SaskSeed 2012 Guide

2012Guide

The future of plant breeding:

2011

How will Canada’s grain industry fund breeding programs in the 21st Century?

CPT

INSIDE

Published in the January 12, 2012 Western Producer

At Pioneer Hi-Bred we test our products where it really matters: in fields close to yours. In 2011, over 1000 large-scale Proving Ground™ plots were grown across Western Canada. This is more than any other seed company.

These canola, corn and soybean trials are grower-managed under real-world growing conditions and farming practices.

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PROVING GROUND. TM

1000 Large-scale plots across Western Canada

45H29

Every year, you hear about yield comparisons between canola hybrids grown in test plots around the countryside. The problem is, they’re often not tested under real-world conditions. When it comes right down to it, the only results that count are the ones from your fields.

Comparison Brand/Product

Yield #Cmp

Pioneer Yield

Comp Yield

Yield Adv

Yield %Win

45H29

DeKalb 73-45RR

79

49.6

48.5

1.2

61%

45H29

DeKalb 73-65RR

20

45.3

43.9

1.4

70%

45H29

InVigor 5440

23

54.9

55.4

-0.5

48%

45S52

That’s why at Pioneer every year we conduct large-scale trials across the Prairies. Our goal is to help you evaluate product performance on your operation, so that together we can help ensure we position the right Pioneer® brand seed product on every acre you grow.

Ask your local Pioneer Hi-Bred rep to show you the seed products from nearby Proving Ground™ trials that best fit your growing conditions.

You’ll find it’s advice well-grounded.

For yield results visit: www.pioneer.com/yield

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Pioneer® Product

PROVING GROUND.

Pioneer® Product

Comparison Brand/Product

Yield #Cmp

Pioneer Yield

Comp Yield

Yield Adv

Yield %Win

45S52

DeKalb 73-45RR

26

54.3

53.0

1.4

54%

45S52

Pioneer 45H29

184

50.8

50.5

0.4

53%

46H75 Pioneer® Product

Comparison Brand/Product

Yield #Cmp

Pioneer Yield

Comp Yield

Yield Adv

Yield %Win

46H75

Pioneer 45H73

57

41.6

40.5

1.1

63%

TM

1000 Large-scale plots across Western Canada

Roundup Ready and Roundup are registered trademarks used under license from Monsanto Company.

Clearfield is a registered trademark of BASF. Pioneer® brand products are provided subject to the terms and conditions of purchase which are part of the labelling and purchase documents. Pioneer is a brand name; numbers identify products. ®, TM, SM Trademarks and service marks licensed to Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited. © 2011 PHL. ® ®

2 year (2010-2011) yield data collected from large-scale, grower managed trials across Western Canada as of December 1, 2011.

Product responses are variable and subject to any number of environmental, disease and pest pressures. Individual results may vary. Multi-year and multi-location data is a better predictor of future performance.

DO NOT USE THIS OR ANY OTHER DATA FROM A LIMITED NUMBER OF TRIALS AS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN PRODUCT SELECTION. Refer to www.pioneer.com/yield or contact a Pioneer sales representative for the latest and complete listing of traits and scores for each Pioneer® brand product.

2012Guide

President’s Message W

e’ve come through yet another challenging year.

Once again, excessive moisture was the problem for many, just in different regions than 2010.

Some have faced two difficult years. Others outside affected areas have shown resilience and grew some incredible crops.

Adversity leads to tenacity, then becomes the resilience of western Canadian agriculture. The ability to adopt … to adapt … to change …on the fly … on short notice ... is what makes this industry special.

The determination, even the tenacity of the plant breeding industry to find new traits and provide new varieties for producers, is ongoing. Challenges ahead include the encroaching stripe rust, UG99 rust pathogen, F. Graminearum and more.

Even with the long and perennial problem of ergot, breeders are finding immense promise of better resistance. The resilience of pathogens to overcome previously resistant varieties is being met by the determination of plant breeders to keep ahead.

Current successes such as the Sm1 gene and the development of midge tolerant wheat serve as proof for producers.

As the fate of the Canadian Wheat Board continues to unfold, it is apparent that more change is inevitable. Among the marketing options producers will face will be selling into the commodity or identity preserved markets. IP production will be driven by end-use buyers that will be more discriminating in their purchasing. They will demand the ability to show traceability in products purchased from producers.

That traceability starts with certified seed, the blue tag and the assurance of quality. This quality assurance becomes one of the most cost effective inputs for the success of a producer’s operation. This in turn will lead to advantages for marketing and pricing.

Which varieties are best for your farm and the wants of the end user? That’s where the Saskatchewan Seed Guide can help. It contains the efforts, thoughts and findings of many – all collected into one handy resource. All the stakeholders in agriculture have become important partners for each other. Each sector is critical to the success of others and ultimately to the producer. It’s that teamwork that will lead to ultimate success in agriculture.

No matter what the future holds in 2012 and beyond, the agricultural industry, and producers in particular, have the tenacity and resilience to adapt — not only to survive but to thrive.

On behalf of Saskatchewan Seed Growers and all those who have made this publication possible, I want to wish you all the best as we enter into 2012. Have a safe and productive year.

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2012Guide

The future of plant breeding:

2011

How will Canada’s grain industry fund breeding programs in the 21st Century?

INSIDE

Published in the January 12, 2012 Western Producer

ON THE COVER: Doug Voth, research assistant at the University of Saskatchewan, is inside a growth chamber of the phytotron conducting single seed descent for oats and barley.

WP photo by William DeKay

Les Trowell, President Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association

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Contents 8  Wild weather affects prairie farmers in 2011 10  Producer survey suggests more varietal choice 13  What’s in store for the CWB variety survey?

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14  Midge-tolerant wheat gaining acreage 18  Interspersed refuge performing as expected 20  Ergot and fusarium common in 2011

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22  Fusarium nursery offers ideal research environment 26  Changes in store for producer checkoffs 30  Wheat industry seeks higher producer returns 34  Charting a new future for Canada’s grain industry

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39  Stripe rust affecting prairie production 48  Canola variety trials return after one-year absence 50  Ten questions with the SSGA 84  Developing new seed varieties in Canada

Seed Growers List Alfalfa..................................59 Barley..................................59 Bean....................................62 Birdsfoot Trefoil....................62 Bromegrass.........................62 Canarygrass........................62 Canaryseed.........................63 Canola.................................63 Chickpea.............................63

Cicer Milk Vetch...................63 Clover..................................63 Faba Bean...........................64 Flax.....................................64 Hemp..................................65 Lentil...................................65 Mustard...............................67 Oats.....................................67 Peas....................................68

Rye......................................71 Ryegrass.............................71 Soybeans.............................72 Timothy...............................72 Triticale................................72 Wheat - Durum....................72 Wheat - Spring....................74 Wheat - Winter....................80 Wheatgrass.........................82

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Also in this issue…

CWB variety survey results............................................ 12 Agriculture Canada licensing rights........................ 52 CFIA crop registrations........................................... 54 Variety recommendations...................................... 56 Saskatchewan Seed Grower listings...................... 59

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Varieties of Grain Crops 2012 24-page pullout included with this guide

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Ominous clouds gather near the Gardiner Dam Terminal near Strongfield, Sask. Wild weather was common throughout Saskatchewan in 2011 and for the second year in a row, millions of acres went unseeded in Saskatchewan, particularly in the southeast where some municipalities reported 25 percent of normal acreage or less. For pedigreed seed growers, acreage was also below normal in 2011. As a result, supplies for some varieties could be limited.

Wild weather across the West Frost, rain and excess moisture affect pedigreed seed production in 2011

By Shirley Byers Crop conditions, yield and Freelance writer seed quality varied widely on the farms of five pedigreed growers polled near the end of 2011.

Freaky weather, including big, hard-driving rain storms seemed to be a common denominator.

“It was very wet in the spring,” said Garnet Ennis, a seed grower from Glenavon, Sask., about 100 kilometres southeast of Regina.

“When we were able to seed, we seeded everything and then excess rain drowned out all our low spots and water runs.”

By July, the weather was hot and dry and moisture was becoming scarce in some fields.

“We seeded our oats about the middle of May and combined them the 15th of August and they only weighed 35 pounds. They ran about 55 bushels per acre but had straw for probably 100 plus,” he said.

Early excess moisture also took its toll on his barley, reducing bushel weights slightly and limiting yields to about 45 bu. per acre.

The only wheat field that Ennis didn’t spray yielded 10 bu. per acre less than the fields that were sprayed.

Ennis has been farming since 1981 and has seen fungicide use increase significantly.

“I guess the continuous cropping is what is causing a lot of these situations. Without tillage breaking down the organic matter, diseases will multiply in your mulch and material left on top,” he said.

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In 2011, he seeded his first wheat field around May 20 and it sustained a fair amount of midge damage. There was a very small window of opportunity for spraying midge this year, he said.

Wheat that was seeded a week later was not significantly damaged.

Harvest weather in the Glenavon area was favourable and Ennis expected germination on his barley and wheat to be fine. Oats might not be as good.

“If I had to sum up the year in one word that word would be ‘busy,’” Ennis said.

“We had to work all of our low ground in the fields because it was drowned out and going to weeds. It was a lot of extra work, for sure. (These conditions) seemed to start in this area and went about 300 miles east of here. You get halfway between here and Regina and things were better.”

At Ruthilda, Sask., about 150 km west of Saskatoon, seed grower Don Nakonechny said moisture reserves were good in the spring but cool weather slowed crop emergence.

Rain was intermittent but adequate and included a couple of big storms, one around July 12 that dropped five inches on the area.

“Thank goodness we had the heat. The heat came and it really helped finish it for us,” he said.

Nakonechny saw some black spotting in canola and some leaf disease, possibly stripe rust on the cereal grains, but overall disease levels were low.

“It came off very good. Quality was good and

yields were very good. Harvest, like the rest of the year, was about ten days later than usual,” he said.

Despite a frost that hit his area in early September, Nakonechny said he expects germination tests to be very good on certified seed crops.

“The temperature got down to - 6 C but if it was just a bran frost it won’t affect germination.”

At Yellow Grass, south of Regina, seed grower Jim Hansen had a terrible year.

“We’ve had some people talk about the worst flooding in 100 years,” Hansen said.

“It was a wet spring (and) it stayed wet into summer. Maybe 25 to 60 percent did get seeded . . . and then we probably lost at least half of that to wild summer rains, four to six inches at a time, several of them. Rains started shortly after seeding, just wrecked the crops and went to maybe the first of July.”

Crop disease concerns were secondary.

“You don’t see disease in that much water,” Hansen said.

“You can’t get in to spray for the stuff because it’s all mud. Typically we spray lentils around the end of June, first of July for ascochyta. It was just too muddy and why spray a crop that doesn’t exist?”

Further south from Hansen’s farm, conditions were even worse, but 30 km to the north, crops were good. The further north you went, the better the crops were.

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were excellent, while barley and peas were average.

“A couple of varieties of midge tolerant wheat were probably the best wheat crops we’ve ever grown,” he said.

“I’ve been farming for almost 50 years and I think I set a new record for yield this year on it.”

At Maidstone, Sask., between Lloydminster and North Batteleford, Kristopher Wakefield experienced a horrendous summer.

After a fire destroyed the farm’s barn and corrals, a plough wind tore up a 8,640 sq. ft. equipment shed full of machinery, wreaking more than a half million dollars worth of damage.

FILE PHOTO

“In a year like this, it’s very nice to have some social programs that are kicking in and helping with unseeded acreage and with crop insurance where crops just didn’t yield.”

Clare Boyd, a seed grower near Melfort, Sask., said 2011 was a pretty good year on his farm.

However, he didn’t have to look far to find producers suffering from excess moisture. Four and five inch rains were not uncommon in some communities.

“Right here we had a pretty good year,” Boyd said.

“About a third of our land suffered with too much water. Some crops suffered more — barley more than wheat. On our farm, on average, our best crops were canola and wheat. We had some really good peas and some poor peas because of water.”

Boyd described his winter wheat as marginal.

There was flooding after it was planted in the fall of 2010 and excess moisture in the spring of 2011.

A lot of winter wheat was planted because there was hardly any crop in 2010 — the ground was too wet for spring seeding.

Disease pressure wasn’t as bad as expected on many crops, he added.

Boyd applied fungicides on many of his crops but he doesn’t know if they were effective.

“We sprayed half a canola field and left the other half and visibly there was no difference.”

About 60 percent of his cereals were sprayed.

Fields not sprayed had more small seeds, indicating some kernels didn’t fill quite as well.

Although some peas were sprayed for disease, Boyd thought water stress did more damage than disease.

Well drained fields yielded twice as much as wetter ones.

Quality was good on everything. Wheat yields

Scenes like this one near Dalmeny, Sask., were not uncommon last spring. Excess moisture delayed seeding in many areas and kept producers busy controlling weeds throughout the summer.

Two weeks later a hail storm wiped out 2,000 acres of crop.

“All of our stock seed got hammered,” he said.

At first, conditions were too wet for seeding.

Later, the ground dried producing the driest spring on record for the area.

Early seeded crops emerged and then froze.

Some that were seeded later never emerged or were spotty due to insufficient moisture.

“The canola was spotty and all different stages of germination,” he said.

“The wind blew constantly so it came out of the ground, went sideways, grew up some more, went sideways. So it was an adventure harvesting it.”

“We haven’t seen any fusarium yet,” Wakefield said.

“We did some chemical trials; we bought a new high clearance sprayer this year. It was one of the few pieces of machinery that wasn’t in the blown down shed. We were doing trials with several different fungicides for cereals.

“While most of those crops were lost in the hail storms, on the edges that didn’t get hailed, we noticed a significant difference, up to 20 bu. per acre difference from where it was sprayed to where it wasn’t….

“We had other things on our plate this year to be doing a lot of crop scouting but it might be, I think, a paying proposition in the future to use more fungicides on everything.”

Although Wakefield and other seed growers did not expect seed shortages to be a concern, they suggested that growers start looking for certified seed early.

“Guys should be out securing their seed if possible,” Wakefield said.

“It’s a good practice for them and it makes seed growers’ lives easier as to what to clean and in what order and what to plant next year ….”

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Variety survey

suggests more rapid turnover at the top

Prepared for PRAIRIE cereal Sask Seed Guide producers continue to look for improved wheat varieties and are quick to adopt new cultivars soon after they are registered.

Those were two conclusions gleaned from the Canadian Wheat Board’s 2011 variety survey, an annual survey that asks commercial grain growers which wheat varieties they grew the previous year.

The survey is considered an important market research tool.

It is used to track grower preferences across the Prairies and is also useful in monitoring changes in the end-use characteristics of wheat and barley crops that are produced for domestic and export markets.

Mike Grenier, a CWB agronomist who has been analyzing survey results for more than a decade, said the annual survey has revealed some interesting long-term trends.

Most notably, producers in different areas of the West generally have access to a greater number of top-quality wheat varieties than they did a few years ago.

As a result, the dominant variety within in a particular wheat class such as Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) is less likely to command the vast majority of acres.

In other words, more varietal choices means acres are being shared by a larger number of varieties.

In addition, the dominant variety within a class is more likely to be replaced quickly by a new and upcoming variety.

There are still dominant varieties within each wheat class but in general , they command fewer acres and they remain at the top for a shorter period of time.

In the CWRS class, for example, two or three top varieties — most recently AC Barrie, McKenzie and Superb — have historically accounted for the vast majority of acres.

But in recent years, new replacement varieties have become more numerous and have enjoyed rapid adoption.

In 2011, five CWRS varieties accounted for

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Dominant varieties tend to have more competition at the top than they did a decade ago.

For farmers, that means more varieties and more choice.

Red spring wheat varieties like Barrie, Superb and McKenzie have been replaced by newer CWRS varieties like Lillian, Harvest and Unity VB. According to the Canadian Wheat Board’s annual variety survey, adoption of newer midge tolerant CWRS varietal blends continues to grow. In Saskatchewan, midge tolerant blends accounted for nearly 10 percent of the province’s total CWRS acreage in 2011.

50 to 60 percent of total red spring production, suggesting less reliance on any single variety.

“The trend that we’re seeing is that (there are) … more varieties and we’re seeing a more rapid turnover of varieties,” Grenier said.

“From a farmers’ standpoint, they have more top quality varieties to choose from so they need to be looking more closely at regional adaptability characteristics and asking what’s more important for them on their particular farm … For example, is it plant disease resistance, is it straw height … or is it fusarium pressure?”

The breakdown of prairie wheat production by

class is still heavily weighted toward CWRS and Canada Western Amber Durum or CWAD. Together, CWRS and CWAD varieties accounted for 93 percent of total wheat acres in Saskatchewan last year, 90 percent of total acres in Alberta and 92 percent of total acreage in Manitoba.

The remaining wheat acres — about eight percent in 2011 — were split between minor wheat classes including Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW), Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR), Canada Western Soft White Spring (CWSWS), Canada Western Hard White Spring (CWHWS), Canada Western Extra Strong

(CWES), Canada Prairie Spring White (CPSW) in areas affected by the wheat stem sawfly. and Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP).

Lillian is the only solid-stemmed CWRS According to the survey, seed supplies for variety that combines sawfly protection, solid CWGP varieties were limited in 2011, despite agronomics and yield potential that compares the fact that the class accounted for only 0.1 favourably with leading hollow-stemmed CWRS percent of total prairie wheat acreage. varieties.

In the main class, CWRS, Harvest and Lillian “When it first came out, Lillian had a commanded the largest prairie-wide acreage in substantial yield increase over other solid 2011. stemmed varieties and was not that far off Barrie, However, there were distinct regional which was the leading CWRS variety at the preferences within each province. time,” Grenier said.

In Saskatchewan solid-stemmed Lillian was “Now, with some of the newer hard red spring easily the top variety, accounting for almost 28 varieties that have come out, that yield gap has percent of provincial CWRS acres. been widening again. From a yield perspective, Midge-tolerant Unity VB was the province’s I think they (growers) would like to see a new second most popular variety, accounting for replacement (for Lillian) but I don’t think they’re nearly 14 percent of CWRS acreage. willing to risk bringing back a bunch of hollowBut next door in Manitoba, where sawfly stemmed material and growing it in the high-risk populations are comparatively small, Lillian (sawfly) area.” hardly warranted a mention.

Wheat breeders are continuing work to Manitoba’s top CWRS varieties were Kane develop new solid stemmed varieties with (23.3 percent), Harvest (22.3 percent) and higher yield potential but development, Glenn (16.1 percent). commercialization and seed multiplication Alberta growers opted mainly for Harvest could take several years.

(27.4 percent) and Lillian (13.4 percent).

Wheat breeders are also looking at stacking Grenier cautioned that large unseeded acreage, traits in a solid-stemmed CWRS variety that particularly in southeastern Saskatchewan and also contains the Sm1 gene for resistance to western Manitoba, may have skewed survey wheat midge, although the development and results in 2011. commercialization of such a variety is still a long For example, production of Harvest and midge way off. tolerant blends such as Unity VB might have In durum, Strongfield continues to dominate been slightly higher in 2011 had normal acreage in Saskatchewan and Alberta. been sown in flood-affected areas.

Strongfield accounted for nearly two-thirds of “You might have seen the proportion of some prairie durum acreage in 2011, continuing to of the top varieties change slightly, depending on take market share from former CWAD leaders what growers in those areas would have chosen such as Avonlea, Navigator and Kyle. to grow,” Grenier said.

According to Grenier, Strongfield continues Production of Lillian, particularly in to offer the best suite of attributes available to Saskatchewan and Alberta, provides further growers and end-users.

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and Enterprise, are gaining acres but producers who are familiar with Strongfield and happy with its performance and marketability are less inclined to try new varieties unless the upside potential is substantially higher.

“When you look at the Strongfield package when it first came out, it was such an improvement over Avonlea and Kyle,” said Grenier.

“It set a new bar of performance in terms of yield and the nice thing about it was that it also had the quality improvements that customers were looking for.

“Newer varieties like Verona and Enterprise are very good but if farmers are really happy with the performance that Strongfield has been giving them on their farms, then (they may not see) a compelling reason to move to those new varieties.”

In two-row malting barley, AC Metcalfe is still the king of prairie acreage.

Metcalfe accounted for more than 54 percent of all two-row malting acres planted in 2011, down from 61 percent in 2010.

Other leading varieties included CDC Copeland at 26.2 percent of total prairie acreage, Newdale at 5.8 percent and CDC PolarStar at 5.6 percent.

In Manitoba, Newdale accounted for more than 40 percent of provincial two-row acreage.

For more information on the varieties that Prairie farmers planted in 2011, see the CWB variety survey results on page 12.

For more information on malting barley varieties that are gaining favour among domestic and foreign buyers, see the Recommended Malting Barley Varieties Table on page VR8 provided by the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre. see cwb survey results on page 12

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WHEAT - Expressed as percentage of all seeded acres ALL WHEAT

CANADA PRAIRIE SPRING WHITE

Province

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Alberta

Type

2011

2010

2011

2010

2011

2010

Canada Western Red Spring

62.5

62.2

92.4

90

81.9

82.3

Canada Western Amber Durum

31.1

30.4

0

0.1

8.8

8.3

Canada Western Soft White Spring

3.3

3.5

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.4

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

AC Vista

61.7

90.2

AC Vista

0

100

Other

100

0

AC Karma

35.1

0

na

na

na

AC Vista

0

100

3.2

9.8

na

na

na

na

na

na

Canada Western Red Winter

1.6

2

6.7

7.8

3.5

3.7

Other

Canada Prairie Spring Red

0.7

0.8

0

Trace

4.6

4.4

CANADA WESTERN EXTRA STRONG

Canada Western Hard White Spring

0.3

0.9

0.8

1.4

0.5

0.8

Canada Prairie Spring White

0.2

0.2

0

Trace

Trace

0.1

Canada Western General Purpose

0.2

Trace

0

0.4

0.1

Trace

Canada Western Extra Strong

0.1

0.1

0

Trace

Trace

0.1

CANADA WESTERN RED SPRING Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Alberta

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Lilian

27.7

31.6

Kane

23.3

25.4

Harvest

27.4

25.7

Unity VB

13.7

3.3

Harvest

22.3

15.3

Lillian

13.4

17.7

Harvest

6.8

8.2

Glenn

16.1

15.8

CDC Go

11.2

12.2

McKenzie

5.5

8.4

AC Domain

9.5

8.8

Superb

7

8.3

Goodeve VB

5.3

1

AC Barrie

7

10.3

CDC Abound

6.1

4.8

Manitoba

Alberta

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Strongfield

66.5

62.8

AC Avonlea

na

51.8

Strongfield

62.3

49.7

AC Avonlea

11.9

14.3

Napolean

na

40.6

AC Avonlea

17

AC Navigator

9.6

13.3

Strongfield

na

7.3

CDC Verona

Kyle

5.4

7.4

Other

na

0.3

Kyle

CDC Verona

4.8

Trace

Kyle

na

0

AC Navigator

Manitoba

Alberta

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Corrine

69.7

0

Glenlea

0

100

Bluesky

100

100

Other

23.6

0

na

na

na

na

na

na

Burnside

6.7

69.7

na

na

na

na

na

na

2011

2010

2011

2010

CANADA WESTERN GENERAL PURPOSE Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

Alberta Variety

CDC Ptarmigan 97.3

0

CDC Ptarmigan 0

70.2

CDC Ptarmigan 96.1

88.5

Other

2.7

0

Accipiter

0

12.7

Other

3.9

11.5

Accipiter

0

100

Other

0

10.2

na

na

na

Note: Trace denotes less than 0.05 percent of total acreage.

ALL BARLEY Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Type

2011

2010

2011

2010

2011

2010

27.9

Malting - two row

76.9

76.9

37.6

39.3

37.3

35.7

8.5

3.3

Feed - two and six row

15.3

17

34.6

40.2

62

63.7

6.9

4.5

Malting - six row

7.4

5.8

27.1

20.5

0.8

0.7

9.9

Hulless - two and six row 0.4

0.2

0.7

0

0

0

3.4

Alberta

TWO ROW MALTING

CANADA WESTERN SOFT WHITE SPRING Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

BARLEY - Expressed as percentage of all seeded acres

CANADA WESTERN AMBER DURUM Saskatchewan

Alberta

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

Alberta

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

AC Andrew

83.9

96.5

AC Andrew

100

90.2

AC Andrew

68.2

77.1

Sadash

16.1

2.6

Sadash

0

9.8

Sadash

31.8

18.5

Bhishaj

0

0.6

na

na

na

Bhishaj

0

2.9

Manitoba

Alberta

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

AC Metcalfe

56.8

62.2

Newdale

40.3

42.2

AC Metcalfe

52.3

64.4

CDC Copeland 23.4

25.6

AC Metcalfe

33.4

36.3

CDC Copeland 30.3

23.6

CDC Polarstar 9.5

5.2

CDC Copeland 20.1

16.3

Newdale

5.6

1.6

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Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Alberta

Manitoba

Alberta Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Legacy

78.8

65

Tradition

29.2

30.9

Robust

47.6

7.8

CDC Buteo

65.5

45.2

CDC Falcon

73.7

75.1

Radiant

54.2

61.1

Tradition

10.8

16.7

Stellar - ND

21.7

16.9

Lacey

26.8

35.8

Radiant

17.7

13.4

CDC Buteo

22.5

20.7

AC Bellatrix

22.2

14.6

Lacey

2.6

0

Legacy

19.7

36

Other

15.2

41.8

AC Bellatrix

5.2

4.9

CDC Kestrel

2.4

0.4

CDC Buteo

10.7

5.4

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Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

TWO ROW FEED Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Alberta

Manitoba

Alberta

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Champion

22

0

Conlon

62

67.6

Xena

47

49.7

Snowbird

67.3

63.1

Snowstar

100

93.1

Snowbird

54.3

54.3

Xena

16.8

30.9

Other

16.1

27

Champion

11.3

0

Snowstar

32.7

35.7

Snowbird

0

6.9

Snowstar

45.7

45.7

Mcleod

16.1

8.4

Champion

9.5

0

Conlon

9.6

14.5

Kanata

0

0

Kanata

0

0

Kanata

0

0

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

AC Ranger

51.2

19.1

AC Ranger

95.2

37.4

Other

34.7

26.4

AC Rosser

30.4

25.4

Other

4.8

16.5

Sundre

23.7

30

Sundre

9.1

18.9

Sundre

0

27.2

Stander

11.7

12.3

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Saskatchewan Manitoba

Alberta

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

Variety

2011

2010

5700PR

40.6

32.1

5701 PR

0

100

AC Foremost 43.1

38.6

AC Crystal

29.9

42.5

na

na

na

5700 PR

33.5

38.4

AC Foremost

14.2

9.6

na

na

na

5701 PR

7.9

6.4

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Manitoba

Alberta

Note: Trace denotes less than 0.05 percent of total acreage.

What WILL Happen to the CWB’S ANNUAL VARIETY SURVEY? What will happen to the Canadian Wheat Board’s annual variety survey when the CWB becomes a voluntary marketing board?

The answer to that question is about as clear as a non-vitreous wheat kernel on an cloudy day.

Mike Grenier, a CWB agronomist who has been involved in analyzing variety survey data for more than a decade, said he had not received any definitive information about the future of the survey.

The survey — which began in the late 1990s — has been an important marketing tool for the CWB. It provided valuable information about producers’ varietal preferences as well as commercial uptake of new wheat and barley varieties.

It also assisted the wheat board in monitoring potential changes in the end-use qualities of Canadian wheat and barley shipments.

Monitoring the regional variety choices of farmers and gauging the quality characteristics of regional wheat and barley shipments was an important exercise, Grenier said.

It allowed the board to keep domestic and foreign buyers up to speed on potential changes in milling, brewing and processing properties.

“I haven’t heard anything definitive up to this point,” Grenier said.

If appointed CWB directors decide to forego the variety survey in 2012, it is likely that the survey could remain in limbo until the grain industry has had an opportunity to assess its merits.

In lieu of the Canadian Wheat Board conducting the survey, it is likely that private sector stakeholders or government would have to step forward and decide whether the exercise and the data it produces are worth salvaging.

“If it doesn’t happen in 2012, a year or two gap is probably not too bad ,” Grenier said.

“But I would hope that once we get through the transition period (at the CWB), that the survey would be picked up again.”

Keith Bruch, vice-president of operations for Paterson Global Foods, said he also views the survey as an important marketing tool worth saving.

“We find it helpful in painting a picture of how successful the different varieties are and how the growth in new varieties looks relative to older, established varieties,” Bruch said.

“There are certain quality characteristics associated with different varieties so it’s helpful

to know, in a geographical sense, what varieties are likely to be coming into your elevators and therefore, what varieties you’re likely to be selling into an end user market,” he added.

“We think there’s going to be a real gap in information if that survey is not maintained.”

The CWB has been conducting the variety survey since 1998.

Survey forms are mailed with permit book applications to all wheat and barley producers in western Canada. The survey asks farmers to share information about the varieties of wheat, durum, malting barley, feed barley and hull-less barley that they are growing.

Results are used by farmers to help make seeding choices and by the CWB to develop marketing plans and provide guidance to plant breeders and seed growers.

Participation in the survey has been declining for several years. In 2006, nearly 10,000 producers responded to the survey but by 2010, the number of respondents had fallen to 6,700.

More than 5,000 producers responded to this year’s survey. Close to 40 per cent of those responses were submitted online, according to the CWB website.

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Prairie wheat growers will have access to seven midge tolerant wheat blends in 2012, including five Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) varieties, one Canada Western Extra Strong (CWES), and one Canada Prairie Spring (CPS). Midge resistant wheat varieties have been generating positive reviews from prairie farmers.

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Three more midge tolerant blends will be available this spring Prairie farmers are swarming to midge tolerant wheat varieties like insects to a wheat field on a summer afternoon.

Todd Hyra, SeCan’s business manager for Western Canada, says midge tolerant blends accounted for nearly 10 percent of western Canada’s total wheat acreage in 2011.

That’s an impressive number, considering the first midge tolerant blends didn’t hit the commercial or certified seed market until 2010.

“In two years, to be able to take 10 percent of the total wheat acreage, that’s a pretty amazing statistic,” said Hyra.

“The performance continues to be there, the new products are doing what we were expecting them to do and growers seem to appreciate the technology.”

According to Hyra, 2012 will be the third year of commercial production for the varietal blends.

Three more midge tolerant blends will be available to commercial grain growers this spring, bringing the total number of publicly-developed VBs to seven.

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Of those, five are Canada Western Red Spring or CWRS varieties, one is a Canada Western Extra Strong or CWES and one is a Canada Prairie Spring or CPS variety.

People involved in the development and commercialization of midge tolerant wheat formed a stewardship team that is charged with protecting and prolonging the midge tolerant technology used in varietal blends.

The team’s strategy includes an annual survey of growers who used midge tolerant wheat.

According to Hyra, response from growers was encouraging.

“Based on the comments we had from growers in 2010 … 86 percent said it either met or exceeded their expectations,” he said.

“We haven’t got (survey results) yet for 2011 but just based on anecdotal comments that we’re hearing, the varieties seem to be performing well.”

Midge tolerant varieties have enjoyed rapid uptake because the varieties on offer have good agronomic characteristics and show a distinct

yield advantage over non tolerant varieties, especially in areas with high midge pressure.

There seems to be about a five percent yield kick that comes with the midge tolerance,” Hyra said.

“That’s my observation looking at the provincial trials and the co-ops from 2007 to now.”

Hyra acknowledged that the economic advantage of using midge tolerant varieties will vary from year to year depending on midge pressure.

“Absolutely. It (the economic benefits) will ebb and flow with the midge population,” he said.

“But there’s always a base level (of midge pressure) there.

“In Manitoba and Saskatchewan in particular, you always see the midge tolerant varieties at the top of the (variety) trials and I think that’s a testament to the fact that there is midge pressure in those areas every year.”

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Another part of the midge stewardship strategy is a producer stewardship agreement that prohibits commercial producers from replanting farm saved seed for more than one year.

In other words, producers can plant farm saved seed for a single generation but must buy new supplies of certified seed every second year.

This requirement ensures that the refuge variety within the varietal blend is maintained at an adequate level and does not allow the midge to develop resistance to the critical Sm1 gene. (For more detail on how an interspersed refuge system works, see the story on page 18).

Hyra said researchers are evaluating varietal blends to determine how long refuge varieties remain in varietal blends that are harvested and replanted as farm saved seed for multiple generations.

Researchers are fairly certain that the proportion of refuge seeds diminishes each time a subsequent generation of seed is harvested and replanted.

The research — now entering its fourth year — will help to quantify that reduction and will be used by the stewardship team to develop new stewardship policies going forward.

“Basically, the studies will evaluate how long the refuge remains in the blend over time …,”

said Hyra.

