.62

—

0.66

0.67

1.00

Oats

0.57

—

0.53

—

0.61

0.56

1.00

Field Peas

0.70

—

0.66

—

0.70

0.69

0.60

Field Peas

1.00

Crop

RSW

1.00

Durum

—

CPSW

0.59

1.00 —

SWSW

—

1.00

EXSW

—

1.00

Barley

0.53

—

0.64

—

0.44

1.00

Canola

0.51

—

0.53

—

0.47

0.44

1.00

Oats

0.54

—

0.52

—

0.56

0.45

1.00

Field Peas

0.52

—

0.55

—

0.46

0.48

1.00

— = less than 50 observations and 100 acres per crop per year

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Continued from page 11

Yield Correlations dark brown soils (Min 50 observations) and 100 acres per crop per year Crop

RSW

Durum CPSW SWSW EXSW Barley Canola Oats

RSW

1.00

Durum

0.75

1.00

CPSW

0.74

0.72

SWSW

0.75

—

1.00

EXSW

0.80

0.78

—

1.00

Barley

0.76

0.70

0.75

—

0.79

1.00

Canola

0.69

0.63

0.66

—

0.69

0.67

1.00

Oats

0.69

0.77

0.70

—

0.66

0.61

1.00

Field Peas

0.72

0.68

0.67

—

0.58

0.66

0.62

0.67

Field Peas

1.00

— = less than 50 observations and 100 acres per crop per year

Table 6

Salient Observations: Yield correlations generally range from +0.6 to +0.8 on the brown, dark brown and thin black soil zones; between +0.5 and +0.7 on black and black-dark gray soils and between +0.45 and +0.60 on gray soils. As the black and gray soil zones tend to be concentrated in the northern part of the province, the lower correlations are likely related in large part to a greater likelihood of snowed under crops and wildlife damage, differences in growing conditions, the production window and associated physiological responses of crops. As with the regional analysis: yields of various types of wheat are not always more closely correlated to yields of other types of wheat, than the other major crops; and oat and field pea yields tend to be least correlated to other crop yields (not always).

Table 7

Yield Correlations

brown soils

thin black soils

(Min 50 observations) and 100 acres per crop per year Crop

RSW

1.00

Durum

0.82

1.00

CPSW

0.68

—

Durum CPSW SWSW EXSW Barley Canola Oats

—

1.00

EXSW

—

1.00

Barley

0.71

0.70

0.81

—

1.00

Canola

0.65

0.60

—

0.63

1.00

Oats

0.66

0.62

—

0.64

—

0.72

0.67

Field Peas

1.00

SWSW

Field Peas

(Min 50 observations) and 100 acres per crop per year

—

0.64

0.61

Crop

RSW

Durum CPSW SWSW EXSW Barley Canola Oats

RSW

1.00

Durum

0.78

1.00

CPSW

0.75

—

1.00

SWSW

—

1.00

EXSW

—

1.00

Barley

0.76

0.78

0.76

—

1.00

Canola

0.74

0.69

0.70

—

0.71

1.00

Oats

0.61

—

0.63

—

0.66

0.71

1.00

—

Field Peas

0.72

—

0.76

—

0.72

0.61

1.00

Durum CPSW SWSW EXSW Barley Canola Oats

Field Peas

1.00

— = less than 50 observations and 100 acres per crop per year

Table 8

Table 9

Yield Correlations

black soils

gray soils

(Including the Peace)

(Min 50 observations) and 100 acres per crop per year Crop

RSW

1.00

Durum CPSW SWSW

— 0.68 —

Durum CPSW SWSW EXSW Barley Canola Oats

—

1.00 —

1.00

EXSW

—

1.00

Barley

0.69

—

0.65

—

0.58

Canola Oats Field Peas

0.67 0.55 0.68

Field Peas

1.00 —

— — —

0.60 0.52 0.64

— — —

0.70 — —

1.00 0.62 0.60 0.66

1.00 0.53 0.63

— = less than 50 observations and 100 acres per crop per year

1.00 0.57

1.00

(Min 50 observations) and 100 acres per crop per year Crop

RSW

1.00

Durum

—

CPSW

0.60

1.00 —

1.00

SWSW

—

1.00

EXSW

—

0.56

—

1.00

Barley

0.53

—

0.63

—

0.43

1.00

Canola

0.51

—

0.53

—

0.47

0.44

1.00

Oats

0.53

—

0.52

—

0.54

0.45

1.00

Field Peas

0.52

—

0.55

—

0.46

0.48

— = less than 50 observations and 100 acres per crop per year

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Field Peas

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Growing Season Precipitation to Date

April 1, 2011 to April 26, 2011

April 1, 2011 to May 30, 2011

Precipitation (mm) <1 1-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30

Precipitation (mm)

30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 > 55 No Data

0-25 25-50 50-75 75-100 100-125 125-150 150-175

Growing Season Precipitation to Date

April 1, 2011 to June 27, 2011

April 1, 2011 to July 25 2011

Precipitation (mm) 0-25 25-50 50-75 75-100 100-125 125-150 150-175

175-200 200-225 225-250 250-275 275-300 > 300 No Data

Precipitation (mm)

175-200 200-225 225-250 250-275 275-300 > 300 No Data

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0-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350

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350-400 400-450 450-500 500-550 550-600 > 600 No Data

Growing Season Precipitation to Date

April 1, 2011 to August 30, 2011

April 1, 2011 to September 27, 2011

Precipitation (mm) 0-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 350-300 300-350

350-400 400-450 450-500 500-550 550-600 > 600 No Data

Spring Wheat Soil Moisture Reserves Relative to Long Term Normal to a Depth of 120 cm

Precipitation (mm) 0-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 350-300 300-350

350-400 400-450 450-500 500-550 550-600 > 600 No Data

Spring Wheat Soil Moisture Reserves Relative to Long Term Normal to a Depth of 120 cm

Estimated as of April 26, 2011

Estimated as of October 31, 2011

Condition

Extremely low very low low moderately low near normal moderately high high very high extremely high

Frequency of Occurance less than 1 in 25 years less than 1 in 12 years less than 1 in 6 years less than 1 in 3 years at least 1 in 3 years less than 1 in 3 years less than 1 in 6 years less than 1 in 12 years less than 1 in 25 years

Extremely low very low low moderately low near normal moderately high high very high extremely high

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May, 2011 Average Daily Mean Temperature Relative to Long Term Normal

April, 2011 Average Daily Mean Temperature Relative to Long Term Normal April 1, 2011 to April 30, 2011

May 1, 2011 to May 31, 2011

Condition

Extremely high very high high moderately high near normal moderately low low very low extremely low

June, 2011 Average Daily Mean Temperature Relative to Long Term Normal

Extremely high very high high moderately high near normal moderately low low very low extremely low

less than 1 in 25 years less than 1 in 12 years less than 1 in 6 years less than 1 in 3 years at least 1 in 3 years less than 1 in 3 years less than 1 in 6 years less than 1 in 12 years less than 1 in 25 years

July 1, 2011 to July 31, 2011

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Frequency of Occurance

July, 2011 Average Daily Mean Temperature Relative to Long Term Normal

June 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011 Condition

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ALBERTA WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 52 39 49 1,182,518 CDC Go (HRS) 59 41 52 430,052 Lillian (HRS) 38 32 41 529,934 Superb (HRS) 51 42 44 318,801 AC Eatonia (HRS) 29 33 34 249,139 Strongfield (D) 41 37 44 146,266 AC Foremost (CPS) 75 53 69 162,010 CDC Abound (HRS) — 37 49 116,084 5700 PR (CPS) 65 51 59 133,822 CDC Alsask (HRS) 43 37 45 43,703 CDC Imagine (HRS) 47 36 47 119,137 AC Intrepid (HRS) 48 39 42 99,061 Prodigy (HRS) 41 33 42 82,197 Radiant (HRW) 50 36 53 50,462 Stettler (HRS) — 42 48 3,974 Infinity (HRS) 47 39 43 45,198 CDC Teal (HRS) 43 34 33 67,939 AC Splendor (HRS) 39 33 37 60,949 AC Barrie (HRS) 37 29 40 65,649 AC Avonlea (D) 38 35 42 46,209 Alvena (HRS) 54 44 42 31,123 McKenzie (HRS) 41 34 40 42,186 Kane (HRS) 64 38 52 24,299 AC Crystal (CPS) 55 46 57 53,779 Unity (HRS) 48 48 53 8,043 5701 PR (CPS) 59 47 57 28,978 Goodeve (HRS) — — 60 4,798 AC Cadillac (HRS) 31 18 33 16,560 AC Elsa (HRS) 41 31 36 22,389 Kyle (D) 34 30 34 13,614 Roblin (HRS) 42 34 39 23,230 AC Navigator (D) 43 40 43 21,323

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 50 1,228,827 56 513,206 37 482,232 49 290,810 32 223,740 42 204,172 67 199,973 47 170,276 63 137,492 53 89,006 47 88,513 54 74,286 43 68,419 51 63,972 55 63,797 48 53,878 49 53,017 45 51,723 34 51,118 41 49,413 58 38,447 42 37,973 46 35,960 48 35,394 52 30,294 60 22,582 49 21,418 31 21,127 44 20,797 30 20,553 40 19,872 47 18,728

† 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 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5702 PR (CPS) — 54 62 15,218 Snowbird (HRS) 48 44 54 24,866 5602 HR (HRS) 42 31 44 17,793 Glenn (HRS) — — 39 2,390 CDC Verona (D) — — — — WR 859 CL (HRS) — — 51 8,733 CDC Osprey (HRW) 50 28 48 14,500 AC Abbey (HRS) 39 29 39 12,636 AC Bellatrix (HRW) 47 34 51 7,678 Waskada (HRS) — — 51 1,676 Columbus (HRS) 31 26 34 8,288 CDC Bounty (HRS) 45 34 42 8,326 CDC Buteo (HRW) 48 38 58 6,121 Snowstar (HRS) — 45 45 13,226 Park (HRS) 38 30 28 5,844 Journey (HRS) 47 36 47 10,867 Laura (HRS) 33 29 33 7,299 Katepwa (HRS) 34 28 34 8,136 AC Andrew (SWS) 56 30 50 12,459 AC Taber (CPS) 44 45 72 5,441 Oslo (CPS) 77 77 82 4,129 Lovitt (HRS) 47 — 48 5,632 Alikat (HRS) 53 58 51 5,684 5604HR CL (HRS) — — — — AC Majestic (HRS) 43 32 44 4,548 CDC Makwa (HRS) 25 15 21 3,442 AC Domain (HRS) 43 35 46 4,198 AC Readymade (HRW) 40 34 — — Leader (HRS) 28 38 37 6,924 AC Morse (D) 28 36 38 3,756 AC Michael (HRS) 31 27 30 2,535 Peace (HRS) 36 32 32 1,687 Neepawa (HRS) 26 30 39 1,283 Sadash (SWS) — — 62 287 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — —

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 64 16,705 52 16,174 42 14,667 44 13,093 49 11,066 52 10,925 57 10,736 33 10,499 35 8,961 42 8,875 29 8,713 46 8,385 53 7,635 47 7,151 34 6,513 44 6,281 31 6,144 27 5,954 42 5,768 54 5,754 85 5,471 37 4,960 42 4,453 37 3,849 36 3,779 21 3,759 39 3,730 42 3,283 30 3,216 37 2,075 21 1,753 40 1,744 44 1,635 67 1,487 52 1,405

‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

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WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Brigade (D) — — — — Carberry (HRS) — — — — Thatcher (HRS) 32 32 31 1,154 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — Lancer (HRS) 39 24 50 1,628 CDC Falcon (HRW) 72 35 71 1,153 AC 2000 (CPS) 76 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 52 1,333 42 968 27 946 59 900 38 725 43 696 55 346 48 4,745,152

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 70 77 71 53,415 Superb (HRS) 69 71 66 53,195 Strongfield (D) 76 77 74 13,915 CDC Abound (HRS) — 68 59 22,431 Stettler (HRS) — 69 78 1,687 Glenn (HRS) — — 49 9,503 Radiant (HRW) 87 96 87 8,326 Lillian (HRS) 64 59 53 5,527 CDC Verona (D) — — — — Sadash (SWS) — — 69 3,715 Carberry (HRS) — — — — AC Andrew (SWS) 84 84 77 5,141 WR 859 CL (HRS) — — 70 2,235 AC Navigator (D) 81 70 63 3,608 CDC Imagine (HRS) 59 54 47 3,484 Harvest (HRS) 75 52 59 3,030 Snowstar (HRS) — 74 58 3,135 — — 50 1,113 Waskada (HRS) 5700 PR (CPS) — — 82 1,888 AC Morse (D) 73 66 61 2,211 AC Crystal (CPS) 97 75 58 768 CDC Bounty (HRS) — — 64 1,925 Snowbird (HRS) 49 47 — — Sceptre (D) 95 70 — — Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 78 57,631 73 39,468 81 20,311 67 20,155 76 18,973 68 16,296 72 7,013 57 5,682 89 3,071 86 2,978 76 2,886 105 2,859 62 2,709 80 2,455 56 2,361 68 2,168 66 2,087 59 1,903 75 1,460 71 1,327 58 1,324 77 1,310 55 575 78 550 74 226,396