“This coming winter, they’re going to have enough data to re-evaluate where we’re at and take a look at our needs for stewardship going forward.”

To ensure the long-term efficacy of the Sm1 gene, the refuge variety in a varietal blend of certified seed should be maintained in a range of 5.2 to 16.2 percent, depending on the wheat class.

As it stands, commercial grain growers are not required to test farm-saved seed to ensure that refuge varieties fall within the acceptable range.

But they are obligated to buy new certified seed supplies every two years.

Stewardship managers monitor the sales of certified midge tolerant wheat seed.

Each time a producer buys certified midge tolerant wheat seed, his name is entered in a database.

Irregularities in buying patterns on the database could be an indication that growers are not following their stewardship obligations.

Hyra said the database is not only used to identify potential violators but also to promote the technology and educate growers about the importance of protecting the technology.

“Our goal is to ensure that those who are benefitting from this technology, respect the process and respect the terms of their stewardship agreements,” he said.

“We’ve been tasked with ensuring that this

technology remains viable in the long term and the stewardship agreement is an effective way of doing that.”

Canadian Wheat Board agronomist Mike Grenier said results from the CWB’s 2011 variety survey suggest that producers see value in planting midge tolerant wheat varieties.

Grenier said the wheat board was expecting fairly rapid uptake of the varietal blends based on their performance in pe-registration trials.

“When we saw them in performance trials, not only were they providing resistance to wheat midge but they had pretty attractive yield packages too,” said Grenier.

“I expect that they’re going to continue on a pretty steep adoption trend but we would like to hear a bit more producer feedback as to how these varieties are performing out on the landscape.”

Grenier said it would be useful to review regional harvest quality data in areas where midge pressure was heavy and in areas where adoption of midge tolerant blends was relatively high.

In 2011, the CWB variety survey suggested that midge-tolerant Unity VB was the third most popular hard red spring variety grown in Western Canada accounting for 6.6 percent of overall prairie acreage and 13.7 of CWRS acreage in Saskatchewan.

The second most poular varietal blend, Goodeve VB, accounted for 3.1 percent of Western Canada’s overall CWRS acres.

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Old problem, new solution New wheat technology helps farmer address century old pest Since making its appearance Prepared for Sask Seed Guide in Western Canada roughly a century ago, the orange blossom wheat midge has been bugging the health out of prairie wheat crops.

The six-legged fly, which measures three millimetres in length, can cause significant economic losses.

In 2006, for example, midge related losses suffered by western Canada’s wheat farmers were estimated at $40 million.

Midge damage occurs when midge larvae feed on developing wheat kernels. Affected kernels are shrunken and deformed, leading to reduced yields and grade related losses.

Actual yield losses are difficult to estimate.

When kernels are severely affected, up to 50 percent of the crop can be blown out the back of the combine during harvest, meaning producers are oblivious to the full extent of the damage.

Work on developing midge tolerant wheats began in 1996 when genetic resistance to the midge was detected in some soft winter wheat varieties.

By 2002, scientists in Winnipeg had isolated the single gene that confers resistance. That gene is known as Sm1.

By 2010, the first midge tolerant varietal blends of certified CWRS wheat seed were being commercially grown by Western Canadian grain producers.

When the midge begins to feed on midge tolerant seed, the Sm1 gene causes naturally occurring organic acids in wheat kernels to rise more quickly than they would in plants that do not contain the Sm1 gene.

The higher acid levels cause the midge larvae to stop feeding, eventually resulting in starvation.

Basing tolerance on a single gene is a precarious strategy.

To preserve the efficacy of the Sm1 gene, plant breeders employed a strategy known as an interspersed refuge system.

To prolong tolerance, the wheat seeds that contain the Sm1 gene are sold as part of a varietal blend or VB, which contains roughly 85 to 95 percent midge tolerant seeds and five to 15 percent midge susceptible seeds.

Midge susceptible seeds are known as the refuge variety.

If the midge tolerant or Sm1 seeds were grown without a refuge variety in a pure stand, the vast major of midge would perish but a few would survive. The handful of surviving insects would carry a genetic mutation that would eventually be bred into other surviving insects.

Known as a virulent midge, the surviving midge population would mate, multiply and eventually build up a large virulent population.

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But in varietal blends that contain midge tolerant seeds and midge susceptible seeds, a small number of non-virulent midge — those that feed on the refuge — would also survive.

The survival of both virulent and non-virulent midge would result in mating between virulent and non-virulent types and the offspring will be non-virulent.

In essence, the development of a large and exclusively virulent population of mutant insects would be interrupted and delayed.

By employing this strategy, the life of the midge tolerant Sm1 gene can be extended from roughly a decade to more than 90 years, according to scientists who helped develop midge tolerant varieties.

The key to the strategy is to ensure that refuge varieties in the varietal blends are maintained within an acceptable range.

To protect the midge tolerant technology, the seed industry drafted a unique stewardship agreement, that must be honoured by all commercial growers who buy the seed.

Farmers who buy midge tolerant wheat seed from a pedigreed seed producer are required to sign a midge tolerant wheat stewardship agreement.

By signing the agreement, producers agree to limit the use of farm-saved seed to one generation past certified.

In year one, certified midge tolerant seed is bought and planted.

In year two, farmers are allowed to plant farm saved supplies of midge tolerant seed.

In year three, new midge tolerant pedigreed seed must be bought.

A database is used to monitor sales of certified midge tolerant seed.

Irregularities in buying patterns are automatically flagged and follow up work may occur to ensure that producers are honouring the terms of their stewardship agreements.

Producers who plant farm saved seed for more one generation may be subject to fines or other disciplinary action.

Stewardship provisions also allow for random and targeted audits.

According to Todd Hyra, Western Canada business manager for SeCan, the stewardship measures were put in place not only to protect and prolong the technology but also to educate producers.

With so much riding on the Sm1 gene, farmers have embraced the technology and their role in stewardship.

“It’s exciting technology,” Hyra said.

“We’re the first in the world to be launching a wheat product with an interspersed wheat product and we’re doing it as a publicly developed variety.”

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Cereal diseases flourish

By Shirley Byers Based on early test Freelance writer results, seed quality wasn’t a huge issue among certified seed producers in 2011, according to seed analysts from two accredited labs.

But cereal diseases, including fusarium graminearum and ergot, are showing up in higher-than-normal levels.

Bruce Carriere, owner of Discovery Seed Labs in Saskatoon, said fusarium graminearum is showing up on grain samples originating from all parts of the province.

Infection levels in the western areas of the province are slightly higher than they’ve been in the past but fusarium continues to be a much more prevalent concern in eastern Saskatchewan.

“The east side of province has high pressure,” Carriere said.

“The Melfort area has very high pressure. It’s getting worse.”

It’s very important that producers distinguish between fusarium graminearum and the other fusarium species, Carriere said.

Fusarium head blight, or FHB, can be caused by several species of the fusarium pathogen but fusarium graminearum is the most significant.

It is the strain that causes the greatest yield loss in cereal crops and produces the most toxin in the grain.

When it comes to toxicity caused by FHB, deoxynivalenol or DON is the culprit.

It’s a potentially harmful myotoxin found in F. graminearum diseased cereal grains.

The presence of DON and other less common fusarium-related mycotoxins can have a direct impact on a producer’s pocket book.

To minimize risks associated with grain toxicity, the Canadian Grain Commission has established very low thresholds for fusarium damaged kernels in food and feed grains.

The threshold in malting barley is zero.

Fusarium graminearum is spread in two ways — on the seed and through the air.

“We can control movement of the seed moving from eastern parts of the province to western parts but you can’t stop the airborne spores,” Carriere said.

Weather conditions in the summer of 2010 were responsible for a fairly large movement of the disease and certain weather conditions allow the disease to propagate once it arrives in a new area.

“The graminearum … will jump up and bite you if you have rainfall at the flowering time of the plant,” Carriere said.

“That’s the only time graminearum can infect it. The last two years have been good for that.

Once you have graminearum on your farm, you don’t get rid of it. It’s there forever.”

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Ergot can appear in harvested grain samples as black, elongated or irregularly shaped kernels. Ergot infected samples have a high degree of toxicity and can cause serious health problems if consumed by animals or humans.

Controlling F. graminearum is difficult but managing it properly can minimize the economic impact.

Plant breeders are working to identify germplasm that offers a greater level of resistance to the disease although new fusarium resistant cereal varieties are only now beginning to make their way through pre-registration trials and toward commercialization.

“We’ve gone far beyond trying to control the disease,” Carriere said.

“We’re now into what I would call managing it better. The best hope you have for managing it is in the plant breeders bringing on varieties that are more resistant to it. There are some varieties that claim to have a higher level of resistance but it’s important to remember that no variety is completely resistant.”

At 20/20 Seed Labs Inc. in Nisku, Alta., senior seed analyst and lab manager Carey Matthiessen said that certified seed quality in Saskatchewan was better in 2011 than it was in 2010.

Disease levels were about the same or a bit lower but there was an increased level of ergot in cereal samples.

Conditions were favourable for ergot in 2011.

Moist, humid conditions during both stages of the disease cycle are ideal for ergot.

In the spring and early summer, moisture at

the soil surface is conducive to the germination of ergot bodies.

Cloudy, wet and cool weather later in the growing season stretches out the flowering period and increases the window of opportunity for ergot spores to enter the florets.

In some cases, weather conditions may also support populations of aphids, thrips, wheat midge and leaf hoppers which serve as vectors of sticky ergot spores.

Ergot has been linked to copper deficiency in the soil which can delay flowering and trigger male sterility, again causing the floret to remain open longer and prolonging the window for potential infection. Crops with a high proportion of tillers will flower unevenly and will also be exposed to infection for a longer period of time.

Herbicide injury can also delay maturity.

“If you plant it, ergot will germinate,” Matthiessen said.

“The spores will become windborne and attach themselves to grain during the heading out stage of the cereal crop and will then infect developing seeds.

“Ergot generally becomes bigger and heavier than the other seeds in the seed head and will drop off and go into the soil where it will remain over winter and start the life cycle over again.”

It’s not a perennial life cycle as such but it will perpetuate itself.”

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The fusarium head blight nursery at Glenlea, Man., was established in 1994, the year following the worst FHB epidemic on record, which affected spring cereal growing regions of the upper American Midwest and southern Manitoba.

The need to assess wheat lines in the mid-1900s was urgent as most of the registered varieties appeared to be susceptible to FHB. Breeding for resistance to the disease has proven very difficult and even today, nearly two decades later, there are relatively few moderately resistant spring wheat varieties recommended for Western Canada, and no fully resistant ones. (Fig. 1) The grain in spikes diseased with FHB is often lightweight and chalky white or rose-coloured.

These fusarium-damaged kernels, also known as FDK or tombstone, may contain high concentrations of deoxynivalenol, or DON, which makes the grain unfit for human consumption or animal feed.

Domestic and export markets suffer from lost sales due to low customer tolerances for FDK and DON. (Fig. 2) The disease on wheat is caused by fungi of the genus fusarium. The principal causal agent is F. graminearum.

Other species include F. avenaceum and F. poae, which are more prevalent in Saskatchewan and Alberta and more prominent on barley and oats.

Fusarium graminearum over-winters on cereal and corn stubble and produces ascospores, the primary inoculum, in late spring.

The ascospores are forcibly discharged from the fruiting bodies of the fungus and may be dispersed by wind over many kilometres.

Wheat is most susceptible to infection during a relatively brief period from mid- to late-flowering.

Barley and oat are susceptible after heading.

For infection to occur, there must be adequate rainfall or humidity and temperatures around 25C. The fusarium nursery follows a defined protocol to assess susceptibility.

Wheat entries are seeded in 1.5 metre single-row plots with three to four replications.

Researchers identify rows at early flowering when anthesis can be seen in approximately 50 percent of the spikes.

At the head of each row, a plant is spray-painted a specific colour to denote the day of inoculation.

Plants are then inoculated with 50 millilitres of a spore suspension (50,000 conidia/ml) per row using a carbon dioxide powered back-pack sprayer. (Fig. 3) The same rows are inoculated in the same manner three or four days later to infect later tillers.

The nursery is then irrigated after inoculation for half an hour. (Fig. 4) A visual rating index, or VRI, is then used to assess the inoculated rows.

Each entry is assessed 18 to 21 days after inoculation.

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Fig. 1. Susceptible wheat infected with fusarium head blight (natural inoculum).

Fig. 2. Fusarium-damaged kernels

Fig. 3. Wheat plants are inoculated using a CO2 –powered backpack sprayer.

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Plants are first assessed using a 0 to 10 scale for incidence, which represents the percentage of spikes in the row showing infection.

After that, also using a 0 to 10 scale, the spikes are rated for severity, which represents the average amount of infection on the infected heads.

The VRI is therefore the product of incidence and severity.

Disease development is especially dependent on the right environmental conditions.

High temperatures and winds on the day of inoculation may cause little disease to develop.

Check varieties are planted at regular intervals throughout the nursery and the final rating of an entry takes environmental conditions and check reactions into account.

A low score could mean escape rather than resistance.

Ratings fall into five categories: resistant, moderately resistant, intermediate, moderately susceptible and susceptible (R, MR, I, MS, and S, respectively).

In some provinces these are denoted as very good, good, fair, poor and very poor (VG, G, F, P, and VP, respectively).

The level required for each rating category may change from year to year relative to the checks.

After harvest, additional information about the entries can be obtained by examining the grain to determine the number of fusariumdamaged kernels, or FDK. A portion of the sample can also be milled to determine the levels of deoxynivalenol, or DON, in each entry using an ELISA test.

New isolates of F. graminearum are collected annually during late summer in southwestern Manitoba.

Isolates are collected from fields that are randomly inspected for FHB in annual surveys.

Diseased heads are threshed and the fusarium-damaged kernels are plated on agar and placed under cool white light at room temperature for five to seven days.

Isolates are then identified to the species level.

Cultures are started from a single germinated conidium to ensure a pure culture (single spore culture) and grown. The isolate is then tested for pathogenicity by inoculating healthy plants in the greenhouse with a liquid with a standard dilution of 50,000 conidia per millilitre.

To meet the needs programs that are breeding for resistance to FHB, a second fusarium nursery using these same protocols, check varieties and fungal isolates has been established at Carman, Man., under the direction of Anita Br没l茅-Babel from the University of Manitoba.

Funding for the establishment of that facility was provided by the Western Grains Research Foundation.

To screen barley, oat and early generation wheat materials, nurseries at Portage la Prairie, Man., and the Brandon Research Centre are inoculated with corn grain spawn.

This is prepared over the winter and spring months.

Corn is sterilized and inoculated with F. graminearum, incubated until the corn is well-colonized with the fungus, and then dried prior to storage at 4C. When plants being screened are at the end of the tillering growth stage, approximately 25 grams per square metre of corn grain spawn is spread between the rows. (Fig. 5) Irrigation is supplied to rehydrate the corn and allow the fungus to start growing again. (Fig. 6) The fungus develops fruiting bodies from which airborne ascospores are discharged and deposited on cereal spikes.

If the spikes are at the susceptible stage, FHB infection occurs.

Research has determined that there is a poor correlation between disease symptoms and mycotoxin contamination in barley and oats.

Consequently, barley and oat lines are not assessed for disease symptoms during growth, but after samples are harvested, threshed and ground for DON analysis.

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Fig. 4. Irrigation in the FHB nursery at Glenlea, Man.

Fig. 5. Spreading corn spawn at Glenlea FHB nursery 2010.

Fig. 6. Irrigation at the Portage la Prairie nursery.

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Producer checkoffs

Prepared for For most people familiar Sask Seed Guide with the western Canadian grain industry, 2012 is likely to be remembered as a year of uncertainty and speculation over the future of the Canadian Wheat Board.

For Alberta farmer Keith Degenhardt, it might also go down in history as the year the Western Grains Research Foundation began charting a new course for its own future.

The WGRF and the Canadian Wheat Board have been working together for many years.

The foundation, a farmer directed research organization, administers producer checkoffs collected on wheat and malting barley that is produced and sold in Western Canada.

The checkoff money collected is used to support agricultural research in Western Canada and fund public plant breeding programs that deliver new and improved crop varieties to prairie farmers.

The CWB has acted as the WGRF’s collection agent. It calculates producer checkoffs on wheat and barley based on delivery volumes and deducts the appropriate checkoff amount from producers’ final payments.

The co-operative arrangement between the CWB and the WGRF has worked well for many years but with sweeping legislative changes being proposed for Western Canada’s grain marketing environment, the CWB’s role as collector of wheat and barley checkoffs could soon come to an end.

The elimination of single desk marketing would require an alternative collection method but there could also be sweeping changes on the horizon for the WGRF. According to Degenhardt, who chairs the WGRF’s board of directors, there are many unanswered questions about the collection of producer checkoffs and future role of the WGRF. It is widely acknowledged that producer checkoffs will continue to play a critical role in financing essential agricultural research and plant breeding programs across Canada.

It is also assumed that more investment in cereal breeding research is critically important to the Canadian grain industry, Degenhardt said.

Investment in cereal breeding — from public, private and producer funding sources — is lagging in Canada, relative to other wheat exporting countries and relative to other crops such as canola, corn and soybeans.

The result, said Degenhardt, is that margins on wheat and barley have diminished relative to other crops.

Today’s prairie farmers are more inclined to push rotations and grow crops such as canola that

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critical to stable Canadian grain industry

Producer levies have played an important role in financing crop research and plant breeding programs in Western Canada. But some industry stakeholders say a greater level of producer investment will be required to ensure that western Canadian farmers continue to have access to cereal varieties that will allow them to remain financially competitive.

offer greater returns than wheat and barley.

“For Canadian farms to be sustainable, both economically and environmentally, we need cereals, oilseeds, pulses and special crops in our crop rotations and all need to be profitable for producers to succeed,” Degenhardt said.

“We need to increase the competitiveness of wheat and other cereals so that producers can improve their net returns.”

At a recent grain industry symposium in Ottawa, Degenhardt spoke to industry peers about the future of producer checkoffs in Western Canada.

The continuation of checkoff mechanisms for cereal grains is critically important, he said.

But more investment is needed.

“The foundation is very pleased that the federal government has recognized the importance of continuing wheat and barley checkoffs for a transition period of five years through Bill C-18,”

Degenhardt said.

“However, permanent checkoffs, either regional or national with significantly higher rates on all wheat and barley sales are needed to enable producers to make adequate long-term research investments.”

According to Degenhardt, global food consumption patterns suggest that wheat consumption is increasing but at much slower rate than other major food types such as vegetable oils, meat, milk and fish.

“According to FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) statistics since 1980, the average annual growth in global consumption of wheat has only been 0.1 percent,” he said.

“That compares to annual growth rates of 1.8 percent for vegetable oils, 1.1 percent for meat, 0.4 percent for milk and 1.6 percent for fish.

This is an issue we’re facing.”

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INVESTING IN THE FUTURE

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By Garth Patterson, Executive Director, Western Grains Research Foundation

Global wheat consumption is increasing but it is being outpaced by other agricultural products including oilseeds, milk, meat and fish.

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Canadian wheat producers have long recognized that investment in crop research and plant breeding have generated significant monetary returns for the industry, he added.

According to one frequently cited Canadian study, every dollar invested in crop research in Canada generates returns of between $4 and $20 for the industry.

Economic impact studies conducted in the United States have reported similar returns on investment south of the border, Degenhardt said.

“When you look at those types of figures, you wonder why we’re not putting more into cereal research,” he said.

In recent months, the Canadian grain industry — including the WGRF — has been looking for ways to address what it considers a significant funding shortfall in wheat research.

In addition to identifying new funding models that generate stable long-term investment dollars, the industry is also looking at existing organizations within the industry and assessing whether those industries are working together in the most efficient manner.

Some industry leaders have suggested the formation of a national council for wheat and cereal grains.

In theory, the national council would play an important role in co-ordinating cereal research

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efforts across the country and eliminating any duplication that may be occurring between different regions.

According to Degenhardt, the idea of a national council could have some merit, provided that regional research needs are recognized and that membership on the council accurately reflects the makeup of the entire industry.

“The WGRF is interested in this concept and looks forward to participating in those discussions,” he said.

“A national council, with membership inclusive of producers, technology developers, grain handlers, end users and government will provide a forum to develop a consensus on research priorities.”

Degenhardt also emphasized that all research organizations charged with managing producers’ checkoff dollars must never lose touch with their grassroots constituents.

That basic principle has always been recognized by the WGRF and should continue to be upheld, regardless of the new funding landscape that emerges.

“That producer involvement is critical,” said Degenhardt.

“To maintain accountability, producer directed boards must continue to manage checkoffs collected from producers.”

For farms to be sustainable, both economically and environmentally, cereals, oilseeds, pulses and special crops are needed in crop rotations.

The Western Grains Research Foundation believes the competitiveness of wheat and other cereals in crop rotations can be improved to provide producers with increased returns and more sustainable crop rotations.

Investment in wheat breeding in Western Canada from public, private and producer sources amounts to only about $20 million per year.

Compared with investments in wheat breeding internationally, it becomes very apparent that we are significantly under-investing in Canada.

The United States and Australia are investing more than $50 and $80 million dollars respectively into wheat breeding each year.

Our low investment in wheat breeding becomes more obvious when other crops are considered.

Approximately $65 million is being invested annually into canola breeding in Canada by private industry.

In the United States, an estimated $680 million is invested into corn breeding and another $340 million into soybean breeding by private industry annually.

The WGRF’s goal for wheat variety development is that producers will have rapid access to improved wheat varieties at reasonable cost from both public and private breeding organizations.

The foundation has proposed a target of $100 million of annual investment into wheat breeding.

This will only be achieved through the combined efforts of public institutions, private industry and producer funding agencies.

The WGRF has been successfully funding crop research in Western Canada since the establishment of the WGRF endowment fund in 1981.

Since that time, the endowment fund has supported more than 230 research projects worth more than $26 million dollars.

With the introduction of the wheat and barley checkoffs in 1995, producers have invested more than $57 million to support more than 100 new wheat and barley varieties for the benefit of western Canadian producers.

Producers have long recognized the benefits of crop research.

Canadian studies report returns of $4 to $20 for every producer dollar invested in crop research.

The WGRF currently invests over $5 million a year into wheat and barley breeding on behalf of western Canadian producers.

Over the next few years, WGRF will be actively engaging with private industry and public institutions to develop partnerships and consortiums to increase wheat breeding activity.

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1990s and 6.2 million acres per year between 2000 and 2009.

Keith Degenhardt, chairman of the Western Grains Research Wheat yields are increasing Foundation, said Canada must in Canada but wheat acreage is do more to ensure that wheat declining relative to other crops remains a viable cropping option like corn and canola because for Prairie growers. per acre returns on wheat are He said producer investments relatively low. in wheat breeding should be Don Kenny, president of increased significantly. the Grain Farmers of Ontario, But he also said that public told delegates at a recent grain investment, from government industry conference that grain sources, should be maintained at production trends show that reasonable levels.

Ontario’s total wheat production Degenhardt would like to is losing ground to corn and see Canada’s annual investment soybeans. in wheat breeding research — Ontario’s wheat production including producer, government over the past decade has typically and private sector spending — ranged between a million and two increased to roughly $80 to $100 million metric tonnes per year. million a year.

By comparison, corn “We need to increase the production has increased competitiveness of wheat and significantly over the past decade, other cereals in crop rotations so increasing from roughly five that producers can improve their million metric tonnes a year at net returns from cereals,” he said. the turn of the century to almost Richard Gray, an agricultural eight million tonnes in 2010. economist with the University Yield trends are also skewed of Saskatchewan, agreed that the toward corn, Kenny suggested. profitability of wheat has not kept The GFO estimates Ontario’s pace with that of other crops.

Like most business owners, Canada’s farmers are pulling out all the stops in an effort to average yield increase in corn over “It’s also apparent that if maximize returns and ensure that their operations are profitable. Not surprisingly, crops the past 30 years at about two that offer higher net returns — including canola and corn — are displacing crops that offer you look at yield increases over bushels per year. time, that wheat has not kept up lower returns, such as barley and wheat.

By comparison, winter wheat with these other crops and if we yields have been increasing at are going to keep up, it’s really a pace of roughly a bushel per year and spring important that we make these investments.” winter (SRW) varieties. wheat yields have been increasing by an average of Although wheat yields have been increasing In the early 1990s, SWW varieties accounted roughly 0.4 bushels per year. for more than 90 percent of Ontario’s total wheat over the past decade, some industry observers say Kenny said increasing public investment in that trend line for yield increases in wheat is flat production. wheat breeding and wheat research is an obvious But by 2009, SWW varieties accounted for less relative to other crops such as canola and corn. way to improve the profitability of wheat and That, combined with lower per tonne values, than 10 percent of total production compared to maintain acreage. has prompted many growers to look at other almost 80 percent for SRW varieties.

“The federal government’s contributions to The switch from SWW to SRW coincided with crops, said Janice Tranberg of CropLife Canada.

Agriculture Canada’s research branch are only 60 “We know that wheat acres have been declining an increase in private sector investment in SRW percent of the 1994 inflation-adjusted number and there’s … also been … a decrease in net wheat breeding, he said. and we have far fewer plant scientists and plant returns in wheat as compared to other crops that In Western Canada, wheat acres have also been breeders than we did a decade ago,” he said. have benefitted from more advanced technology,” declining.

“The private sector and farmer research dollars In Saskatchewan, for example, provincial spring she said. alone are not the only answer.

Gray compared research funding for spring wheat acres, which averaged about 16 million “Research gains benefit the entire country so wheat funding with funding for canola, a crop acres per year in the 1980s, fell to an average of the public sector has an important role to play 13.7 million acres per year in the 1990s and about that was planted on an estimated 18.6 million in order to return Canada’s public crop research acres across Canada last year. nine million acres per year between 2000 and investment to a competitive level.”

Investment in canola breeding is estimated 2009.

According to Kenny, Ontario wheat production By comparison, provincial canola acres jumped at roughly $80 million a year in Canada, with has shifted away from soft white winter (SWW) roughly $65 million of that coming from the from an average 2.6 million acres per year in the wheat varieties into newer, high yielding soft red private sector.

1980s, up to 4.9 million acres per year in the

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Charting a new course

Prepared for One of the country’s Sask Seed Guide leading agricultural economists says Canadian grain growers should significantly increase their investment in public plant breeding programs.

Failure to do so could cause the Canadian grain industry to fall further behind its international competitors, says University of Saskatchewan economist Richard Gray.

It could also marginalize prairie farmers rather than ensuring them an influential position when it comes to staking out the future of the Canadian grain industry, he added.

The first step is to put more producer money on the table.

“If you take the current situation, some crops stand out more than others in terms of needing attention when it comes to research,” Gray said.

“When you look particularly at wheat, it has Western Grains Research Foundation funding but that funding (through producer checkoffs) is only about 30 cents per tonne, which is about 0.1 … percent or roughly one-one thousandth of the value of grain. That’s not much per farmer.”

According to Gray, funding for Western Canadian wheat breeding programs has fallen out of step with funding in other wheat exporting countries such as the United States and Australia.

In Western Canada, producer levies collected on wheat sales amount to about $5 million a year.

Additional funding from other sources increases Western Canada’s overall investment in wheat breeding and wheat research to about $20 million a year.

That pales in comparison to Australia, which has a similar-sized industry, Gray said.

Total funding there is estimated at $80 million to $100 million a year.

The Australian figure includes about $60 million a year derived through producer levies and matching government funds, and another $40 million a year derived from end point royalties.

End point royalties, or EPRs, are royalties collected by private sector seed companies on the production and sale of wheat varieties that they developed.

Typical EPRs in Australia amount to about $2 to $3 for each tonne of eligible grain sold.

Plant breeding companies in Australia estimate that roughly 70 to 75 percent of potential EPR revenue is being collected while the remaining 25 to 30 percent is falling through the cracks, most likely the result of unreported production or under-the-table sales.

“When you compare Australia’s $100 million to the $20 million a year that we’re investing in

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Will Canada’s farmers have a voice in the future?

The Canadian grain industry is searching for ways to increase investment in agricultural research and plant breeding programs. The 3P investment formula — combining public money, producer contributions and private sector investment — appears to be gaining traction. The level of investment from each of the funding partners will be a critical issue.

wheat research in Western Canada, it gives you an idea of how much we’re under-investing,” Gray said.

The idea of producers financing wheat and cereal research through higher checkoffs may not appeal to all growers.

Similarly, the concept of paying royalties to multinational seed companies is likely to have its detractors in Western Canada.

But according to Gray, the alternative — depending heavily on government funding — is a potentially dangerous strategy.

By increasing producer investment, farmers will have a larger stake in the future of agricultural

research and are likely to have a greater voice when it comes to addressing key issues such as the use of new technologies, government regulations and the evolution of intellectual property rights legislation.

In a nutshell, greater producer investment gives producers a louder voice and more influence.

“You can say that government should provide all of that money but … the public sector is already underfunding research so I think our producers will be in quite a vulnerable position if they say the public (government) is going to continue to do it,” Gray said.

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Urgent Need for Producer Investment

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By Richard Gray Professor and Acting Head, Dept. of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics, University of Saskatchewan

Relying on government to fund critical research in agriculture is viewed by some as a risky strategy. In Australia, an expanded producer investment was used to leverage stable long-term funding from government.

Continued from page 34

“Greater contribution by producers, through industry levies, will put producers in a position … of having their own well-funded research programs … and being in a position to decide how they are going to involve private sector partners and how they are going to control their own intellectual property.”

According to Gray, western Canadian producers have benefitted significantly from past investments in plant breeding and research.

“I think producers recognize that new wheat varieties, and new crop varieties in general, have really changed the bottom line for their farms,” he said.

“If we were all farming with canola and pea and wheat varieties that were developed 40 years ago, we’d all be in real big trouble right now.

“Investing in wheat breeding may cost producers something in the short run … but it will pay off many times over if, in fact, they make those investments.”

Gray also said that multinational seed companies have an important role to play in ensuring that Canada’s wheat industry has an adequate level of research funding.

Janice Tranberg, Western Canadian vicepresident for CropLife Canada, said there are many private sector plant breeding companies that would like to be more involved in breeding new wheat varieties for Canadian farmers.

However, some of those companies say Canada’s current regulatory and investment environment is prohibitive.

According to Tranberg, private sector companies need a reasonable assurance that the traits and technologies they develop and commercialize will have adequate proprietary or patent protection.

She added that new breeding technologies are allowing seed companies to develop new varieties more quickly than ever.

But increasingly complicated regulatory

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approvals are delaying commercialization.

The public sector has done an admirable job in Canada of developing and commercializing new wheat varieties, said Tranberg.

But budgets for public breeding programs are under pressure. “… The public sector has done a very good job of developing good germplasm and varieties that are well adapted to the Canadian environment but industry also brings to the table some important traits that could provide increased disease resistance for example, (better) nutrient use efficiency and increased stress tolerance … to drought and heat,” Tranberg said.

“We also know that they (private sector companies) bring a lot of expertise in commercializing those traits and they also bring some very new breeding technologies … that could speed the breeding process…”

According to Tranberg, CropLife members involved in cereal breeding see public-private partnerships as an arrangement that would benefit all partners in the industry, including farmers, government and private sector seed development companies.

A typical scenario in a public-private partnership could see a private sector seed developer adding new traits to existing public varieties.

“From the public perspective, they have to make sure that their dollars are being used to provide farmers with the right varieties … and from the private side, (seed developers) need to be able to get a return on their investment,” Tranberg said.

“Each partner … needs to ensure that they get their equitable return and I think it’s a matter of building models where we can move together so that everybody gets the appropriate amount of return that they feel they need and (to ensure that) farmers get access to the varieties.”

If producers are going to capture the potential of future returns from agricultural research, now is the time to organize and seek policy changes that will allow them to invest more in crop research.

The argument for doing so is straightforward.

The public is unlikely to increase research budgets given their track record of declining expenditures and the current necessity for fiscal restraint.

Given the lack of public funds, additional research investments will have to be financed by producers either through research check-offs or through royalties paid to private firms.

Given the high rates of return, producers will benefit from increased research.

Most industries in the developed world spend over three percent of gross sales on research. In Canadian agriculture, we fall far short of this benchmark.

While pulse crops and canola spend one percent of gross sales on research, wheat and many other crops spend less than 0.4 percent.

The underfunding situation is perhaps most obvious in wheat where the Western Grains Research Foundation check-off is 30 cents per tonne — that’s only $10 on a Super B load — and the breeding effort, including other public funds, is less that $20 million per year.

This amount is about one quarter of the $80 million spent on Canadian canola research or Australian wheat research, both of which are similar sized industries.

One possible path forward is to follow the canola model and create strong property rights for firms to charge farmers for use of their varieties each year.