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 45 33 45 560,836 L130 — — — — L150 — — — — 73-45 RR — — 35 8,836 72-65 RR — 25 39 107,347 5020 40 30 36 532,664 9553 45 29 40 194,991 45H29 — 28 46 44,431 8440 45 33 44 243,925 5770 — — 47 65,361 73-55 RR — — 41 8,924 9590 44 32 45 167,694 45H26 39 30 34 99,691 45H28 40 30 36 140,868 72-35 RR — 27 29 45,416 72-55 RR 37 29 35 264,407 71-45RR 38 30 33 335,701 VT 500 — — — — 45S51 — 32 37 36,579 — — — — VT Remarkable 9350 — 27 28 24,933 73-35 RR — — 37 2,228 34-65 35 23 33 80,617 5030 41 33 44 31,134 6040 RR — — 37 9,732 VT Barrier — — — — 73-67 RR — — 46 10,391 32-75 26 23 22 66,523 1950 — — 39 23,527 1818 34 24 34 61,673 43E01 — 24 24 25,415 NX4-106 RR — — 31 1,224 45P70 35 27 34 21,930 — — 45S52 — — 1918 — — — — 5525 CL — — 31 10,333

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 43 760,227 42 420,423 44 286,597 40 279,579 36 273,891 38 245,302 36 191,035 39 157,715 42 127,596 43 108,989 38 94,481 41 94,201 32 62,944 34 61,753 35 61,212 35 60,899 36 53,907 38 46,721 41 45,278 32 44,376 33 43,604 32 43,407 29 41,925 38 41,730 38 37,276 29 35,146 37 31,847 29 31,010 39 29,792 31 28,861 29 26,634 32 23,366 32 22,034 44 21,764 33 21,621 37 21,571

† 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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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres D3151 — 33 35 26,228 4414 RR 37 24 35 25,598 6060 RR — — — — 73-77 RR — — 46 6,769 45H73 39 24 36 23,901 73-65 RR — — 41 3,894 9558C — — 40 6,933 45H74 — — — — 1841 41 24 34 24,856 1852 H 42 24 30 14,440 997 RR 35 23 28 12,444 Early One — — — — 9551 29 20 34 10,936 43A56 22 21 18 13,267 D3150 — 27 39 14,298 500 — — — — 43H57 29 27 24 15,737 71-40 CL 41 24 27 19,880 9557S — — — — 46A76 30 23 30 12,732 NX4-105 RR — — 38 6,142 v1037 — 28 33 27,262 1970 — — — — NX4-205 CL — — — — 46P50 41 26 40 33,978 1956 — — 38 4,326 9550 33 28 41 17,739 94H04 — — — — 45A71 30 16 27 15,089 Rugby 31 18 27 7,406 VT Desirable — — — — 5070 38 29 40 5,571 Red River 1997 — — — — SP 621 RR 36 28 31 3,410 Cafe 19 18 13 4,576 1960 — — — — 45H21 38 24 35 14,405 1651H 29 20 28 2,762 6020 RR — — 32 5,966 2012 CL — — — — 4362 RR 33 22 21 10,051 1855 H 38 30 37 1,546 34-55 37 25 39 6,766 45A51 36 27 43 2,846 1014 RR — — — — 6130 RR — — 34 6,974 NX4-104 RR — 26 32 11,426 45H25 36 28 33 3,472 Reward 20 19 17 6,189 83S01RR 42 30 39 1,437 SW 6802 35 20 24 3,690 Prairie 719RR 35 22 30 12,693 AC Sunbeam — 19 — — Canterra 1867 41 21 39 1,412 SW Spirit River 10 — 14 1,832 — — — — 5535 CL Oasis CL — — — — SP Banner 33 24 37 4,570 5505 CL — 18 28 3,517 73-75 RR — — — — 1012 RR — — — — 41P55 17 — 15 1,414 519RR 52 44 42 1,108 1896 33 24 22 2,421 3303 LL — — — — 93H01RR 44 26 34 11,563 SW 3950 41 28 33 1,531 454 RR — 17 — — IMC 130 — — — — — — — Horizons 17 73-15 RR — — — — 401 32 — — — 71-85RR 23 — — — 5003 — — — — 45H31 — — — — 501 45 31 38 1,176 46S53 — — — — D3153 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§ ‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 35 21,226 26 20,075 39 19,174 44 18,100 34 15,916 37 15,832 43 14,217 35 13,698 37 13,348 38 13,154 26 12,009 25 11,099 30 11,033 28 10,695 35 10,689 34 10,224 30 10,205 36 9,954 36 9,783 34 9,727 33 9,719 29 9,348 42 9,190 35 9,072 31 7,809 35 7,518 6,960 37 35 6,854 25 6,823 26 5,916 29 5,782 38 4,973 28 4,967 29 4,729 20 4,296 42 4,159 41 3,988 30 3,955 25 3,415 38 3,190 28 2,955 22 2,944 34 2,851 35 2,786 39 2,434 34 2,382 30 2,252 34 2,231 10 2,144 32 2,089 16 2,077 25 1,990 10 1,874 28 1,854 17 1,781 32 1,663 21 1,618 38 1,610 32 1,588 42 1,555 36 1,548 21 1,435 42 1,418 22 1,330 22 1,245 43 1,161 35 948 26 918 41 782 12 781 43 668 41 661 34 615 40 590 43 527 37 293 28 217 37 123 38 4,468,635

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 54 55 50 27,219 L150 — — — — 72-65 RR — — 45 3,044 5770 — — 52 2,417 9553 — 47 43 2,398 73-45 RR — — — — L130 — — — — 45H29 — — — — 45S51 — — 43 2,283 NX4-106 RR — — — — 5030 44 58 — — 6040 RR — — — — VT 500 — — — — 1841 49 44 47 2,950 1970 — — — — 45S52 — — — — 73-67 RR — — — — 45H28 — 48 45 3,681 6060 RR — — — — D3150 — — — — 1014 RR — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 58 25,146 54 23,161 55 16,067 55 8,728 50 6,002 51 4,549 55 3,411 54 3,342 52 3,031 42 2,530 54 1,929 51 1,674 40 1,543 55 1,441 58 1,208 60 1,140 53 1,078 52 1,072 52 1,056 44 824 53 747 54 121,360

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 73 62 68 591,246 AC Metcalfe 67 55 64 476,043 CDC Copeland 73 55 72 204,463 Champion — 65 72 72,433 CDC Cowboy 57 35 61 115,292 Ponoka 68 56 67 89,838 CDC Coalition 82 60 74 47,240 Conlon 65 46 60 76,818

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 71 516,231 67 458,600 74 243,532 79 139,963 57 91,811 64 81,783 78 58,317 62 56,824

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

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Seebe 60 47 61 72,008 Sundre 71 59 67 50,329 Newdale 74 56 68 20,738 CDC Meredith — 85 81 5,370 Formosa 72 50 78 18,089 CDC Dolly 60 48 54 23,797 CDC Kendall 76 53 72 27,965 CDC Thompson 94 66 89 12,908 McLeod 70 52 68 19,044 CDCTrey 78 68 82 13,633 Stander 75 65 75 16,694 Trochu 83 59 78 11,306 Bentley — — 82 4,193 Vivar 83 67 78 19,742 CDC Bold 64 57 66 18,274 CDC Helgason 67 56 64 11,468 Bridge 56 49 41 15,409 Lacey 81 47 73 10,144 CDC PolarStar — — 74 5,197 Busby — — 91 357 Harrington 51 42 40 9,147 CDC Yorkton 69 66 68 6,177 AC Ranger 59 53 73 4,539 Chigwell — — — — CDC Austenson — — — — Legacy (BT 950) 66 67 66 7,126 AC Lacombe 63 51 45 6,262 Niobe 84 42 72 4,890 Major — — — — CDC Battleford 76 66 65 3,334 Robust 61 38 50 3,215 Manley 64 56 68 684 Falcon 54 62 68 2,462 Abee 65 39 59 1,793

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 54 56,808 61 40,585 74 32,627 85 22,651 71 21,921 57 20,037 69 15,121 75 14,124 56 12,693 69 12,385 67 11,408 71 10,313 61 9,303 74 9,008 63 8,942 61 8,914 35 8,466 79 8,258 78 5,946 57 5,842 48 5,781 66 5,271 75 5,144 72 5,134 82 4,967 50 3,863 49 3,625 69 3,215 85 2,849 52 2,502 60 2,266 74 2,054 67 1,818 47 1,737

‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

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BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Stratus 77 67 71 896 AC Harper 67 60 41 4,417 CDC Select 66 68 82 2,012 AC Albright 26 36 34 1,196 Winthrop 72 42 50 1,624 Stockford 61 48 66 1,830 Stein 64 — 62 683 Leduc 65 49 53 506 Condor 63 51 — — Otal 31 33 27 2,059 Samson 55 57 — — Calder — — — — Jackson — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 65 1,640 37 1,620 44 1,534 63 1,230 55 1,190 44 924 59 816 43 811 62 752 24 656 46 554 91 537 27 389 69 2,058,189

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 91 94 72 21,435 AC Harper 95 103 72 9,169 AC Metcalfe 89 72 68 5,454 CDC Coalition — 105 81 5,936 Champion — — 70 2,815 Chigwell — — 91 523 CDC Yorkton 105 83 67 6,769 Vivar 92 98 73 7,485 Conlon 70 69 71 2,936 CDC Cowboy 75 86 81 2,083 Sundre 99 104 71 6,431 Bentley — — — — Ponoka 92 100 91 1,272 CDC Mindon — — 34 1,527 CDC Earl 90 99 65 2,245 CDC Copeland 78 70 60 629 CDC Bold 99 88 99 2,204 McLeod — — — — CDC Thompson — 75 61 1,232 Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 88 24,826 65 10,499 78 5,792 99 4,989 93 4,913 87 4,823 92 3,643 102 3,182 70 3,076 79 3,060 98 2,343 84 1,775 77 1,300 53 1,149 106 1,066 92 1,030 89 1,006 101 877 82 747 85 85,172

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 62 31 46 107,325 CDC Golden 36 23 36 63,828 SW Midas 43 31 37 92,389 Delta Fld Pea 35 26 37 67,276 44 29,097 Thunderbird — 41 Eclipse 36 23 30 37,540 Cutlass F.P. 37 31 30 31,440 Canstar 50 41 44 15,701 Cooper 49 38 39 47,861 DS-Admiral 45 31 40 32,164 CDC Striker — — 42 4,707 CDC Patrick — — 40 3,194 Polstead 48 37 42 11,648 Garde 10 — 45 3,564 CDC Centennial — 18 38 2,411 Eiffel 39 30 37 5,890 SW Capri 47 35 47 4,857 Swing 42 30 40 11,232 Carneval 36 23 30 4,548 Agassiz — 33 34 1,571 Espace 29 21 42 2,718 SW Parade 34 33 29 2,416 Nitouche 36 37 34 3,493 Sorento — — 53 2,036 Miami 45 27 35 3,835 Profi 28 25 36 2,491 Bluebird — — — — CDC Sage — 28 41 1,495 SW Circus 45 25 39 1,589 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 45 189,455 36 50,743 34 49,029 43,513 31 36 26,330 38 17,097 34 16,553 36 16,164 35 15,822 36 12,243 46 7,797 25 6,884 44 6,012 35 4,193 33 3,597 33 3,305 42 3,131 28 3,085 31 3,034 29 2,714 43 2,585 41 2,200 31 2,187 46 2,124 39 2,014 27 1,129 30 1,006 33 919 44 870 38 514,418

† 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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FIELD PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — 49 39 1,869 CDC Golden 39 55 36 1,418 Weighted Average Irrigated Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 55 2,975 53 1,680 55 7,554

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield AC Morgan 87 64 100 Derby 69 52 79 AC Mustang 69 50 84 Waldern 51 36 67 Calibre 53 29 72 CDC Baler 64 39 84 Cascade 58 45 69 CDC Dancer — — — Jordan 73 74 97 Grizzly 59 35 60 Triactor — — — CDC Boyer 67 32 49 7600M 74 56 78 AC Juniper 94 71 75 Athabasca 33 45 74 CDC SO-I — — 116 Foothill 43 15 76 Victory 58 26 — Lu 112 37 121 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2010 Acres 94,229 55,551 28,941 9,071 8,487 8,798 6,681 — 1,667 3,394 — 1,654 3,081 1,305 764 331 1,084 — 577

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 112 106,807 97 47,877 86 22,826 64 5,338 61 5,184 78 5,125 45 2,751 82 2,385 91 1,863 58 1,660 175 1,314 53 1,192 72 1,128 84 980 62 498 97 443 79 441 92 403 132 183 100 212,320

OATS IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 478 AC Morgan 74 117 85 Weighted Average Irrigated Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 119 1,071 113 1,734

LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† ALBERTA 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Maxim — — 1,710 18,451 1,527 27,218 CDC Improve — 1,480 1,639 7,019 1,384 10,933 CDC Richlea 1,564 1,370 1,981 5,559 1,621 5,556 CDC Imperial — 1,297 1,459 15,940 598 3,354 Laird 1,663 1,373 1,639 2,854 1,392 2,438 CDC Impact — 1,380 1,893 4,594 1,510 2,193 CDC Plato 1,131 1,248 — — 1,352 1,494 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,426 57,884 MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 17 18 18 42,064 AC Pennant (Yellow) 14 17 19 12,551 29 29 23 2,541 Centennial Brown (Brown) AC Base (Yellow) 14 16 21 4,258 Forge (Oriental) 19 17 22 3,959 Ace (Yellow) 20 15 20 7,956 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 17 22,628 17 6,119 20 4,592 16 3,686 22 3,008 18 1,507 18 46,696

POTATO DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Seed) 14 7 10 1,466 Weighted Average Dryland Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 8 1,095 11 4,842

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Fry) 17 17 15 24,353 Shepody (Fry) 14 15 11 3,000 Russet Burbank (Seed) 11 14 10 863 FL 1867 (Chip) — 13 9 1,282 11 1,174 FL 1879 (Chip) 15 16 AC Glacier Cup (Chip) — — — — Atlantic (Chip) 11 15 7 553 Shepody (Seed) — — — — Ranger Russet (Fry) — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 16 27,800 14 2,651 15 1,474 14 1,069 17 963 12 815 14 528 13 448 15 421 16 40,329

‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Sorrel 22 24 26 CDC Bethune 29 21 24 Hanley 22 22 26 Flanders 23 22 27 Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2010 Acres 3,869 3,428 1,935 1,412

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 25 7,880 29 4,305 26 4,283 29 1,419 26 20,638

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel 33 41 36 4,394 CDC Bethune 42 40 32 1,425 Hanley — 36 35 443 Taurus 33 41 — — Flanders 40 — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 39 5,977 32 3,107 38 2,277 40 1,758 44 698 38 14,424

SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† ALBERTA 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Beta 47RR65 — — 20 21,081 26 15,135 Beta 47RR75 — — 21 5,575 25 12,076 HM 9003RR — — 22 568 26 1,952 HM 9103 — — — — 28 785 HM 9108 — — — — 27 445 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 26 31,541 BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Resolute (Great Northern) — 2,273 1,297 Island (Pinto) — 1,884 1,265 Winchester Pinto (Pinto) 1,868 1,870 1,382

2010 Acres 7,570 15,903 5,011

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 2,377 9,681 2,377 6,345 2,382 3,734

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

BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Redbond (Small Red) 1,887 1,844 1,208 2,254 AC Black Diamond (Black) 2,150 1,945 1,371 3,813 AC Polaris (Great Northern) 1,979 1,923 1,238 6,303 Myasi yellow (Black) — 2,742 1,273 1,346 Medicine Hat (Pinto) — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 2,362 3,407 2,144 3,173 2,415 1,573 2,661 1,000 2,780 855 2,386 30,886

TRITICALE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Pronghorn (Spring) 47 35 53 3,912 Tyndal (Spring) — — — — Pika (Winter) 41 35 43 1,068 Bunker (Spring) — 46 34 2,432 Weighted Average Dryland Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 49 2,678 63 2,001 66 1,322 48 901 52 9,947

TRITICALE IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Tyndal (Spring) — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 87 1,066 83 1,845

RYE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Prima 47 27 40 Dakota 56 43 51 Musketeer 40 26 34 AC Remington 47 36 35 Weighted Average Dryland Rye yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 48 2,686 41 2,130 42 864 37 839 42 8,186

2010 Acres 4,410 1,235 1,702 2,907

‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

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CANARY SEED DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† ALBERTA 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Keet — 617 1,204 3,531 1,360 1,208 Weighted Average Dryland Canary Seed yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 904 4,730 CHICKPEAS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† ALBERTA 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Frontier (Kabuli) — — 1,135 2,794 1,852 2,085 Diva (Kabuli) 1,134 — 1,207 1,979 1,530 1,510 Weighted Average Dryland Chickpeas yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,719 4,222 FABA BEAN DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† ALBERTA 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird 2,854 1,683 2,444 2,835 2,895 2,434 Weighted Average Dryland Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,895 2,434 FABA BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† ALBERTA 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird 904 3,188 1,487 — 2,841 2,411 Weighted Average Irrigated Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 3,188 1,487 SUNFLOWER IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† ALBERTA 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 6946 — — 719 1,486 2,357 2,424 Weighted Average Irrigated Sunflower yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,407 2,678

RISK AREA 1 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Radiant (HRW) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 1 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 31 867 44 11,947

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 69 76 45 19,943 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 1 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 51 15,267 56 21,291

RISK AREA 2 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Lillian (HRS) 41 39 43 160,551 Superb (HRS) 57 58 40 58,071 Strongfield (D) 47 41 47 21,106 Harvest (HRS) 48 31 51 23,657 CDC Go (HRS) 42 49 47 18,950 CDC Abound (HRS) — 47 49 9,624 Radiant (HRW) 54 47 53 9,224 CDC Imagine (HRS) 40 37 38 17,171 AC Avonlea (D) 38 36 40 15,009 AC Navigator (D) 44 40 42 8,043 Waskada (HRS) — — 54 1,377 Snowstar (HRS) — 47 45 8,938 Glenn (HRS) — — 32 820 Unity (HRS) — — — — AC Bellatrix (HRW) 44 41 — — CDC Teal (HRS) 46 42 31 3,628 Stettler (HRS) — — — — AC Eatonia (HRS) 27 46 33 6,646 McKenzie (HRS) 49 33 — — CDC Verona (D) — — — — AC Intrepid (HRS) 47 26 57 4,303 AC Elsa (HRS) 43 27 47 2,245 WR 859 CL (HRS) — — 40 2,194 AC Readymade (HRW) 47 36 — — AC Morse (D) 37 36 — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 41 156,596 43 51,596 48 30,246 48 27,704 47 27,363 44 18,671 52 17,605 40 12,544 39 12,521 52 6,622 44 6,173 48 5,871 47 5,288 53 4,807 35 4,470 22 3,785 50 2,995 32 2,720 25 2,699 45 2,645 49 1,661 47 1,494 42 1,290 39 967 33 661 43 425,434

† 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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WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 75 74 61 12,073 Glenn (HRS) — — 40 5,818 Superb (HRS) 74 73 64 8,488 CDC Abound (HRS) — 78 53 7,900 Lillian (HRS) 67 59 52 3,480 Strongfield (D) 84 76 90 1,919 Radiant (HRW) 83 84 70 791 Stettler (HRS) — — — — WR 859 CL (HRS) — — — — CDC Imagine (HRS) 65 52 40 648 AC Andrew (SWS) 97 94 76 2,203 Waskada (HRS) — — — — Sadash (SWS) — — — — Snowstar (HRS) — 72 58 1,946 Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 70 12,298 65 7,069 77 6,783 66 6,449 57 4,038 74 3,217 74 2,078 73 1,713 64 1,456 51 1,441 113 1,361 58 1,033 91 826 63 692 70 57,848

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 37 32 43 30,441 72-65 RR — — 44 4,647 73-45 RR — — — — L150 — — — — 45H29 — — — — 9553 — 24 40 5,224 71-45RR 37 36 33 27,064 9590 37 29 43 8,152 5770 — — 46 3,871 73-35 RR — — — — 33 1,426 1950 — — NX4-106 RR — — — — 73-67 RR — — — — 73-55 RR — — — — 6040 RR — — — — 73-65 RR — — — — D3151 — — 31 5,329 1818 27 34 26 13,569 6060 RR — — — — 1918 — — — — L130 — — — — 5030 33 32 — — VT Barrier — — — — 45H26 39 31 49 1,845 31 43 5,426 8440 40 72-55 RR — 36 36 22,570 1014 RR — — — — Early One — — — — 34-65 35 28 34 3,027 1841 37 25 38 2,557 VT 500 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 41 53,580 36 43,218 45 25,213 41 15,064 41 13,635 37 10,399 36 7,854 39 7,417 39 6,964 29 6,177 36 6,070 31 5,756 39 5,003 44 4,995 40 4,973 41 4,890 28 4,866 32 4,147 45 3,652 30 3,343 44 3,309 29 2,870 29 2,619 37 2,611 39 2,598 32 2,269 43 1,761 25 1,717 30 1,286 38 1,243 33 950 38 281,162

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 57 55 53 10,066 L150 — — — — 72-65 RR — — 45 1,877 5770 — — 62 943 73-45 RR — — — — — — 49 — 9553 45S51 — — 53 905 45H29 — — — — 45S52 — — — — 73-67 RR — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 59 11,088 50 10,462 55 10,071 59 2,657 50 2,516 52 1,805 53 1,599 53 1,159 61 718 53 623 53 51,805

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 75 77 49 128,647 AC Metcalfe 63 50 54 50,860 Champion — — 62 17,807 Ponoka 61 50 59 16,145 CDC Copeland 60 49 62 10,611 CDC Meredith — — 76 2,463 CDC Dolly 60 67 — —

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 61 108,241 62 44,608 64 22,157 59 11,780 68 11,711 80 7,184 52 6,418

‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Coalition — 72 67 13,784 CDC Cowboy — — 51 2,978 Newdale 66 56 78 4,258 Bridge 66 58 27 5,501 Conlon 50 48 49 7,290 CDC Yorkton 75 76 57 2,274 Bentley — — — — McLeod 80 63 75 5,696 AC Harper 80 75 36 3,148 Chigwell — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 80 5,919 50 3,511 77 3,275 29 2,920 60 2,751 75 2,139 56 1,988 58 1,911 18 913 80 446 62 244,344

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 95 104 69 13,332 Xena AC Harper 95 105 76 7,239 AC Metcalfe 88 79 61 2,574 Champion — — 91 589 Chigwell — — — — CDC Coalition — 102 81 3,359 CDC Yorkton 108 85 69 5,623 Vivar 101 108 76 4,362 Sundre 98 110 76 4,342 Bentley — — — — CDC Thompson — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 88 14,173 64 9,535 76 3,891 89 3,372 93 3,189 109 2,771 94 2,572 105 1,815 97 1,570 84 1,022 67 452 85 48,839

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — 34 50 24,215 43 26 41 7,557 CDC Golden SW Midas 40 26 44 17,413 Delta Fld Pea 45 30 47 2,588 CDC Centennial — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 55 41,864 45 7,574 49 6,211 36 2,242 28 1,485 51 62,112

FIELD PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — — 42 800 Weighted Average Irrigated Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 50 917 56 2,080

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Mustang 72 — 74 774 CDC Baler 79 — 54 342 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 83 446 40 206 73 4,146

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 17 19 16 15,013 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 12 4,730 14 6,469

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Fry) 20 19 17 2,022 Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 18 1,708 18 2,060

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel — 36 28 693 Flanders 24 30 31 926 Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 28 2,177 32 565 29 4,882

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel — — 26 493 Flanders 41 — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 37 726 44 698 29 3,165

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

SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 2 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Beta 47RR75 — — 19 1,202 26 2,706 Beta 47RR65 — — 20 3,768 25 1,850 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 26 5,309 BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 2 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Resolute (Great Northern) — 2,369 880 993 1,924 822 Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,957 912

RISK AREA 3 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Lillian (HRS) 34 33 42 143,705 Strongfield (D) 40 37 46 79,795 AC Eatonia (HRS) 32 34 38 85,403 AC Avonlea (D) 37 34 47 23,526 Radiant (HRW) 33 55 15,816 41 CDC Go (HRS) 34 33 46 11,173 Superb (HRS) 31 30 40 18,147 AC Navigator (D) 43 41 45 12,470 Kyle (D) 32 30 36 7,802 CDC Abound (HRS) — 41 45 6,564 Harvest (HRS) 42 33 48 8,544 CDC Verona (D) — — — — Glenn (HRS) — — 44 1,255 McKenzie (HRS) 24 30 43 6,234 AC Bellatrix (HRW) 43 35 46 1,613 Stettler (HRS) — 22 35 173 Leader (HRS) 26 47 40 2,498 CDC Imagine (HRS) 26 19 39 6,110 Brigade (D) — — — — AC Morse (D) 32 35 37 2,749 Sadash (SWS) — — 69 235 CDC Bounty (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 36 127,850 43 118,300 33 69,625 42 22,823 46 17,761 48 15,096 38 12,382 45 11,505 30 10,082 35 9,626 43 7,014 53 5,902 38 5,269 35 4,269 32 2,566 40 2,046 29 1,945 41 1,818 52 1,333 37 1,145 44 265 43 231 39 466,322

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 61 83 79 25,666 Superb (HRS) 65 72 67 33,035 Strongfield (D) 77 76 71 8,260 Stettler (HRS) — 69 75 1,044 CDC Abound (HRS) — 65 66 11,400 Glenn (HRS) — — 60 2,806 Radiant (HRW) 91 102 90 4,032 Sadash (SWS) — — 72 3,247 AC Navigator (D) 83 69 75 2,363 AC Andrew (SWS) 85 80 78 2,938 CDC Verona (D) — — — — CDC Imagine (HRS) 53 56 48 2,641 Carberry (HRS) — — — — Lillian (HRS) 59 56 54 1,050 Sceptre (D) 101 — — — CDC Bounty (HRS) — — 69 881 Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 83 27,559 74 25,686 86 12,759 77 12,051 67 10,444 75 5,392 58 2,178 84 2,152 84 2,024 97 1,498 95 1,380 65 820 80 709 59 662 78 550 76 479 78 113,548