In many countries farmers pay an “end-point royalty” to variety owners, which funds a private research industry.

Farmers can create more research this way but it will be expensive because crop science companies typically only spend 10 percent of their revenue on research.

A second option is paying more for research levies. In Australia, farmers pay a one percent research levy on all grain sales creating a $100 million per year research fund controlled by producers.

With a one percent levy, the Saskatchewan pulse growers took in over $10 million in grower levies last year, which will be invested in research and the development of varieties that are controlled by the pulse growers.

Last year, the Canada Grains Council’s crop research funding working group discussed a combination of a research levy and an end-point royalty to fund wheat research.

This funding model, if widely applied, could create over $80 million per year in new crop research funding.

This would allow producers to prosper from increased research while giving them a strong voice in future development of the sector.

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a common concern on Saskatchewan farms

By Shirley Byers Stripe rust is becoming Freelance writer more a prevalent concern throughout Saskatchewan.

In 2011, the cereal disease was found on winter, spring and durum wheat throughout Saskatchewan. Stripe rust develops as rows of elongated, yellow-orange pustules, giving the appearance of narrow yellow stripes mainly on the leaves and grain heads.

The pustules later become dark brown in colour and produce spores that allow the disease to reproduce.

Spores are blown onto nearby cereal crops where they germinate on the leaf and penetrate the plant directly, forming a root-like structure that is used to gather nutrients.

The root-like structure produces more spores and these can be dispersed over long distances by the wind or through physical contact.

Identified in 1915, stripe rust has been around for a long time but hasn’t been a particular concern in Saskatchewan because the conditions that it favours — high humidity and cool nights — are not common here.

Some spores blow up on winds from the United States but they generally arrive too late in

the season to do much damage.

Faye Dokken-Bouchard, provincial plant disease specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture, said conditions last year were conducive to stripe rust.

It was evident in the early summer of 2011 on winter wheat, particularly in eastern Saskatchewan.

Dokken-Bouchard said stripe rust spores may have overwintered on winter wheat.

Snow cover may have been sufficient for it to survive the winter or it may have blown up from the United States earlier than usual.

Dokken-Bouchard said some pathogens are able to adapt to different environmental conditions so that may be what is occurring in Saskatchewan.

It’s difficult to say if 2011 infection rates were an aberration or whether stripe rust has adapted more permanently to Saskatchewan’s growing conditions.

“It can show up some winters and not others,” she said. “It depends on several factors: How much overwintered? How much there is in the U.S. I think in general, stripe rust has been appearing more frequently since about 2000 but

there’s been a variation off and on.”

Triticale should not be affected, she said.

Durum is less susceptible than spring wheat.

Growers can look for preliminary stripe rust ratings in the Varieties of Grain Crops publication in the Saskatchewan Seed Guide or on the Saskatchewan Agriculture website at www. agriculture.gov.sk.ca under ‘Crops.’

Producers should check these sources regularly for updates. Information on stripe rust and stripe rust control options is evolving as more research is completed.

Producers can treat affected crops with fungicide to minimize losses.

Information on relevant fungicides is available in the Saskatchewan Agriculture publication entitled Guide to Crop Protection.

That document can be viewed online at www. agriculture.gov.sk.ca/Guide_to_Crop_Protection.

It outlines details on timing of fungicide applications, Dokken-Bouchard said.

“In general, consider an application program at the same time (you’re) looking at those leaf spots,” she said.

“Protecting the flag leaf is important if stripe rust is an issue.”

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Debate continues over intellectual property rights

Private companies involved in seed trait development and commercialization would like to see changes to Canada’s existing plant breeders’ rights legislation. According to CropLife Canada, it takes an average of 13 years and $136 million (US) to bring a new biotech seed trait to market.

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The answer to that question depends on who you talk to.

To some, the notion of updating PBR legislation and strengthening intellectual property protections is viewed as a serious affront to farmers’ rights.

To others, it is seen as essential change that is needed to ensure that Canadian farmers remain profitable and the Canadian grain industry remains competitive with other grain exporting nations.

Plant Breeders Rights are a form of intellectual property protection that allows plant breeders to protect their investments in developing new seed varieties.

Supporters argue that effective PBR legislation builds an environment that encourages researchers and plant breeding companies to invest in plant breeding programs.

It does this by ensuring that companies involved in varietal development have a reasonable opportunity to collect adequate monetary returns on their investments.

In Canada, a company or breeding institution that successfully applies for plant breeders rights on a new plant variety acquires exclusive commercial rights for that variety.

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Those commercial rights are granted for a limited period of time, after which the variety reverts back to the public domain.

When Canadian farmers buy certified seed supplies of a PBR variety, they are buying the right to plant the seed, harvest the crop it produces and sell that crop as commercial grain.

Through a principle known as farmer’s privilege, producers are also allowed to retain a portion of their harvested crop for planting in subsequent growing seasons.

The portion of seed that is retained for replanting is commonly known as farm-saved seed.

The right of farmers to retain and replant farmsaved seed is enshrined in Canada’s current Plant Breeders Rights Act. However, farmers are prohibited from selling farm-saved seed to another producer for the purpose of planting.

Debate over the future of Canada’s plant breeders rights legislation has been gaining more attention in recent years.

Plant breeding companies argue that current provisions in Canada’s Plant Breeders Rights Act are inadequate and are not conducive to investment by private sector companies.

They say Canada should adopt new intellectual property rights that offer greater protections.

Lorne Hepworth, president of CropLife

Canada, says the adoption of a balanced and effective intellectual property regime is critical if Canada hopes to give its farmers access to the newest and most valuable seed traits available.

According to Hepworth, the lack of updated intellectual property rules in Canada is one of the most obvious impediments to private sector investment in cereal breeding.

Another critical obstacle, he said, is the lack of an efficient and transparent regulatory system that allows companies to bring new products to market in a reasonable amount of time.

Canada’s current PBR legislation is based on an agreement endorsed in 1978 by members of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, also known as UPOV. In simple terms, the UPOV 1978 agreement offers plant breeders exclusive commercial rights over PBR-protected varieties for a period of 15 years.

Through farmers privilege, producers that buy certified seed that is protected through PBR can save and replant that seed — or future generations of the seed — indefinitely.

Hepworth said those provisions serve as a disincentive for investment.

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Its members invest between $5 and $6 billion annually in research programs around the world but Hepworth says Canada is missing out on its share of investment because this country’s intellectual property protections are outdated.

“The challenge is to make sure that Canada … gets its fair share (of that money),” Hepworth said.

“How do we make sure that we’re an attractive place for these people to do business and to fund research so that our farmers have the latest and best technologies?”

According to Hepworth, timely investment in Canadian crop research and plant breeding programs is critical because other countries are moving ahead quickly, meaning farmers abroad will have access to newer, higher yielding varieties than will farmers in Canada.

“This is very important because the competition around the world is moving very hard and fast.”

Terry Boehm, president of the National Farmers Union, has a distinctly different view.

Boehm believes the right of farmers to save and replant seed is a principle that should be protected at all costs.

Forfeiting this right for the sake of generating greater private sector investment and higher profits for seed companies would be a huge mistake with incalculable costs to farmers.

“I think that seeds and the use of seeds are far too essential … to be entrusted to a bunch of mechanisms that ensure profits for private developers,” said Boehm.

“Private developers will use every mechanism and tool available … to maximize profits. If they can use the (variety) registration system, the patent system, the courts and plant breeders rights mechanisms, they will.”

Boehm agrees that seed development companies and multinational bioscience corporations would benefit financially from the adoption of new investor-friendly PBR provisions.

But he does not agree that farmers will benefit.

In the last few years, many discussions surrounding Canada’s PBR Act have focused on UPOV 91, a more recent set of PBR provisions that were endorsed by UPOV members in 1991.

Among other things, those provisions would expand commercial protections for most PBR protected crop varieties to 20 years, up from the 15 years currently offered through Canadian PBR provisions.

If adopted in their entirety, UPOV 91 provisions would also: • confer PBR protections to essentially derived seeds, meaning that seed varieties derived from a previously protected variety would be eligible for protection themselves; • extend the ability of plant breeding companies to determine who can clean, treat and store seed, and;

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• give plant breeding companies the right to collect royalties on the sale of commercial grain crops grown from PBR protected seed.

Legislators in Canada would be under no obligation to endorse all aspects of the UPOV 91 agreement, and in fact, Ottawa has indicated that it has no intention of ending a farmer’s right to use farm-saved seed.

But according to Boehm, any legislation that grants plant breeders greater intellectual property protections is not only unnecessary, but also costly to farmers.

“Our existing plant breeders rights legislation is more than adequate,” Boehm said.

“They (PBR changes) won’t necessarily bring what’s promised. They bring increased costs to farmers.”

According to Boehm, suggestions that Canada’s cereal grains industry needs private investment in breeding are overstated.

He acknowledges that public spending on agricultural research has been scaled back in recent years but he contends that Canada’s public breeding programs — supported by producer and public money — are doing a more-thanadequate job in developing and commercializing new cereal varieties.

“I think those arguments (professing the need for private investment) are generating false worries in the farming population,” Boehm said.

“We have excellent quality (cereal) varieties developed in the public system … here in Canada.

“I don’t think we’re in trouble at all with the publicly developed varieties that we have. I think that we’re being scared into thinking that we have a problem that doesn’t exist.”

Richard Gray, an agricultural economist from the University of Saskatchewan, said the benefits of strengthening intellectual property rights should not be underestimated.

According to Gray, seed developers and agricultural technology companies are bypassing Canada and investing elsewhere, especially when it comes to wheat and cereal breeding.

“Those investments and partnerships are happening in the United States and Australia but they’re not happening here and the reason that they’re not happening here is because our intellectual property rights are pretty weak when it comes to wheat,” Gray said.

“There’s just not enough revenue there for private companies to invest.”

Gray said public or government investment in wheat breeding has carried the industry for many years but can no longer be counted on.

“To make a long story short, we’re not doing the public investment and we’re not getting the private investment either so it leaves us in a very vulnerable position,” he said.

“Canada signed UPOV 91 a long time ago but (they) never put it into law. Putting those regulations into effect or updating intellectual property provisions could change the incentives

for private companies to invest in crop research.”

Richard Phillips, executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada, agreed that improvements to Canada’s investment environment are critical.

At the same time, he acknowledged that the concept of farm-saved seed is well entrenched among Canadian farmers.

“People have a long history of using farm saved seed, so if you (promote the wrong model), it might not sell very well in the country.”

Phillips co-chairs an industry group that is seeking solutions to Canada’s current funding shortfall in wheat research.

He said the group has examined a variety of funding models that are currently being used in countries such as Australia, the United States, France and Uruguay, to name a few.

“We’ve looked at several other markets around the world and asked: ‘How do growers attract public and private research dollars and how do they put those partnerships together’.”

Phillips said one concept that has the potential to satisfy both farmers and seed developers is a certified seed tax credit.

Under that system, farmers who buy certified seed would be able to deduct the cost of seed from taxable farm income, thereby offsetting the cost of pedigreed seed purchases.

Certified seed purchases would remain voluntary and farmers would not necessarily be prohibited from replanting farm-saved seed.

Phillips acknowledged that a tax credit would involve a potential loss of tax revenue for government and therefore could face an uphill battle in gaining government approval.

Another potential solution is the implementation of end point royalties, similar to those that were introduced in Australia.

Under that system, seed companies that have plant breeders rights on a certain seed variety collect a royalty on each tonne of commercial grain that is produced and sold.

Regardless of which system is adopted in Canada, Phillips said it is imperative that private sector investment be increased and that the public sector continues to play a key role in cereal research.

“One of the reasons we’re looking so hard to find innovative solutions is because we do want to see government retain a strong public research sector,” he said.

“I think we will continue to see public sector varieties out there and, at the end of the day, if you don’t want to grow a Bayer, or a Syngenta, or a Pioneer Hibred, or a BASF, or a Monsanto wheat, then you don’t have to.

“You’ll still be able to grow the public, open pollinated varieties but what we saw in canola … is that nobody grows them anymore because people make more money, net, on their farms by growing the newest varieties … and that’s what the seed companies (can) bring to the table right now.”

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U of S wheat breeders Curtis Pozniak and Pierre Hucl will lead a Canadian team responsible for sequencing a portion of the genome known as chromosome 6D. The Canadian project, formally named the Canadian Triticum Advancement through Genomics program, or CTAG, is part of a larger international sequencing effort led by the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium.

In addition to U of S plant breeders, CTAG will also involve plant scientists from France, the United States and from Canada’s National Research Council, including Andrew Sharpe, a DNA sequencing expert with the NRC’s Plant Biotechnology Institute in Saskatoon.

The Canadian project will receive a total of $8.5 million in funding, including $4.1 million from Genome Canada, $1.5 million from Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Agriculture Development Fund, $1.1 million from the Western Grains Research Foundation and $1 million from India’s National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute.

Six other organizations, including Viterra, Genome Alberta and the Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund, will put up the remainder of the money.

The CTAG project will be managed by Genome Prairie, based in Saskatoon.

According to Pozniak, a durum breeder at the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre, sequencing a single chromosome is a huge undertaking, especially when it involves a chromosome as complex as 6D. There are 21 chromosomes in the wheat genome and 6D is one of the largest.

It contains a variety of genetic material that is important to farmers in Canada and around the world, including genes that confer resistance to common bunt and a virulent strain of stem rust known as UG99.

Other genes on the chromosome are related to improved end use quality characteristics such as improved dough function.

Other nations included in the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium will be responsible for sequencing the other 20 chromosomes in the genome.

Scientists involved in the Canadian portion of the project are hoping to finish sequencing chromosome 6D in about three years.

The international sequencing effort is likely to

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University of Saskatchewan durum wheat breeder Curtis Pozniak, left, is part of a Canadian team involved in sequencing chromosome 6D of the wheat genome. Here, Pozniak chats with federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz and Saskatchewan agriculture minister Bob Bjornerud.

take five years or more.

“The main goal of the project is to sequence and understand all of the genes that are in the wheat genome and how they contribute to traits that are important to western Canadian farmers,” Pozniak said.

“Once we understand some of the key genes that are involved in the traits that we’re breeding for, then we can develop molecular diagnostic tools … that allow us to ensure that all the best genes are assembled into the best package for Canadian farmers.”

Completion of the CTAG project and the international sequencing project will be a huge accomplishment for the wheat industry, which contributes about $4 billion to Canada’s economy each year.

It will allow wheat breeders to identify important genes more quickly and develop new cultivars that offer improved disease resistance, drought resistance, yield and end-use quality.

The CTAG project alone will involve more than 20 of Canada’s top plant scientists and will require the addition of eight new plant scientists at the U of S, Pozniak said.

In addition to helping farmers, the project will also expose a new generation of Canadian plant scientists to the latest technologies in gene sequencing, molecular diagnostics and advanced plant breeding techniques.

Another key component of the CTAG project will examine the role of public-private partnerships in wheat genomics and breeding research and will recommend ways to get the most out of the dollars invested in wheat breeding research.

That part of the project will be led by Viktoriya Galushko, an assistant professor of economics at

the University of Regina.

Pierre Hucl, a wheat breeder at the CDC in Saskatoon, said sequencing the wheat genome is an important step toward developing improved wheat varieties.

However, he said it could be seven to 10 years before new Canadian cultivars are developed and commercialized using the newly sequenced genome and new molecular markers.

“Sequencing the genome does not necessarily mean that it’s a magic bullet … but it will help us understand the genetics … and the major traits that we’re selecting for and we will be able to select more efficiently,” he said.

Hucl said Canada’s participation in a highprofile international project sends an important message to international partners that Canada is willing to invest in research and crop development.

“Canada when it comes to wheat genetics, was a leader in the 1950s, 60s, 70s and into the mid80s, but with all the erosion of public funding … we’ve basically dropped out of the international scene when it comes to basic research in wheat genetics,” said Hucl.

“That’s one of the things that participants in the international consortium have made note of is that it’s nice to see Canada return to the table … and make a contribution.”

“I think it’s a sign of things to come,” added Pozniak.

“Canada is renowned internationally for producing some of the highest quality wheat in the world …

“People are starting to recognize that in order to remain competitive on the international stage, we need to invest in our plant research and crop improvement programs.”

Crop Production Areas

The cropland of Saskatchewan has been divided into four areas based roughly on agro-climatic conditions. Crop yields can vary from area to area. In choosing a variety, producers will want to consider the yield data in combination with marketing and agronomic factors.

Area 1: Drought is a definite hazard and high winds are common. Sawfly outbreaks often occur in this area. Cereal rust may be a problem in the southeastern section.

Area 2: Drought and sawfly may be problems in the western and central sections of the area. Cereal rust may be a problem in the southern section.

Area 3: Sawfly can also be a problem. Drought is not as likely to be a problem in this area, particularly in the east.

Cereal rust may occur in the eastern portion. The frostfree period can be fairly short in the northern section.

Area 4: Rainfall is usually adequate for crop production.

However, early fall frosts and wet harvest conditions are frequent problems.

Note About Dividing Lines: The dividing lines do not represent distinct changes over a short distance. The change from one area to another is gradual.

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Cereal Crops Wheat ………………………………………………..………………… 4 Winter Wheat ……………………………….………………………… 6 Rye …………………………………………...………………………… 6 Triticale ……………………………………..………………………… 6 Malting Barley ………………………………….……………………… 7 Feed and Food Barley ………………………………..……………… 9 Oat ……………………………………………………...………………10 Other Crops Buckwheat, Caraway, Coriander, Fenugreek, Safflower, Canaryseed …………………………….…………………11 Seed Facts …………………………………...………………………12 Pulse Crops Lentil …………………………………..……………………………… 13 Field Pea ………………………………...…………………………… 14 Chickpea ……………………………..…………………………………15 Soybean ……………………………..……………………………… 15 Dry Bean …………………………..……………………………………16 Faba Bean ………………………..……………………………………16 Oilseed Crops Flax ……………………………….…………………………………… 17 Sunflower …………………………...…………………………………17 Mustard …………………………...……………………………………18 Canola ………………..…………………………………………………19 Clubroot ………………..…………….……………………………. 20 Wheat Midge ………………..…………………………………………21 Breeding Institutions and Seed Distributors ………………… 22

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Abbreviations used: Relative maturity: VE = Very Early, E = Early, M = Medium, L = Late, VL = Very Late Resistance: VG = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, P = Poor, VP = Very Poor, n/a = not applicable Seed size: S = Small, M = Medium, L = Large The information contained herein is provided by the Saskatchewan Advisory Council on Grain Crops. To reproduce this information in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the council.

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Testing Varieties in Saskatchewan

By Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Regional testing of crop varieties is conducted to provide producers with information on the agronomic performance of varieties under different agro-climatic conditions. Saskatchewan producers will continue to have the opportunity to evaluate the newest grain crop varieties and their suitability for production in different regions of the province.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture provides $100,000 towards a testing program that is based on industrygovernment partnership. An entry fee system is used in which variety owners or companies with the distribution rights to a particular variety pay a portion of the cost of having the variety tested. The Saskatchewan Seed Growers’ Association also provides $5000 to the program.

Financial and technical support is also provided by The Western Producer, publisher of the 2012 SaskSeed Guide.

A long term database is developed providing comparisons to a commonly grown check variety. The data include information on yield, various agronomic factors, and certain market related traits.

The Saskatchewan Variety Performance Group (SVPG) administers the program.

SVPG is composed of representatives from individual organizations with an interest in providing variety testing information.

SeCan Association administers the funds for SVPG. Crop coordinators manage the data and provide expertise for their respective crops.

The results of the testing are reviewed by the Saskatchewan Advisory Council on Grain Crops (SACGC), which also updates disease and other agronomic information, and approves the data prior to inclusion in this publication.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture grant also provides some support to programs that test pulses, canola and canaryseed. The testing information from these crops is included in this publication.

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Relative yield of varieties Trials are conducted using uniform protocols and standard check varieties.

Data are collected from as many sites as are available and statistically analyzed.

Results in this publication are aggregated over a number of years and on an area basis.

Grain yield is a function of genetic and non-genetic factors. Variety trials are designed to measure the yield differences that are due to genetic causes. It is important to minimize variability due to non-genetic factors such as moisture, temperature, transpiration, weeds, diseases, and other pests. Experimental design uses replication (repeated plantings of the varieties) and randomization (the

Relative Maturity Ratings Maturity is measured from seeding to swathing ripeness. The actual number of days to reach maturity depends on local climatic conditions and to some extent on management practices.

Some of the tables in this booklet express the relative maturity in days while others use a five category scale: VE, E, M, L, and VL (very early, early, medium, late, very late).

The limits for each category can vary from crop to crop. In barley, for example, AC Metcalfe would be M with L and E varieties plus or minus 1-2 days, and VL and VE varieties beyond this range.

position of the varieties within the test is assigned by chance) to estimate the precision with which the genetic factors can be measured.

Relative yield is the yield of one variety expressed as a percentage of the check variety. Yields obtained in these trials are not identical to those obtained in commercial production. However, the relative ranking of these varieties compared to the check variety, obtained over a number of years at several locations, would remain the same regardless of whether the grain yield was measured in small plots or large-scale fields. Relative yield is the best estimate of expected yield advantage in the areas indicated.

Comparisons The relative maturity of varieties of different crops is important when making plans for seeding.

The table below compares the relative maturity ranges for crops grown in Saskatchewan.

Within each crop there are early and late maturing varieties. Whether a crop matures before the first killing frost depends on seeding date, management practices and environment factors. Not all crops have a wide area of adaptation.

It is noted that climatic conditions can cause a wide variability in crop maturity.

Plant Disease Resistance

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(VG). New varieties are not tested side-by-side with all existing varieties.

Resistance to the most important diseases in Western Canada is assessed in most crops before the variety is registered. The methods used to assess resistance in each crop are different. In some cases, spores of the pathogen are applied to plants in the greenhouse or in the field. In other cases, assessment is based on naturally occurring infection in the field. Each variety is rated on a five-point scale of very poor (VP), poor (P), fair (F), good (G), very good

Because of variation in disease levels from year to year, each new variety is assigned a rating relative to a few existing varieties that serve as disease level standards or checks.

Varieties differ in resistance because of differences in their genetic makeup and/or differences in the genetic make-up of the pathogen that causes the disease. However, the genetic make-up of a pathogen can change over time, and overcome the resistance in a variety. In such cases,

What is Plant Breeders' Rights?

Plant Breeders' Rights (PBR) provides a way to assure that companies and institutions that invest in plant breeding are able to keep reasonable control of their varieties and secure fair compensation for their efforts. This encourages additional investment in crop variety development for Canadian farmers.

Plant Breeders' Rights for crop variety developers are comparable in many ways to patent protection in other areas. When a plant breeder develops a new variety for use in Canada they may apply under the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act to obtain certain controls over the multiplication and sale of the seed of that variety.

Sale, trade or any other transfer of the seed for propagation purposes is prohibited by law without: 1) the written permission of the breeder or their agent, and 2) payment of a royalty to the breeder or their agent.

Under PBR, farmers are allowed to save seed of the variety for their own use, on their own farms.

Varieties protected by Plant Breeders' Rights are identified with the above logo.

Further information can be obtained from the Plant Breeders’ Rights Office, tel. (613) 773-7133, fax (613) 773-7261.

a variety with good resistance can quickly display poor resistance to a particular disease. Unfortunately, because not all varieties are tested side-by-side every year, the ratings of older varieties may be less reliable.

A number of factors can affect the level of disease symptoms observed at a given location in a given year.

Environmental conditions such as moisture and temperature, the genetic make-up of both the variety and the pathogen, and the amount of the pathogen present can all affect the level of disease. Although a variety with fair resistance can show disease symptoms under favourable conditions, a susceptible variety would have much more disease under the same conditions.

For example, ascochyta blight of chickpea is a very aggressive fungal disease. It can completely kill susceptible varieties within two weeks of symptoms first appearing.

Chickpea varieties grown commercially in Saskatchewan to date have ascochyta blight ratings from very poor to fair. This resistance weakens as plant development nears the flowering stage. Cool, moist environmental conditions favour the disease, and if these conditions persist early in the growing season, the disease symptoms can occur much earlier than the flowering stage.

This is especially true on chickpea grown outside the Brown Soil Zone (the area of best adaptation) or on heavy textured soils such as clays and clay loams.

In these conditions, chickpea varieties with ascochyta blight resistance ratings of very poor to poor do not show resistance to ascochyta and can be defoliated, with girdled branches and dead plants. If conditions turn warm and dry, the diseased plants can re-grow from auxiliary nodes, often producing flowers and pods. However, these late pods and seeds will most likely be frozen in the first fall frost and have no commercial value.

2012 SaskSeed Guide   VR3

Cereal Crops

Wheat

Main Characteristics of Varieties Years Tested

Variety

Canada Western Red Spring ♣ AC Barrie ^ 11

Area 1&2

Area 3&4

----------------------------------------------------------------Resistance to: ------------------------------------------------------------------Irrigation

Yield as % of AC Barrie 100 100 100

Protein

Lodging

14.9

G

Stripe Rust

Loose Smut

Bunt

Leaf Spot

Fusarium Head Blight

Relative Maturity in days

Head Awnedness

P

VP

G

F

P

F

100

N

Sprouting Stem Rust Leaf Rust

G

G

Seed Weight (mg)

Volume Weight** (Kg hL-1)

Height (cm)

Relative to AC Barrie 36.0 79.9 93

CDC Abound ^

7

109

106

---

-0.3

G

F

VG

P

P

F

F

P

VP

+2

Y

+2.4

-0.3

-10

CDC Alsask ^

4

107

106

---

+0.2

F

G

VG

VG

F

G

G

P

P

-1

N

-0.3

-1.3

-1

Alvena ^

4

105

104

---

+0.2

G

P

G

F

F

G

G

---

P

-2

N

-1.1

0.0

0

Carberry ^

3

112

105

---

-0.1

VG

F

G

VG

G

G

VG

P

G

+3

Y

+1.2

+1.2

-12

Cardale ~ ♣

2

104

112

---

+0.2

G

G

VG

VG

G

F

VP

P

G

+1

Y

-3.3

0.0

-9

AC Elsa ^

7

103

104

97

-0.1

G

F

VG

G

F

G

F

F

P

-1

N

-2.4

-0.5

-1

Fieldstar VB ^ ***

8

111

110

---

-0.3

F

VG

G

VG

P

F

G

---

F

+3

Y

-2.1

+0.7

3

Glenn ^

3

112

109

---

-0.3

VG

F

VG

VG

G

F

F

F

F

+3

Y

-1.7

+1.9

-4

CDC Go

4

102

103

---

-0.1

G

VP

VG

F

G

P

G

VP

P

-1

Y

+3.6

-0.3

-6

Goodeve VB ^ ***

8

111

111

---

0.0

VG

G

G

G

F

G

P

F

VP

-2

N

+0.8

-0.9

-2

Harvest ^

6

101

104

---

-0.4

VG

VG

VG

G

G

G

F

P

VP

-1

N

-0.4

+0.1

-6

CDC Imagine ^

5

98

102

---

-0.1

G

F

F

F

F

G

G

P

VP

0

N

-1.7

-1.8

-3

Infinity ^

8

108

107

---

-0.2

G

G

G

G

P

G

F

G

VP

-1

N

-2.8

-0.6

-1

AC Intrepid ^

5

101

104

102

-0.3

G

P

G

G

G

F

G

P

P

-3

N

-0.2

-0.4

-2

KANE ^

5

104

104

---

-0.2

G

VG

G

VG

F

P

F

F

F

+1

Y

-0.5

+1.4

-5

CDC Kernen ~

3

111

112

---

-0.1

G

F

G

G

F

VG

F

F

F

+1

Y

1.3

-0.1

+3

Lillian ^

7

102

99

---

+0.3

F

G

G

VG

VG

F

G

G

VP

0

N

-0.3

-1.1

-1

McKenzie

6

107

103

109

-0.4

F

VG

VG

VG

P

VP

VG

P

F

-1

Y

-1.5

+0.1

+1

Muchmore ^

3

117

104

---

-0.5

VG

G

VG

VG

G

G

VG

P

P

+3

Y

+1.3

0

-15

CDC Osler

3

101

104

---

-0.3

G

F

VG

G

F

G

G

F

VP

-1

N

-3.7

-0.7

-2

Shaw VB ^ ***

3

125

120

---

-0.7

G

G

VG

G

---

P

G

P

P

+1

N

-0.4

-1.6

+5

CDC Stanley ~

3

116

113

---

-0.3

G

G

VG

G

---

G

VP

F

P

0

N

-2.2

-1.1

-3

Stettler ^

4

116

111

---

+0.1

G

G

G

P

G

G

G

P

P

+1

Y

-0.6

0.0

-6

Superb ^

7

109

108

---

-0.4

G

F

VG

P

VP

F

G

VP

P

+3

Y

+2.6

-0.5

-7

CDC Teal

7

102

101

99

-0.1

G

P

G

G

G

G

F

P

VP

-2

N

-1.2

-0.3

0

CDC Thrive ~

3

112

113

---

0.0

G

P

G

F

F

G

F

F

P

0

N

-0.5

0.0

+1

Unity VB ^ ***

8

118

120

---

-0.7

F

G

VG

VG

P

P

VG

F

P

0

Y

-0.6

+1.0

+1

CDC Utmost VB ~ ***

3

121

116

---

-0.5

G

G

G

VG

F

P

VP

F

P

-1

N

-0.5

-0.1

-3

Vesper VB ^ *** ♣

2

120

125

---

-0.9

F

F

G

VG

VP

P

VP

F

F

0

Y

0.9

-1.2

-1

Waskada ^

8

117

112

---

-0.3

F

VG

VG

F

P

G

G

P

G

+1

Y

+0.3

+1.4

+4

WR859CL ^

4

113

105

---

-0.2

G

G

G

VG

F

VG

VG

P

G

0

Y

-2.2

0.0

-7

5602HR ^

6

103

104

---

+0.1

F

F

VG

VG

F

G

G

P

G

+1

Y

0.0

+1.6

+1

5603HR ^ ♣

4

113

113

---

-0.7

G

VG

G

VG

P

P

F

G

F

+3

Y

-2.7

-2.0

+1

5604HR CL ~ ♣

3

106

103

---

-0.5

G

G

VG

VG

---

P

F

P

F

-1

Y

-2.5

-0.3

-2

Canada Prairie Spring Red ♣ Conquer VB ^ *** 3

121

123

---

-1.3

F

P

VG

G

---

P

VG

F

P

+1

Y

+9.2

+2.8

-4

AC Crystal ^

11

118

115

110

-1.3

VG

P

VG

P

VP

P

VG

F

VP

+3

Y

+4.9

-0.1

-11

5700PR ^

5

115

120

115

-1.2

VG

F

VG

F

P

P

G

P

VP

+2

Y

+6.8

+1.1

-16

5702PR ^

5

126

124

---

-1.6

G

P

F

G

P

P

F

G

P

+1

Y

+8.5

0.0

-10

SY985 ~

2

114

112

---

-0.6

G

F

VG

VG

---

VG

G

F

F

+1

Y

+11.8

+1.6

-15

122

121

113

-1.4

G

F

VG

P

F

P

VG

P

VP

+1

Y

+6.7

-2.1

-9

Canada Prairie Spring White ♣ 9 AC Vista ^ §

Canada Western Hard White Spring ♣ Snowbird ^ 5 99

102

---

-0.6

G

G

G

F

P

G

F

P

P

+2

N

-1.8

-0.4

+1

107

108

---

-1.2

VG

G

VG

G

P

P

P

P

P

0

N

-3.4

+1.5

-10

Canada Western Soft White Spring ♣ AC Andrew 5 138

4

Snowstar ^

135

---

-3.6

G

P

G

P

F

P

P

F

F

+5

Y

+0.7

-1.8

-9

Bhishaj §

5

128

---

128

---

G

---

P

F

G

F

P

F

VP

+3

Y

-4.2

-2.0

-7

Sadash ^

3

149

135

---

-4.3

VG

P

G

F

G

P

VP

F

P

+5

Y

+0.7

+0.6

-6

Canada Western Extra Strong ♣ CDN Bison § 4

120

119

---

-0.8

G

F

VG

G

---

VG

F

F

F

+3

Y

+6.6

-0.4

-6

Burnside

6

97

100

---

0.0

F

G

VG

G

VG

VG

F

P

P

0

N

+3.6

-0.4

+6

Glencross VB ***

4

110

118

---

-0.6

F

F

VG

G

---

VG

F

P

VP

-1

N

+7.2

-2.5

+7

CDC Rama §

4

107

107

---

-0.2

F

G

G

G

G

VG

G

P

F

+2

Y

+7.5

+1.0

+7

CDC Walrus §

3

102

101

---

-0.3

F

G

G

G

---

VG

F

P

P

+2

N

+5.3

-0.2

+7

Canada Western General Purpose ♣ CDC NRG003 ~ 3 130

126

---

-1.9

G

F

VG

G

---

G

VG

VP

VP

0

Y

+6.4

-1.8

-10

NRG010 ^

3

131

130

---

-2.5

G

P

VG

VG

VG

VG

VG

P

VP

+2

Y

+3.3

-2.0

-7

Minnedosa ^

3

122

117

---

-1.7

G

G

VG

VG

G

F

VG

P

P

+1

Y

+6.7

-2.1

-9

Pasteur ~

1

---

---

---

-2.4

VG

F

G

VG

G

P

VP

F

F

+8

N

+2.9

+0.9

-7

Canada Western Amber Durum Yield as % of Strongfield Strongfield ^ 7 100 100 100 AC Avonlea ^ 7 95 96 --Brigade ^ 4 106 110 107 Enterprise ~ 3 102 97 102 Eurostar ^ 4 99 102 103 Kyle § 6 89 91 --AC Navigator ^ 6 99 91 --Transcend ~ 2 101 98 --CDC Verona ^ 4 100 102 105

♣ Includes direct and indirect comparisons with AC Barrie ** multiply by 0.8 = lbs per bushel *** VB = varietal blend

VR 4

The Western Producer

VR4 The Western Producer

14.4 -0.2 -1.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.4 -0.7 -0.2 -0.3

F F G F F P G F G

F F F F F F G F F

VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG

VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG

G G G VG VG VG VG VG VG

P P P P P P P P P

VG VG VG G VG VG VG VG VG

F F F F F P VP F F

VP VP P P P VP VP P P

105 +1 +2 0 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Relative to Strongfield 42.1 79.2 89 -0.6 -1.0 +2 +1.1 +0.3 +6 -3.2 +0.6 +2 +0.6 +0.8 +4 -0.5 -0.6 +12 +1.2 -0.1 -8 -1.4 0.0 +8 +0.1 -0.2 +1

Additional Information Producers are strongly encouraged to use a combination of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's List of Registered Varieties (www.inspection.gc.ca) and the Canadian Grains Commission's Variety Designation Lists (www.grainscanada.gc.ca) to determine the registration and grade eligibility status of varieties.

Seed of varieties rated poor and very poor for bunt and loose smut should be treated with a recommended fungicide. Please refer to the Seed Facts section of this booklet or Guide to Crop Protection, 2012.

Varieties in the General Purpose market class are intended for ethanol and livestock feed purposes.

CANADA WESTERN RED SPRING

Grain yield, protein content, time to maturity, seed weight, volume weight, and plant height of all varieties of common wheat and durum wheat are compared to AC Barrie and Strongfield, respectively.

Most varieties have been rated for their relative resistance to pre-harvest sprouting. Under wet postmaturity conditions varieties rated poor would have reduced ability to retain Hagberg Falling Number values relative to those rated good or very good. Varieties with high test weight retain grade better under adverse harvest weather than those with low test weight. During wet harvest weather, grades drop more rapidly due to sprouting in swathed than in standing crops.

New races of leaf rust and stripe rust continue to evolve, so the rust resistance in varieties change from year to year.

The seed guide contains the most up-todate information on leaf rust resistance in current varieties. Early seeding may minimize risk of crop losses for varieties sown in southeastern Saskatchewan that are rated poor or very poor to leaf rust.

All varieties are at least moderately resistant to shattering. All varieties have moderately good resistance to common root rot.

All wheat and durum varieties exhibit similar susceptibilities to ergot infection.

Fieldstar VB, Goodeve VB, Shaw VB, Unity VB, CDC Utmost VB, and Vesper VB are CWRS wheat midge tolerant varieties. They contain the same Sm1 gene for tolerance. To manage against the buildup of midge resistance to the Sm1 gene, an interspersed refuge will be used commercially. These varieties are not immune to wheat midge and can suffer some midge damage when high midge infestation levels occur. More information on midge tolerant wheat cultivars and interspersed refuge can be found at: www.midgetolerantwheat.ca/ farmers/faq.aspx or page 21.

Seed of the new varieties Cardale and Vesper VB will not be available in 2012.

Limited quantities of seed of the new varieties Carberry, CDC Kernen, Muchmore, Shaw VB, CDC Stanley, CDC Thrive, CDC Utmost VB and 5604HR CL will be available in 2012.

Lillian has a solid stem and some resistance to the wheat stem sawfly.

CDC Abound, CDC Imagine, CDC Thrive, WR859CL, and 5604HR CL are tolerant to the CLEARFIELD® herbicides Adrenalin SC and Altitude FX.

Limited quantities of seed of Conquer VB will be available in 2012.

CANADA WESTERN EXTRA STRONG

Glencross VB is the only CWES wheat midge tolerant variety based on the Sm1 gene and will be marketed with an interspersed refuge (see above).

SOFT WHITE SPRING

Soft white spring wheat may have potential demand as a feedstock in the production of ethanol. All soft white spring wheat varieties are eligible for both domestic and export markets. Soft white spring wheat varieties are susceptible to pre-harvest sprouting.

The leaf spot pathogens that affect other wheat classes also affect soft white cultivars and therefore recommendations for leaf spot control would be similar.

GENERAL PURPOSE

Limited quantities of seed of CDC NRG003, NRG010 and Pasteur will be available in 2012.

CANADA WESTERN AMBER DURUM

Seed of the new variety Transcend will not be available in 2012. Limited quantities of seed of Enterprise will be available in 2012. Durum wheat varieties are generally more susceptible than CWRS varieties to fusarium head blight.

All durum varieties are susceptible to two new races of loose smut.

Brigade, Eurostar and AC Navigator have strong gluten properties.

CANADA PRAIRIE SPRING

Conquer VB is the only CPS-red midge tolerant variety using the Sm1 gene and will be marketed with an interspersed refuge (see above).

The Saskatchewan Advisory Council on Grain Crops (SACGC) and the Saskatchewan Variety Performance Group (SVPG) coordinate, supervise and review the collection, analysis and reporting of information in this booklet.

Membership consists of representatives from: • • • •

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Seed Companies Saskatchewan Seed Growers Assoc.

Producer Associations

• • •

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Crop Development Centre Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation Diversification Centre

SACGC and SVPG gratefully acknowledge the contributions of all individuals and organizations involved in the generation and publication of this information.

2012 SASKSEED GUIDE

VR 5

2012 SaskSeed Guide VR5

Winter Wheat Main Characteristics of Varieties --------------------------------------------- Resistance to: ------------------------------------------------

---------- Yield as % of CDC Buteo ---------Site-Years Tested

Variety

Low Moisture Potential

Canada Western Red Winter

High Moisture Potential

Protein Content (%)

Relative Maturity

Height (cm)

Lodging

Winter Damage

Stem Rust

Leaf Rust

Stripe Rust

Bunt

Fusarium Head Blight

CDC Buteo (bu/ac) AC Bellatrix CDC Clair CDC Falcon Flourish ^ CDC Harrier CDC Kestrel McClintock ^ Moats ~ CDC Osprey Radiant ^ CDC Raptor

89 87 212 62 149 113 150 19 102 76 143

40 105 108 105 98 108 108 105 105 102 102 108

60 102 103 103 99 105 105 100 105 102 102 103

80 100 102 102 101 104 105 99 104 100 102 101

100 99 102 102 102 102 104 97 103 100 102 100

12.4 +0.1 -0.6 -0.6 +0.3 -1.2 -1.6 -0.2 +0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.6

M L M E E M M L M M L M

88 0 0 -15 -10 +5 +5 +3 +1 +2 -1 -7

G G G VG VG G G G G G VG VG

VG F VG F F G VG F G VG VG G

G VP P G F G P VG VG P VP VG

G VP P G F P P G VG P VP G

VP VP --VP F VP --G G VP P ---

VP F VP VP F VP VP VP P VP P VP

G F --VP VP P --VP --P VP P

Accipiter ~ Broadview ^ Peregrine ~ CDC Ptarmigan Sunrise

55 58 52 45 21

120 106 118 123 127

112 104 112 117 115

106 103 109 113 109

104 103 107 111 105

-0.4 -0.9 -0.5 -2.1 -0.9

M E M M M

-7 -9 +6 +2 -1

VG VG G F G

G G VG G G

VG VG VG P G

G VG VG P G

--VP G VP G

VP VP VP VP VP

VP VP P -----

Canada Western General Purpose

Yield: For a more in-depth yield analyses go to: http://www.usask.ca/agriculture/plantsci/winter_cereals/select.php Winter damage: For more detailed information go to http://www.wheatworkers.ca/FowlerSite/winter_cereals/WWModel.php CDC Ptarmigan has an awnless head and soft white kernels. Sunrise has soft red kernels.

Classes and Marketing: Effective August 1, 2013, the Canadian Grain Commission advises that the varieties CDC Clair, CDC Harrier, CDC Kestrel, and CDC Raptor will be moved from the Canada Western Red Winter Class to the Canada Western General Purpose class.

Rye Main Characteristics of Varieties Yield as % of Prima

Years Tested

Variety

Prima AC Rifle AC Remington Hazlet

20 20 8 7

Area 1&2

Area 3

100 98 102 116

100 89 95 104

Relative Maturity

M M M M

------------- Resistance to: -------------Winter Damage

Shattering

Lodging

VG VG VG VG

F VG VG VG

F VG G VG

Additional Information Medium maturity of rye means that the variety will mature about July 31 in an early year, August 4 in a medium year and August 8 in a late year. An early variety would mature about July 27 in an early year, July 31 in a medium year and August 4 in a late year. Late varieties would mature about August 4 in an early year, August 8 in a medium year and August 12 in a late year. Wet and cool conditions during maturation can prolong maturity far beyond these dates.

Triticale Main Characteristics of Varieties Years Tested

Variety

Spring Habit

AC Certa Bumper ~ Bunker ^ Pronghorn Tyndal ^ AC Ultima Winter Habit Pika Bobcat ^ Luoma ^ Metzger ^

18 3 4 20 4 16

Yield as % of AC Certa

------------------------------- Resistance to: ----------------------------------

Area 1&2

Area 3

Test Weight -1 Kg hL

Relative Maturity

Lodging

Stem Rust

Leaf Rust

Bunt

Root Rot

100 100 99 100 106 103

100 115 97 102 102 103

73 71 73 68 73 69

M E E E E E

G G G G G G

VG VG VG G VG VG

VG VG VG VG VG VG

VG VG VG VG VG VG

G ----F --F

68 66 67 67

E M L E

F G F G

---------

---------

---------

---------

Yield as % of Pika

6 6 5 5

100 86 100 96

100 86 96 101

Additional Information: Triticale matures 1-2 days later than AC Crystal CPS wheat, therefore it should be planted as early as possible. The seeding rate for triticale should be at least 30 percent more than that of CWRS wheat to obtain the same number of plants per square foot. Susceptiblity to fusarium head blight is at least as great in triticale as in wheat. AC Ultima has an improved Hagberg Falling Number.

Winter triticale has winter hardiness equal to that of winter wheat. Tyndal and Bunker spring forage types and Bobcat, Luoma and Metzger winter triticales have reduced awns.

All triticale cultivars are susceptible to ergot infection and similar in reaction. Severe infestation of ergot can occur in any of the available cultivars if environmental conditions are favourable.

VR 6

The Western Producer

VR6   The Western Producer

Malting Barley

Main Characteristics of Varieties

Category and Variety

Years Tested

2 or 6 Row

Rough or Smooth Awns

Yield as % of AC Metcalfe Area Area 1&2 3&4

-------------------------------------------------------- Resistance to: ----------------------------------------------------------------Relative Maturity*

Lodg- Net-Form Net ing Blotch**

Spot-Form Net Blotch

Spot Blotch

Scald

Loose Smut

Other Smuts

Root Rot

Stem Rust

Fusarium Head Blight

Malting acceptance: Recommended AC Metcalfe ^ 12 2 CDC Copeland ^ 8 2 CDC Meredith ^ 6 2 Newdale ^ 6 2 CDC PolarStar+ ^ 3 2 Legacy ^ 6 6 Stellar-ND ^ 4 6 Tradition ^ 5 6

R R R R R S R S

100 107 115 112 106 104 110 112

100 108 112 113 100 101 104 107

M M L M M M M M

G G G G F G VG VG

VP F P F VP VP VP VP

F F VG G G G F F

F VP P F P G G G

P P P P VP P VP P

VG P VG VP VP F G VP

F F G G VG G VG G

F F F G P G P G

G G G G VP G F G

F F F F G P F VP

Malting acceptance: Under Test Bentley ^ 6 2 Cerveza ^ 5 2 CDC Kindersley ~ 4 2 Major ^ 5 2 Merit 57 ^ 6 2 Norman ^ 6 2 CDC Reserve ^ § 6 2 CDC Anderson ~ 4 6 Celebration ^ 4 6 CDC Mayfair ^ 6 6

R R R R R R R R S R

115 114 104 114 111 105 111 108 109 106

113 116 104 116 108 105 108 102 102 107

L M E M L M M M M M

G G G G G G G G VG G

P P P F P P VP P VP P

VG G G G VG VG VG G G G

F VG F G P VP F G G F

P VP VP VP F VP P P VP P

P VG VP VG VP VP VP G VG VP

G VG VG G F VP P VG VG VG

F F F P G P F F P P

G F G G F VP G F F G

P F F F P G F P P P

Other *** Harrington CDC Landis ^ § CDC Kendall ^ CDC Battleford ^ CDC Clyde ^ CDC Kamsack ^ Lacey ^ §

R R R S S R S

95 111 101 108 110 103 101

89 110 102 108 106 108 101

M M M M M M M

F G G G VG G G

VP F F P F VP VP

P VG G VG G F F

VP F VP VG VG G G

P VP P P P P P

P VP P P F F F

P G P G VG VG G

F P G G G P G

P G P G G G G

G F F VP VP VP VP

11 6 11 6 8 5 4

2 2 2 6 6 6 6

 These categories are established annually by the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC - call 204-984-4399 for more information) * Relative maturity: The relative maturity of the check, AC Metcalfe, is M (on average, 91 days from seeding to swathing ripeness) ** There are two forms of net blotch, the net-form (Pyrenophora teres f. teres) and spot-form (Pyrenophora teres f. maculata). Generally in Saskatchewan the net-form is more prevalent. *** Although not on the CMBTC list, a malting barley market may exist for these varieties. + CDC PolarStar is available only through a closed loop Identity Preserved program offered by Prairie Malt Limited/Sapporo Breweries and their agents.

Lines Under Test for Malting and Brewing Quality Small scale tests are a good measure of malting potential but are not sufficient to determine the commercial acceptability of malting varieties. Final acceptance is given only after two years of successful plant scale evaluation. Several carload lots of barley are malted and brewed. The beer is then given the ultimate test – a taste panel. This process normally takes a minimum of three years since a crop grown in one year will be malted in January-February, brewed in May-June, and aged and tasted in October-November of the following year.

Additional Information Growers are reminded that the malting and brewing industry is cautious about using new varieties. Growers are cautioned that most malting varieties, especially two-row barley, are more susceptible to sprouting.

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2012 SaskSeed Guide VR7

Recommended Malting Barley Varieties 2012-13 These recommendations are based on the varieties expected to be selected by grain and malting companies for both domestic and export markets from the 2012 harvest. Seeding decisions should be based on agronomic considerations and feedback from your grain company representative, local elevator operators and malting companies. This list is published on behalf of the members of the CMBTC, and other companies that have provided their input. Varieties not listed are not recommended. The varieties are listed in descending order to the amount selected in 2011.

Recommended Two-Row Barley Varieties VARIETY

DOMESTIC

EXPORT

MARKET DEMAND

AC Metcalfe4

Established

Established

Stable Demand

CDC Copeland4

Established

Established

Stable Demand

CDC PolarStar5 **

Limited

Limited

Stable Demand

Newdale3

Established

Limited

Stable Demand

CDC Meredith4

Limited

Limited

Increasing Demand

Bentley, Major, Merit 57, Norman, Cerveza, CDC Kindersley and CDC Reserve are not yet being grown for the commercial market. Production is limited to quantities required for testing and market development. **CDC PolarStar is available only through a closed loop Identity Preserved program offered by Prairie Malt Limited/Sapporo Breweries and their agents.

Recommended Six-Row Barley Varieties VARIETY Legacy1,2,3

DOMESTIC Established

EXPORT Established

MARKET DEMAND Stable Demand

Stellar-ND5

Limited

Limited

Stable Demand

Tradition1,2,3

Established

Established

Declining Demand

Innovation, CDC Mayfair and CDC Anderson are not yet being grown for the commercial market. Production is limited to quantities required for testing and market development. Celebration reached capacity for plant scale testing in 2010. Please talk to your local malting company selector in regards to demand for CDC Battleford, Lacey and Robust.

The CMBTC recommends the use of Certified seed to ensure varietal purity and to increase opportunity for selection.

The following companies have pedigreed seed distribution rights for those varieties that are footnoted: 1-Viterra; 2- BARI-Canada; 3 – FP Genetics; 4 - SeCan; 5 – CANTERRA SEEDS

“Domestic” as used in this publication, means barley selected for domestic processing into malt to supply domestic brewers as well as for malt destined for export.

“Export” is that malting barley designated for markets outside of Canada including the U .S., shipped as unmalted grain.

Varieties Selected for Domestic (five year average) 960,000 tonnes delivered 365,000 tonnes to Domestic Brewers

Two-Row Six-Row

8%

92%

Varieties Selected for Export (five year average) 1,000,000 tonnes delivered

Two-Row Six-Row

15%

85%

CMBTC Members: Alfred C. Toepfer (Canada) Ltd., Canadian Wheat Board, Canadian Grain Commission, Cargill AgHorizons, SABMiller, Richardson International, Parrish and Heimbecker, Prairie Malt Limited, the Public Barley Breeders, Rahr Malting Canada, SeCan, Manitoba Liquor Control Commission, Alberta Ag, Saskatchewan Ag, Manitoba Ag, Molson Coors, Alberta Barley Commission, FP Genetics and Viterra.

Other organizations providing input to this list: BMBRI, BARI-Canada and CANTERRA SEEDS Questions? Call your selector, seed company, grain handling company or the Canadian Wheat Board, or contact the CMBTC at 204-984-4399 (cmbtc@cmbtc.com).

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Feed and Food Barley

Main Characteristics of Varieties Yield as % of AC Metcalfe Area Area 1&2 3&4

----------------------------------------------------- Resistance to: ----------------------------------------------------------

Category and Variety

Years Tested

2 or 6 Row

Rough or Smooth Awns

Relative Maturity*

Spot Blotch

Scald

Loose Smut

Other Smuts

Hulled CDC Austenson ^

6

2

R

119

121

M

G

P

CDC Bold

7

2

R

111

112

L

G

VP

VG

G

VP

VP

VG

F

F

F

F

VP

P

P

G

G

G

VP

Busby ^

5

2

R

104

106

E

G

Champion ^

8

2

R

117

117

M

G

P

G

P

F

VP

VG

VP

F

F

VP

F

P

VP

VP

VG

G

F

CDC Coalition ^

7

2

R

111

114

M

VG

F

VP

G

F

P

VG

G

F

G

CDC Cowboy ^

6

2

R

99

105

L

F

F

F

G

F

P

P

G

F

G

G

CDC Dolly

11

2

R

103

103

Gadsby ~

4

2

R

114

111

E

G

VP

P

VP

F

VP

F

F

P

G

M

F

P

G

VP

VG

VG

VG

F

F

CDC Helgason ^

7

2

R

105

106

F

M

G

G

G

F

P

VG

G

F

F

P

McLeod ^

6

2

R

108

CDC Mindon ^

7

2

R

104

114

M

G

VP

F

VP

P

VP

VG

F

P

F

103

M

G

VP

G

F

VP

VG

VG

F

F

G

Lodg- Net-Form Net ing Blotch**

Spot-Form Net Blotch

Root Rot

Stem Rust

Fusarium Head Blight

CDC Trey ^

5

2

R

104

110

M

G

F

VG

F

P

P

VG

G

G

F

Xena

7

2

R

112

115

M

G

VP

F

VP

P

P

P

G

G

G

Chigwell ^

6

6

S

110

111

M

G

F

G

G

G

P

VG

VP

VP

VP

AC Rosser ^

11

6

S

115

115

M

G

F

G

G

VP

P

G

G

G

VP

Sundre ^

5

6

S

120

116

L

G

P

F

F

VG

P

VG

P

F

VP

Muskwa ~

3

6

S

118

108

M

G

P

G

G

G

P

VG

P

G

VP

Hulless CDC Carter ^ CDC ExPlus ~

5 5

2 2

R R

99 90

100 98

M M

G VG

F F

G F

F F

P VP

VG P

VG P

VP VP

F F

F G

CDC McGwire ^ Taylor ^

8 4

2 2

R R

98 81

99 88

M M

G VG

F P

G G

F F

F VP

P VG

G F

G P

F G

G G

* Relative maturity: The relative maturity of the check, AC Metcalfe, is M (on average, 91 days from seeding to swathing ripeness) ** There are two forms of net blotch, the net-form (Pyrenophora teres f. teres) and spot-form (Pyrenophora teres f. maculata) . Generally, in Saskatchewan the net-form is more prevelant.

Forage Barley Binscarth, Desperado, Dillon, and AC Ranger are six-row forage varieties.

CDC Cowboy and Stockford are two-row forage varieties.

Hulless In hulless varieties the hull is left in the field, therefore, comparable yields are 9-12 percent lower. Hulless seed is more susceptible to damage than hulled seed, so handling should be minimized.

CDC Lophy-I is a low phytate hulless two-row feed variety.

Hulless Food CDC Alamo, CDC Candle, CDC Fibar, and CDC Rattan are high beta-glucan waxy starch varieties. CDC Hilose is a high betaglucan, high amylose starch variety. All are available for specialty markets.

CDC Carter, CDC McGwire, Millhouse and Roseland are two-row normal starch hulless barleys suitable for food use.

Irrigation Disease resistance, straw strength and maturity are more critical when barley is grown under irrigation. Growers should select early, strong-strawed, disease resistant varieties and should consider semi-dwarf varieties.

General Comments Most available varieties are susceptible to one or more types of smut. Therefore, seed of susceptible varieties should be treated with a registered fungicide on a regular basis.

Harvesting grain over 16 percent moisture and then using aeration bins for drying can lead to sprouting and embryo death. Seed with reduced germination is undesirable for seed or malting.

Two-row barley varieties are generally more resistant to shattering than six-row varieties.

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2012 SaskSeed Guide   VR9

Oat

Main Characteristics of Varieties Years Tested

Variety

CDC Dancer ^ SW Betania ^ CDC Big Brown ~ CDC Boyer § Bradley ~ Derby HiFi ^ Jordan ^ Leggett ^ Lu § CDC Minstrel ^ AC Morgan CDC Morrison ~ CDC Nasser CDC Orrin ^ Pinnacle ^ Ronald ^ CDC Seabiscuit ~ CDC Sol-Fi Souris ^ Stainless ^ Summit ^ Triactor ^ CDC Weaver ^

9 7 4 8 3 8 6 7 7 6 7 8 3 4 6 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 7 7

-- Yield as % of CDC Dancer -Area 1&2

Area 3&4

Test Weight (g/0.5L)

% Hull

% Plump

Relative Maturity*

100 105 104 99 101 98 99 110 103 102 106 104 100 109 108 113 96 110 93 103 95 101 114 108

100 105 108 100 100 102 97 118 104 103 107 108 95 111 109 109 99 106 94 104 95 102 118 111

253 245 256 232 --247 253 238 256 248 245 236 248 233 253 244 249 240 246 253 243 256 240 245

19.8 22.0 20.4 23.3 --22.9 22.4 22.4 22.0 25.2 21.0 25.1 24.4 21.8 23.2 23.6 22.4 20.3 22.2 21.5 22.4 21.6 22.8 19.2

70 67 71 71 --65 55 76 71 47 75 54 67 64 74 70 55 73 50 58 64 67 66 71

M M L M --M M VL L E L L L VL L VL L L M M M M L L

---------------------------- Resistance to: ----------------------------Lodging

Stem Rust

Crown Rust

Smut

G G G G --G G G G G VG VG VG G G F VG G F VG G G G F

F VP P F P VP F F F VP F VP P P P F F F P F G F VP F

F P VG F P VP VG F VG VP P VP VG P VP P P P VP VG VG VG G P

VG G VG P VG P P VG VG G VG F VG VG VG VG VG F G VG VG VG F VG

* Maturity Rating M = 96 days

Additional Information Although disease pressure is lower in eastern Saskatchewan than in Manitoba, crown rust races capable of attacking most varieties, except CDC Big Brown, HiFi, Leggett, CDC Morrision, Souris, Stainless, Summit, and Triactor are increasing in southeast Saskatchewan. Early seeding will reduce the likelihood of severe infection.

Feed Oat CDC SO-I and CDC Nasser are specialty feed oat varieties with higher digestible energy for cattle.

Forage Oat CDC Baler and Murphy are forage oat varieties available for annual forage production in Saskatchewan.

Hulless Oat Bullion, AC Gwen, and Lee Williams are hulless varieties available for production in Saskatchewan. The hull is part of normal oat yield, thus hulless types yield less. They are difficult to handle and should be stored at less than 12 percent moisture.

False Wild Oats or Fatuoids: False wild oats, or fatuoids, are off-types within common oat fields that have an appearance similar to wild oat, most noticeably, a prominent, dark awn and increased hairiness at the base of each floret. They are thought to result from the infrequent crosspollination between common oat (Avena sativa) and true wild oat (Avena fatua). As such, their presence will likely be observed more often in fields planted from farm-saved seed. They have been reported within fields of common oat at rates up to 1 percent and occur within all oat varieties.

VR 10

The Western Producer

VR10 The Western Producer

Other Crops Buckwheat Buckwheat is sensitive to high temperatures and dry weather conditions in the blossom stage, which can reduce seed set and yields. New self-pollinated varieties are being released. Buckwheat is very susceptible to frost at all stages of growth. Delayed seeding is advisable to avoid spring frost.

Caraway Caraway is a biennial spice crop, producing seed in the second year and sometimes in the third year. Seedlings are small, slow in developing and compete poorly with weeds. The crop is usually swathed because of its indeterminate growth habit and seed shattering. For more information, consult the Saskatchewan Agriculture publication, Caraway in Saskatchewan.

Coriander Coriander is an annual spice crop.

Seedlings are small, slow to develop, and compete poorly with weeds. The large seeded type is earlier maturing than the small seeded type. CDC Major is a largeseeded coriander variety and CDC Minor is a small-seeded variety. The crop is usually straight-cut to avoid wind damage in swaths. For more information, consult the Saskatchewan Agriculture publication, Coriander in Saskatchewan.

Fenugreek Fenugreek is a leguminous spice crop adapted to dryland conditions in the Dark Brown and Brown soil zones. The crop should be seeded early to avoid yield and quality loss from fall frost. Contract production is advisable, as markets are

limited. For more information, consult the Saskatchewan Agriculture publication, Fenugreek in Saskatchewan.

Safflower Safflower is an annual oilseed or birdseed crop which can be grown successfully in the Brown soil zone. Safflower must be sown early (late April).

Saffire matures in about 120 days. Seed should be planted shallow but into a firm, moist seedbed at about 30 kg/ha (27 lbs/ac).

Saffire has moderate resistance to sclerotinia head rot and alternaria leaf spot.

Contract production is advised.

AC Sunset has the earliness of Saffire combined with higher oil content and resistance to sclerotinia head rot.

Canaryseed

Main Characteristics of Varieties Variety

CDC Maria CDC Togo ^ CDC Bastia Keet Cantate**

Type

No. of Trials

Yield as % of CDC Maria*

Days to Heading

Days to Maturity

Height (cm)

Test Weight (kg/hL)***

Seed Weight (g/1000)

glabrous glabrous glabrous hairy hairy

83 76 71 83 26

100 110 112 122 127

58 +1 +1 +2 +1

104 +1 0 +2 +2

103 +1 +2 +5 0

71 -1 0 -6 -6

7.3 +0.8 0.0 -0.2 +0.2

* Yield data not collected by Area ** 2004-2011 data only *** multiply by 0.8 = lb per bushel

Additional Information: The seed of annual canarygrass, more commonly called canaryseed, is used as food for caged and wild birds. In head-to-head testing, Elias, Keet and Cantate are similar in yield. Elias pedigreed seed has not been produced in recent years. Seeds and plants of CDC Maria, CDC Togo and CDC Bastia do not have the small sharp hairs that cause irritation when canaryseed is threshed and handled and are called glabrous.

Canaryseed plants have a dense, shallow root system and growing the crop on sandy soils is not recommended. Canaryseed may be grown successfully on stubble, providing adequate moisture is available for rapid germination and emergence. The recommended seeding rate is 34 kg/ha (30 lb/ac) (with germination greater than 85 percent). Reduced emergence might be expected if canaryseed is seeded below 5 cm.

Canaryseed is subject to damage by English grain aphid and bird cherry oat aphid. Aphid populations build up rapidly on leaves, stems and heads of the plant in July and August and may require an insecticide application to prevent yield loss. Information from the United States indicates that infestations of 10 to 20 aphids on 50 percent of the stems prior to soft dough stage may cause enough damage to warrant insecticide application. The aphids often hide in the dense head of the canaryseed plant. Damage may occur at populations below these levels.

Canaryseed leaf mottle is a foliar disease that can cause yield losses. Leaf mottle is caused by a fungus, Septoria triseti that only affects canaryseed. The disease is inconspicuous at early stages because there is little visual contrast between healthy and diseased leaf area. Stubble-borne inoculum is the main source of infection, thus crop rotation is key in limiting the severity of leaf mottle.

Canaryseed is resistant to shattering. It may be straight-combined or swathed when fully mature. For more information on canaryseed, consult the Saskatchewan Agriculture publication, Canaryseed in Saskatchewan.

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General Seed Facts Pedigreed Seed Use certified seed regularly. This assures that the seed has high genetic purity, high germination and is relatively free from weeds and other crop seeds.

Reuse of Hybrid Variety Seed Seed grown from a hybrid variety (regardless of crop or variety) should not be reused since a 20 to 25 percent yield reduction can occur in the next generation. This reduction is due to loss of hybrid vigour and possible occurrence of male-sterile plants.

Lack of uniformity for maturity and quality traits can also occur.

Seed Cleaning Seed should be cleaned carefully to remove weed seeds, trash, small or broken kernels, ergot and sclerotia.

Not all seed-cleaning plants are equipped to clean grain to acceptable seed standards.

Seed Treatment Various fungicides have been registered for the control of seedling diseases caused by soil- and seedborne pathogens.

Use of seed from cereal crops infected with Fusarium may result in poor emergence. Such seed should be treated with a registered fungicide before planting. Use of infected seed may introduce Fusarium diseases into unaffected areas.

Smuts that attack wheat, barley, oat and rye can be controlled by seed treatment. If seed from a crop in which bunt or smut was observed must be used for seed, seed should be tested and seed treatment should be considered. If the presence of smut is uncertain, varieties rated very poor should be treated every year, those rated poor every second year and those rated fair every third year.

Only systemic fungicides will control true loose smut of barley and wheat, and stem smut of rye. Pathogens causing the other types of smut (covered, false loose, oat smut and bunt) are carried on the outside of the seed and can be controlled by nonsystemic seed treatments.

VR12

The Western Producer

VR12   The Western Producer

The virulent form of blackleg of canola is widespread in Saskatchewan. Seed treatment with a recommended fungicide can reduce the level of disease. Use of canola seed commercially coated with an appropriate seed treatment is a convenient alternative to on-farm seed treatment.

Wireworms that attack all grain crops, and flea beetles that attack canola and mustard, can be controlled by seed treatment with insecticides.

Read the label carefully before using any seed treatment or insecticide.

Information on their use and recommended rates is found in the Saskatchewan Agriculture publication, Guide to Crop Protection. Carryover stocks of treated seed should be tested for germination before planting.

Treated seed must not be delivered to an elevator or used for feed.

Seed-borne diseases of pulses Pulse growers should use seed that has been tested for seed-borne diseases such as ascochyta, anthracnose and botrytis. Tolerances for seed infection vary with the pulse crop, the disease, weather conditions of the region and the availability of a seed treatment. If infection of the crop from sources other than seed is likely, using seed with low infection levels becomes less important.

In regions with frequent rainfall and high humidity, tolerances will be lower.