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 45 39 46 8,433 72-65 RR — — 43 1,650 5770 — — 46 1,871 L130 — — — — 42 12,368 — 32 8440 D3151 — — 37 7,833 L150 — — — — 73-45 RR — — — — 9553 — — 38 510 71-40 CL — — — — VT Barrier — — — — NX4-106 RR — — — — 6060 RR — — — —

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 41 21,032 32 13,169 38 12,381 39 8,436 32 7,668 38 5,792 40 5,285 46 3,890 30 3,231 29 3,051 25 2,909 26 2,404 42 1,777

‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 71-45RR 31 28 31 3,806 1841 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 39 1,399 38 709 36 113,000

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L150 — — — — 5770 — — — — 72-65 RR — — — — 9553 — 46 46 1,313 5440 57 61 51 3,991 Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 59 5,928 53 3,418 58 2,789 53 2,510 56 1,869 55 21,808

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 43 68 20,478 Xena 50 AC Metcalfe 51 52 54 17,504 Conlon 48 51 54 22,677 CDC Copeland 46 34 55 3,692 CDC Coalition — 48 53 3,602 CDC Cowboy — — 41 2,716 Bridge 54 50 55 6,623 Bentley — — — — CDC Bold 60 59 65 9,891 Champion — — 55 3,298 Harrington 54 49 49 1,939 CDC Yorkton — — 49 308 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 70 25,395 53 15,843 54 13,913 49 6,030 54 4,637 43 1,926 43 1,717 58 1,447 76 1,083 50 1,066 48 1,038 32 503 58 78,748

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 71 86 83 2,258 Vivar 77 84 71 2,906 Chigwell — — — — CDC Coalition — 131 84 1,303 CDC Bold 86 73 103 2,019 Champion — — 60 1,916 Conlon 59 66 61 1,304 AC Metcalfe 87 53 73 1,351 Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 92 4,243 98 1,367 79 1,211 87 1,113 89 880 108 736 86 639 76 638 91 14,597

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Delta Fld Pea 34 28 37 51,780 CDC Meadow — 24 48 13,367 CDC Golden 27 25 34 10,734 SW Midas 31 18 31 3,147 35 19 Eclipse 34 3,761 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 32 30,494 44 30,354 30 10,818 38 3,925 30 1,634 37 80,338

FIELD PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — 42 33 936 Weighted Average Irrigated Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 61 1,346 57 3,182

LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 3 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Maxim — — 1,971 10,066 1,646 15,736 CDC Improve — 1,546 1,817 5,626 1,563 7,925 CDC Richlea — 1,315 1,907 4,245 1,639 4,663 CDC Imperial — 1,267 1,842 9,905 1,215 912 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,613 33,956 MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 16 18 21 16,518 15 17 21 7,209 AC Pennant (Yellow) Ace (Yellow) 16 13 23 5,221 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 19 11,039 18 3,089 21 705 18 15,544

† 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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POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Fry) 17 16 15 20,130 Shepody (Fry) 14 15 11 2,724 AC Glacier Cup (Chip) — — — — Ranger Russet (Fry) — — — — Atlantic (Chip) — 15 8 365 Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 16 24,240 14 2,315 13 535 15 421 14 408 16 30,702

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel — 21 28 1,486 Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 17 1,377 18 2,324

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Sorrel — 40 35 CDC Bethune 34 40 32 Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 38 3,065 40 977 39 5,141

2010 Acres 1,561 1,255

SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 3 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Beta 47RR65 — — 20 16,800 26 12,515 Beta 47RR75 — — 21 4,373 25 9,147 HM 9108 — — — — 27 445 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 26 24,989 BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 3 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Resolute (Great Northern) — 2,270 1,367 5,822 2,423 7,922 Island (Pinto) — 1,828 1,264 11,898 2,475 4,131 Winchester Pinto (Pinto) 1,765 1,811 1,426 4,548 2,389 3,484 AC Redbond (Small Red) 1,817 1,812 1,265 2,039 2,376 3,162 AC Black Diamond (Black) 1,978 1,924 1,419 3,356 2,240 2,704 1,094 AC Polaris (Great Northern) 1,909 1,850 1,272 5,516 2,516 Myasi yellow (Black) — 2,742 1,276 1,279 2,661 1,000 Medicine Hat (Pinto) — — — — 2,840 726 Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,436 24,902 CHICKPEAS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 3 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Frontier (Kabuli) — — 1,124 2,720 1,880 1,965 Diva (Kabuli) — — — — 1,530 1,510 Weighted Average Dryland Chickpeas yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,731 3,732 FABA BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 3 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird — 2,480 — — 3,277 1,377 Weighted Average Irrigated Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 3,277 1,377 SUNFLOWER IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 3 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 6946 — — — — 2,171 1,095 1,095 Weighted Average Irrigated Sunflower yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,171

RISK AREA 4 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Lillian (HRS) 31 27 36 93,440 AC Eatonia (HRS) 27 38 33 90,164 Strongfield (D) 35 38 34 19,708 CDC Go (HRS) 44 9 48 3,496 Radiant (HRW) 35 40 50 5,367 AC Avonlea (D) 36 41 27 1,641 Kyle (D) 33 35 29 2,816 CDC Abound (HRS) — 10 39 3,183 McKenzie (HRS) 33 27 37 6,065 Harvest (HRS) 42 29 43 4,872 ‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 32 88,492 33 86,655 38 32,135 40 14,270 49 11,897 45 6,570 30 6,092 33 4,652 32 3,599 26 3,239

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Infinity (HRS) — — — — CDC Verona (D) — — — — AC Barrie (HRS) 31 26 29 2,590 CDC Makwa (HRS) 15 11 16 1,903 Superb (HRS) 46 41 39 4,528 Columbus (HRS) 27 26 — — Glenn (HRS) — — — — AC Bellatrix (HRW) 46 32 35 844 Stettler (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 32 2,606 42 2,519 28 2,513 12 2,175 36 2,024 21 1,994 39 1,518 39 700 34 383 34 293,650

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 76 80 70 11,493 Superb (HRS) 74 69 68 11,402 Stettler (HRS) — — — — Strongfield (D) 62 83 73 3,736 Glenn (HRS) — — 79 879 Radiant (HRW) 86 98 88 3,453 CDC Abound (HRS) — 66 49 3,123 AC Crystal (CPS) 93 68 — — CDC Verona (D) — — — — 5700 PR (CPS) — — 78 1,005 CDC Bounty (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 76 12,774 65 6,999 75 4,607 74 4,335 62 3,835 81 2,542 67 2,198 58 1,324 82 1,114 62 990 77 831 70 45,236

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 — 36 35 9,396 73-45 RR — — — — 45H29 — — — — L130 — — — — D3151 — — — — 9553 — — — — L150 — — — — 8440 — 39 45 2,633 71-45RR 15 32 28 8,395 5770 — — — — 4414 RR — — — — 72-65 RR — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 34 18,988 33 4,982 25 4,242 34 3,323 30 3,319 25 2,951 32 2,595 30 2,587 31 2,491 30 1,975 27 1,383 40 1,251 31 62,833

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 49 58 48 9,736 L150 — — — — 5770 — — — — 72-65 RR — — 40 761 45H29 — — — — 9553 — — — — 6040 RR — — — — 5030 — — — — L130 — — — — NX4-106 RR — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 59 8,349 54 6,306 53 2,453 55 2,406 53 1,698 45 1,627 49 1,121 57 1,059 60 875 47 579 54 33,421

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Cowboy 43 9 51 7,019 Xena 39 41 48 10,839 AC Metcalfe 39 46 47 10,037 Conlon 52 55 56 6,686 Champion — — — — CDC Copeland — — 55 1,259 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 43 13,010 51 9,725 49 7,595 46 3,963 65 3,666 50 1,634 47 47,034

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 91 98 87 1,645 Conlon 83 66 89 674

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 92 2,141 64 1,255

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BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Mindon — — 34 1,527 CDC Cowboy — 37 — — Champion — — — — Chigwell — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 53 1,149 85 876 95 672 67 423 79 10,822

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Golden 24 25 36 9,613 Delta Fld Pea 34 22 36 9,477 CDC Meadow — 40 30 5,051 Thunderbird — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 33 10,878 27 8,173 34 6,312 20 1,066 31 32,080

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Mustang 35 70 85 1,972 Calibre 30 13 70 1,512 CDC Baler 37 35 — — Waldern — 43 57 1,429 Derby 33 7 45 1,097 Victory 27 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 49 1,756 29 1,043 61 771 52 669 49 593 49 232 46 6,563

LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 4 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Maxim — — 1,883 2,209 1,575 5,411 CDC Improve — — — — 1,025 2,628 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,199 12,386 MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 9 16 17 3,763 13 14 15 2,027 AC Pennant (Yellow) Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 15 1,726 18 1,209 16 5,582

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Fry) 12 19 15 2,201 Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 13 1,852 15 3,049

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel — 45 37 1,970 Hanley — 36 35 443 Taurus — 40 — — CDC Bethune 49 42 — — Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 42 2,186 39 1,674 41 1,374 45 834 41 6,118

SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 4 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 513 25 770 Beta 47RR65 — — 21 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 25 1,243 BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 4 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Island (Pinto) — — 1,488 2,949 2,500 1,724 Resolute (Great Northern) — 2,212 1,310 755 2,387 937 Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,421 3,190 TRITICALE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Pronghorn (Spring) 32 13 37 1,213 Bunker (Spring) — — 36 1,764 Weighted Average Dryland Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 36 1,128 48 706 36 2,751

† 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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RYE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Dakota — 43 52 1,160 Weighted Average Dryland Rye yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 41 2,130 38 3,094

SUNFLOWER IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 4 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 6946 — — 755 1,056 2,511 1,329 Weighted Average Irrigated Sunflower yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,571 1,583

RISK AREA 5 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 61 36 48 129,403 Harvest (HRS) 56 35 50 122,031 Lillian (HRS) 48 37 41 36,877 Superb (HRS) 53 37 39 18,446 CDC Abound (HRS) — 28 49 12,092 Stettler (HRS) — — — — AC Intrepid (HRS) 56 47 55 16,559 CDC Imagine (HRS) 50 31 53 12,842 5700 PR (CPS) 81 42 56 7,920 Goodeve (HRS) — — — — AC Splendor (HRS) 50 36 36 8,738 AC Foremost (CPS) — 33 50 2,240 CDC Alsask (HRS) — 43 52 4,401 Unity (HRS) — — 46 1,913 Radiant (HRW) 61 33 55 4,386 AC Barrie (HRS) 38 23 35 6,024 Prodigy (HRS) 49 26 45 6,546 Waskada (HRS) — — — — AC Elsa (HRS) 52 37 31 4,177 Roblin (HRS) 48 36 53 3,180 CDC Bounty (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 56 145,339 55 111,648 41 24,589 39 15,193 53 14,896 54 12,186 56 10,964 54 9,721 80 6,418 63 5,728 49 4,998 71 4,263 50 3,565 57 3,466 64 2,979 28 2,951 41 2,686 36 2,477 52 2,096 52 1,900 57 1,577 54 401,440

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 82 55 56 3,933 CDC Abound (HRS) — — — — Harvest (HRS) 79 49 56 1,334 Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 77 4,508 67 1,064 70 894 76 8,425

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 47 32 44 57,699 L130 — — — — 73-45 RR — — — — L150 — — — — 9553 — 30 39 16,798 45S51 — — 39 2,730 9350 — — 36 2,562 5770 — — 43 3,125 71-45RR 43 28 36 42,907 5030 49 40 — — 73-55 RR — — — — 45H28 — 30 39 10,060 1950 — — 39 8,110 72-35 RR — 29 29 1,323 72-65 RR — — 39 5,252 45H29 — — 24 2,182 1841 40 21 29 8,294 73-67 RR — — — — 8440 46 32 45 12,935 — — — — 1970 1852 H 40 18 27 8,138 6040 RR — — — — 5525 CL — — — — 94H04 — — — — 5020 47 25 41 13,189 VT 500 — — — — VT Remarkable — — — — 45P70 — 21 29 1,402

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 46 72,201 48 40,855 45 22,190 47 17,386 41 15,405 47 11,422 39 8,785 43 8,237 42 8,223 46 7,819 41 6,850 47 6,648 46 6,161 43 6,050 40 5,694 41 5,186 36 5,039 36 4,869 55 4,602 44 4,359 39 4,091 49 3,602 42 3,536 34 3,359 44 3,293 46 3,254 36 2,947 41 2,667

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 9551 — — — — 45H26 44 30 38 5,805 9590 41 28 43 6,449 D3150 — 29 — — NX4-106 RR — — — — 45S52 — — — — 73-35 RR — — — — 34-65 38 32 37 4,264 72-55 RR — 27 34 15,973 1818 29 19 24 1,368 43E01 — — 32 4,433 1956 — — — — 32-75 41 24 36 1,882 9550 31 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 28 2,603 43 2,561 44 2,081 38 1,959 34 1,878 48 1,651 40 1,513 41 1,447 44 1,154 42 1,134 37 1,100 52 902 36 862 39 848 44 338,041