Thus, for ascochyta blight of lentil, use of seed with up to 5 percent seed infection is acceptable in the Brown and Dark Brown Soil Zones, but 0 percent is desirable in the Black Soil Zone. A seed treatment for ascochytainfected lentil seed is available and is recommended if seed infection levels approach 5 percent. In pea, up to 10 percent seed infection with ascochyta is acceptable. In chickpea, 0 percent ascochyta seed infection is recommended because of the high rate of transmission of the disease from the seed to the emerging seedlings and its highly destructive nature. Refer to Saskatchewan Agriculture publication, Guidelines for Seed-Borne Diseases of Pulse Crops.

Crop Rotation Seeding into stubble of the same crop kind will increase disease risk, particularly in higher rainfall areas.

Residue of infected crops may harbour disease pathogens. Maintain a diverse crop rotation.

Ergot Ergot attacks all varieties of rye, triticale, wheat and barley, as well as most common grass species. Oat is rarely attacked and all broadleaf species are immune. Grain containing 0.1 percent ergot is considered poisonous and should not be used for food. Refer to www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/ergot-ofcereal-grasses Seed Inoculation Legume crops obtain much of their nitrogen requirement by forming a symbiotic association with soil bacteria called Rhizobium. These bacteria colonize the roots to form structures called nodules where they fix nitrogen for the legume plant. To enhance nitrogen fixation, the legume crop seed should be inoculated. Use the proper strain of bacteria specific to that crop. For further details, consult the Pulse Production Manual (Saskatchewan Pulse Growers).

Damp and Frozen Seed Seed which is stored damp or tough may be low in germination and may lack adequate vigour. Grain which will be used for seed should be dried, if necessary, soon after harvest. The drying temperature should be below o o 37 C for batch driers and 43 C for recirculating and continuous driers.

Frozen grain should always be tested for germination by a seed-testing laboratory before planting. Such grain will frequently produce a high percentage of abnormal seedlings.

Wheat Midge All wheat classes, including durum and triticale, are susceptible to wheat midge. Farmers in infested areas should be prepared to spray fields with recommended insecticides if necessary. Consider the use of midge-tolerant varieties. Refer to the Saskatchewan Agriculture publication, Wheat Midge.

Pulse Crops 2011 Regional Variety Trials Funding for pulse crop regional trials is supported by financial assistance provided by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. The Crop Development Centre (CDC) coordinates the trials with collaborating researchers from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research stations, provincial Agri-ARM sites, and the Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation Diversification Centre. The project collects data on varieties from the CDC program and from other public and private pulse breeding programs.

Since 2009, field pea, lentil, chickpea, and dry bean variety trials were conducted at 8-14 locations per crop in their target areas of adaptation in Saskatchewan. The number of entries per trial was 26 for pea, 36 for lentil, 24 for chickpea, and 16 for dry bean.

Lentil

Main Characteristics of Varieties Yield % CDC Milestone Market class

Variety

Small green

-------- Resistance to: --------

Cotyledon Colour

Seed Coat Colour

Seed Weight (g/1000)

VP G G VP

yellow yellow yellow yellow

green green green green

37 34 33 33

G G G VP

P VP VP VP

yellow yellow yellow yellow

green green green green

52 57 51 51

VL VL ML ML M ML M L

G G G G F G F G

VP VP VP VP VP P VP P

yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow yellow

green green green green green green green green

60 69 64 64 67 62 68 66

48 48

E E

F F

VP P

yellow yellow

green/marbled green/marbled

33 38

30 30 30 30 31 30

51 49 49 50 52 48

E E E E E E

G G G G G G

G G G G G G

red red red red red red

gray gray gray tan gray gray

31 30 32 31 31 29

122 115 112 87 119 111 125 107 98 107

32 33 35 30 34 34 35 33 34 33

51 53 51 47 51 50 51 50 52 52

EM EM EM E EM EM EM EM EM M

G G G G G G G G G G

F F F P G G F G F G

red red red red red red red red red red

gray gray gray gray gray gray gray gray gray gray

39 35 45 34 40 42 38 39 45 37

123

108

37

52

M

G

G

red

gray

56

4

86

76

42

49

M

F

F

green

green

49

4

83

93

30

48

E

F

F

yellow

gray/dotted

37

Years Tested*

Area 1&2

Area 3&4

Height (cm)

Days to Flower

Maturity Rating

Ascochyta Blight

Anthracnose Race 1

CDC Milestone CDC Imvincible CL CDC Viceroy Eston §

16 6 8 15

100 108 103 88

100 100 111 89

31 33 34 30

49 49 49 48

E E E E

G G G VP

Medium green

CDC Impress CL CDC Imigreen CL CDC Meteor CDC Richlea

5 5 9 13

101 86 111 102

84 82 102 92

34 44 34 35

50 50 50 50

M M M M

Large green

CDC Glamis § CDC Grandora § CDC Greenland CDC Impower CL CDC Improve CL CDC Plato CDC Sedley § CDC Sovereign

11 10 10 5 6 12 9 10

84 78 103 94 96 98 81 90

83 84 87 79 88 88 85 89

39 40 38 41 39 38 39 40

54 53 52 52 51 52 51 52

French green

CDC LeMay CDC Peridot CL

6 6

91 95

92 100

35 37

Extra small red

CDC Impala CL CDC Imperial CL CDC Redbow CDC Rosebud CDC Rosetown § CDC Ruby

6 7 5 6 8 5

102 94 111 108 107 103

101 91 114 114 109 102

Small red

CDC Cherie CDC Dazil CL CDC Imax CL CDC Impact CL CDC Maxim CL CDC Redberry CDC Redcliff CDC Redcoat CDC Red Rider CDC Rouleau

4 4 5 6 5 9 5 5 6 6

118 116 106 87 110 105 120 116 103 104

Large red

CDC KR-1

5

Green cot

CDC QG-1

Spanish brown

CDC SB-1

* Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan since 1995. Comparisons to CDC Milestone.

CL indicates Clearfield variety.

Maturity ratings: Normal maturity range in days based on May 1 seeding is E=100, VL=110 but maturity can be much earlier in dry years, much later in cool wet years. See Page 2 for more information on maturity range in lentil.

Additional Information Seed supplies may be limited for CDC Imigreen CL, CDC Impower CL, CDC Peridot CL, CDC Redbow, CDC Rosebud, CDC Imax CL, CDC Redcoat, CDC Ruby, CDC Dazil CL and CDC Cherie. Indianhead lentil is a small black-seeded specialty variety.

Weight, diameter and thickness of lentil seeds will vary depending on environmental conditions and agronomic factors.

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VR 13

2012 SaskSeed Guide VR13

Field Pea

Main Characteristics of Varieties Variety

Years Tested*

------ Yield as % Cutlass -----1.2 & South 3

North 3&4

Irrigation

--------------------------------------- Resistance to: --------------------------------------------------

Leaf Type

Relative Maturity

Lodging (1-9)**

Vine Length (cm)

Mycosphaerella Blight

Powdery Mildew

Fusarium Wilt

Seed Coat Breakage

Bleaching

Seed Coat Dimpling

Greenness

Seed Weight g/1000

Yellow Cutlass Agassiz ^ Argus ^ Canstar ^ CDC Bronco CDC Centennial CDC Golden CDC Handel CDC Hornet CDC Mozart CDC Meadow CDC Minuet CDC Prosper CDC Saffron CDC Treasure Delta DS Admiral ^ Eclipse ^ Hugo ^ Polstead ^ Reward ^ Sorento ^ SW Midas ^ Thunderbird ^

12 7 4 5 8 5 9 5 6 7 9 5 7 4 7 4 6 11 4 8 5 6 5 6

100 114 110 96 109 106 108 103 104 104 107 100 99 113 103 93 93 98 114 102 98 100 96 106

100 116 114 101 104 112 102 93 107 101 109 101 102 114 109 92 103 98 120 105 107 102 91 106

100 120 113 98 102 117 107 110 106 108 108 --87 110 111 --95 101 116 107 108 113 105 108

SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL

M M M M M E M L M M E M E M E E E M M M M M E M

5 4.5 4 4 4.5 5.5 4.5 6 4 5.5 4 5.5 4.5 4 4 5.5 4.5 4 5.5 5 4 5.5 4 4

75 85 80 85 75 70 85 75 85 70 85 70 80 80 80 70 80 80 75 75 90 80 80 85

F F F P F F F P F F F F F F F P F F F P F F F F

VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG P VG VG VG VG VG VG VG VG

F F F G F F F F F F F F G F F --F P G P F F F F

F G F F G G G G F G G F G G F G G G G F G G G G

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

F F F G G G G G G G G G F F F --G F F G G F G G

G G G G G F G F G F G F G G G --G G G F F G G F

220 230 230 240 230 270 230 220 220 220 220 190 150 250 210 250 240 250 220 280 240 260 220 220

Green CDC Montero CDC Patrick CDC Pluto CDC Raezer CDC Sage CDC Striker CDC Tetris Cooper ^ Nitouche SW Sergeant Venture

6 7 4 4 5 12 5 10 7 5 4

91 101 112 100 80 93 105 105 86 88 89

89 105 104 107 84 100 112 102 91 87 82

90 102 107 125 86 101 103 103 95 90 ---

SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL SL

M M M M M M L L M M E

5.5 4.5 5.5 3.5 4 3.5 4 4 5 4 5

80 80 80 85 80 80 85 80 75 80 75

F F F F F F F F F F P

VG VG VG VG VG P VG VG P VG P

F G F G G G G F F F P

G G G G G VG G F G G G

F G G G G G G G G G F

F G G G F G G G F G F

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

230 190 160 220 220 230 210 270 250 200 220

Maple CDC Acer CDC Mosaic CDC Rocket

3 2 3

100 85 93

94 91 104

----100

SL SL SL

L L M

6.5 4 6

60 85 75

F F F

VG VG VG

-------

G G G

n/a n/a n/a

VG VG VG

n/a n/a n/a

170 180 210

Dun CDC Dakota

2

127

129

---

SL

M

3.5

85

F

VG

---

G

n/a

VG

n/a

205

Forage CDC Sonata CDC Horizon CDC Leroy CDC Tucker Stella Trapper 40-10

4 2 3 3 2 7 3

102 102 98 99 89 68 80

94 100 96 99 92 68 84

----89 88 ----56

N SL SL SL SL N N

L M M M M L L

6.5 4.5 5 4 4 8.5 8.5

85 90 95 100 90 115 120

F F F F F P P

VG VG VG VG VG P P

---------------

G G G G G G G

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

F G G G G --G

F G G F G -----

220 170 150 170 210 130 140

* Co-op and regional trials in Saskatchewan ** Lodging Score (1-9) where 1=completely upright, 9=completely lodged  N=normal leaf type; SL = semi-leafless  Seed coat dimpling: VG = 0-5%; G = 6-20%; F = 21-50%  Greenness: Good = 0-10%; Fair = 11-25% The following varieties have purple flower colour and tannin containing seed coats: CDC Acer, CDC Mosaic, CDC Rocket, CDC Dakota and 40-10; all other varieties have white flower colour and non-pigmented seed coats.

Additional Information

Forage pea cultivars are generally grown in mixture with annual cereal crops. For forage pea cultivars, biomass yield is generally more important than grain yield.

For detailed production information consult the Pulse Production Manual published by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers.

The relative maturity of the check variety Cutlass is M (Medium), which is on average 90 days from seeding to swathing ripeness.

Please add 3-4 days for each rating beyond Medium. As harvest proceeds into the fall, these ranges expand.

The following varieties have purple flower colour and pigmented seed coats: CDC Acer, CDC Mosaic, CDC Rocket, CDC Dakota and 40-10. CDC Acer, CDC Mosaic, and CDC Rocket have a maple patterned seed coat, 40-10 has a speckled seed coat, while CDC Dakota has a solid dun (tan) coloured seed coat. All other varieties have white flower colour and non-pigmented seed coats.

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Chickpea

Characteristics of Kabuli and Desi Chickpea Varieties Seed or Seed Coat Colour

Area 1*

Area 2*

Ascochyta Blight**

Height (cm)

Days to Flower

Maturity

Seed Weight (g/1000)

13

100

100

4.3

46

56

L

258

Ro

B

10

107

104

4.2

44

56

L

349

RH

B

9

99

100

5.5

39

54

ML

369

RH

B

5

107

106

5.0

44

53

L

436

RH

B

K

3

94

97

5.9

40

55

L

368

RH

B

CDC Leader

K

6

109

107

4.5

40

55

M

402

RH

B

CDC Vanguard

D

9

110

108

5.1

41

54

ML

220

P

T

CDC Cabri

D

9

103

102

4.9

48

51

M

304

P

T

CDC Corinne

D

9

118

110

4.2

43

55

M

244

A/P

T

CDC Cory

D

3

122

104

4.2

47

56

M

268

A/P

T

KABULI

Type ♣

Years Tested

Amit (B-90) ^

K

CDC Frontier

K

CDC Luna

K

CDC Orion

K

CDC Alma

Variety

----- Yield (% Amit) -----

Seed Shape

♣ Type: D = Desi; K = Kabuli * Area 1: brown soil zone; Area 2: dark brown soil zone ** Ascochyta Blight at pod filling period:0-9 scale; 0 = no symptom; 9 = plants are completely blighted. Scores 4 - 6 are considered fair.  Seed shape: Ro = Round; RH = Ram-head; P = plump; A = angular  Seed or seed coat colour:B = beige; T = tan; LT = light tan

Additional Information Please refer to SaskSeed 2012 for pedigreed seed availability. For more details on production consult the Pulse Production Manual published by the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (www.saskpulse.com ).

Soybean

Main Characteristics of Varieties 1

Years Tested

Site Years Tested

NSC Warren RR

2

22

LS 0036RR 900Y71

2 2

22 22

Variety

Yield (% of NSC Warren RR) 100 103 97

Relative3 Seed Size (# seeds/lb)

Hilum4 Colour

VG

3062

BR

VG VG

3800 2316

BL IY

Corn Heat Lodging Units Days to2 Maturity Resistance 2350 2425 2400

118 122 123

1

All varieties in this table are Roundup Ready 1 type. For full list of commercial varieties see Seed Manitoba 2012 ( www.seedmb.ca).

Average from 2010 and 2011. Moist growing seasons result in delayed maturity.

3 Number of seeds/lb as entered in the trial, data supplied by individual companies.

4 Hilum is the point where the seed attaches to the pod. BR-Brown, IY-Imperfect Yellow, BL-Black 2

Additional Information Data are derived from the western Canada soybean trial co-ordinated by Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives.

Saskatchewan test sites were Saskatoon and Outlook (dry land and irrigated). Alberta test sites were Bow Island (dry land and irrigated). Manitoba test sites were Hamiota, Boissevain, Roblin, Carberry, Melita.

Two year (2010-2011) mean yield of the check variety NSC Warren RR was 49 bushels/acre. Typical on-farm yields are 25-30 bushels/acre.

Corn Heat Unit ratings are assigned by individual companies to assist growers select varieties suitable for their area; growers should not rely on only one source for judging maturity.

For effective nodulation and nitrogen fixation, soybean must be inoculated with a Bradyrhizobium japonicum bacterial inoculant since this bacteria is not native to western Canadian soils.

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Dry Bean

Main Characteristics of Varieties Variety

Type

CDC Pintium CDC WM-1 CDC WM-2 ~ Island Winchester Winmor Cruiser § Envoy Lightning AC Polaris AC Redbond AC Black Diamond Carman Black CDC Blackcomb CDC Expresso § CDC Jet CDC Sol

pinto pinto pinto pinto pinto pinto navy navy navy great northern small red shiny black black black black black Yellow

---- Yield % of CDC Pintium ----

Years Tested*

Irrigation

Area 2

13 5 5 5 3 4 6 8 3 7 8 7 3 4 11 9 4

100 102 110 104 121 115 73 83 --97 96 102 --106 65 88 ---

100 100 97 110 123 106 85 87 --102 103 95 --92 78 95 ---

Area 3

Days to Flower

Maturity Rating

% Pod Clearance

Seed Weight (g/1000)

Growth Habit‡

100 91 97 90 104 96 97 85 88 95 99 94 112 86 74 91 ---

50 50 52 55 52 55 54 53 60 52 51 54 59 56 47 58 55

E E E M M M L M L L M M M M M L L

80 78 74 74 74 73 69 73 87 70 65 70 88 74 87 80 78

350 345 365 350 352 356 164 184 180 310 290 250 191 167 191 175 399

I I II II II II II I II III II II II II I II I

* Co-op and regional trials grown in narrow rows. Direct comparisons to CDC Pintium since 1996 Maturity ratings based on E=100 days L= 110 days for May 20 planting to swathing maturity. See page 2 for more information. Pod clearance: percentage of pods that completely clear the cutterbar (4 cm) at time of swathing ‡ Growth habit: I = determinate bush; II = indeterminate bush; III = indeterminate vine

Additional Information Seed of Carman Black will not be available in 2012.

Faba Bean

Main Characteristics of Varieties Variety

Coloured Flower

CDC Fatima Taboar ^ CDC Blitz Orion Florent FB9-4 FB18-20 SSNS-1

White Flower

Snowbird ^ Imposa ^ Tobasco ~

Years Tested

Yield % CDC Fatima

Maturity Rating

Seed Weight (g/1000)

12 4 6 6 4 3 3 6

100 96 101 92 112 96 103 93

105 107 109 103 107 104 105 105

520 480 410 350 660 680 750 350

5 4 5

104 110 101

104 107 106

495 695 530

Additional Information Faba bean regional trials were started again beginning in 2006 to accommodate growing interest in this crop as a nitrogen-fixing high protein feed grain in moist areas where producers experience problems with pea diseases. White-flowered types are zero tannin. All coloured flower types have seed coats that contain tannins and may be suitable for export food markets if seed size and quality match customer demand.

Maturity ratings are based on days until swathing maturity but will vary depending on seeding date and weather conditions.

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Oilseed Crops

Flax

Main Characteristics of Varieties ---------- Yield as % of CDC Bethune* ---------Variety

CDC Bethune ^ CDC Arras Hanley ^ Lightning ^ Prairie Blue ^ Prairie Grande ^ Prairie Thunder ^ CDC Sorrel ^ Taurus ^ Vimy AC Watson

----------------------Resistance to-----------------------

Relative Maturity

Seed Size

100

L

M

G

F

F

92

M

L

F

P

F

90

93

M

M

G

F

G

92

93

L

M

G

F

G

99

92

97

L

S

VG

F

F

7

92

94

92

M

M

VG

F

F

8

95

95

98

M

M

VG

F

G

8

100

101

92

L

L

G

F

F

6

94

99

94

M

M

G

F

F

Years Tested

Area 1&2

Area 3&4

Irrigation

10

100

100

10

95

92

4

90

6

92

4

Lodging

Powdery Mildew

Fusarium Wilt

10

94

90

85

M

L

P

P

F

6

88

93

92

M

M

G

F

F

* Data from Regional and Co-op trials  Relative maturity: The relative maturity of the check, CDC Bethune, is L (on average 101 days from seeding to swathing ripeness)

The Flax Council of Canada's Triffid Stewardship Program recommends the testing of all flax seed intended for planting, and only flax seed which tests negative for the presence of Triffid should be planted. For the latest recommendations, please visit www.flaxcouncil.ca .

Additional Information: All varieties are resistant to rust.

Frozen flax should be analyzed by a feed testing laboratory to determine that it is free of prussic acid before using it as a livestock feed.

Sunflower (Oilseed)

Main Characteristics of Varieties Variety

63A21 803 DMR NS 306 DMR NS 2930 7120 HO/DM 8N 270CL DM* Defender plus

Years Tested

Yield as % of 63A21

Average Maturity (days)

Harvest Moisture %

2 2 2 2 2 2 2

100 92 102 97 87 104 91

116 119 124 120 125 120 120

14.3 14.6 20.7 16.8 21.0 20.7 18.7

2 year data based on 8 locations in total * 8N 270CL is a Clearfield® tolerant variety. Please consult with seed distributor for specific herbicides.

Sunflower (Oilseed) EMSS

Main Characteristics of Varieties Variety

63A21 AC Sierra

Years Tested

Yield as % of 63A21

Average Maturity (days)

Harvest Moisture %

12 3

100 56

116 109

14.3 13.3

Additional Information Sunflower requires 105-125 days to mature, depending on the cultivar and the growing season. Oilseed sunflower has been grown in the Dark Brown and Black soil zones in southeastern Saskatchewan. Harvest moisture is a good indication of how quickly these hybrids will be ready to combine in the field. The earlier maturing, short stature (EMSS) varieties are adapted to production in most areas of Saskatchewan. AC Sierra is open pollinated and not a hybrid.

The Saskatchewan Sunflower Committee has been conducting trials in Saskatchewan for the purpose of registration and demonstration since 1983. Sunflowers no longer require three years of yield testing to be sold in the Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan Sunflower Committee will publish results from each year. For the complete data set please email Elaine Moats with Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture (Elaine.Moats@gov.sk.ca) or call 306-848-2856.

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Mustard

Main Characteristics of Varieties* Type and Variety

Yield % of AC Pennant

Plant Height (cm)

Mucilage† cS*ml/g seed

Protein % Seed

Fixed Oil % Seed

Seed Weight (g/1000)

100 100 99 101

95 98 101 100

43.7 39.8 49.0 53.9

34.4 34.4 34.9 35.2

29.6 29.5 29.3 28.5

5.7 5.9 5.5 6.1

Yield % of Duchess

Plant Height (cm)

Volatile oil‡ mg/g seed

Protein % Seed

Fixed Oil % Seed

Seed Weight (g/1000)

100 101 94

112 116 109

9.1 9.9 13.4

28.8 30.1 30.7

38.1 36.4 34.2

2.7 3.0 2.7

113 123 115

11.1 11.7 11.9

29.2 29.8 29.6

41.0 38.8 40.6

2.8 2.5 2.8

Yellow

AC Pennant AC Base Ace Andante

Brown

Duchess Centennial Brown Amigo**

Yield % of Cutlass

Oriental

Cutlass Forge AC Vulcan

100 98 97

* Data from 1999-2010 Co-operative Test. Yield % of check: 103 locations for yellow mustard, and 97 locations for brown and oriental mustard. ** Data from 2008-2010 Co-operative Mustard Test. † Mucilage in yellow mustard is a measurement of viscosity of aqueous extracts from seed. ‡ Volatile oil = allyl glucosinolate

Additional Information Three types of mustard are grown in western Canada: yellow (Sinapis alba) and brown and oriental (Brassica juncea) . Mustard is typically grown under contract, where the contractor specifies the variety to be grown to meet industry specifications for product quality. All mustard varieties have good resistance to blackleg disease and mature, on average, in 90 to 92 days.

The four yellow mustard varieties have similar yield and range in height from 95 cm to 101 cm. A unique feature of yellow mustard is high mucilage content. Mucilage is valued by the mustard industry as a stabilizer flour as an ingredient in meat products. The protein contents of Andante and Ace are significantly higher than AC Pennant and AC Base, with corresponding lower fixed oil content.

Andante and AC Base have significantly higher seed weight than AC Pennant, with Ace having smaller seed.

Brown mustard is grown primarily for the Dijon mustard market. Centennial Brown has significantly higher allyl glucosinolate and protein content, as well as lower fixed oil than Duchess. It is also larger seeded than Duchess. Centennial Brown and Duchess are highly susceptible to white rust disease (staghead). Amigo has good yield and plant height is similar to Duchess. Amigo is the first brown mustard variety highly resistant to white rust race 2a, but susceptible to race 2v. Amigo has very high allyl glucosinolate content, much higher than Centennial Brown and Duchess. It also has greater protein and much reduced fixed oil content. Its seed weight is somewhat lower than that of the other brown mustard varieties.

Three varieties of oriental mustard (yellow-seeded) are available for production. Cutlass is the highest yielding variety. Forge is the tallest variety. AC Vulcan and Forge have high allyl glucosinolate content and greater protein content than Cutlass. Forge has significantly lower fixed oil and smaller seed.

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Canola Variety Information Brassica napus (Argentine Canola) Argentine varieties mature two weeks later than Polish varieties and are therefore better suited to the mid and long season growing areas of Saskatchewan. Blackleg disease, which is now widespread in Saskatchewan, can cause severe yield losses in varieties that are susceptible.

Argentine varieties are susceptible to seed shattering when left standing at full maturity. Later maturing varieties tend to produce higher levels of green seed under wet and cool conditions at harvest, which can cause substantial grade reductions. The control of herbicide tolerant canola volunteers requires good agronomic practices, such as proper crop and herbicide rotations.

The Prairie Canola Variety Testing (PCVT) program that was conducted until 2009 was replaced with Canola Performance Trials (CPT) in 2011. The CPT trials represent the next generation in variety evaluation for Western Canadian canola growers.

The trials were designed to provide:  Relevant, unbiased and timely performance data that reflects actual production practices;  Comparative data on leading varieties and newly introduced varieties; and,  Detailed reporting on agronomic characteristics such as yield, height, lodging, maturity and economic performance, and site specific performance variables including weather, soil type, crop nutrition, seeding and harvest management.

The CPT trials in 2011 were conducted under the guidance of a governance committee that oversaw approvals of varieties, protocol design, data collection, analysis, reporting and finance management. The Canola Council of Canada delivered the program on the committee’s behalf.

The CPT program included 26 small plot trials and 111 field scale trials in 2011. The trial sites were distributed

based on seeded acres in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Small plot trials included leading varieties and varieties that are newly introduced. The new small plot system ensured that:  All varieties are treated with appropriate commercially associated herbicides and seed treatments;  An independent third party representative inspected all trials; and,  Varieties were in blocks based on maturity. That way, harvest occurred at the most appropriate time to minimize harvest losses due to maturity differences.

Field scale comparisons added extra perspective for assessing consistency in variety performance.

To ensure quality data, the CPT technical committee established protocols and developed research plot designs to ensure that the data is representative. Performance objectives were established to provide guidelines on timely field operations and data collection. All sites were inspected to verify if these guidelines were followed to allow a fair comparison among the varieties tested. Audits of field scale projects give growers the confidence that the protocol was conducted in a scientifically sound manner and that comparisons are appropriate. Qualified professionals with extensive background in conducting field scale research trials performed the audits.

Where can you get the CPT results?

Results will be available through an online interactive tool at www.canolaperformancetrials.ca. The interactive tool will allow growers to explore many agronomic factors and to search for trial data in specific geographic areas near their farming operations. Details on management, operations and environmental data for each individual site will be reported online. The online tool will have an

economic calculator that includes the costs associated with growing the selected variety to assist growers in determining potential profitability.

Data will also be available in booklet form and can be obtained from your local agri-retailer.

Brassica rapa (Polish Canola) Polish varieties mature approximately two weeks earlier than Argentine varieties and are less likely to produce green seed. Polish varieties are more heat and drought tolerant than the Argentine type. They are also more shatter resistant than Argentine varieties and are therefore well suited to straight combining. ACS-C7 has fair resistance to blackleg; all other Polish varieties have poor resistance.

Blackleg is less of a threat in Polish canola because of its early maturity, which tends to reduce the impact of the disease on seed yields. Three new synthetic Polish varieties are Early One, ACS-C29 and Synergy. All three varieties yield significantly more than their open-pollinated counterparts like AC Sunbeam. Early One and ACSC29 are available through Mastin Seeds, while Synergy is available through SeCan. (Source: AAFC, Saskatoon) Brassica juncea Canola Brassica juncea canola is a new class of canola that is especially well adapted to areas where hot, dry conditions are common. It has very good resistance to blackleg and exhibits better heat and drought tolerance than other canola. Juncea canola shattering resistance is similar to Polish canola and is well suited to straight-cut combining. All production is contracted.

XCEED VT Oasis CL, available from Viterra in 2012, is suited to the Brown and Dark Brown season growing zones. It is compatible with the Clearfield Production System (Source: Viterra).

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Clubroot

By Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Clubroot is a soil-borne disease caused by a microbe, Plasmodiophora brassicae. Clubroot affects the roots of cruciferous field crops such as canola, mustard and camelina, as well as cruciferous vegetables (e.g. radish, turnip, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower) and weeds (e.g. stinkweed, shepherd’s purse, wild mustard). Clubroot has become a significant problem for canola growers in some areas of Alberta and the pathogen has been detected in Saskatchewan and reported once in Manitoba. Clubroot is a regulated pest in Saskatchewan under The Pest Control Act. Invasion of the interior of the host roots alters hormone balance and leads to increased cell division and growth, resulting in clubroot galls. These deformed roots have reduced ability to absorb water and nutrients leading to stunting, wilting, yellowing, premature ripening and shriveling of seeds. The cause of these above-ground symptoms can be confirmed by digging up suspect plants to check roots for gall formation (see photo).

Clubroot affects canola yield and quality to a similar degree as other diseases affecting water and nutrient uptake, and its impact depends on soil conditions and the growth stage of the crop when infection occurs. Warm soils, high soil moisture and low soil

Clubroot is of particular concern because the disease can cause devastating yield losses with limited control options. In areas where it has not yet occurred, clubroot is also of concern because the disease can spread through movement of soil contaminated with resting spores. pH favour spore germination, infection and disease development; however, the disease can still occur under conditions outside of the optimum parameters.

Infected roots will eventually disintegrate, releasing resting spores into the soil, which may then be transported by vehicles/tires or earth tag on agricultural or industrial field equipment, wind, water erosion, animals/manure and shoes/clothing.

Resting spore numbers will decline over time when non-host crops are grown, but a small proportion can survive in soil for up to 20 years.

Clubroot is primarily a soil-borne disease; it does not infect seed but may be found in soil attached to seed or other plant parts. There are currently no seed treatments or foliar fungicides registered for control of clubroot on canola.

The following best practices are recommended for prevention and management of clubroot: 1. Plant susceptible crops, including clubroot resistant varieties, no more than once every four years.

Photo courtesy Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture.

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Although crop rotation will not prevent the introduction of clubroot to fields that are free of the pathogen, it will restrict clubroot development by reducing the increase of clubroot inoculum, as well as help alleviate the impact of other plant pathogens.

2. Scout crops regularly and carefully: • Identify suspicious above-ground symptoms including wilting, stunting, yellowing and premature ripening of canola or other susceptible crops.

• Field entrances and approaches are likely to be contaminated with clubroot spores first; therefore, symptoms will often appear there first.

• Confirm cause of above ground symptoms by checking the roots for galls. If unsure about symptoms, send suspect samples to the provincial Crop Protection Lab in Regina.

3. Practice good sanitation by restricting movement of potentially contaminated soil to noncontaminated regions: • For producers, this means restricting entry into their fields of vehicles, field machinery or oil rig equipment with earth tag from infested regions unless it has been properly sanitized. Ask questions about where the equipment is from and what sanitation measures have been used before the equipment left the infested area, dealer or auction site.

• Cleaning steps may include: removal of crop debris and soil, washing of equipment with a power washer using hot water or steam and misting with disinfectant (1-2 per cent bleach solution), followed by an additional rinse with water.

• Other agricultural products, which could carry soil, should be carefully checked for excess soil.

For more information on clubroot, visit www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/clubrootcanola and www.clubroot.ca.

Wheat Midge Management

By Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture

The wheat midge (Sitodiplosis mossellana) is a small fly that can cause significant damage to wheat crops.

Wheat midge tolerant wheat varieties were released for the first time in 2010.

The source of reduced damage is from a single gene – Sm1. Resistance based on a highly effective single gene is often short-lived due to genetic mutations that occur in the insect population and the high selection pressure that results from a very effective gene in a mono-culture crop situation.

In order to maintain the maximum benefit of the gene, varieties have been released with a refuge (susceptible wheat variety) to discourage the development of a mutant midge population that could overcome the resistance. The refuge allows sufficient numbers of susceptible type midge to survive, ensuring that a midge that has overcome the resistance will most likely mate with a susceptible midge.

Based on current information, a wheat blend containing 10 percent wheat midge susceptible varieties is recommended. The blended varieties (VB) are released as certified seed.

Since the adult midge does not generally move far from their emergence sites prior to mating, an interspersed refuge method is utilized.

Of particular concern is the stability of the composition of these varietal blends. After several generations, the refuge may decline to a very low frequency, putting the midge resistance at risk. Alternatively, the refuge may increase in frequency in some situations and not provide the level of resistance expected in years when midge infestations are significant. Research is currently underway to ensure that the refuge is 10 percent of the varietal blend. No other sources of midge resistance have been conclusively identified.

Maintaining the efficacy of this gene is vital to midge management.

Description of the Pest The wheat midge is about one-half the size of a mosquito. The adult midge lays eggs on the glumes of the wheat head.

During the egg laying period, the adult midge remains within the crop canopy in the daytime where conditions are humid. During the evening, females become active at the top of the canopy, laying eggs on the newly emerged wheat heads. The female midge live for less than seven days and lay an average of 80 eggs. Larvae hatch from the eggs and crawl into the wheat glumes to feed on developing wheat kernels.

After feeding for two to three weeks, the larvae may remain in the head until the crop is harvested or they may drop to the ground. The midge over-winters as cocoons in the soil. In spring, once climatic conditions are favourable, the larvae become active and move to the soil surface to pupate. Emergence of the adult wheat midge from the pupae occurs in late June and early July, starting the cycle over again.

Monitoring Careful and regular monitoring of wheat fields is needed when the wheat plants are susceptible to midge - from the time the boot splits and the head becomes visible until flowering (anthesis). The field should be inspected in at least three or four locations. Infestations are sometimes higher at field edges and low lying areas where moisture is higher.

Field inspection should occur within an hour of dusk when the female midge is most active. This generally occurs when the temperature is above 15°C and wind speed is less than 10 km/h.

When wind speeds are greater than 10 km/h, egg-laying may still occur on lower heads that are sheltered within the crop canopy.

Biological Control On the prairies, wheat midge populations can be maintained at tolerable levels by a small, 1 to 2 mm long parasitic wasp. The wasp lays its eggs inside the eggs of the midge, and starts to slowly grow inside the midge larva. The parasite remains dormant within the midge larva over winter, but in the following spring, it grows rapidly and destroys the midge larva.

Cultural Control Midge populations will increase with continuous wheat cropping situations.

Spring rye is highly susceptible.

Rotations with oilseeds and pulse crops, and other less susceptible cereal crops will avoid problems with wheat midge.

Chemical Control An insecticide application should be considered when economically warranted. One adult midge for every four to five wheat heads generally equates to about a 10 percent yield loss. One adult midge for every eight to ten heads could affect grade.

Insecticides should be applied in the evening when the female midge is most active. However, early morning applications may also produce acceptable results. Application during advanced stages of flowering is discouraged because plants at this growth stage are no longer susceptible and larvae that are inside the florets are unlikely to be affected. Late insecticide application may also have a negative effect on the parasites.

For more information, see the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture publications Wheat Midge and Wheat Midge Forecast Map on the Ministry website: www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/ Crop-Protection.

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Breeding Institutions and Seed Distributors of Varieties Listed in this Publication Crop Kind, Class & Variety

Breeding Institution

Distributor

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Viterra Inc. Viterra Inc. SeCan Members SeCan Members SeCan Members Seed Depot SeCan Members SeCan Members CANTERRA SEEDS Public release U of S - CDC Alliance Seed Corp.

FP Genetics Viterra Inc. CANTERRA SEEDS CANTERRA SEEDS SeCan Members CANTERRA SEEDS SeCan Members Viterra Inc. FP Genetics Public release U of S - CDC SeCan Members Viterra Inc. SeCan Members SeCan Members FP Genetics Cargill SeCan Members FP Genetics SeCan Members SeCan Members Richardson Intl Viterra Inc. Viterra Inc. Viterra Inc.

Canada Prairie Spring Red AAFC (Winnipeg) Conquer VB ^ AC Crystal ^ AAFC (Swift Current) SY985 ~ Syngenta Seeds Canada Inc. 5700PR ^ Syngenta Seeds Canada Inc. 5702PR ^ Syngenta Seeds Canada Inc.

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Canada Prairie Spring White AC Vista ^ AAFC (Swift Current)

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Canada Western Soft White Spring AC Andrew AAFC (Lethbridge) AAFC (Lethbridge) Bhishaj Sadash ^ AAFC (Lethbridge)

SeCan Members Tony Crooymans SeCan Members

Canada Western General Purpose CDC NRG003 ~ U of S - CDC AAFC (Swift Current) NRG010 ^ AAFC (Winnipeg) Minnedosa ^ Pasteur ~ Wiersum Plant Breeding

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Canada Western Amber Durum AC Avonlea ^ AAFC (Swift Current) AAFC (Swift Current) Brigade ^ Enterprise ~ AAFC (Swift Current)

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Canada Western Amber Durum (cont'd) Eurostar ^ AAFC (Swift Current) Transcend ~ AAFC (Swift Current) Kyle AAFC (Swift Current) AC Navigator ^ AAFC (Swift Current) Strongfield ^ AAFC (Swift Current) CDC Verona ^ U of S - CDC

SeCan Members FP Genetics SeCan Members Viterra Inc. SeCan Members Alliance Seed Corp.

WINTER WHEAT Accipiter ~ AC Bellatrix Broadview ^ CDC Buteo CDC Clair CDC Falcon CDC Harrier CDC Kestrel Flourish^ McClintock ^ Moats ~ CDC Osprey Peregrine ~ CDC Ptarmigan Radiant ^ CDC Raptor Sunrise

U of S - CDC AAFC (Lethbridge) AAFC (Lethbridge) U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC AAFC (Lethbridge) U of M (Winnipeg) U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC AAFC (Lethbridge) U of S - CDC U of S

SeCan Members FP Genetics CANTERRA SEEDS SeCan Members SeCan Members SeCan Members SeCan Members SeCan Members SeCan Members CANTERRA SEEDS SeCan Members CANTERRA SEEDS SeCan Members Western Ag CANTERRA SEEDS SeCan Members Western Ag

WINTER RYE Hazlet Prima AC Remington AC Rifle

AAFC (Swift Current) AAFC (Swift Current) AAFC (Swift Current) AAFC (Swift Current)

SeCan Members SeCan Members CANTERRA SEEDS SeCan Members

TRITICALE Bobcat ^ Bumper ~ Bunker ^ AC Certa Luoma ^ Metzger ^ Pika Pronghorn Tyndal ^ AC Ultima

AARD (Lacombe) CIMMYT, International Mexico AARD (Lacombe) AAFC (Swift Current) AARD (Lacombe) AARD (Lacombe) AARD (Lacombe) AARD (Lacombe) AARD (Lacombe) AAFC (Swift Current)

Progressive Seeds SeCan Members FP Genetics Progressive Seeds Corns Brothers Farms Haney Farm Ltd. Progressive Seeds Progressive Seeds SeCan Members FP Genetics

MALTING BARLEY Two-Row Bentley ^ Cerveza ^ CDC Copeland ^ Harrington CDC Kendall ^ CDC Kindersley ~ CDC Landis ^ Major ^ CDC Meredith ^ Merit 57 ^ AC Metcalfe ^ Newdale ^ Norman ^ CDC PolarStar ^ CDC Reserve ^

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CANTERRA SEEDS Mastin Seeds Ltd. SeCan Members SeCan Members Viterra Inc. SeCan Members TBA Viterra Inc. SeCan Members CANTERRA SEEDS SeCan Members FP Genetics FP Genetics SeCan Members SeCan Members

Six-Row CDC Anderson ~ CDC Battleford ^ Celebration ^ CDC Clyde ^ CDC Kamsack ^ Lacey ^ Legacy ^ CDC Mayfair ^ Stellar-ND ^ Tradition ^

U of S - CDC U of S - CDC Busch Ag Res. Inc. U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of Minnesota Busch Ag Res. Inc. U of S - CDC NDSU Busch Ag Res. Inc.

SeCan Members SeCan Members CANTERRA SEEDS Viterra Inc. CANTERRA SEEDS Alliance Seed Corp.

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FEED BARLEY Feed CDC Austenson ^ CDC Bold Busby ^ Champion ^ Chigwell ^ CDC Coalition ^ CDC Cowboy ^ CDC Dolly Gadsby ~ CDC Helgason ^ McLeod ^ CDC Mindon^ Muskwa ~ AC Rosser ^ Sundre ^ CDC Trey ^ Xena

U of S - CDC U of S - CDC AARD (Lacombe) Westbred, LLC AARD (Lacombe) U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC AARD (Lacombe) U of S - CDC Westbred, LLC U of S - CDC AARD (Lacombe) AAFC (Brandon) AARD (Lacombe) U of S - CDC Viterra Inc./W. Plant Breeders

SeCan Members CANTERRA SEEDS Mastin Seeds Viterra Inc. SeCan Members CANTERRA SEEDS SeCan Members SeCan Members SeCan Members SeCan Members Viterra Inc. SeCan Members SeedNet Inc. SeCan Members Mastin Seeds FP Genetics Viterra Inc.

Hulless CDC Carter ^ CDC ExPlus ~ CDC Hilose CDC Lophy-I CDC McGwire ^

U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC

SeCan Members TBA CANTERRA SEEDS Public release U of S - CDC SeCan Members

Forage Binscarth CDC Cowboy ^ Desperado ^ AC Ranger Stockford ^

AAFC (Brandon) U of S - CDC AAFC (Brandon) AAFC (Brandon) W. Plant Breeders

Wagon Wheel Seeds SeCan Members Alliance Seed Corp.

FP Genetics Viterra Inc.

Food Barley CDC Alamo CDC Candle CDC Fibar ^ CDC McGwire ^ Millhouse CDC Rattan ^ Taylor ^

U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC AAFC (Brandon) U of S - CDC AAFC (Brandon)

Public release U of S - CDC Public release U of S - CDC CANTERRA SEEDS SeCan Members TBA CANTERRA SEEDS Alliance Seed Corporation

OAT CDC Baler SW Betania ^ CDC Big Brown ~ CDC Boyer Bradley ~ Bullion CDC Dancer ^ Derby AC Gwen HiFi ^ Jordan ^ Lee Williams Leggett ^ Lu CDC Minstrel ^ AC Morgan CDC Morrison ~ Murphy ^ CDC Nasser CDC Orrin ^ Pinnacle ^ Ronald ^ CDC Seabiscuit ~ CDC SO-I ^ CDC Sol-Fi Souris ^ Stainless ^ Summit ^ Triactor ^ CDC Weaver ^

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CANARYSEED CDC Bastia Cantate Keet CDC Maria CDC Togo ^

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DRY BEAN AC Black Diamond CDC Blackcomb Carman Black Cruiser Envoy CDC Expresso Island CDC Jet Lightning CDC Pintium AC Polaris AC Redbond CDC Sol Winchester Winmor CDC WM - 1 CDC WM - 2 ~

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U of S - CDC U of S - CDC

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FABA BEAN CDC Blitz CDC Fatima FB9-4 FB18-20 Florent Imposa ^ Orion Snowbird ^ SSNS-1 Taboar ^ Tobasco ~ CHICKPEA CDC Alma Amit (B-90) ^ CDC Cabri CDC Corinne CDC Cory CDC Frontier CDC Leader CDC Luna CDC Orion CDC Vanguard

NPZ Limagrain Nederland AAFC (Lacombe) Limagrain Nederland Globe Seeds - Netherland DL Seeds Inc.

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AAFC (Saskatoon) AAFC (Saskatoon) Colman's of Norwich

Canadian Mustard Assoc.

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Viterra Inc.

AAFC (Saskatoon) Colman's of Norwich AAFC (Saskatoon)

Canadian Mustard Assoc.

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SUNFLOWER 63A21 803 DMR NS 306 DMR NS 2930 7120 HO/DM 8N 270CL DM Defender plus AC Sierra

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SAFFLOWER Saffire AC Sunset

AAFC (Lethbridge) AAFC (Lethbridge)

Jerry Kubic (AB) Viterra Inc.

MUSTARD Brown Amigo Centennial Brown Duchess Oriental Cutlass Forge AC Vulcan Yellow Ace Andante AC Base AC Pennant

SOYBEAN 900Y71 LS 0036RR NSC Warren RR

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FIELD PEA 40-10 CDC Acer DS Admiral ^ Agassiz ^ Argus ^ CDC Bronco Canstar ^ CDC Centennial Cooper ^ Cutlass CDC Dakota Delta Eclipse ^ CDC Golden CDC Handel CDC Horizon CDC Hornet Hugo ^ CDC Leroy CDC Meadow SW Midas ^ CDC Minuet CDC Montero CDC Mosaic CDC Mozart Nitouche CDC Patrick CDC Pluto Polstead ^ CDC Prosper CDC Raezer Reward ^ CDC Rocket CDC Saffron CDC Sage SW Sergeant Stella CDC Sonata Sorento ^ CDC Striker CDC Tetris Thunderbird ^ Trapper CDC Treasure CDC Tucker Venture

SWS, Germany U of S – CDC Danisco Seeds AAFC AAFC (Lacombe) U of S – CDC AAFC U of S - CDC Limagrain Nederland AAFRD / CDC U of S - CDC Limagrain Nederland Limagrain Nederland U of S – CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC AAFC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC Lantmannen SW Seed U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC Limagrain Nederland U of S - CDC U of S - CDC Limagrain Nederland U of S - CDC U of S - CDC AAFC (Lacombe) U of S - CDC U of S - CDC U of S - CDC Lantmannen SW Seed AAFC U of S - CDC Limagrain Nederland U of S – CDC U of S - CDC AAFC AAFC (Morden) U of S - CDC U of S - CDC Axel Toft

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Sask. Pulse Growers Sask. Pulse Growers FP Genetics Sask. Pulse Growers Sask. Pulse Growers Sask. Pulse Growers Sask. Pulse Growers FP Genetics Sask. Pulse Growers Sask. Pulse Growers FP Genetics Sask. Pulse Growers Sask. Pulse Growers SeCan Members Sask. Pulse Growers Sask. Pulse Growers Sask. Pulse Growers FP Genetics Alliance Seed Corp.

Sask. Pulse Growers FP Genetics Sask. Pulse Growers Sask. Pulse Growers CANTERRA SEEDS Public Sask. Pulse Growers Sask. Pulse Growers Johnson Seeds (MB)

Abbreviations used in this list AC AAFC CDC AARD U U of S USDA NDSU

Prefix to variety names Agriculture Canada (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Crop Development Centre Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Lacombe, AB University University of Saskatchewan United States Department of Agriculture North Dakota State University

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There are no royalties or seed marketing agency fees attached to use or sale of seed produced from Breeder seed of public release varieties. While subsequent seed production may be Pedigreed, this is the buyer’s choice and the buyer may increase and sell the seed of public release varieties in any way he/she wishes. To purchase Breeder seed of public release varieties, contact the breeding institution listed above.

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Low level presence

Prepared for The federal government Sask Seed Guide is moving ahead with plans to develop a new low level presence policy to deal with unapproved genetically modified material that shows up in bulk grain shipments.

Blair Coomber, an international trade expert with Agriculture Canada, said the federal agriculture department was expected to wrap up consultations on the issue before the end of 2011.

Beginning last September, bureaucrats from Agriculture Canada met with a variety of stakeholder groups including consumers, environmentalists and the Canadian agri-food industry to get their views on what the new low level presence policy should entail.

Ottawa already has an LLP policy in place to deal with incidents of low level GM presence but the Conservative government felt that the policy should be updated to prepare for an inevitable increase in LLP incidents.

By devising its own updated policy, Ottawa is hoping to play a leading role in helping other countries develop similar science-based policies that will minimize trade disruptions associated with GM contamination.

“I think we are all … familiar with the disruption that we faced with the presence of (Triffid) flax in the European Union,” said Coomber. “(That) event was not related to health and safety … but at the same time, it devastated both Canadian growers and exporters as well as (flax) importers in Europe and companies in Europe.”

According to Coomber, federal agriculture minister Gerry Ritz sees the development of an updated LLP policy as a critical step in the adoption of innovative agricultural technologies in Canada and abroad.

In the next 40 years, it is estimated that the global population could surpass 9.3 million people, Coomber said.

The increasing global population, combined with the effects of soil degradation, urbanization and emerging land-use policies, will put greater pressure on the world’s farmers to grow more food on less land.

“According to the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization), that means we’re going to have to increase production in agriculture and food products by nearly 70 percent and … we’re going to be doing that with less than a five percent increase in arable land,” Coomber said.

An obvious solution to the dilemma is the use of new technologies, including new biotech crops, that offer higher yields, better drought and heat

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high stakes risk

In today’s trading environment, a single unapproved grain containing traits derived through genetic modification could derail an entire shipment destined for export markets. Canadian experts say incidents of unapproved GM events are bound to increase as GM seeds become more common around the world.

tolerance, better disease resistance and better nutrient use efficiency, he added.

“It’s clear that we can’t meet that target globally without innovation and without new products.”

Production of GM crops is increasing throughout the world.

At least 29 countries are known to be producing GM crops, including 19 countries from the developing world.

The United States, Brazil and Argentina lead the way in GM crop production, followed by India, Canada, China, Paraguay and Pakistan.

Several years ago, Canada ranked second in the world in terms of total acres under GM production.

Today, Canada ranks sixth, suggesting the continued proliferation of GM crops around the world.

Both Coomber and Lorne Hepworth, president of CropLife Canada, said an obvious way to minimize trade disruptions related to unapproved GM events is to ensure that GM crops approved in one country are simultaneously approved in other countries around the world.

However, this concept, known as synchronous approvals, is unlikely to gain global acceptance because different countries have different regulatory systems and different approval criteria in place.

According to Hepworth, the number of different GM crops under commercial cultivation was pegged at 33 in 2008.

By 2015, that number is expected to grow to nearly 125, including more than roughly 50 GM crops that are currently development under in Asia.

“Given the probability that these types of crops are going to increase and that (there will be a greater) number of GM events … out there being cultivated and traded internationally, Canada is taking a look at its own LLP policy (to determine) how we can better deal with instances of LLP when they arrive in Canada,” Coomber said.

“One of the reasons that we’re moving forward with this is so that we can then go out and talk to our other trading partners … about what we are doing as far as managing low level presence,” he added. “(We will be) able to talk to it in a more practical manner rather than just shutting down shipments of products when they show up at the border.”

Coomber said Canada’s goal in establishing a new policy is to devise a system that is transparent, predictable and science-based.

The policy should also conform with international guidance and should be aimed at minimizing disruptions to international trade.

Will Hill, president of the Flax Council of Canada, said instances of low level presence are bound to increase given that the number of GM crops under cultivation is increasing and that most countries use bulk grain handling systems.

Hill commended the federal government for taking a leadership role on the issue and urged Ottawa to promote the adoption and implementation of similar science-based policies by other trading nations.

“We’ve seen what happened by not having an effective way to deal with the Triffid issue and I think the impact that we saw in our industry will spread to other industries,” Hill said.

“I think its absolutely imperative that we have an international LLP policy … and I think a good first step toward achieving that is to have a workable low level presence policy in Canada.”

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Canola performance trials offer

objective data on yield, agronomics

Prepared for After a one-year hiatus, Sask Seed Guide prairie canola producers will once again have access to objective data that measures the performance of the newest, most promising and most widelygrown canola varieties in Western Canada.

Franck Groeneweg, a Saskatchewan farmer and board member of the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, said performance data will help farmers across the Prairies decide which canola varieties are best suited to their farms.

The CPT system was introduced earlier this year to replace the old Prairie Canola Variety Trials (CPVT).

Both trial systems were designed to compare the performance of canola varieties, but some industry stakeholders felt the old PCVT system did not accurately reflect the performance potential of some varieties.

The new CPT system provides a more representative and complete picture of the varieties that are most likely to be used by commercial growers, said Groeneweg.

Ultimately, the system will enable growers to make better choices when deciding what variety of canola seed to buy, he added.

“I am pleased to see that it (the new system) has gone so smoothly and that’s really a credit to the people that are involved in it,” said Groeneweg, who also serves as chair of a governance committee overseeing the new trials.

“We tried to come up with a system that meets everybody’s needs, including the seed companies, farmers and the provincial canola groups, and from what I can tell so far, I think we’ve accomplished that.”

Designing a new trial system was not without its challenges.

At least nine seed companies, including Bayer, Brett Young, Cargill, Dow, FP Genetics, Monsanto, SeCan, Canterra and Viterra, submitted varieties for revamped trials.

Each company wanted to ensure that the testing protocols would produce data that accurately reflected the potential of their particular varieties.

Unlike the old PCVT system, all varieties tested in the new CPT system were treated using the proper herbicides.

This is important because most of the canola varieties use weed management technologies such as RoundUp Ready, Clearfield or Liberty.

The old system used the same weed management strategies and herbicides to manage

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all varieties, regardless of their herbicide tolerant traits.

In addition, plots in the new system were managed using production practices that have been widely adopted by commercial canola growers.

“That’s been the biggest push is to make sure that whatever is done in the (trials) … is representative of what farmers are doing in their own fields so that the data that comes out is accurate, representative data,” Groeneweg said.

Stakeholders comprehensively examined the old PCVT system to identify its shortcomings and devise solutions that were amenable to all parties, he added.

Participation of farmers and the provincial canola organizations ensured that interests and concerns of producers and producer groups were also addressed.

The Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, the Alberta Canola Producers Commission and the Manitoba Canola Growers Association are funding the new CPT program.

Seed trade companies, line companies and independent retailers pay a participation fee to have their varieties included in small plot trials. The British Columbia Grain Producers Commission is conducting trials in B.C.’s Peace River region.

Roughly 25 varieties were entered in this year’s small plot trials.

The CPT system started with 32 small plot trial sites in Western Canada, but several were abandoned because of flooding and other management issues that called into question the accuracy or relevance of data.

By the end of the year, data from small plot trials came from 23 locations across western Canada, including 10 in Alberta, nine in Saskatchewan, two in Manitoba and two in British Columbia.

The CPT governance committee oversees all aspects of the testing program, including approval of varieties, program design, financial management, data collection, analysis and reporting.

Representation on the goverance committee includes all western provincial grower groups, government oilseed specialists from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Canola Council of Canada and three members from the Canadian Seed Trade Association.

Another key component of this year’s trial program was the addition of a field-scale testing component that will provide additional

information on variety performance.

Field scale tests were completed at a total of 108 sites across the West, including 43 in Alberta, 43 in Saskatchewan, 19 in Manitoba and one in British Columbia.

Under CPT protocols, field scale tests can be conducted by seed companies or farmer cooperators.

The field scale component of the trials was subject to audits to ensure the accuracy of data.

The audit process assures that the field scale tests were conducted in a scientifically sound manner, following established protocols.

Groeneweg said this year’s small plot trials included varieties with the greatest market share as well as soon-to-be-introduced varieties.

Data available to growers will include yield, height, lodging and maturity.

Additional details will include site specific data on weather, soil type, rotations, fertility programs, seeding dates, seeding rates and harvest dates.

Disease ratings for blackleg will also be included, based on information from the Western Canada Canola and Rapeseed Recommending Committee.

Because the new system is significantly different, Groeneweg warned growers not to make direct comparisons between old PCVT data and new CPT data.

He said the new system took time to develop but appears to be working well after its first season.

“The whole CPT 2011 process has provided an excellent opportunity for the entire industry — including the seed trade, growers and provincial seed specialists— to work together to ensure useful and timely information is available to the growers so they can make informed seeding decisions,” said Groeneweg.

Results of the CPT system can be viewed on the Canola Council of Canada’s website at http:// www.canolacouncil.org/canola_performance_ trials_2011.aspx.

Results can also be viewed in a pullout CPT pamphlet that is inserted in 2012 Sask Seed Guide.

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A 2010 survey of more than 1,300 producers found that variety performance data was the third most important type of information sought by canola growers.

Weather and commodity prices were first and second.

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10 Questions

with the Sask. Seed Growers Association Les Trowell, president of the Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association, shares his thoughts on the 2011 production season, the outlook for 2012 and future changes that are likely to affect the pedigreed seed industry.

there any notable new products hitting the commercial Q: Are market in 2012 that the seed industry and growers have been waiting for? really. There are newer midge tolerant wheat varieties A: Not coming on to the market. Other than that, there’s nothing really

Q: A:

would you characterize the 2011 growing season from a Q: How seed grower’s perspective?

Overall, it was pretty much normal. There always seems to be areas that have production challenges and other areas that A: some do extremely well. That was the case last year.

types of production challenges did seed growers face last Q: What year and what areas were hardest hit?

Q: The single biggest challenge was excessive spring moisture. The A: hardest hit region was in southeastern Saskatchewan, in an area south of Yorkton and east of Regina and … some areas in south central Saskatchewan as well.

A: you anticipate certified seed shortages for any crop types Q: Do going forward? If so, what crop types and which geographic

A:

areas will be affected?

There could be some shortages in those areas that were affected by excessive moisture. Because there was no seed produced in some areas and because we’re also a bit unsure of what was carried over from last year, I would think there is going to be a possibility of some shortages, maybe not of any particular crop type but maybe of specific varieties…. The best advice is to order your certified seed early to get your preferred varieties.

are you hearing about seed quality and disease based on Q: What early test results? still pretty early to tell. A lot of the testing is still being and a lot of test results are not even back yet. But initially, A: It’sdone there doesn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary. We’re

expecting good germination and as far as disease is concerned, I don’t think there’s anything out of the ordinary with that either.

Diseases like ergot and fusarium are always an issue … but I haven’t heard of anything particularly bad in Saskatchewan.

forward to 2012, what are you anticipating in terms of Q: Looking pedigreed seed production? forward in 2012, I think everyone is looking for a A: Going normal year. We’re certainly hoping that all of those producers who suffered a setback last year due to moisture … will be able to get their crop in this year and have a good season. I think things have dried up not bad in most of those wet areas.

However, there will likely be unseeded acres in 2012 as a result of excessive moisture in 2011.

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Q: A:

Q: A:

outstanding or striking that’s a whole lot different from what we’ve had in the past.

How will changes to the Canadian Wheat Board affect Saskatchewan seed growers?

Changes to the CWB possibly could affect seed growers but at this time, it’s very, very premature as to where that’s going to go. We (pedigreed seed growers) are not anticipating much change at all for 2012. I think growers and producers will be cautious and will probably adopt a wait and see attitude. …

They’ll likely wait and see what develops over the spring and summer in terms of programming. It possibly could lead to more IP (identity preserved) production … and if there is more IP production, that would require certified seed so that they can have traceability on it.

As a result of the new grain marketing environment, do you expect to see any major changes in way varieties are developed and registered in Canada or in the types of varieties that farmers choose to grow?

Again, no major changes, at least not in the short term anyway.

There could be, depending on market development, some niche market products. We might see some of those types of products being released, if niche markets are developed. But again, I think it’s really premature to speculate on what’s going to happen. Next year should be a lot clearer.

What other issues are on the seed industry’s radar going forward?

I guess one of our biggest concerns going forward is keeping new varieties publicly available. Keeping public varieties public, either through tenders or through current release programs, is a way to maintain the independence of not only the seed industry but also … of commercial grain producers so they can market where they choose. The current public breeding programs that we have means that public varieties are tendered publicly and are basically available to anybody.… By comparison, a private release would be a variety that comes from a private breeding company and goes, without tender, to a company that would market it exclusively through their own system.

Are there other issues on the horizon that the seed industry is watching?

Another thing that’s coming to our attention is seed treatments.

There may be new restrictions coming forward after 2014 where it’s possible that new chemicals could be restricted and unavailable to producers who aren’t qualified to apply them.

Again, this is very preliminary but that’s what seems to be coming forward. They (regulatory authorities) want to ensure environmental safety and personal safety so that’s basically what’s driving it .… There will be no distinguishing between a seed grower or a commercial grain producer. Either you qualify to apply it or you’re not qualified to apply it. Some seed growers may want to get into that (service) and offer it as part of their business and some may choose not to.

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Results of Agriculture Canada

2011 Variety Request for Proposals

The following list contains the names of companies that were awarded licence rights in 2011 to multiply and distribute new crop varieties developed by Agriculture Canada.

Variety

Company

AW625 Hard Red Spring Wheat BW429 Red Spring Wheat BW901 Red Spring Wheat FP2270 Flax HR199 Navy Bean HW024 Hard White Spring Wheat HY694 Canada Prairie Spring Wheat MP1864 Yellow Pea OT07-17 Natto soybean SC A101 Alfalfa S9489 Crested Wheatgrass T200 Triticale T204 Triticale W454 Red Winter Wheat

Semican Incorporated Seed Depot Canterra FP Genetics SeCan Association SeCan Association FP Genetics Hadland Seed Farms Ltd. Hendrick Seeds Ltd. SeCan Association SeCan Association Western Ag Labs/Wagon Wheel Seed Corp.

Seed Net Incorporated Canterra

No proposals received/ accepted for the following:

* Lines marked with an asterisk in the right hand column will be offered again through the 2012 Request for Proposal process. In 2012, the request for proposals for new or unlicenced Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada seed varieties will begin in early March. Watch for a complete list of new varieties available on the Agriculture Canada website at www.agr.gc.ca.

From Producer to the World

BW410 Spring Wheat BW425 Spring Wheat* GP047 Spring Wheat* HB122 Two-row Barley HR174 Navy Bean HR177 Navy Bean HR200 Navy Bean* MP1861Yellow Pea MP1867 Green Pea MP1880 Green Pea* MP1882 Orange Pea* NA06-002 Navy Bean* OT05-18 Oilseed Soybean OT05-21 Tofu Soybean OX-101 Tofu Soybean* OX-901 Tofu Soybean S9240M Crested Wheatgrass*

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B90 chickpeas**

Navy beans**

Faba beans*

Rapeseed & Canola

The Western Canadian Canola Rapeseed Recommending Committee evaluates lines based on agronomic performance, disease resistance and end-use quality. The table below contains varieties recommended for registration in 2011.

8CN0007 8CN0008 8CN0017 8CN0018 8CN0019 8CN0021 8CN0024 8CN0032 8CN0081 8CN0083 8CN0087 8CN0096 07H874 08H0004 09DL30122 09DL30214 09DL30314 09DL30315 09DL30319 09DL30413 09DL30418 09DL30512 09DL30513 09DL90114 09DL90122 09DL90308

Check Varieties 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2

CL044864

46A65, Q2

CL045978 CL046115 CL065620 CL110579H CL117226H CL117227H CL117235H CL117250H CL121460H CL121466H

46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2

Co-op Name

G069467

46A65, Q2

G72818 G82746 G84602 G86382 G88666 G89304 G98022 G98034 G98046 G98059 G98073 G98888** G98889** G99891** V89529 08N042R 08N565R 08N699R 08N707R 08N737R 08N742R 08N743R 08N751R 08N765R 08N801R 08N807R 08N877I 08N879I 08N881I 08N884I 09N495R 09N496R 09N502R 09N746R VT-FP 08-11724 VT-NY 08-15051 VT-OK 08-12351 VT-OM 08-11532 VT-ON 08-12359 VT-OO 08-15058 VT-OU 08-11536 VT-OU 08-12064 VT-OU 08-12163 VT-OU 08-12196 VT-OU 08-12262 0CN0214 (3 YR INTERIM) 0CN0285 (3 YR INTERIM) 08H1134 (3 YR INTERIM) TC72451-10 (3 YR INTERIM) TC72447-10 (3 YR INTERIM) G152950H (3 YR INTERIM) G152964H (3 YR INTERIM) G99402 (3 YR INTERIM) G98689 (3 YR INTERIM) G08039 (3 YR INTERIM) G99396 (3 YR INTERIM) G88605 (3 YR INTERIM)

46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2 46A65, Q2

**FULL SUPERCEDES 3 YR

Variety

L120

V12-1

1990

NX4-206 CL

2012 CL 2014 CL NX4-107 RR

Herbicide Resistance* LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR CF CF RR RR RR

Specialty

Yield Avg

Yield SSZ

Yield MSZ

Yield LSZ

Yield ISZ

Maturity

Bayer CropScience Bayer CropScience Bayer CropScience Bayer CropScience Bayer CropScience Bayer CropScience Bayer CropScience Bayer CropScience Bayer CroScience Bayer CropScience Bayer CropScience Bayer CropScience Cargill Specialty Canola Oils Cargill Specialty Canola Oils DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc. DL Seeds Inc.

B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus

Low Lin Low Lin

37.3 39.4 40.1 38.0 41.1 34.3 41.8 37.1 34.7 41.1 33.6 40.5 33.2 34.0 25.6 19.8 27.7 26.2 29.4 28.0 20.2 20.9 18.7 22.4 17.2 14.3

29.6 32.7 33.1 35.7 32.5 26.9 32.3 32.6 26.6 33.6 30.8 30.3 35.9 23.1 13.9 13.6 34.7 39.6 21.2 25.2 18.3 16.1 10.8 18.7 5.9 32.9

38.0 41.7 42.4 39.9 44.6 35.2 42.2 40.2 37.2 40.1 33.8 41.6 36.5 37.1 25.9 22.3 21.8 23.8 28.0 26.9 20.9 23.3 20.8 24.1 18.7 10.3

41.9 40.9 41.7 37.2 42.2 38.6 48.4 36.9 38.4 49.3 35.9 46.6 27.0 30.1 26.7 21.1 40.1 29.1 33.9 31.2 20.9 20.6 14.4 22.7 25.9 19.0

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

-0.5 -0.9 -0.2 -0.2 -0.6 -2.0 -1.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.8 -0.1 -0.4 -0.0 3.4 2.3 -0.1 0.4 1.3 2.3 2.4 -0.9 0.1 1.4 0.3 0.3 -1.0

Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc.