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 — 36 48 3,426 L130 — — — — 45S51 — — 33 1,089 Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 55 3,840 54 2,019 51 586 54 12,627

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 78 44 78 87,663 CDC Copeland 76 56 73 45,248 AC Metcalfe 77 49 64 44,008 Champion — 31 78 12,962 Conlon 66 35 71 15,292 81 60 61 5,356 Newdale Formosa — 29 78 4,021 CDC Cowboy — 47 55 5,853 Ponoka 78 51 55 4,872 CDC Coalition — 41 89 5,436 Sundre — 48 51 4,898 McLeod 72 50 95 1,881 CDC Kendall 94 33 — — CDC Dolly 53 53 42 2,414 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 85 80,407 79 54,910 70 46,677 86 23,733 71 13,302 71 10,270 76 7,934 64 4,866 66 4,722 96 4,112 78 3,527 70 1,455 74 819 52 561 79 267,052

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 89 71 70 3,520 AC Metcalfe 98 63 86 925 Conlon — — — — Ponoka — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 89 3,667 88 983 69 844 82 630 87 9,644

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — 16 55 6,537 CDC Golden 50 26 46 5,786 SW Midas 54 32 52 5,709 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 56 10,527 45 4,300 48 1,663 51 20,210

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Mustang 86 35 74 1,902 AC Morgan 68 58 — — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 97 2,188 84 787 90 4,231

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 20 2,335 Andante (Yellow) 25 19 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 20 2,911 19 3,213

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

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Bethune 27 25 — — Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 26 1,712 25 2,269

RISK AREA 6 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) — — 65 664 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 57 904 45 2,528

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-35 RR — — — — L130 — — — — 72-35 RR — 15 20 845 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 32 1,561 41 1,277 35 1,146 34 7,620

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 64 43 85 3,430 Formosa — 61 70 2,164 CDC Copeland 78 45 74 2,086 Xena 74 70 85 2,960 CDC Dolly 75 55 79 2,210 Sundre 55 50 67 1,171 CDC Thompson — — 75 661 Busby — — — — Conlon 58 68 67 1,307

RISK AREA 6 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 67 4,956 47 3,113 80 2,482 46 2,401 89 1,266 30 1,146 63 1,125 34 1,075 56 964

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BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Helgason 63 32 72 1,399 Legacy (BT 950) 23 57 — — Trochu 61 66 70 593 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 37 885 36 880 33 638 56 23,994

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 64 73 72 1,142 AC Mustang 104 36 66 806 AC Juniper 92 58 116 373 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 76 820 43 726 73 693 61 3,070

RISK AREA 7 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 66 52 65 45,341 AC Foremost (CPS) 77 65 75 25,906 CDC Go (HRS) 68 60 64 28,477 5700 PR (CPS) 70 61 69 35,392 CDC Abound (HRS) — 52 61 7,263 CDC Imagine (HRS) 64 44 59 12,324 Oslo (CPS) 77 77 81 4,019 Stettler (HRS) — — — — AC Intrepid (HRS) 60 55 56 2,608 Alvena (HRS) — 55 59 5,369 Unity (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 63 35,575 67 31,287 63 28,929 66 25,925 53 10,425 62 9,009 90 4,986 63 3,481 51 2,706 50 2,219 59 1,964 64 164,306

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 52 42 42 47,451 L130 — — — — L150 — — — — 8440 50 39 42 21,954 73-45 RR — — 36 1,182 72-35 RR — 29 33 5,519 5020 46 38 40 19,145 72-65 RR — — 39 3,732 73-55 RR — — 35 1,071 73-35 RR — — — — 71-45RR 47 31 36 35,166 45H29 — — 39 888 45S51 — 36 38 4,862 45S52 — — — — 9557S — — — — 32-75 38 27 28 6,103 9350 — — 28 1,061 1852 H 46 32 33 3,432 VT Remarkable — — — — 5770 — — 39 3,063 VT 500 — — — — 5030 51 — — — 9553 — 34 33 9,159 45H28 — 37 38 9,438 1918 — — — — 94H04 — — — — 6040 RR — — — — 4414 RR 45 31 29 1,762 45H26 50 37 33 5,126 73-67 RR — — — — 73-65 RR — — — — 37 3,498 1950 — — NX4-106 RR — — — — 997 RR 46 36 — — 4362 RR 40 28 32 1,900 72-55 RR — 32 35 15,410 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 46 52,782 46 43,307 42 19,144 45 13,726 47 12,936 39 12,074 42 10,208 42 10,060 47 6,444 40 4,636 42 4,604 49 4,435 42 3,661 42 3,557 37 2,945 33 2,896 33 2,709 37 2,474 42 2,317 38 2,226 39 2,046 48 1,969 43 1,758 46 1,690 40 1,569 34 1,332 37 1,249 30 1,179 40 1,106 35 1,041 45 1,035 45 981 43 921 36 904 26 749 47 741 43 252,388

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 75 65 74 65,812 CDC Copeland 84 68 80 34,130 Xena 87 72 88 41,939

RISK AREA 7 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 72 62,342 74 48,076 74 39,320

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BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Formosa 79 57 81 11,214 Champion — 46 82 2,985 Conlon 78 55 65 7,188 CDC Thompson 102 78 95 5,998 Stander 74 69 76 9,764 Newdale 84 73 82 2,636 CDCTrey 79 79 96 4,095 Sundre 75 58 76 9,073 Lacey 86 46 81 6,462 CDC Coalition — 88 95 2,285 Chigwell — — — — Vivar 91 72 81 7,101 CDC Bold 73 70 70 4,259 CDC Helgason 72 63 82 3,041 CDC Cowboy 90 41 63 1,782 Ponoka 77 73 79 3,839 Busby — — — — CDC Kendall 86 80 86 2,386 CDC Meredith — — — — CDC Battleford 75 70 74 1,868 Legacy (BT 950) 79 70 78 3,862 CDC Yorkton — 72 79 2,027 Trochu 82 49 80 2,249 CDC Austenson — — — — Falcon 68 72 65 1,642 McLeod 74 60 — — CDC Dolly 76 69 73 1,220 — — 80 1,121 Bentley Seebe 59 66 78 520 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 75 10,132 83 9,925 73 8,765 70 7,795 67 7,643 65 6,383 83 6,026 63 5,863 83 5,661 84 4,624 71 3,521 79 3,326 62 3,247 53 2,982 66 2,841 63 2,707 61 2,703 82 2,506 90 2,094 47 2,070 66 1,927 83 1,803 73 1,784 94 1,397 78 1,291 74 1,156 71 962 82 647 51 305 73 267,195

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — 49 55 4,506 Thunderbird — 47 38 5,633 Garde — — 59 1,677 SW Capri 49 52 — — Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 47 5,183 32 2,114 44 1,584 29 648 43 11,663

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 116 74 119 5,096 AC Mustang 116 59 95 2,845 CDC Baler — — 97 742 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 117 5,077 106 1,696 370 71 109 8,082

POTATO DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Seed) 14 — 8 1,041 Weighted Average Dryland Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 7 844 8 1,661

RISK AREA 8 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 61 40 54 176,815 Harvest (HRS) 54 39 46 110,314 Superb (HRS) 53 38 45 10,670 Kane (HRS) — 32 43 3,667 CDC Abound (HRS) — 38 43 8,720 CDC Imagine (HRS) 49 33 44 13,483 Stettler (HRS) — — 46 967 AC Foremost (CPS) 66 42 56 1,635 Lillian (HRS) 44 35 36 3,416 5700 PR (CPS) 67 46 55 6,834 Unity (HRS) — — 58 879 Alvena (HRS) — 43 43 2,973 AC Elsa (HRS) 47 35 36 3,440 Roblin (HRS) 41 28 32 1,443 CDC Teal (HRS) 47 33 36 5,181 AC Intrepid (HRS) 58 44 — — Prodigy (HRS) 45 33 40 3,345 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§ ‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

RISK AREA 8 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 60 191,051 52 96,793 48 10,982 45 9,671 48 9,233 46 9,024 61 6,659 56 3,932 3,835 41 59 3,754 57 3,461 48 3,107 45 2,917 37 2,409 45 1,961 55 888 42 852 55 374,372

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 48 32 44 85,338 L150 — — — — L130 — — — — 5770 — — 46 12,779 8440 49 33 44 29,402 72-65 RR — — 39 6,875 73-45 RR — — — — 45H29 — — 36 1,179 5020 45 27 36 15,815 9553 — 26 34 10,929 73-55 RR — — 34 671 9590 48 29 43 18,009 45H26 40 27 36 7,056 45H28 — 30 37 14,641 71-45RR 44 30 35 27,826 5030 40 30 40 1,788 VT Barrier — — — — VT 500 — — — — 1841 38 26 34 5,170 6040 RR — — 36 848 72-55 RR 39 29 34 23,126 VT Remarkable — — — — 73-67 RR — — — — 4414 RR 43 19 31 3,258 997 RR 41 28 28 3,084 45S51 — — 38 1,115 NX4-106 RR — — — — 45S52 — — — — 73-65 RR — — — — 5525 CL — — — — 72-35 RR — 26 34 916 32-75 38 29 25 1,712 6060 RR — — — — 1918 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 48 106,421 49 61,201 47 26,106 48 16,419 49 14,532 44 11,655 41 10,907 44 10,199 42 9,992 37 9,647 44 9,081 48 6,138 40 5,376 45 5,336 40 5,001 48 4,718 32 3,638 45 3,514 42 3,437 46 3,096 44 3,072 36 2,985 35 1,976 31 1,733 40 1,567 46 1,539 40 1,317 53 1,304 46 1,119 43 1,043 42 803 30 636 45 525 45 480 46 364,942

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 81 51 68 86,933 CDC Copeland 84 49 71 32,830 Xena 83 51 75 44,358 CDC Cowboy 60 42 70 15,289 Champion — 55 77 1,791 CDC Meredith — — 84 1,536 Ponoka 78 52 71 4,337 Newdale 81 57 64 3,040 Sundre 80 48 62 4,408 CDC Kendall 82 50 68 7,328 CDC Coalition — 61 71 3,103 Trochu 70 53 63 2,113 CDC Dolly 73 35 61 1,835 Conlon 77 48 59 2,967 Seebe 71 60 54 1,143 CDC Helgason 72 44 48 1,985 Major — — — — Bentley — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 76 82,798 82 39,152 85 39,121 78 10,350 90 7,118 89 6,559 78 6,012 81 4,100 74 3,808 69 3,535 83 3,284 75 3,264 63 2,838 72 2,071 62 1,465 73 1,347 83 1,019 63 852 79 223,924

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — 27 51 16,376 Thunderbird — — 49 2,479 SW Midas 48 26 44 6,204 Eclipse 48 24 45 4,902 Canstar 41 32 36 2,727 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 54 18,344 48 4,307 48 3,903 49 2,269 40 1,113 50 34,751

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield AC Morgan 86 51 94 AC Mustang 72 56 108 CDC Baler — 41 87 Derby 70 43 106 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 103 2,535 104 1,620 94 652 94 577 101 5,958

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FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Bethune 35 24 33 1,366 Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 36 1,297 35 3,129

TRITICALE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Pronghorn (Spring) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 67 608 68 704

RYE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Prima — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Rye yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 67 561 62 752

RISK AREA 9 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Lillian (HRS) 32 17 38 76,030 AC Eatonia (HRS) 28 23 31 66,786 Harvest (HRS) 38 23 36 56,671 Strongfield (D) 36 30 42 23,563 AC Cadillac (HRS) 28 12 30 10,371 AC Barrie (HRS) 31 21 32 14,466 Superb (HRS) 36 22 32 11,856 CDC Go (HRS) 48 28 40 6,603 Prodigy (HRS) 36 17 33 7,758 CDC Abound (HRS) — 30 43 6,023 AC Avonlea (D) 36 34 33 6,033 Stettler (HRS) — — — — AC Elsa (HRS) 34 21 34 5,994 McKenzie (HRS) 35 28 37 4,118 Columbus (HRS) 27 12 31 2,947 Infinity (HRS) 43 35 46 4,982 38 27 38 3,791 CDC Imagine (HRS) Radiant (HRW) 44 22 41 2,208 AC Abbey (HRS) — — — — AC Andrew (SWS) 52 29 51 8,620 Kane (HRS) — — — — AC Crystal (CPS) 42 24 46 3,976 Unity (HRS) — — — — Kyle (D) 27 23 28 1,770 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 35 67,916 29 64,740 41 53,284 39 22,398 29 16,515 29 14,360 35 11,631 45 11,213 34 11,052 44 9,723 38 7,499 48 5,721 34 5,690 37 5,238 29 4,042 42 3,673 34 3,441 47 3,153 28 3,054 48 3,014 40 2,551 35 1,997 40 1,889 28 1,800 36 354,171