CF

B,napus

Low Lin

9.4

40.7

6.9

5.2

0.0

Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc.

CF CF CF CF CF CF CF CF CF CF

B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus B,napus

Low Lin Low Lin Low Lin Low Lin Low Lin Low Lin Low Lin Low Lin Low Lin Low Lin

8.9 11.9 10.5 16.2 20.6 16.5 19.5 11.2 16.5 19.6

50.4 40.7 29.9 15.0 13.2 7.2 12.0 8.8 11.7 8.6

6.4 12.0 7.2 16.2 21.7 20.0 20.1 10.6 17.4 23.0

-0.2 -0.0 12.7 17.3 25.9 19.8 26.1 15.1 20.6 25.0

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc.

RR

B,napus

Low Lin

9.5

14.5

9.2

8.7

23.3 14.4 19.8 22.6 19.7 16.8 23.0 12.1 18.2 17.9 15.0 10.9 14.7 19.8 9.1 9.4 23.1 17.9 17.7 19.6 25.8 22.6 18.2 18.3 18.7 19.0 14.6 19.1 24.9 21.0 23.5 25.4 19.6 11.5 14.1 13.3 16.6 9.9 17.1 16.5 13.6 10.7 10.3 6.2 8.5 26.5 37.1 9.4

27.2 18.2 21.2 27.9 16.9 14.5 26.1 24.1 22.9 19.4 17.6 15.7 19.6 18.6 13.6 11.7 27.0 17.1 29.0 28.6 29.8 31.2 23.6 22.2 20.2 21.3 19.4 27.4 30.9 28.0 23.5 21.5 27.6 18.8 23.3 16.1 20.7 16.0 24.4 20.9 19.2 20.8 25.6 22.3 19.5 24.5 34.6 18.7 17.6 19.0 32.4 29.2 24.8 23.7 20.6 25.1 21.4

28.8 17.3 23.3 32.7 12.9 16.1 21.2 22.2 21.1 21.4 21.2 6.9 18.2 24.1 13.6 0.0 32.5 25.0 33.5 31.0 32.0 32.8 24.8 25.0 25.5 25.3 26.1 35.7 33.9 35.0 28.8 27.9 29.0 27.8 21.1 14.8 22.6 16.4 24.3 17.0 10.9 22.3 22.9 17.1 20.0 75.9 57.4 33.1 24.5 21.5 28.5 31.1 23.5 22.0 10.8 18.1 23.5

Organization

Type

Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 26.8 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 17.1 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 21.5 73-75RR Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 28.2 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 16.3 73-15RR Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 15.5 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 23.9 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 20.8 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 21.4 1980 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 19.7 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 18.2 73-67 RR Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 11.9 73-77 RR Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 17.8 1960 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 20.4 Monsanto Canada Inc. CF B,napus 12.6 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 9.4 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 27.6 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 19.7 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 27.4 D3153 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 26.8 VR 9559 G Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 29.4 45H31 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 29.4 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 22.5 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 22.0 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 21.5 46S53 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 21.9 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. CF B,napus 20.1 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. CF B,napus 27.6 46H75 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. CF B,napus 30.1 VR 9560 CL Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. CF B,napus 28.2 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 25.2 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 24.7 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus 25.9 Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. RR B,napus Low Lin 20.0 Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 20.3 Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 15.0 Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 20.1 Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 14.6 Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 22.5 Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 18.7 Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 15.4 Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 18.7 Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 21.0 VT 510 G Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 16.8 Viterra Inc. RR B,napus 16.9 L170S Bayer Cropscience LL B,napus 37.5 L135C Bayer Cropscience LL B,napus 38.6 Cargill Specialty Canola Oils RR B,napus Low Lin 21.5 Dl Seeds Inc. RR B,napus 20.2 Dl Seeds Inc. RR B,napus 19.8 1012 RR Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. RR B,napus Low Lin 33.9 1014 RR Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc. RR B,napus Low Lin 33.3 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 25.4 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 26.6 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 18.8 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 24.2 Monsanto Canada Inc. RR B,napus 20.8 *BX=Bromoxynil, CF=Clearfield Resistant, CONV=Conventional, LL=Liberty Resistant, RR= Roundup Resistant

43.1 45.1 32.0 43.6 20.6 32.1 12.9

Blackleg Rating R R MR MR MR R R R R R R R R R R MR R R R R R R MR R R MR

Blackleg % of Westar 13.3 23.8 32.8 42.0 35.5 22.8 19.3 27.1 18.2 11.4 15.0 16.7 13.7 11.3 25.4 30.2 27.3 22.6 28.8 24.4 26.1 26.9 36.6 20.2 21.7 32.6

0.2

R

25.2

0.5

2.0 1.8 1.4 0.4 0.0 -0.8 -0.6 1.2 1.5 -0.2

MR MS MR MS MR MR MR MR MR MR

45.2 58.8 33.1 57.5 47.5 38.5 34.3 46.3 45.7 34.8

3.4 2.2 2.3 0.7 0.4 -0.0 -0.0 0.8 1.6 0.5

0.0

-0.1

MR

42.6

1.0

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.7 35.2 17.7 17.6 19.0 35.6 34.0 26.1 28.0 20.6 26.3 20.0

-0.7 -0.6 -0.2 -0.7 -2.2 -3.0 -1.0 -0.6 -0.5 -1.2 -1.9 -1.1 -0.3 0.4 -1.5 -3.4 1.5 0.1 -0.5 1.8 1.1 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0.0 0.3 3.0 3.8 2.7 2.1 -0.1 -0.6 0.1 1.4 -0.6 -1.1 1.4 -2.4 -1.0 -1.2 -0.6 0.1 -0.5 -0.7 -0.5 1.0 -3.1 -0.1 2.0 1.9 2.3 2.4 -0.7 -1.4 -0.2 -1.7 -1.9

R R R R MR MR R R R R MR R R R R MR R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R MR R R R R R MR R MR R MR R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

17.4 20.2 19.2 18.6 31.7 30.4 22.5 12.1 15.3 24.0 30.4 27.3 19.3 26.7 26.9 34.6 24.3 26.5 24.1 22.4 27.9 28.9 17.3 22.2 20.5 22.5 16.7 20.1 27.3 22.6 23.7 33.2 21.1 19.7 25.0 23.1 22.9 30.2 21.2 30.6 20.3 41.3 25.1 28.8 27.0 3.4 8.6 19.8 20.2 28.5 14.9 24.9 20.9 14.9 16.2 21.7 23.0

2.8 3.2 1.8 2.4 3.5 3.3 2.3 0.4 1.4 2.8 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.6 -0.3 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.4 0.9 1.9 1.5 2.3 1.9 3.0 3.1 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 0.8 1.6 1.8 -0.0 0.5 1.9 -0.6 1.0 1.0 1.6 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.1 1.5 1.8 4.1 2.7 2.7 3.5 3.3

%Oil 0.1 3.1 0.6 3.5 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.7 1.6 0.4 1.4 0.8 0.8 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.9 1.0 -0.0 1.7 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.2

%Meal Protein -0.7 -1.0 -1.5 -1.6 -1.6 -1.3 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 -0.5 -0.2 -1.3 -1.7 -1.1 -2.3 -1.0 -2.4 -2.2 -2.1 -1.9 0.3 -0.4 0.8 -1.3 0.9 1.7

Height

Lodging

8.2 4.2 8.1 5.6 10.9 0.7 6.3 7.5 6.5 8.0 4.8 8.8 2.3 12.3 10.9 4.9 4.3 4.1 7.4 5.4 0.3 6.8 9.5 2.8 8.3 5.6

0.9 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5

3.1

-0.7

0.2

-0.7 0.6 3.8 1.6 1.1 1.2 0.5 2.9 3.1 1.8

4.2 2.6 3.7 -0.6 -1.4 1.2 0.6 2.6 10.1 7.2

0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.0

-1.0

0.9

0.2

-0.4 1.8 -0.8 -0.4 0.4 -0.3 -1.7 -0.4 -0.5 -0.1 0.9 -1.1 0.7 -0.2 -1.7 -0.6 0.1 2.2 0.7 -0.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.6 1.0 2.2 2.2 1.6 0.4 -0.3 -0.4 -0.3 -1.3 0.1 -0.5 0.5 0.7 0.3 2.0 0.8 0.9 2.3 0.1 2.8 2.3 2.6 -1.8 -1.4 0.1 -1.4 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 -0.1 -0.9 1.7 -1.0 1.5

3.4 -1.5 -3.7 -1.0 0.0 -4.5 -0.7 1.8 1.6 -1.9 -5.8 0.7 -0.3 -1.7 14.2 3.5 6.1 -0.2 4.0 12.8 7.8 4.4 6.2 7.0 7.5 8.9 9.1 12.9 10.2 13.4 5.5 6.7 6.3 10.1 3.0 -2.2 13.3 -4.3 6.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.7

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency Variety Registration Report Nov.1, 2010 to Nov. 1, 2011 The list below contains information on new crop varieties registered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency between Nov. 1, 2010 and Nov. 1, 2011. It also contains the names of varieties that had interim or restricted registrations renewed or extended by the CFIA. Commercial seed for the following varieties may not be available in 2011. This list does not include the names of all newer varieties that will be available to commercial producers for the first time in 2011.

Crop Type

Experimental Number

Registration Date

Status

4R72, FG4R72

10/22/2010

National Registration

SR425, SM 05198 BT 584, NO. H97090012

1/13/2011

National Registration

7/14/2011

National Registration

ALFALFA PHABULOUS BARLEY - SIX ROW CDC ANDERSON MUSKWA BARLEY - TWO ROW CDC KINDERSLEY

TR07114, SM05409

Crop Type LENTILS CDC CHERIE CDC DAZIL CDC REDCLIFF CDC RUBY CDC SB-1

Experimental Number

Registration Date

Status

2702-10 IBC 289 2271-5 1897T-30a 3020-6

2/4/2011 12/16/2010 12/16/2010 12/16/2010 2/4/2011

National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration

OATS CDC BIG BROWN CDC MORRISON CDC NASSER

OT 3037, SA050743 OT 3044, SA 051175 OT 3039, SA 051462

2/17/2011 3/24/2011 3/24/2011

National Registration National Registration National Registration

11/17/2010

National Registration

BARLEY - TWO ROW HULLESS CDC HILOSE HB 08305, SH060882 ROSELAND HB122, H216-4

1/13/2011 7/14/2011

National Registration National Registration

PEAS - GREEN CDC RAEZER

CDC 2235-4

5/6/2011

National Registration

BEANS - BLACK CDC SUPERJET

2007B-2

7/14/2011

National Registration

PEAS - YELLOW CDC SAFFRON EARLYSTAR

CDC 2093-22 MP1862

5/6/2011 1/24/2011

National Registration National Registration

BUCKWHEAT HORIZON

DF-4

9/8/2011

National Registration

TRITICALE BREVIS SUNRAY

T0400A-010, T200 T204, 89TT126

5/24/2011 7/7/2011

Regional Registration Regional Registration

BW878 BW429, BA77-BM-19 GP 032 HY 985, O153020-16 BW415; BB21-GV5 (tested

2/21/2011 8/2/2011 7/6/2011 8/2/2011

Regional Registration Regional Registration Regional Registration Regional Registration

11/15/2010

Regional Registration

W434, LE1213 S01-285-7R

3/14/2011 12/2/2010

Regional Registration Regional Registration

BRASSICA NAPUS - CANOLA 1918 A07-26NR, 30726-C7 G069467, G69467, NX4-107 RR 69467 NX4-206 CL 44864, CL044864

11/17/2010

National Registration

3/3/2011

National Registration

3/3/2011

National Registration

BRASSICA NAPUS - HYBRID CANOLA 1012 RR 152950, G152950H 1014 RR 152964, G152964H 1980 G98059 1990 09DL30314 2012 CL 117235, CL117235H 2014 CL 121460, CL121460H 45H31 08N743R 46H75 08N881I 46S53 08N807R 73-15 RR G89304 73-75 RR G86382 D3153 08N737R FUSION 30321-D8 L1146 PHS07-526 L120 8CN0021 L135C 0CN0285 L170S 0CN0214 V12-1 07H 874 VR 9559 G 08N742R VR 9560 CL 08N8841 VT 510 G VT-OU 08-12196

2/21/2011 2/21/2011 8/3/2011 6/2/2011 2/21/2011 2/21/2011 3/21/2011 3/14/2011 3/14/2011 4/20/2011 4/20/2011 3/14/2011 3/3/2011 8/3/2011 8/9/2011 8/10/2011 8/10/2011 8/30/2011 3/14/2011 3/21/2011 7/20/2011

Interim Registration Interim Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration Interim Registration Interim Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration National Registration

FABABEANS TABASCO

1/13/2011

National Registration

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The Prairie Grain Development Committee The Prairie Grain Development Committee (PGDC), formerly known as the Prairie Registration Recommending Committee for Grain (PRRCG), facilitates the exchange of information relevant to the development of improved cultivars of grain crops for the Canadian Prairies. In 2011, the committee recommended the following lines for registration.

BARLEY

BT989 - Six-row malting barley line.

Proposers: Gary Hanning and Joshua Butler Affiliation: Busch Agricultural Resources, LLC, Fort Collins, Colorado BT586 - Six-row general purpose barley line.

Proposers: J.M. Nyachiro, J.H. Helm, P. Juskiw, K. Xi and Turkington Affiliation: Field Crop Development Centre, ARD, Lacombe, Alberta FB205 - Forage barley line.

Proposers: Brian Rossnagel, Aaron Beattie, Tom Zatorski and B. Coulman.

Affiliation: Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Sask.

HB08304 - Two-row hulless barley line.

Proposers: Brian Rossnagel, Aaron Beattie, Tom Zatorski Affiliation: Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Sask.

BEANS NA06-002 - High yielding navy bean line with upright indeterminate growth, good seed quality and late maturity. Adapted to the Red River Valley of Manitoba. Average yield over nine station years was 127 percent of the check variety, Envoy. Seed weight is the same as Envoy. NA06-002 is resistant to anthracnose races 73 and 105, while Envoy is resistant to race 73 but susceptible to race 105. Common bacterial blight ratings were better (lower) than those of the check cultivars. This line also had much lower white mould ratings than the navy bean checks. Developed by Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAFC), Morden, Man., in cooperation with Agriculture Canada, Harrow, Ont.

FABABEANS FB34-2 - Small-seeded, white-flowered (zero tannin) faba bean line. Seeds are similar in size to the small-seeded check SSNS-1. Plant height and flowering date are similar to the check Snowbird. FB34-2 has higher yield compared to the small-seeded check SSNS-1 and matures earlier than all check cultivars. It has improved lodging tolerance compared to SSNS1. Developed by Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

FLAX

FP2270 - This brown seeded line has extremely large seed size relative to other varieties presently grown. Proposed varietal name is Bravo.

Developer: Scott Duguid Affiliation: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, Man. FP2300 - Brown-seeded industrial linseed line with yield exceeding that of the check variety CDC Bethune. Licensed to Secan.

Developer: Helen Booker Affiliation: Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Sask.

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LENTILS 2861-15a - Extra small green lentil with high yield potential for the extra small seed type. Seed dimensions are suitable for development of an extra small green lentil market. The profile for ascochyta blight and anthracnose resistance is similar to the check CDC Viceroy. Developed by Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

3155-18 - Extra small red lentil line with high yield potential compared to the extra small red checks. Seed dimensions are considered desirable in red lentil markets that prefer the small end of the range of seed size. The profile for anthracnose and ascochyta blight resistance is similar to the check cultivars.

This line is taller than the checks, which improves harvestability. Developed by Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

3494-6 - French green lentil line with high yield potential compared to all checks. Seed dimension of 3494-6 is similar to that of CDC LeMay, the market standard for the French green market class. 3494-6 has improved lodging tolerance and is taller than the checks. The profile for anthracnose and ascochyta blight resistance is similar to that of CDC LeMay. Developed

by Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

3339-3 - A consistently high yielding large green lentil line. The seed coat is similar to other green lentil cultivars. Seeds of 3339-3 are large with respect to weight, diameter and thickness and are suitable for the large green lentil market. The profile for anthracnose and ascochyta resistance is similar to the market class check CDC Plato. Developed by Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

3156-11 - Small red lentil line with improved yield potential over the market class check CDC Redberry. Seed weight and size are most similar to the market class check CDC Redberry. The profile for anthracnose and ascochyta blight resistance is similar to that of CDC Redberry. Developed by Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

3158-10 - Small red lentil line with high yield potential compared to the small red market class check CDC Redberry. Seed dimensions are suitable for most red lentil markets. Lodging tolerance is better than CDC Redberry.

The profile for ascochyta blight and anthracnose resistance is similar to that of the market class check CDC Redberry. Developed by Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

3160-21 - Small red lentil line with improved yield potential over the small red market class check CDC Redberry. Seed dimensions are most similar to CDC Impact and CDC Rouleau, varieties considered desirable in red lentil markets that prefer seeds in the small end of the size range. Height and lodging tolerance are similar to CDC Redberry. The profile for ascochyta blight and anthracnose resistance is similar to CDC Redberry.

Developed by Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

3097-7 - Spanish brown lentil line with improved yield potential over all checks. The seed type is suitable for the Spanish market. 3097-7 has improved lodging tolerance and is taller than the checks, which makes for easier harvesting. The profile for anthracnose and ascochyta blight resistance is better than the check CDC Pardina. Developed by Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

OATS

OT2069 - Milling oat line.

Proposers: J.W. Mitchell Fetch, P.D. Brown, J. Chong, N. Ames, T.G. Fetch, S.M. Haber, J. Menzies, A. Tekauz, B. Bizimungu and K. Stadnyk.

Affiliation: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Cereal Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

PEAS MP1880 - Green cotyledon pea with improved yield potential over checks CDC Striker and Cooper. Green colour intensity and bleaching resistance equal to the check cultivars. This line is shorter than both check varieties and is resistant to powdery mildew. Developed by Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Lacombe, Alta.

MP1882 - Orange coloured cotyledon pea with a similar to improved yield potential over the check variety Cutlass in all years tested except 2010.

It appears that MP1882 may not be well adapted to excessive moisture as most test sites were very wet in 2010. Seed weight, protein content and seed coat breakage fall in between those of the yellow and green pea check cultivars. The line is resistant to powdery mildew and moderately resistant to fusarium wilt. Developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe, Alta.

CDC 2336-1 - Green cotyledon, semi-leafless pea variety with good bleaching resistance. Green cotyledon colour is intense and superior to the checks. The line also has good lodging resistance and longer vine length than the check varieties. Also offers improved protein concentration and low seed coat breakage. CDC 2336-1 is resistant to powdery mildew and moderately resistant to fusarium wilt. Developed by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

CDC 2462-30 - Yellow cotyledon, semi-leafless pea variety with improved yield potential over the yellow checks, Cutlass and Eclipse. Percent seed

coat breakage and cooking time are similar to the check cultivars. The line has improved lodging resistance and longer vine length than the checks, which increases competitiveness. CDC 2462-30 is resistant to fusarium wilt and powdery mildew. Developed by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

CDC 2259-15 - Yellow cotyledon, semi-leafless pea variety with improved yield potential over the yellow pea checks, Cutlass and Eclipse. Protein content and cooking time are similar to the check cultivars. This line has good lodging resistance. The vine length is longer than the checks, which increases competitiveness. CDC2259-15 is resistant to powdery mildew.

Developed by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

CDC 2283-17 - Yellow cotyledon, semi-leafless pea variety with improved yield potential over the yellow pea checks, Cutlass and Eclipse. Protein content, percent seed coat breakage and cooking time are similar to the check cultivars. The line has good lodging resistance and vine length is longer than that of the checks. CDC 2283-17 is resistant to fusarium wilt and powdery mildew. Developed by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

CDC 2387-53 - Yellow cotyledon, semi-leafless pea variety with improved yield potential over the yellow pea checks Cutlass and Eclipse. Percent seed coat breakage is similar to the check cultivars. Cooking time is quicker. This line has good lodging resistance. The medium vine length is longer than that of the checks. CDC 2387-53 is resistant to powdery mildew. Developed by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

LN 4206 - Yellow cotyledon pea variety with high seed yield and resistance to lodging. Seed size is larger than the check cultivars. Cooking time is similar to the checks. LN 4206 is resistant to powdery mildew. Developed

by Limagrain Nederland BV, The Netherlands.

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WHEAT

W454 - Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat cultivar.

Proposer: Robert Graf Institution: Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alta.

BW425 - Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cultivar.

Proposer: Stephen Fox Institution: Agriculture Canada, Cereal Research Centre, Winnipeg.

DH00W31N*34 - Canada Western Red Winter (CWRW) wheat cultivar.

Proposer: Anita Brulé-Babel Institution: University of Manitoba

BW429 - Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cultivar.

Proposer: Stephen Fox Institution: Agriculture Canada, Cereal Research Centre, Winnipeg.

BW433 - Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cultivar.

Proposer: Francis Kirigwi Institution: Syngenta

DH01-25-135R - Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP) wheat. Winter variety.

Proposer: Brian Fowler Institution: University of Saskatchewan

BW901 - Solid stemmed Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cultivar.

Proposer: Ron DePauw Institution: Agriculture Canada, Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Swift Current, Sask.

1603-137-1 - Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP) wheat. Winter variety.

Proposer: Anita Brulé-Babel Institution: University of Manitoba

PT580 - Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cultivar.

Proposer: Pierre Hucl

W460 - Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP) wheat. Winter variety.

Proposer: Don Salmon Institution: Alberta Agriculture, Field Crop Development Centre, Lacombe, Alta.

Institution: University of Saskatchewan, Crop Development Centre.

HW024 - Canada Western Hard White (CWHW) wheat supported for one-year interim registration.

Proposer: Gavin Humphreys Institution: Agriculture Canada, Cereal Research Centre, Winnipeg.

HY694 - Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat cultivar.

Proposer: P. Doug Brown Institution: Agriculture Canada, Cereal Research Centre, Winnipeg.

GP032 - Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP) wheat. Spring variety.

Proposer: Ottmar Philipp Institution: Plantomar Ltd. Canada GP047 - Canada Western General Purpose (CWGP) wheat. Spring variety.

Proposer: Harpinder Randhawa Institution: Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alta.

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Saskatchewan Pedigreed Seed Growers Directory of Crop Varieties

This list was prepared by the Canadian Seed Growers Association. It includes varieties eligible for sale in Canada and seed crops issued certificates as of Nov. 1, 2011. CSGA assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.

The pedigreed class code is listed after the grower’s phone number. S = Select; F = Foundation; R = Registered; C = Certified.

Alfalfa

Wintergold

3010

Hansen, Kurt

Brett-Young Seeds Limited Brett-Young Seeds Limited

54q25

St. Norbert, MB St. Norbert, MB

Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. Lethbridge, AB

(204)-261-7932 C (204)-261-7932 F (403)-327-6135 C (403)-327-6135 C

55v48 Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. Lethbridge, AB

(403)-327-6135 C

Ac Melodie Northstar Seed Ltd. Neepawa, MB

(204)-476-5241 C

Algonquin Aitken, Robert Bueckert, Phil Lalonde, Lucien Nicklen, Jared

Eyebrow, SK Eyebrow, SK Zenon Park, SK Carrot River, SK

(306)-759-2700 (306)-759-2076 (306)-767-2293 (306)-768-3136

C C C C

Approved Pickseed Canada Inc.

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

St. Norbert, MB

(204)-261-7932 C

Ascend Brett-Young Seeds Limited

Equinox Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

Evermore Meier, Garry L. Ridgedale, SK

(306)-277-2110 C

Leader Pickseed Canada Inc.

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 F C

Homedale, ID Lanigan, SK

(208)-772-2465 C (306)-365-4231 C

Magnum Vi Wet Dairyland Seed Co. Gunther, Lance Blaine

Matrix (4241 - Usa) Interlake Forage Seeds Ltd.

Fisher Branch, MB (204)-372-6920 C

Perfect Pickseed Canada Inc.

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 F

Zenon Park, SK

(306)-767-2293 C

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

Northstar Seed Ltd. Neepawa, MB

(204)-476-5241 C

Phabulous Lalonde, Lucien

Pickseed 2065mf Pickseed Canada Inc.

Pickseed 3006 Pickseed Canada Inc.

Qwest Rhino Northstar Seed Ltd. Neepawa, MB

(204)-476-5241 C

Runner Northstar Seed Ltd. Neepawa, MB

(204)-476-5241 C

Spredor 4 Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

Spyder Brett-Young Seeds Limited

St. Norbert, MB

(204)-261-7932 C

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 F C

Vision Pickseed Canada Inc.

Barley Ac Metcalfe

55v12 Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. Lethbridge, AB

(306)-826-5615 C

Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK Beuker, Allan Daniel Melfort, SK Booy, Jerry N., Murray T. & Darcy K. Glaslyn, SK Boyd, Clare W. & Dale A. Melfort, SK Chapple, Floyd & Debbie Grandora, SK Edmunds, Greg & Glen Tisdale, SK Edwards, Lawrence R., Donna, Jeff & Mike Nokomis, SK Ennis, Garnet, Burton & Neil Glenavon, SK Fedoruk, Michael J. Kamsack, SK Floberg, Barry, Delana, Devin & Brandon Shaunavon, SK Fraser, Scott & Shawn Pambrun, SK Frederick, Blaine Watson, SK Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK Gaertner, Lyle Tisdale, SK Girodat, Gerald Shaunavon, SK Greenshields, Grant, Jim & Callie Semans, SK Heggie, Robert Thomas Leross, SK Hyland, Thomas Francis Scott, SK Johnson, Oscar Stuart Margo, SK Jones, Bradley & Wanda Wadena, SK Kaeding, Roger W. & Warren Churchbridge, SK Kasko, F. John Prince Albert, SK Kennett, Brian Guy Manor, SK Klemmer, Richard Nipawin, SK Labrecque, Roger Saskatoon, SK Larsen, Lyle L. Aylsham, SK Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK Luck, Lorne C. & Landis Tisdale, SK Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Lumsden, SK Medernach, Louis J. & Kim L. Cudworth, SK Meyer, Ward Lake Lenore, SK Novak, Orrin Kuroki, SK Novak, Roy Wadena, SK Nystuen, David G. Spalding, SK Olson, Lyndon Ordin Archerwill, SK Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK Pastl, Glenn A. Watson, SK Redman, Wayne G. & Collin M. Margo, SK Rempel, Blair Allan Nipawin, SK Rugg, Barry C. & Robert B. Elstow, SK Sandercock, Eric M. Balcarres, SK Seidle, E.& B.& C.& M. Medstead, SK Slind Seeds Group (1998) Ltd. Archerwill, SK Slind, Donald Edward Archerwill, SK South, Winston, Richard & Bradley Melfort, SK Sperle, Bentley D. & Jody Unity, SK Stauber, Clayton & Lori Stewart Valley, SK Stokke, Shane T. Watrous, SK Trowell, Kenneth & Larry & Nathan Saltcoats, SK Wakefield, Kristopher, Laurie G. & Monica Maidstone, SK Warrington, John Mervin, SK

(306)-668-4415 S F (306)-368-2602 R (306)-752-4810 (306)-342-2058 R (306)-752-2108 R (306)-329-4697 (306)-873-5480

C C C C

(306)-528-2140 S R (306)-429-2793 R (306)-542-4235 C (306)-297-2087 C (306)-582-2148 R (306)-287-3977 R (306)-484-2010 R (306)-873-4936 (306)-297-2563 (306)-524-2155 (306)-675-4920 (306)-247-2086 R (306)-324-4315 R (306)-338-2381 (306)-896-2236 (306)-764-2875 (306)-448-4813 (306)-862-3874 R (306)-373-9379 (306)-862-7333 R (306)-554-2078 R (306)-873-4111 R (306)-368-2414 R (306)-731-2843 (306)-256-3398 (306)-368-2635 (306)-338-2021 (306)-338-2607 (306)-872-2183 S F R (306)-323-4912 (306)-563-6244 F (306)-287-4243 (306)-324-4235 (306)-862-3573 (306)-257-3638 R (306)-334-2958 (306)-342-4377 R (306)-323-4402 (306)-323-4402 (306)-752-9840 (306)-228-3160 R (306)-773-7907 (306)-946-4044 (306)-744-2687 F R

C C C C C C C C C C

C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C

(306)-893-2984 R (306)-845-2642 C

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barley

4030

Marsden, SK

Barley

Wiens, Brennan R. Herschel, SK Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK Wood, Leonard David Wynyard, SK Woroschuk, Andrew Calder, SK Wylie, Leslie Dale Biggar, SK Youzwa, Donald Nipawin, SK Zwingli, James Trent & Shelley Melfort, SK

(306)-377-2002 R (306)-236-6811 (306)-554-2932 (306)-742-4682 R (306)-948-2807 (306)-862-5690 R (306)-752-4224

All In Farm Services

C C C C C C

Select Seed Grower

Phone: 780-847-2022 Fax: 780-847-2011

For all your seed needs

Pulses Canola Cereals Forages Corn Silage Inoculant

Ac Ranger - Six Row Cay, Randy D. Kinistino, SK

(306)-864-3696 C

Bentley Clancy, Kenneth Pfeifer, Robert G. Slind, Donald Edward

Carrot River, SK Lemberg, SK Archerwill, SK

(306)-768-2902 R (306)-335-2532 C (306)-323-4402 C

Brent Andersen

Cdc Carter Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK

Financing Available Ag Chemical Retailer Scale on Site

Box 222, Kitscoty, AB T0B 2P0

A L L A N S E E D S LT D .

(306)-874-5694 F

Cdc Copeland

PEDIGREED SEED GROWERS

Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Boyd, Clare W. & Dale A. Melfort, SK Carlson, Herbert E.P. & Leslie Buchanan, SK Denis, Michel P. & Marc St. Denis, SK Edwards, Lawrence R., Donna, Jeff & Mike Nokomis, SK Frederick, Blaine Watson, SK Gellner, Clayton S. Southey, SK Heavin, Larry N. & L. Warren Melfort, SK Kerber, Greg Rosthern, SK Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Lumsden, SK Medernach, Louis J. & Kim L. Cudworth, SK Novak, Orrin Kuroki, SK Redman, Wayne G. & Collin M. Margo, SK Rude, Stanley Naicam, SK Rugg, Barry C. & Robert B. Elstow, SK Sandercock, Eric M. Balcarres, SK Seidle, E.& B.& C.& M. Medstead, SK Shewchuk, Stan, Lorne, Terry, Adam & Michael Blaine Lake, SK Slind, Donald Edward Archerwill, SK Trawin, Brent John Melfort, SK Trowell, Kenneth & Larry & Nathan Saltcoats, SK Trowell, Leslie Saltcoats, SK Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK Wakefield, Kristopher, Laurie G. & Monica Maidstone, SK Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK Wood, Leonard David Wynyard, SK Yauck, Kevin Rodney Govan, SK Zwingli, James Trent & Shelley Melfort, SK

(306)-668-4415 R (306)-752-2108 C (306)-592-4449 R (306)-258-2219 C (306)-528-2140 R (306)-287-3977 R (306)-726-4323 (306)-752-4020 F R (306)-232-4474 (306)-731-2843 (306)-256-3398 (306)-338-2021 (306)-324-4235 (306)-874-2359 R (306)-257-3638 R (306)-334-2958 R (306)-342-4377

CEREALS • OILSEEDS PULSE CROPS

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BOX 100 CORNING, SASK. S0G 0T0

306•457•2629

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(306)-497-3503 R (306)-323-4402 C (306)-752-4060 R (306)-744-2687 S F R (306)-744-2684 R (306)-863-4377 S F R (306)-893-2984 C (306)-236-6811 C (306)-554-2932 C (306)-484-4555 C (306)-752-4224 R

TERRY & JOANNE ARDELL P.O. Box 21, Vanscoy, Saskatchewan S0L 3J0 Tel: 306-668-4415 Plant: 306-978-4441 Cell: 306-221-8347 Fax: 306-978-4407 Email: ardellseeds@sasktel.net

ARDELL SEEDS LTD.