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 32 21 37 14,862 72-65 RR — — 34 850 45H29 — — — — L150 — — — — 9553 — 24 36 3,735 NX4-105 RR — — — — 45H26 33 21 30 9,444 73-45 RR — — — — 73-55 RR — — — — 5770 — — 43 2,714 5525 CL — — — — 5030 31 24 31 3,718 L130 — — — — 5020 33 16 36 2,769 4414 RR 29 — — — 71-45RR 26 16 29 26,129 1651H 21 — 23 1,842 45H28 — 22 30 6,444 14 21 2,171 1818 27 8440 29 20 37 4,479 9590 35 31 41 3,453 NX4-106 RR — — — — 1918 — — — — 34-65 23 6 24 6,102 Rugby — 12 34 910 NX4-205 CL — — — — VT Barrier — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 36 25,099 32 14,211 32 9,382 8,266 40 31 7,390 31 6,611 29 6,485 35 6,255 30 5,703 34 4,122 36 3,692 40 3,624 35 3,575 40 3,448 27 3,373 28 2,872 31 2,803 33 2,742 27 2,422 38 2,243 37 2,069 30 2,043 33 1,882 21 1,778 31 1,703 23 1,670 32 1,155 33 165,009

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BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 56 36 56 26,647 AC Metcalfe 48 34 48 20,716 CDC Cowboy 51 14 47 16,044 Champion — — 68 1,822 Conlon 58 32 53 7,681 CDC Copeland 51 31 40 2,218 McLeod 59 32 51 5,924 CDC Coalition — — — — Bridge 34 22 28 1,993 Seebe 29 21 42 4,578 Harrington 30 14 — — Bentley — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 67 24,693 54 15,674 51 13,678 62 8,295 44 5,639 60 4,505 45 4,394 58 3,470 28 2,216 49 1,257 40 904 33 782 56 92,962

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — 26 35 3,184 CDC Golden 34 6 34 9,528 Eclipse 30 11 16 4,648 Thunderbird — — — — SW Midas 32 15 24 2,356 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 41 9,812 38 6,071 44 3,095 28 1,220 33 1,191 38 32,164

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 48 25 76 2,186 Derby 36 28 70 4,624 Calibre 45 23 63 3,585 AC Mustang 46 26 73 2,213 CDC Baler 61 19 — — 49 17 78 1,753 Waldern Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 82 3,776 63 3,320 60 2,132 60 1,577 78 770 80 455 68 13,295

LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 9 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Maxim — — 1,704 1,599 1,111 4,651 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,110 7,188 MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 14 — — — AC Pennant (Yellow) 12 — 17 2,345 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 17 1,597 17 1,131 17 4,459

RISK AREA 10 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) 83 57 65 21,770 Superb (HRS) 63 55 64 3,254 Harvest (HRS) — — 58 718 5700 PR (CPS) 82 61 67 1,211 CDC Imagine (HRS) 56 — 27 870 Stettler (HRS) — — — — 5701 PR (CPS) 68 48 57 882 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 73 26,611 47 4,278 51 2,872 61 1,434 45 1,341 53 1,262 56 897 64 43,343

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 56 46 46 21,964 L130 — — — — 45H29 — — — — L150 — — — — 9553 — 42 44 7,820 73-45 RR — — — — 9350 — — 49 788 5020 48 36 44 7,641 9590 50 36 45 2,480 8440 — 39 35 1,949 1818 38 27 33 1,369 9558C — — — —

RISK AREA 10 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 47 18,694 33 9,977 36 5,332 40 4,936 37 4,807 30 3,946 29 2,765 2,076 35 44 1,918 26 1,890 19 1,464 39 1,452

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 72-65 RR — — — — 73-55 RR — — — — 72-55 RR — 45 44 4,384 6060 RR — — — — 45H26 46 39 41 900 1950 — — — — 6020 RR — — — — 997 RR — 25 30 743 72-35 RR — — 42 698 5030 50 48 — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 46 1,424 42 1,358 39 1,292 26 1,241 40 1,157 39 1,049 16 959 33 842 25 663 42 601 37 84,982

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Ponoka 77 67 71 7,941 Seebe 60 56 61 6,395 Xena 89 87 85 5,201 Sundre 83 68 63 4,696 AC Metcalfe 76 75 76 2,854 CDC Copeland — — — — Niobe 84 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 52 12,123 36 6,258 61 6,180 43 2,795 60 2,260 35 1,878 60 1,549 51 40,293

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — — 53 1,729 Canstar — — 40 1,304 Cooper — — 59 1,665 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 31 2,373 29 1,784 33 1,121 32 6,800

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Yield Yield Yield Acres Variety AC Morgan 87 78 100 5,548 Derby 72 64 80 1,279 AC Mustang 81 99 90 2,854 Cascade 74 58 70 625 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 96 6,596 51 1,319 79 1,127 38 397 84 10,021

RISK AREA 11 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 64 48 59 88,829 AC Foremost (CPS) 75 46 72 46,510 Superb (HRS) 62 40 61 27,390 5700 PR (CPS) 75 50 66 14,409 CDC Abound (HRS) — 41 58 7,922 CDC Go (HRS) 69 45 57 14,844 Stettler (HRS) — 46 — — AC Intrepid (HRS) 65 45 58 6,853 Snowbird (HRS) 62 48 60 12,548 CDC Imagine (HRS) 61 37 56 8,197 WR 859 CL (HRS) — — 63 1,725 Kane (HRS) — 48 64 4,558 CDC Teal (HRS) 61 42 47 2,863 AC Barrie (HRS) 52 28 49 1,836 AC Crystal (CPS) 65 46 64 6,718 5701 PR (CPS) 70 47 75 3,109 Prodigy (HRS) 62 43 55 2,445 AC Majestic (HRS) 51 34 52 1,322 Alvena (HRS) — 44 64 1,656 Infinity (HRS) 57 39 54 2,088 Roblin (HRS) 53 24 49 1,145 5702 PR (CPS) — — 78 2,631 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 54 106,237 64 55,502 53 19,879 59 18,568 54 12,380 54 12,115 63 7,929 52 5,179 52 4,939 46 4,858 52 3,964 54 3,787 59 3,014 56 2,481 53 2,439 70 2,363 43 1,704 40 1,582 48 1,475 45 1,412 46 1,139 59 775 56 278,985

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 51 36 51 62,157 L130 — — — — L150 — — — —

RISK AREA 11 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 45 77,159 46 47,315 45 32,214

† 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 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 45H29 — 21 51 18,383 73-45 RR — — — — 5020 50 35 50 53,358 8440 52 35 52 30,364 72-65 RR — — 46 7,665 73-77 RR — — 47 5,498 9553 — 33 49 17,071 9558C — — 50 3,652 73-67 RR — — 47 8,099 1818 45 24 40 14,890 5770 — — 53 9,921 73-55 RR — — 41 1,313 45S51 — 33 41 4,449 VT 500 — — — — 1918 — — — — 72-55 RR — 28 43 23,205 6040 RR — — — — 1950 — — 46 2,519 34-65 43 26 43 5,898 1960 — — — — 45H28 — 27 43 11,540 9590 53 36 53 7,060 72-35 RR — — — — 45H26 49 28 39 3,708 4414 RR 47 20 40 5,386 6060 RR — — — — 73-35 RR — — — — 997 RR 39 23 43 1,124 1956 — — 34 1,001 5030 52 35 42 1,010 VT Remarkable — — — — 71-45RR 46 30 40 20,680 500 — — — — 45S52 — — — — 9551 38 30 37 832 9557S — — — — 6020 RR — — — — NX4-106 RR — — — — VT Barrier — — — — 32-75 38 16 39 1,361 9550 42 31 39 732 5525 CL — — — — 73-65 RR — — 47 1,056 1852 H 44 25 38 1,377 9350 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 45 25,279 41 23,425 43 18,773 47 17,071 35 16,253 46 13,973 43 13,948 44 8,890 41 8,865 33 8,687 48 7,115 43 6,508 32 5,345 33 4,801 36 4,319 41 4,184 34 4,168 36 4,141 33 4,024 42 3,914 38 3,530 44 3,523 34 2,876 35 2,862 34 2,620 31 2,482 2,260 46 30 2,141 30 2,036 38 1,852 34 1,733 23 1,412 45 1,277 45 1,253 43 1,239 40 1,152 34 1,004 28 974 36 926 29 862 38 724 40 701 32 693 38 609 24 369 42 416,321

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 86 63 82 44,286 AC Metcalfe 79 63 72 28,941 Seebe 72 50 69 27,440 Ponoka 80 62 72 15,566 CDC Copeland 90 62 85 12,595 CDC Coalition — 66 78 7,066 Sundre 79 70 73 9,746 Champion — — 80 3,483 CDC PolarStar — — 84 3,172 CDC Cowboy 67 27 73 4,615 CDC Kendall 74 56 86 6,415 CDC Bold 81 60 69 1,578 McLeod 89 69 86 1,646 CDC Thompson 91 65 85 2,795 Vivar 88 61 83 4,998 Stander 82 69 76 2,978 Newdale — — 42 2,253 CDC Select 86 69 82 2,012 Conlon 78 41 103 1,746 Legacy (BT 950) 91 77 47 1,740 CDC Meredith — — — — CDC Dolly 66 57 65 1,582 Trochu 86 — — — AC Lacombe 69 63 65 697 CDC Helgason 77 61 64 661 Busby — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 72 46,959 58 25,802 56 21,961 59 12,272 72 10,797 84 9,635 51 8,397 76 7,260 82 4,272 57 2,626 68 2,578 60 2,368 64 2,276 83 2,150 74 2,039 74 1,722 59 1,651 47 1,330 90 1,111 24 976 73 948 874 54 65 686 66 542 71 508 69 487 66 180,252

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FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Thunderbird — 48 43 7,192 Canstar — 45 51 2,071 CDC Meadow — 43 43 2,347 Cooper 53 43 42 8,670 Polstead 45 44 50 2,567 CDC Patrick — — 36 580 CDC Striker — — 68 753 Nitouche 51 31 49 1,171 SW Midas 57 47 55 3,146 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 31 4,846 31 2,987 37 2,973 37 2,893 46 1,598 29 1,557 46 1,454 27 1,316 34 696 34 24,002

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 100 60 125 15,324 Derby 93 52 107 6,730 AC Mustang 92 68 109 2,917 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 115 15,671 107 5,184 105 2,353 111 24,708

FABA BEAN DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† RISK AREA 11 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird 2,987 2,032 2,641 1,575 2,970 903 Weighted Average Dryland Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,970 903

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 45H29 — — 47 2,592 34-65 37 17 35 14,334 45H26 40 23 40 9,537 5030 37 28 47 3,546 46A76 28 21 29 7,063 71-45RR 39 23 39 25,869 6040 RR — — 35 2,273 6060 RR — — — — VT Remarkable — — — — VT Barrier — — — — 45H28 — 22 44 6,259 45S51 — 32 41 6,629 73-67 RR — — — — 45P70 32 22 35 4,201 72-55 RR — 21 40 12,521 5525 CL — — 40 1,214 1918 — — — — 45H73 36 21 36 2,061 45A71 33 13 37 4,766 500 — — — — 1818 38 19 34 7,706 v1037 — 26 35 2,874 NX4-106 RR — — — — D3150 — 19 31 6,820 45S52 — — — — 9557S — — — — 9551 34 18 — — 9350 — — 35 703 1841 44 21 37 3,188 2012 CL — — — — 6130 RR — — 35 2,426 NX4-205 CL — — — — 73-35 RR — — — — 9550 32 14 41 1,761 D3151 — — — — 73-65 RR — — — — 72-35 RR — — 47 398 5070 39 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 39 10,141 31 8,337 38 7,117 36 7,062 36 6,545 34 6,406 41 6,077 43 5,970 33 5,278 31 5,171 36 4,386 36 3,765 34 3,546 38 3,446 28 3,161 36 2,949 32 2,555 27 2,369 36 2,158 32 2,092 33 2,087 31 1,874 37 1,859 33 1,792 33 1,625 34 1,572 39 1,300 33 1,276 39 1,244 40 1,218 36 1,218 37 1,201 34 1,078 28 940 35 938 34 932 40 802 53 783 39 524,806

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 50 35 49 267,951 Superb (HRS) 50 36 47 58,686 CDC Abound (HRS) — 37 47 32,406 CDC Go (HRS) 65 36 51 13,487 AC Barrie (HRS) 39 31 43 23,464 CDC Imagine (HRS) 46 34 46 18,763 CDC Alsask (HRS) — 40 44 7,508 AC Foremost (CPS) 71 47 60 5,994 Prodigy (HRS) 39 32 46 14,451 AC Crystal (CPS) 50 42 53 9,793 Stettler (HRS) — — — — Infinity (HRS) 49 37 45 9,342 5602 HR (HRS) 38 29 45 7,997 Unity (HRS) — — 55 2,823 Goodeve (HRS) — — — — AC Splendor (HRS) 42 27 46 8,634 Lillian (HRS) 44 35 49 8,465 Kane (HRS) — 34 48 2,917 5700 PR (CPS) 60 47 61 2,568 McKenzie (HRS) 43 35 48 3,167 Alvena (HRS) — — 45 6,548 AC Intrepid (HRS) 55 36 49 5,155 Lovitt (HRS) — — 45 3,499 AC Cadillac (HRS) 37 30 36 4,168 Park (HRS) 37 — 40 2,103 Snowbird (HRS) 52 37 55 2,250 WR 859 CL (HRS) — — — — Radiant (HRW) 56 23 51 3,666 AC Elsa (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 45 270,839 44 46,308 45 42,541 51 24,934 36 16,258 42 13,937 46 12,572 57 12,533 43 12,503 40 11,768 52 11,657 38 11,413 43 8,000 51 7,600 43 6,270 39 5,995 40 5,528 42 4,795 59 4,728 44 4,216 48 3,881 39 3,750 34 3,585 37 2,462 31 2,164 46 1,990 53 1,602 60 1,389 41 1,027 45 569,675

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 72 56 75 54,064 AC Metcalfe 65 52 71 32,827 CDC Copeland 70 44 77 26,256 CDC Cowboy 53 31 68 22,516 CDC Coalition — 63 83 5,986 Champion — — 75 5,673 Seebe 50 29 47 8,394 Newdale 91 58 80 1,870 CDC Meredith — — — — Ponoka 55 34 59 2,649 Conlon 71 46 63 1,026 CDC Kendall 67 44 67 4,339 Sundre — — 69 1,004 AC Ranger 69 43 — — CDC Dolly 60 14 57 1,375 Bentley — — 83 611 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 75 36,898 67 31,319 74 31,156 62 13,611 81 10,621 80 8,241 55 6,427 90 4,917 83 4,042 68 2,525 68 1,717 64 1,327 60 1,054 70 954 48 932 67 777 72 160,595

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 45 25 47 79,946 L130 — — — — L150 — — — — — 22 42 19,283 72-65 RR 73-45 RR — — 55 696 9553 — 25 41 26,747 5770 — — 51 8,380 5020 41 24 40 68,701 8440 46 28 47 33,850 9590 40 23 44 25,869 VT 500 — — — — 73-55 RR — — — —

RISK AREA 12 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 43 113,036 43 44,644 45 39,543 36 34,466 35 28,820 34 28,580 43 17,439 43 16,701 40 16,490 44 14,873 37 13,764 34 10,712

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — 21 34 7,552 Cooper 51 34 35 19,289 Thunderbird — 34 40 3,357 CDC Golden 41 22 40 7,071 CDC Striker — — — — SW Midas 46 26 37 7,136 Sorento — — 52 1,746 Eclipse 43 26 35 4,079 CDC Patrick — — 41 1,716 Canstar — — — — SW Capri 48 26 45 2,128 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 39 7,643 34 6,321 35 4,943 43 4,789 48 3,882 39 2,213 46 2,124 38 1,635 27 1,386 26 1,086 40 839 38 44,230

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OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 63 44 117 4,376 Derby 64 31 78 3,916 AC Mustang 52 36 64 2,719 Waldern 85 29 68 1,179 Calibre 60 44 99 686 CDC Baler 55 39 89 1,929 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 98 4,335 76 3,215 72 2,666 69 1,643 59 799 88 676 81 14,383

TRITICALE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Tyndal (Spring) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 69 1,139 69 1,614

RISK AREA 13 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 50 44 52 275,980 Superb (HRS) 48 41 49 38,648 CDC Go (HRS) 54 45 56 14,835 CDC Alsask (HRS) — 37 56 11,405 AC Splendor (HRS) 42 39 46 18,280 Prodigy (HRS) 42 35 46 24,624 5700 PR (CPS) 60 50 57 23,219 CDC Abound (HRS) — 42 53 11,924 CDC Imagine (HRS) 47 42 51 12,928 Kane (HRS) — 42 50 8,144 AC Barrie (HRS) 40 35 46 11,498 Goodeve (HRS) — — — — McKenzie (HRS) 48 42 46 8,894 AC Crystal (CPS) 55 48 58 12,557 AC Foremost (CPS) 68 52 67 4,575

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RISK AREA 13 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 44 290,505 42 35,034 45 27,494 42 23,564 40 21,957 38 19,641 53 18,108 45 16,777 42 12,744 43 8,667 33 8,350 41 8,146 43 8,013 48 6,775 66 6,459

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WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Stettler (HRS) — — — — Infinity (HRS) 45 41 56 5,973 Alvena (HRS) — 48 50 2,205 5701 PR (CPS) 55 49 57 6,134 Unity (HRS) — — 51 1,119 AC Taber (CPS) 56 61 72 3,494 Snowbird (HRS) 45 44 51 3,471 AC Domain (HRS) — — 49 3,310 AC Intrepid (HRS) 50 42 53 6,702 CDC Bounty (HRS) — — 50 1,087 CDC Teal (HRS) 44 36 51 5,227 AC Elsa (HRS) 34 — 51 1,736 Katepwa (HRS) 34 31 40 1,526 5602 HR (HRS) 42 38 48 1,968 WR 859 CL (HRS) — — — — 5702 PR (CPS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 53 5,930 41 5,663 44 5,259 54 5,123 44 4,677 63 3,697 46 2,750 44 2,498 48 2,361 36 2,113 38 1,890 46 1,829 23 1,330 46 1,273 48 1,246 56 908 44 571,571

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 44 31 48 71,780 72-65 RR — 35 45 31,225 9553 — 25 45 50,803 L130 — — — — L150 — — — — 73-45 RR — — — — 9590 45 33 48 63,694 45H29 — — 65 5,080 43 74,271 5020 42 27 8440 43 31 48 41,520 73-55 RR — — 48 2,555 5770 — — 53 6,856 VT Barrier — — — — VT Remarkable — — — — VT 500 — — — —

RISK AREA 13 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 37 110,035 36 70,524 35 59,403 39 49,734 39 40,966 38 39,317 40 34,895 35 34,066 37 30,867 40 26,514 38 14,034 39 11,989 28 11,980 32 10,858 37 10,113

‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 34-65 36 22 38 17,653 45H28 41 26 42 21,955 45P70 42 32 40 6,682 45H26 40 27 43 18,031 72-55 RR 48 28 43 35,154 45H74 — — — — 5030 41 32 46 9,121 45H73 40 22 45 7,174 D3150 — 30 44 2,790 46P50 40 25 43 14,252 45S52 — — — — 500 — — — — 1918 — — — — 4414 RR 36 21 39 4,373 9350 — — 38 2,478 1818 34 20 37 8,127 6040 RR — — 33 786 45S51 — 27 42 1,065 9551 29 17 33 3,465 5525 CL — — 39 1,688 1950 — — 46 2,564 46A76 33 22 34 4,371 71-45RR 39 29 42 15,505 1956 — — — — 73-65 RR — — — — 6060 RR — — — — 72-35 RR — — 41 762 Rugby 36 9 33 1,899 9550 33 29 38 3,520 997 RR 37 18 30 2,435 9557S — — — — 43E01 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 28 9,904 33 9,120 31 8,369 35 6,501 29 5,799 33 5,355 30 5,306 34 5,053 29 4,698 32 4,673 40 4,233 28 3,788 31 3,633 20 3,361 36 2,991 26 2,937 37 2,868 36 2,607 28 2,584 32 2,463 31 2,367 29 2,183 34 2,143 33 1,968 35 1,826 30 1,815 29 1,682 31 1,592 36 1,526 17 1,437 34 1,336 34 787 36 690,565

RISK AREA 14

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 74 62 75 61,541 AC Metcalfe 67 59 66 49,976 Champion — 75 83 11,295 CDC Copeland 72 63 76 17,888 CDC Cowboy 59 42 63 19,724 Seebe 58 44 61 5,663 CDCTrey 69 60 78 4,361 CDC Dolly 56 44 54 4,402 Ponoka 54 42 58 2,444 CDC Coalition — — 69 1,104 Conlon 65 50 49 1,420 Trochu 78 62 81 2,417 CDC Thompson — — — — CDC Kendall 67 54 64 2,728 Sundre — 44 68 2,826 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 68 56,280 66 45,562 78 20,721 70 17,588 54 16,015 59 3,639 53 3,611 49 3,027 53 2,432 55 2,222 67 2,134 80 1,949 95 1,802 62 1,179 65 1,106 66 187,324

RISK AREA 15

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — 38 48 10,228 SW Midas 48 39 39 22,216 Thunderbird — 35 54 6,869 CDC Golden 48 45 43 3,735 Swing 47 35 37 5,340 CDC Striker — — 45 2,225 DS-Admiral 49 30 40 8,325 Eclipse 43 33 33 3,690 CDC Patrick — — — — Profi — 45 37 1,820 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 38 18,440 26 10,946 40 3,638 38 2,443 27 2,293 43 2,039 22 1,787 23 1,026 27 941 33 743 33 50,946

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 95 59 111 11,587 Derby 79 51 97 7,281 CDC Dancer — — — — AC Mustang 85 30 114 1,790 CDC Baler 84 50 78 1,417 Calibre 65 47 95 1,266 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 109 15,805 94 4,266 83 1,286 85 781 106 465 106 357 103 25,195

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

YIELD ALBERTA

2012

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) 74 69 76 5,876 5700 PR (CPS) — 64 78 1,854 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 14 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 70 7,157 56 2,862 58 14,680

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 49 47 51 4,806 9553 — 39 41 2,981 L150 — — — — L130 — — — — 73-45 RR — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 14 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 36 7,163 28 3,934 35 2,423 22 2,305 20 2,091 30 30,437

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Ponoka 67 69 73 3,036 Seebe 56 57 49 1,367 Xena 74 89 61 1,231 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 14 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 36 2,104 35 1,620 48 922 44 9,769

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield AC Morgan 102 68 87 Derby 74 83 86 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2010 Acres 1,933 1,944

RISK AREA 14 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 82 1,908 59 1,084 68 4,000

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) 77 60 74 36,944 Harvest (HRS) 55 46 51 26,150 5700 PR (CPS) 70 52 66 15,044 CDC Abound (HRS) — 43 58 6,199 Superb (HRS) 57 44 56 12,003 AC Crystal (CPS) 62 54 67 11,102 AC Intrepid (HRS) 60 46 50 1,743 5702 PR (CPS) — 48 65 1,787 CDC Alsask (HRS) — — 56 1,474 Stettler (HRS) — — — — 5701 PR (CPS) 79 55 66 2,336 CDC Imagine (HRS) 53 52 54 3,203 Prodigy (HRS) 52 41 54 1,397 Infinity (HRS) 63 50 52 2,077 Roblin (HRS) 57 46 52 1,933 CDC Go (HRS) — — 57 1,794 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 15 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 71 42,618 53 32,860 61 18,210 49 10,852 51 8,518 55 7,641 49 3,933 66 3,206 47 2,766 57 2,400 58 2,085 49 1,745 30 1,112 50 912 41 888 40 866 58 150,372

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 51 43 52 34,409 L130 — — — — L150 — — — — 5020 47 39 48 41,083 9553 50 37 46 20,533 72-65 RR — — 48 4,089 73-45 RR — — — — 9590 51 40 52 18,874 45H29 — — 53 3,383 VT Remarkable — — — — 73-55 RR — — 54 958 8440 50 40 54 10,127 72-35 RR — — 49 3,633 5770 — — 49 3,630 45S51 — — 49 3,183 72-55 RR — 37 47 21,522 34-65 41 29 42 7,432 73-35 RR — — — — 6040 RR — — — — VT 500 — — — —

RISK AREA 15 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 42 51,402 45 17,644 41 17,642 42 16,463 32 16,035 35 13,654 43 12,834 42 11,655 41 9,389 28 8,284 41 7,895 43 7,148 31 7,025 46 6,983 39 6,823 39 6,082 30 5,113 31 4,968 34 4,153 38 3,698

‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 4414 RR 41 20 40 2,337 5030 45 36 48 2,877 45S52 — — — — 1818 41 31 44 6,050 45H28 — 35 49 9,597 73-65 RR — — — — 9558C — — — — VT Barrier — — — — 45H26 44 34 46 4,892 73-67 RR — — 50 709 1950 — — — — 1918 — — — — D3151 — — 42 2,013 43E01 — — 37 865 9350 — — — — 6060 RR — — — — 45H73 — 29 — — 34-55 38 33 45 1,569 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 15 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 24 2,948 39 2,529 44 2,495 39 2,471 40 2,452 32 2,342 40 2,337 22 2,246 30 2,236 32 1,852 32 1,755 31 1,634 36 1,568 30 1,457 27 1,060 43 961 29 921 28 740 39 284,549

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — — 62 1,739 Canstar — 58 52 3,813 Cooper — 52 51 2,751 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 15 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 43 4,939 41 2,296 38 1,503 40 13,282

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 110 73 106 18,082 AC Mustang 68 52 101 1,470 Derby 72 52 76 2,368 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 15 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 117 17,855 105 1,760 70 811 113 22,488

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 73 70 76 20,625 Xena 75 69 74 25,410 Seebe 61 53 67 12,677 Ponoka 73 64 73 9,322 CDC Coalition 87 — 85 2,953 Champion — — 84 2,488 CDC Cowboy 65 54 70 7,732 CDC Copeland 74 66 65 4,730 Vivar 84 60 88 1,985 Sundre — 72 79 2,417 Trochu 95 79 84 1,283 Stander 76 60 68 1,058 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 15 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 72 25,597 70 16,668 58 11,880 70 8,328 84 8,118 79 5,290 65 4,528 79 4,061 74 1,908 69 1,714 71 1,218 74 611 71 94,042

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5700 PR (CPS) — 58 — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 16 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 63 2,472 57 5,573

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 72-65 RR — — — — L130 — — — — 5020 — — 41 1,703 9553 — — 45 2,849 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 16 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 27 2,545 34 1,711 32 928 26 914 29 14,447

† 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 16

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2012

YIELD ALBERTA

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 106 50 — — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 16 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 70 645 92 1,764

RISK AREA 17 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Teal (HRS) 31 28 20 7,614 CDC Alsask (HRS) — — 32 1,060 Harvest (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 17 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 42 10,334 56 2,164 46 2,115 49 24,198

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5020 — 36 17 5,245 73-45 RR — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 17 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 27 4,062 42 3,765 29 26,469

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Lacombe — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 17 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 47 759 60 6,084

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Mustang 39 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 17 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 106 1,682 89 2,977

RISK AREA 18 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 31 33 37 12,470 5700 PR (CPS) 35 44 37 8,004 Superb (HRS) 43 43 38 4,349 CDC Teal (HRS) 26 31 24 4,315 AC Intrepid (HRS) 31 39 31 5,293 CDC Alsask (HRS) — — 35 2,465 5702 PR (CPS) — — — — 5701 PR (CPS) — — — — CDC Osprey (HRW) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 18 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 65 16,575 68 9,176 61 9,074 54 6,559 48 5,872 50 3,537 54 2,700 50 1,829 48 1,289 58 64,896

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 45H26 28 38 21 5,899 5020 24 29 17 11,210 L130 — — — — 72-55 RR — — 24 6,651 73-45 RR — — — — 43E01 — 34 15 5,771 45H29 — — — — 73-55 RR — — — — 73-35 RR — — — — — — — — 9350 43A56 19 25 20 1,679 6040 RR — — — — VT Remarkable — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 18 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 21 8,745 22 6,533 30 5,295 36 5,207 31 3,508 19 3,334 19 3,144 19 2,655 26 2,438 19 2,281 21 1,595 24 1,489 12 990 22 62,083

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 36 47 39 3,257 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 18 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 50 9,317 51 11,529

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

yield ALBERTA

2012

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — — 40 2,317 SW Midas 26 36 27 4,488 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 18 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 28 5,615 25 3,138 26 11,131

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Derby 39 47 64 4,487 AC Morgan 37 55 47 2,978 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 18 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 68 5,579 114 2,466 80 9,100

RISK AREA 19 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 46 39 34 93,732 Superb (HRS) 44 40 36 38,536 AC Intrepid (HRS) 36 34 29 27,871 CDC Alsask (HRS) — 32 34 11,072 Alvena (HRS) — 32 24 8,305 Infinity (HRS) 39 39 27 11,411 Prodigy (HRS) 36 37 35 14,799 CDC Teal (HRS) 39 31 29 22,429 5700 PR (CPS) 50 36 31 4,272 AC Splendor (HRS) 35 37 30 10,728 CDC Go (HRS) — — 31 2,108 CDC Osprey (HRW) — 36 44 7,680 CDC Abound (HRS) — — 29 1,728 AC Foremost (CPS) 34 42 32 4,547 Radiant (HRW) — 40 45 2,976 AC Elsa (HRS) 27 32 30 3,292 CDC Imagine (HRS) 38 34 36 1,914 5701 PR (CPS) 50 46 41 3,512 35 32 23 3,194 McKenzie (HRS) Roblin (HRS) 28 23 24 2,058 Peace (HRS) 36 32 33 1,607 Stettler (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 19 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 61 115,252 66 49,716 63 22,633 66 20,770 67 17,226 65 15,388 57 14,717 59 14,593 72 10,692 66 8,429 67 8,119 59 6,610 68 6,042 71 5,424 58 4,478 56 4,232 83 3,546 74 3,525 61 3,022 49 1,913 39 1,599 80 880 63 348,701

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — — — — 5020 27 31 22 109,870 73-45 RR — — 21 2,014 72-65 RR — 29 22 16,858 5440 32 32 26 22,555 72-55 RR 24 31 25 61,966 45H29 — — 30 5,569 26 29,044 45H28 — 32 5770 — — 28 4,972 73-55 RR — — — — 9350 — — 22 10,175 45H26 29 33 25 19,478 72-35 RR — 30 16 12,238 9553 — 30 21 15,538 L150 — — — — 73-35 RR — — — — 43E01 — 24 18 3,697 34-65 27 26 22 17,422 9590 26 31 18 7,723 71-45RR 26 32 23 43,200 VT Remarkable — — — — 45S51 — 25 18 6,483 30 29 19,770 8440 28 32-75 19 21 13 16,525 5525 CL — — 18 1,457 43A56 19 24 14 5,372 43H57 24 23 18 8,116 6040 RR — — 22 550 45A71 19 16 10 5,209

RISK AREA 19 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 39 62,963 41 61,162 38 43,126 39 21,679 37 20,171 37 18,230 40 17,339 29 15,927 47 12,457 30 11,525 36 11,133 33 10,925 36 9,827 38 9,718 42 9,448 33 8,531 32 7,846 27 6,503 35 6,376 31 6,015 34 5,169 47 5,065 31 5,043 33 4,944 42 4,585 27 3,820 26 3,441 41 2,695 23 2,640

‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Cafe 10 19 15 2,610 VT Barrier — — — — 45S52 — — — — 45H74 — — — — 71-40 CL — 24 16 7,983 Rugby — 25 13 1,345 45P70 23 — 23 3,498 NX4-106 RR — — — — Early One — — — — 45H73 30 24 23 2,235 SP 621 RR 22 — — — 4414 RR 17 29 15 1,728 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 19 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 22 2,162 30 1,992 51 1,759 47 1,623 45 1,558 20 1,542 34 1,413 36 1,396 18 1,300 39 1,175 34 1,029 33 961 37 444,038

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 47 62 42 23,277 Champion — — 44 1,984 CDC Copeland 53 60 44 7,932 Sundre 25 22 41 1,602 Xena 50 65 47 9,689 Ponoka 41 73 57 3,711 Seebe 52 — 42 1,907 CDC Cowboy — 55 40 1,937 CDC Helgason — — 31 942 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 19 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 72 24,395 99 12,076 70 6,350 89 3,557 83 3,061 93 2,937 73 1,364 58 1,351 47 822 80 59,031

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 51 41 37 18,383 CDC Alsask (HRS) — — 42 1,908 Roblin (HRS) 48 40 34 5,345 CDC Teal (HRS) 52 42 37 7,731 McKenzie (HRS) 44 — 34 3,849 AC Intrepid (HRS) 54 41 37 7,875 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 20 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 59 26,529 68 9,479 42 4,426 58 4,327 58 3,980 55 2,513 58 65,727

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — — 30 3,970 SW Midas 30 36 23 13,330 Cutlass F.P. 33 33 26 13,082 Eclipse 22 30 20 2,946

RISK AREA 19 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 40 13,188 28 10,025 33 8,185 35 1,952

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-45 RR — — — — L130 — — — — 72-65 RR — — 23 3,215 5020 36 30 31 16,425 B:8.625”

RISK AREA 20 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 43 13,898 31 13,783 33 10,498 38 7,394

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

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Garde 16 — 31 1,240 Carneval 25 21 17 1,181 CDC Patrick — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 19 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 32 1,835 35 1,280 22 620 34 48,907

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Derby 70 78 59 11,483 AC Morgan 54 70 55 8,309 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 19 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 133 10,738 138 6,928 132 19,751

RISK AREA 20

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 72-55 RR — 30 35 6,595 5440 — 28 — — 73-55 RR — — — — 32-75 28 21 21 4,937 73-35 RR — — — — 72-35 RR — 29 32 2,271 L150 — — — — 9553 — — — — 71-45RR 36 31 26 18,523 8440 — — 37 7,450 6040 RR — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 20 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 31 5,166 30 3,976 31 3,733 23 2,926 16 2,366 32 2,249 32 2,057 33 1,664 35 1,110 36 1,078 12 724 33 85,064

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Yield Yield Yield Acres Variety AC Metcalfe 63 69 70 2,807 Champion — — — — Xena — 55 66 2,113 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 20 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 60 2,155 92 2,024 71 1,672 75 8,397

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — — — — DS-Admiral 50 30 25 3,825 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 20 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 27 2,799 29 1,845 23 10,870

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Derby 90 84 92 3,522 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 20 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 83 2,073 100 2,695

RISK AREA 21 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 53 49 39 21,450 5700 PR (CPS) 43 43 35 6,231 Superb (HRS) 64 50 40 7,390 CDC Alsask (HRS) — — — — AC Intrepid (HRS) 32 37 30 5,069 CDC Go (HRS) 53 54 45 7,263 AC Splendor (HRS) 32 29 22 1,397 Alvena (HRS) — — 32 1,040 CDC Teal (HRS) 25 26 22 1,476 Park (HRS) — 25 25 505 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 21 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 52 27,055 73 10,577 62 8,431 56 7,868 51 5,456 60 4,542 61 3,785 67 3,175 54 1,917 33 1,050 58 89,512

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5020 37 30 29 48,390 L130 — — — — 72-35 RR — 13 16 4,953 32-75 13 20 14 13,709 73-45 RR — — — — 43E01 — 11 22 4,873 9350 — — 17 1,822 73-35 RR — — — — L150 — — — — 43A56 23 16 19 3,759 Early One — — — — 43H57 34 18 — — 45S51 — — — — SW Spirit River — — 16 1,447 71-45RR 33 27 26 5,887 45A71 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 21 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 30 31,692 32 20,012 30 7,906 30 7,260 32 7,033 26 6,592 30 5,075 28 4,426 42 4,305 32 3,489 25 3,108 34 1,895 43 1,235 17 1,205 26 1,077 7 549 30 130,247

† 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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BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 43 50 35 8,540 Ponoka 76 50 75 6,520 Sundre — 48 38 1,450 CDC Copeland 39 — 36 1,067 Champion — — — — Xena 45 56 52 2,599 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 21 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 66 8,987 78 6,222 63 3,947 74 2,537 80 2,268 43 1,740 66 29,134

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — — 28 2,069 Eclipse 27 24 15 4,458 Cutlass F.P. — 31 27 6,897 SW Midas — 31 28 1,280 Carneval 20 — 18 955 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 21 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 20 7,020 28 3,400 40 1,612 37 1,135 20 720 27 18,849

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 52 61 77 6,789 Derby — 36 65 2,271 AC Mustang 48 — 33 600 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 21 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 135 8,686 117 6,013 59 983 118 17,464

RISK AREA 22 WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Infinity (HRS) — 53 52 2,388 Alikat (HRS) 54 60 53 5,355 CDC Imagine (HRS) 45 41 42 2,513 AC Intrepid (HRS) 46 48 52 4,232 Roblin (HRS) 45 46 41 3,132 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 22 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 47 3,563 39 3,473 37 3,086 45 3,070 32 2,729 43 23,749

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5020 39 32 36 33,686 L130 — — — — 73-45 RR — — — — 32-75 29 28 31 12,283 72-35 RR — 33 36 6,567 5440 — 35 40 4,218 L150 — — — — 8440 — 38 — — 43E01 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 22 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 36 19,878 40 13,744 38 10,051 25 6,668 32 4,652 36 3,305 42 3,069 41 1,978 31 1,595 36 78,598

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 62 65 68 1,072 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 22 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 57 1,034 73 3,695

FIELD PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres DS-Admiral 53 46 52 4,824 CDC Meadow — — — — Cutlass F.P. — 41 45 2,455 Weighted Average Dryland Field Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 22 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 41 3,641 40 1,559 45 1,322 41 7,225

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2008–2011† 2008 2009 2010 2010 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 135 116 130 4,377 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 22 2011 2011‡ Yield Acres 115 9,942 112 11,772

‡ On system as of January 30, 2012;

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45H29

Impressive yield potential with exceptional standability and harvestability. Hybrid with Pioneer Protector® Clubroot resistance built-in. Comparison Brand/Product

# of Comp.

Pioneer Yield

Yield Adv.

% Wins

DeKalb 73-45RR

49.6

1.1

60%

DeKalb 73-65RR

45.3

1.4

70%

InVigor 5440

54.9

-0.5

48%

Protector® brand

2-year (2010, 2011) yield data collected from large-scale, grower managed trials across Western Canada as of December 16, 2011. *2-year (2010, 2011) yield data from Alberta as of December 16, 2011.

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Outstanding yield potential and good standability. Hybrid with Pioneer Protector® Sclerotinia resistance built-in. Comparison Brand/Product

# of Comp.

Pioneer Yield

Yield Adv.

% Wins

DeKalb 73-45RR

54.3

1.3

54%

Pioneer 45H29

184

50.8

0.3

53%

2-year (2010, 2011) yield data collected from large-scale, grower managed trials across Western Canada as of December 16, 2011.

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