Cdc Cowboy

Pedigreed Seed Growers

Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Fedoruk, Leah Kamsack, SK Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK

(306)-668-4415 S (306)-542-3645 C (306)-863-4377 S F R

Cdc Fibar Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK

(306)-874-5694 R (306)-749-3447 R

WHEAT LENTILS

- CDC Maxim CDC Imvincable

PEAS

- CDC Meadow CDC Patrick

- Unity VB Goodeve VB Shaw VB Utmost VB Carberry Infinity

OATS BARLEY

CANOLA

- Pinnacle Leggett - AC Metcalfe CDC Copeland CDC Cowboy AC Ranger - Pioneer Hi Bred

Cdc Hilose Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel

Birch Hills, SK

(306)-749-3447 S

Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK Medernach, Louis J. & Kim L. Cudworth, SK Secan Association Kanata, ON

(306)-484-2010 S F (306)-256-3398 R (613)-592-8600 S F

Cdc Kindersley

Cdc Mcgwire Carlson, Herbert E.P. & Leslie Van Burck, Hans & Marianne

Buchanan, SK Star City, SK

(306)-592-4449 C (306)-863-4377 R

Cdc Meredith Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK

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Randy & Shirley Bergstrom Pedigreed Seed Box 33, Birsay, SK S0L 0G0

•Durum - AC Avonlea • Spr. Wheat -AC Cadillac • CPS - AC Crystal AC Avonlea AC Barrie Phone 306-573-4625 Fax 306-573-2001

Kim & Eric Berscheid Box 197 Lake Lenore, SK S0K 2J0 Ph. 306-368-2602 Fx. 306-368-2689

BEWS AGROW LTD. Just North of Eatonia Ken or Brent Phone: (306) 967-2440

• AC Lillian Wheat • CDC Meadow Peas • AC Enterprise & AC Strongfield Durum

BIG DOG SEEDS INC. WAYNE AMOS OXBOW, SK PHONE 306.483.2963

SPRING WHEAT: AC Barrie, AC Kane, AC Waskada, AC Carberry WINTER WHEAT: CDC Buteo SPElT: CDC Zorba PEAS: CDC Golden, CDC Patrick FlAx: CDC Sorrel, CDC Bethune S BRETT YOUNG CANOlAS S INOCUlANTS S MYCOGEN SUNFlOWERS S CORN S GRASS, FORAGE & TURF SEED

CAY SEEDS LTD. Growers of Foundation, Registered and Certified Seed

CEREALS, OILSEEDS AND PULSE CROPS Box 672, Kinistino, Sask. S0J 1H0 “Seedwise We Specialize”

Ph: 306-864-3696 Fax: 306-864-2456 1 Mile East, 4 Miles South and 1 1/2 Miles East of Kinistino cayseeds@sasktel.net

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Cdc Polar Star Buziak, Ronald Charles Canterra Seeds Ltd. Mayerle, Erwin D. Pfeifer, Robert G. Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Wiens, Rudy G.

Mayfair, SK Winnipeg, MB Tisdale, SK Lemberg, SK Birch Hills, SK Herschel, SK

(306)-445-6556 C (204)-988-9750 R C (306)-873-4261 C (306)-335-2532 F R (306)-749-3447 R (306)-377-4800 F

Birch Hills, SK

(306)-749-3447 R

Cdc Rattan Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel

Celebration - Six Row Cay, Randy D. Kinistino, SK Clancy, Kenneth Carrot River, SK Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK

(306)-864-3696 F (306)-768-2902 R (306)-874-5694 R (306)-749-3447 R

Cerveza Fraser, Scott & Shawn

Pambrun, SK

(306)-582-2148 F

Champion Stokke, Shane T. Watrous, SK Viterra Regina, SK

Chin Ridge SeedS

TabeR, albeRTa www.chinridge.com Quality you can seed!

HRSW: New AC® Carberry, AC® Stettler, and AC® Lillian.

BARLEY: New! CDC Meredith, Metcalfe, Copeland, New! CDC Austenson, Cowboy, Chigwell, and Vivar DURUM: AC® Strongfield TRITICALE, OATS, LENTILS, PEAS SEED TREATING: including Raxil, Dividend, and Cruiser 5FS.

Call us at 1-800-563-7333 or 403-223-3900

(306)-946-4044 R (306)-569-5027 F R C

Legacy - Six Row Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK Cay, Randy D. Kinistino, SK Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Tisdale, SK Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK

(306)-368-2602 F (306)-864-3696 (306)-873-5438 R (306)-874-5694 R (306)-563-6244 R (306)-749-3447 (306)-863-4377 R

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Major Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 S F R C

Merit 57 Trowell, Leslie

Saltcoats, SK

(306)-744-2684 F

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Beuker, Allan Daniel Melfort, SK (306)-752-4810 R Booy, Jerry N., Murray T. & Darcy K. Glaslyn, SK (306)-342-2058 R Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK (306)-895-4306 R Edmunds, Greg & Glen Tisdale, SK (306)-873-5480 R Fraser, Scott & Shawn Pambrun, SK (306)-582-2148 R Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK (306)-484-2010 R Gregoire, Denis North Battleford, SK (306)-445-5516 R Heavin, Larry N. & L. Warren Melfort, SK (306)-752-4020 S Jones, Bradley & Wanda Wadena, SK (306)-338-2381 S Labrecque, Roger Saskatoon, SK (306)-373-9379 Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK (306)-368-2414 S R Medernach, Louis J. & Kim L. Cudworth, SK (306)-256-3398 R Olson, Lyndon Ordin Archerwill, SK (306)-323-4912 R Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK (306)-563-6244 S R Pratchler, John & Leander Muenster, SK (306)-682-3317 R Redman, Wayne G. & Collin M. Margo, SK (306)-324-4235 R Rude, Stanley Naicam, SK (306)-874-2359 R Rugg, Barry C. & Robert B. Elstow, SK (306)-257-3638 S R Seymour, Glen Patrick, Donne, Kyle, & Kelly Stewart Valley, SK (306)-778-2344 S Sopatyk, Jeffery & Patti Saskatoon, SK (306)-227-7867 South, Winston, Richard & Bradley Melfort, SK (306)-752-9840 S Tebbutt, Gregg Nipawin, SK (306)-862-9730 R Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK (306)-749-3447 S R Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK (306)-863-4377 S R Wakefield, Kristopher, Laurie G. & Monica Maidstone, SK (306)-893-2984 S F R Watson, Wayne Donald, Calvin & Mark Avonlea, SK (306)-868-2171 S R Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK (306)-236-6811 R Woroschuk, Andrew Calder, SK (306)-742-4682 R Wylie, Leslie Dale Biggar, SK (306)-948-2807 R Yauck, Kevin Rodney Govan, SK (306)-484-4555 R

Barley

Newdale Buziak, Ronald Charles Mayfair, SK (306)-445-6556 R Cay, Randy D. Kinistino, SK (306)-864-3696 Charabin, Dale Kenneth, Timothy V. & Ryan North Battleford, SK (306)-445-2939 F Denis, Michel P. & Marc St. Denis, SK (306)-258-2219 Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Tisdale, SK (306)-873-5438 R Frederick, Blaine Watson, SK (306)-287-3977 Hyndman, David Balcarres, SK (306)-334-2914 Hyndman, Neil S. Balcarres, SK (306)-334-2914 Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK (306)-563-6244 S Sayers, Charlie Joseph Delmas, SK (306)-445-6522 Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK (306)-749-3447 R Trawin, John Melfort, SK (306)-752-4060 S F R Trowell, Leslie Saltcoats, SK (306)-744-2684 S F R Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK (306)-863-4377 Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK (306)-236-6811

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Lake Lenore, SK Archerwill, SK

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(306)-368-2414 C (306)-323-4402 C

Sundre - Six Row Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK Latrace, Bill Caronport, SK

(306)-484-2010 R (306)-874-5694 C (306)-693-2626 R

Xena Viterra Regina, SK

• Strongfield Durum

• Lillian Wheat

• CDC Arras Flax

• Transcend Durum

• CDC Maxim Lentils

• CDC Redberry Lentils

• CDC Utmost - Harvest VB Wheat Box 367, Strasbourg, SK SOG 4V0

306-725-3236

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Stellar-Nd - Six Row Lung Seeds Ltd. Slind, Donald Edward

CRASWELL SEEDS

(306)-569-5027 S R C

Danielson Seeds Inc. Pedigreed & Commercial Seed Seed Cleaning and Treating Box 352 Norquay, Sask S0A 2V0 danielsonseeds@hotmail.com

Ph: 306-594-2173 Fax: 594-2662

Lionel & Bonnie

bromegrass

birdsfoot trefoil

bean

Bean Skyline - Navy Campbell, Hugh Qu’appelle, SK Saskcan Pulse Regina, SK

(306)-699-2967 F R (877)-SASKCAN C

Birdsfoot Trefoil Leo Lyons, Murray F. Nipawin, SK Pickseed Canada Inc. Winnipeg, MB

(306)-862-3066 C (204)-633-0088 C

Bromegrass Ac Knowles - Hybrid Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

Ac Rocket - Smooth Viterra Regina, SK

Pedigreed Seed Custom Cleaning Lawrence Edwards Donna Edwards Jeff Edwards Mike Edwards Box 160 Nokomis, SK S0G 3R0

Phone (306) 528-2140 Cell (306) 528-7606 Cell (306) 528-7888 Fax (306) 528-2142 LR.Edwards@sasktel.net

(306)-569-5027 C

Ac Success - Hybrid Pickseed Canada Inc.

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 F C

Armada - Meadow Trawin, Alan Ross, Mitchell, Ashton, Jennifer & Jessica Melfort, SK

(306)-752-4060 C

Carlton - Smooth Hochbaum, Jack

Wilkie, SK

(306)-843-2054 C

Macnutt, SK Shellbrook, SK Melfort, SK

(306)-742-4585 C (306)-747-2725 C (306)-752-4060 C

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

Fleet - Meadow Antony, Lawrence Marshall, Larry Trawin, John

Hwy. #3, Kinistino Ph: 306-864-3667 Fax: 306-864-2477

Hwy. #5, Humboldt Ph: 306-682-9920 Fax: 306-682-9924

235 38th St. E., Prince Albert Ph: 306-922-2525 Fax: 306-922-8319

www.farmworld.ca

Mba - Meadow Pickseed Canada Inc.

Paddock - Meadow canarygrass

Pickseed Canada Inc.

Canarygrass

Cdc Bastia

Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK Klym, Roy Regina, SK Nakonechny, Don P, Coral, Lance, Lauren & Richelle Ruthilda, SK Redman, Wayne G. & Collin M. Margo, SK Woroschuk, Andrew Calder, SK

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(306)-484-2010 S (306)-543-5052 C (306)-932-4409 C (306)-324-4235 R (306)-742-4682 C

Fedoruk Seeds Wheat, Barley, Oats, Peas, Winter Wheat, Flax and Canola.

Seed Treating Available.

PH: 306-542-4235 FAX: 306-542-3048 Kamsack, SK info@fedorukseeds.com

www.fedorukseeds.com

Clancy, Kenneth Herle, Gregory R. Lung Seeds Ltd.

Carrot River, SK Wilkie, SK Lake Lenore, SK

(306)-768-2902 C (306)-843-2934 C (306)-368-2414 R

Canaryseed Cantate

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Hansen, James S. Yellow Grass, SK (306)-465-2525 C

Canola 1918 - B. Napus Canterra Seeds Ltd.

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-988-9750 C

Medstead, SK

(306)-342-4377 C

Tisdale, SK

(306)-873-5438 C

Tisdale, SK

(306)-873-5438 C

Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

CANARYGRASS CANARYSEED CANOLA

Cdc Togo

Acs-C7 - B. Rapa Seidle, E.& B.& C.& M.

Cafe - B. Napus Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul

Eagle - B. Napus

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Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul

Red River 1997 - B. Napus Rugby - B. Napus Gellner, Clayton S.

Southey, SK

(306)-726-4323 C

Vt Barrier - B. Napus Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

Vt Remarkable - Composite Viterra Regina, SK

Vt500g - Hybrid

Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C (306)-569-5027 C

Cdc Alma

Reisner, Cecil & Barry

Limerick, SK

Cdc Frontier

Travland, Norman, Lureen & Kevin Coronach, SK

(306)-263-2139 S F

CHICKPEA

Chickpea - Kabuli

(306)-267-4923 F R C

Cdc Leader Marcil, Harvey G. & Brent Louis Reisner, Cecil & Barry Watson, Wayne Donald, Calvin & Mark

Cdc Luna

Reisner, Cecil & Barry Watson, Wayne Donald, Calvin & Mark

Moose Jaw, SK Limerick, SK

(306)-694-2981 S (306)-263-2139 S

Avonlea, SK

(306)-868-2171 S

Limerick, SK

(306)-263-2139 R C

Avonlea, SK

(306)-868-2171 C

Cdc Orion

Marcil, Harvey G. & Brent Louis Moose Jaw, SK Miller, Neil, Lynwood, Jarrod, Sean & Bruce Avonlea, SK Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK Travland, Norman, Lureen & Kevin Coronach, SK

(306)-694-2981 S (306)-868-2165 S (306)-263-2139 S F (306)-267-4923 S F

Veldt Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

Ac Endure - Red

Interlake Forage Seeds Ltd.

Fisher Branch, MB (204)-372-6920 C

Altaswede - Red VR95

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Pickseed Canada Inc.

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Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 F

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 F C

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

St. Norbert, MB

(204)-261-7932 C

Belle - Red Pickseed Canada Inc.

Merviot - Red

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Clover

cicer milk vetch

Cicer Milk Vetch

faba bean FLAX

Faba Bean

Fowler SeedS ltd.

Taboar Campbell, Hugh

Qu’appelle, SK

(306)-699-2967 F

Flax

Pedigreed Seed grOWerS

Pedigreed and Commercial Seeds

Cdc Arras Craswell, Raymond W.

Strasbourg, SK

(306)-725-3236 C

Custom Cleaning. Scale on Farm.

CDC Centennial Peas, CDC Sorrel Flax, Waskada Wheat

(306)-935-4702 R (306)-573-4625 C (306)-752-4810 R C

Box 547, Central Butte, Sask. S0H 0T0

Cdc Bethune Bailey, George, Roy G., Ralph J., C. & B. Milden, SK Bergstrom, Randy M. Birsay, SK Beuker, Allan Daniel Melfort, SK Floberg, Barry, Delana, Devin & Brandon Shaunavon, SK Fraser, Scott & Shawn Pambrun, SK Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK Gaertner, Lyle Tisdale, SK Girardin, Gaetan Meyronne, SK Latrace, Bill Caronport, SK McDougall, Ken & Craig Moose Jaw, SK Radloff, Shelly Colleen Melfort, SK Rugg, Barry C. & Robert B. Elstow, SK Schmeling, Donald H. Riceton, SK Slind, Donald Edward Archerwill, SK Stokke, Shane T. Watrous, SK Trowell, Kenneth, Larry & Nathan Saltcoats, SK

(306)-297-2087 C (306)-582-2148 C (306)-484-2010 (306)-873-4936 R 306-264-5146 (306)-693-2626 R (306)-693-3649 R (306)-752-4060 S F (306)-257-3638 R (306)-738-2065 R (306)-323-4402 (306)-946-4044 (306)-744-2687

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(306)-224-4666 (306)-368-2602 R (306)-752-4810 R (306)-895-4306 (306)-873-5480 (306)-873-5438 S F R (306)-796-4652 (306)-745-3830 (306)-287-3977 R (306)-726-4323 (306)-675-4920 (306)-862-5966 (306)-334-2914 R (306)-334-2914 R (306)-232-4474

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306-796-4652

Frederick Seeds

Box 395, Watson, SK S0K 4V0 Phone: Seed Plant: 306-287-3977 Cell: 306-287-8442 frederickseeds@sasktel.net

Wheat - Harvest and Utmost (VB) Barley - Copeland, Metcalfe and Newdale Oats - Leggett and Orrin Flax - Sorrel

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Cdc Sorrel Allan, Raymond N. & Ruth Corning, SK Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK Beuker, Allan Daniel Melfort, SK Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK Edmunds, Greg & Glen Tisdale, SK Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Tisdale, SK Fowler, Edith Central Butte, SK Fraser, Edward H. & Glen & Dale Yarbo, SK Frederick, Blaine Watson, SK Gellner, Clayton S. Southey, SK Heggie, Kyle Robert Leross, SK Hleck, Leo Codette, SK Hyndman, David Balcarres, SK Hyndman, Glen Balcarres, SK Kerber, Greg Rosthern, SK Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Lumsden, SK Nakonechny, Don P, Coral, Lance, Lauren & Richelle Ruthilda, SK Olson, Lyndon Ordin Archerwill, SK Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK Stokke, Shane T. Watrous, SK Trawin, Alan Ross, Mitchell, Ashton, Jennifer & Jessica Melfort, SK Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK Woroschuk, Andrew Calder, SK Yauck, Kevin Rodney Govan, SK

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(306)-554-2078 R (306)-731-2843 C (306)-932-4409 R (306)-323-4912 C (306)-472-5917 R (306)-263-2139 C (306)-946-4044 C (306)-752-4060 R (306)-863-4377 S F R (306)-742-4682 C (306)-484-4555 S R

Prelate, SK

(306)-673-2687 R

Davidson, SK

(306)-567-4613 R

Prairie Blue Willner, Lorne E.

Prairie Grande Greenshields, Grant & Jim & Callie Semans, SK Larsen, Lyle L. Aylsham, SK

(306)-524-2155 C (306)-862-7333 S

Prairie Thunder Trowell, Leslie

Saltcoats, SK

(306)-744-2684 C

Saltcoats, SK

(306)-744-2684 F R

Taurus Trowell, Leslie

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Phone: 744-2779 or 744-2332 www.friendlyacres.sk.ca Saltcoats, Sask.

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Fp2214 Gizen, Jason

FRIENDLY ACRES SEED FARMS INC.

Box 475, Milestone, Sask., Canada S0G 3L0 Phone (306) 436-2178 Fax (306) 436-4647

www.garrattindustries.com Grain Processing & Seed Cleaning Equipment Gravity Tables Air Screen Machines Vibratory Feeders Destoners

Greenleaf Seeds Ltd. BOX 1180, TISDALE, SASK. S0E 1T0 PH: 873-4261 FAX: 873-5710

• Wheat - Unity, Harvest, Infinity, Glenn, Utmost • Barley - AC Metcalfe, PolarStar, Field Star • Canola - RR1990, RR1980, RR1970 • Flax - CDC Bethune • Peas - CDC Meadow • Oats - Triactor Production, Processing and Conditioning of Pedigreed Seed

ERWIN MAYERLE

KRIS MAYERLE

Star City, SK Govan, SK

(306)-863-4377 S F R (306)-484-4555 C

Murray, Ross Young, SK Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK

(306)-259-4982 C (306)-472-5917 C

flax

Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Yauck, Kevin Rodney

Vimy

Vt50 Ewen, Dale Riverhurst, SK Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-353-2171 C (306)-569-5027 R C

hemp

Hemp Canma Marshall, Larry Shellbrook, Sk Mc Elroy, Arthur R. Dr. Orleans, On

(306)-747-2725 R (613)-824-6379 C

Cfx-1 Hemp Genetics International Inc. Saskatoon, Sk Meier, Garry L. Ridgedale, Sk

(604)-882-4936 R C (306)-277-2110 C

Cfx-2 Hemp Genetics International Inc. Saskatoon, Sk

CE RFORMAN YIELD PE

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Hemp Genetics International Inc. Saskatoon, Sk Meier, Garry L. Ridgedale, Sk

(604)-882-4936 C (306)-277-2110 C

Finola Hemp Oil Canada Inc

Ste. Agathe, Mb

(204)-882-2480 R C

Hempnut Benson, Thomas Regina, Sk Campbell, Hugh Qu’Appelle, Sk

(306)-540-9339 R (306)-699-2967 R

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Cdc Dazil Clark, Shaun & Gilchrist, Armand & Gibbings, Neil Rosetown, SK Fast, Walter J. & Linda Kindersley, SK Gizen, Jason Prelate, SK Hansen, James S. Yellow Grass, SK Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK Simpson, Trevor W. Moose Jaw, SK Stirton, Brian James Moose Jaw, SK Straub, Lorne A. Pense, SK

(306)-882-2058 F (306)-463-3626 F (306)-673-2687 R (306)-465-2525 F (306)-554-2078 S F (306)-693-9402 R (306)-693-2310 F (306)-345-2390 F

Cdc Greenland

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Annand, Glenn Mossbank, SK Bergstrom, Randy M. Birsay, SK Floberg, Barry, Delana, Devin & Brandon Shaunavon, SK Fraser, Scott & Shawn Pambrun, SK Klym, Roy Regina, SK Mattus, Ronald Chaplin, SK McDougall, Ken & Craig Moose Jaw, SK Nakonechny, Don P, Coral, Lance, Lauren & Richelle Ruthilda, SK Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK Seymour, Glen Patrick, Donne, Kyle, & Kelly Stewart Valley, SK Wiens, Brennan R. Herschel, SK Willner, Lorne E. Davidson, SK

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Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK (306)-895-4306 R Edwards, Lawrence R., Donna, Jeff & Mike Nokomis, SK (306)-528-2140 S Gregoire, Denis North Battleford, SK (306)-445-5516 R Hansen, James S. Yellow Grass, SK (306)-465-2525 R Marcil, Harvey G. & Brent Louis Moose Jaw, SK (306)-694-2981 R McDougall, Ken & Craig Moose Jaw, SK (306)-693-3649 S F R Nakonechny, Don P, Coral, Lance, Lauren & Richelle Ruthilda, SK (306)-932-4409 S R Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK (306)-263-2139 R Simpson, Trevor W. Moose Jaw, SK (306)-693-9402 F C Stirton, Brian James Moose Jaw, SK (306)-693-2310 R

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Stoll, Douglas John, Joan & Lyndon Delisle, SK Willner, Lorne E. Davidson, SK

(306)-493-2534 F (306)-567-4613 R

Cdc Imigreen Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim McDougall, Ken & Craig Reisner, Cecil & Barry Simpson, John W.

Lumsden, SK Moose Jaw, SK Limerick, SK Moose Jaw, SK

(306)-731-2843 R (306)-693-3649 R (306)-263-2139 R (306)-693-9402 S C

Tisdale, SK

(306)-873-5438 R

Cdc Impala Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul

Retailer and Pedigreed Seed Grower of Cereals, Oilseeds, Pulses and Forages

Cdc Impower - Large Green Annand, Glenn Mossbank, SK Beck, Gregor Rouleau, SK Bruce, Vic R. Tuxford, SK Clark, Shaun & Gilchrist, Armand & Gibbings, Neil Rosetown, SK Fast, Walter J. & Linda Kindersley, SK Garratt, Lyle C. & K.C. Milestone, SK Hansen, James S. Yellow Grass, SK Hundeby, R., D., R., A., K., L. & Wonnick, Adam Elbow, SK Klym, Roy Regina, SK Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Lumsden, SK Marcil, Harvey G. & Brent Louis Moose Jaw, SK McDougall, Ken & Craig Moose Jaw, SK Nakonechny, Don P, Coral, Lance, Lauren & Richelle Ruthilda, SK Petruic, Cameron L., Judy & Nick Avonlea, SK Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK Renwick, Douglas Dale Milestone, SK Rugg, Barry C. & Robert B. Elstow, SK Seymour, Glen Patrick, Donne, Kyle, & Kelly Stewart Valley, SK Simpson, John W. Moose Jaw, SK Smith, Ron T.W. & Barb A. Limerick, SK Sopatyk, Jeffery & Patti Saskatoon, SK Sudom, Blaine G. & Nathan Avonlea, SK Watson, Wayne Donald & Calvin & Mark Avonlea, SK Wiens, Rudy G. Herschel, SK

(306)-354-7675 F R (306)-776-2432 F (306)-631-7788 R (306)-882-2058 R (306)-463-3626 R (306)-436-2178 F R (306)-465-2525 R (306)-854-4901 R (306)-543-5052 R (306)-731-2843 R (306)-694-2981 R (306)-693-3649 S F R (306)-932-4409 S F R (306)-868-2294 S (306)-263-2139 S F R (306)-436-4418 F (306)-257-3638 R (306)-778-2344 R (306)-693-9402 C (306)-263-4944 F (306)-227-7867 F R (306)-868-4620 R (306)-868-2171 R (306)-377-4800 S

Cdc Impress Sopatyk, Jeffery & Patti

Saskatoon, SK

(306)-227-7867 S F

Cdc Improve Chute, Evan Moose Jaw, SK Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Lumsden, SK Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK Schmeling, Donald H. Riceton, SK

(306)-692-1732 R (306)-731-2843 C (306)-472-5917 R (306)-738-2065 F

CFX-1

Certified Hemp Seed pedigreed seed for planting

Gary Meier Kevin Friesen 306.873.7652 604.607.4953 hempgenetics@gmail.com

CFX-2 CRS-1 SSNS-1

(Faba Bean Variety)

jagfarms.com Pedigreed Seed Growers and Processors * * * *

CDC Verona Durum FP 2214 Prairie Sapphire Flax Sundre Barley CDC Dazil CL Red Lentils - limited supply

Located in Prelate, Saskatchewan Jason: 306-628-8127 email: jagizen@sasktel.net website: jagfarms.com

Cdc Imvincible Bruce, Vic R. Tuxford, SK Dowdeswell, Donald D. Pennant, SK Dowdeswell, Keaton, L Pennant, SK Heenan, Thomas Dale & Deb Regina, SK Klym, Roy Regina, SK Marcil, Harvey G. & Brent Louis Moose Jaw, SK McDougall, Ken & Craig Moose Jaw, SK Miller, Neil, Lynwood, Jarrod, Sean & Bruce Avonlea, SK Rogg, Paul A. Pennant, SK Seymour, Glen Patrick, Donne, Kyle, & Kelly Stewart Valley, SK Simpson, Jamie P. Moose Jaw, SK Smith, Wayne D. Limerick, SK Sopatyk, Jeffery & Patti Saskatoon, SK Stirton, Brian James Moose Jaw, SK Sudom, Blaine G. & Nathan Avonlea, SK Watson, Wayne Donald & Calvin & Mark Avonlea, SK

(306)-631-7788 R (306)-626-3388 R (306)-626-3388 R (306)-522-9375 R (306)-543-5052 R (306)-694-2981 R (306)-693-3649 S F R (306)-868-2165 R (306)-626-3236 F (306)-778-2344 R (306)-693-9402 F C (306)-263-4944 R (306)-227-7867 F R (306)-693-2310 R (306)-868-4620 R (306)-868-2171 R

Cdc Kr-1 Etter, James Raymond Richardson, SK Saskcan Pulse Regina, SK Sopatyk, Jeffery & Patti Saskatoon, SK

(306)-757-1136 R (877)-SASKCAN S F R (306)-227-7867 R

Cdc Lemay Yauck, Kevin Rodney

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(306)-484-4555 C

Box 98 • Seed Grower Pennant, Sask.

• Custom Services S0N 1X0 • Lentil Varieties: CDC Maxim, CDC Imvincible

Keaton Dowdeswell keatcofarms@hotmail.com

Bus: (306) 626-3388 Cell: (306) 750-1114 Fax: (306) 626-3509

KEG AGRO Pulse Crop Processors Lentil and Dry Bean Processing Contracting, Seed Sales.

Box 1368 Outlook, SK Canada S0L 2N0

Office (306) 867-8667 Fax (306) 867-8290 Res (306) 867-8571

Box 210 Saltcoats, SK S0A 3R0 Pedigreed Seed Growers

WHEAT: BARLEY: OATS: FLAX:

Kane, AC Unity VB, Waskada CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe AC Morgan CDC Bethune

Phone: Ken (306) 744-2687 Larry (306) 744-2604 Fax: (306) 744-2754

LUNG SEEDS LTD. Box 179 Lake Lenore, Sask. S0K 2J0 • CDC Thribe Wheat • Sadash Wheat • Infinity Wheat • AC Andrew Wheat • Carberry Wheat • CDC Meadow Peas

• CDC Striker Peas • Bentley Barley • CDC Treasure Peas • CDC Meredith Barley • CDC Togo Canary Grass • CDC Polarstar Barley • Triactor Oats • Stellar ND Barley • AC Metcalfe Barley • Canterra Canola Varieties

Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Craswell, Raymond W. Strasbourg, SK Dowdeswell, Keaton, L Pennant, SK Fast, Walter J. & Linda Kindersley, SK Floberg, Barry, Delana, Devin & Brandon Shaunavon, SK Fraser, Scott & Shawn Pambrun, SK Friesen, Kevin G. Laird, SK Hansen, James S. Yellow Grass, SK Latrace, Bill Caronport, SK Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Lumsden, SK McDougall, Ken & Craig Moose Jaw, SK Nakonechny, Don P, Coral, Lance, Lauren & Richelle Ruthilda, SK Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK Schmeling, Donald H. Riceton, SK Straub, Lorne A. Pense, SK

(306)-932-4409 R (306)-472-5917 C (306)-738-2065 C (306)-345-2390 C

Keyser, Robert Sean Simpson, Tyler J. Yauck, Kevin Rodney

Cupar, SK Moose Jaw, SK Govan, SK

(306)-723-4949 R (306)-693-9402 R (306)-484-4555 F R

Craswell, Raymond W. Strasbourg, SK Fast, Walter J. & Linda Kindersley, SK Simpson, John W. Moose Jaw, SK

(306)-725-3236 S (306)-463-3626 F (306)-693-9402 R

Pambrun, SK Shaunavon, SK

(306)-582-2148 R (306)-297-2563 F

Clark, Shaun & Gilchrist, Armand & Gibbings, Neil Rosetown, SK Simpson, John W. Moose Jaw, SK

(306)-882-2058 F (306)-693-9402 R

Cdc Ruby Box 7, St. Denis, SK S0K 3W0

Yellow Peas Green Peas Red Lentils

Goodeve VB AC Metcalfe CDC Meadow Shaw VB CDC Copeland CDC Treasure Infinity VB AC NewDale Unity VB CDC Utmost VB

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Cdc Peridot

Fraser, Scott & Shawn Girodat, Gerald

Barley

(306)-297-2087 (306)-582-2148 (604)-882-4936 (306)-465-2525 (306)-693-2626 (306)-731-2843 (306)-693-3649 S F R

Cdc Redcoat

Complete Seed Processing & Sales

Wheat

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Cdc Redcliff

Ph: 306-368-2414 Fax: 306-368-2415

M&M Seeds

(306)-668-4415 (306)-725-3236 (306)-626-3388 (306)-463-3626

lentil

Cdc Maxim

Ken and Larry Trowell

CDC Patrick CDC Maxim CL CDC Imax CL

Canola All Canterra FarmPure Genetics & Secan Varieties

Cdc Sb-1 Simpson, Jamie P.

Moose Jaw, SK

(306)-693-9402 R C

Pennant, SK

(306)-626-3236 C

Cdc Viceroy Rogg, Paul A.

CUSTOM SEED CLEANING

Ph. Seed Plant: 258-2219 Fax: 258-2220 Email: mandmseeds@sasktel.net

Andante - Yellow Ackerman, Patrick Floberg, Barry, Delana, Devin & Brandon Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A.

Chamberlain, SK (306)-638-3177 C Shaunavon, SK

(306)-297-2087 C

Govan, SK

(306)-484-2010 C

Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

MUSTARD

Mustard

Cutlass - Oriental

For All Your Certified Seed Needs. mccarthyseed@xplornet.com

Oasis Cl - Canola Quality Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

OATS

Oats Ac Morgan BRENT & GINETTE McCARTHY Box 4 — CORNING, SASK. PH. 224-4848

SEED AVAILABLE Lentils CDC Imax CL CDC Imigreen CL CDC Impala CL CDC Impower CL CDC Imvincible CL CDC Maxim CL CDC Greenland CDC King Red CDC Queen Green CDC Viceroy

Yellow Peas CDC Golden CDC Prosper Flax CDC Bethune

PEDIGREED SEED GROWERS

cDougall

cres

Ltd.

PO Box 896 | Moose Jaw SK | S6H 4P5 Phone 306.693.3649 | Fax 306.693.3659

Wheat Email seed@mcdougallacres.com AC Lillian CWRS Website www.mcdougallacres.com AC Strongfield Durum CDC Verona Durum CDC Waskada CWRS

Beuker, Allan Daniel Melfort, SK Beuker, Wilbur A. Melfort, SK Danielson, Lionel & Bonnie Norquay, SK Kerber, Greg Rosthern, SK Larsen, Lyle L. Aylsham, SK Moroz, Troy Pelly, SK Rempel, Blair Allan Nipawin, SK Robinson, Oren A. & Marlene Landis, SK Seidle, E., B., C. & M. Medstead, SK Trawin, Debra Ann Melfort, SK Trawin, John Melfort, SK Trowell, Kenneth & Larry & Nathan Saltcoats, SK Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK Zwingli, James Trent & Shelley Melfort, SK

(306)-752-4810 (306)-863-2225 S F (306)-594-2173 (306)-232-4474 (306)-862-7333 R (306)-595-4622 (306)-862-3573 R (306)-658-4755 R (306)-342-4377 R (306)-752-4060 F (306)-752-4060 R (306)-744-2687 R

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(306)-236-6811 R C (306)-752-4224 R

Ac Mustang Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK

(306)-874-5694 C

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Cdc Baler

Kaeding, Roger W. & Warren Lueke, Dennis

Churchbridge, SK (306)-896-2236 C Humboldt, SK (306)-682-5170 R

Cdc Big Brown

Elmy, Robert W., Kevin & Christina Saltcoats, SK

Cdc Boyer

Ennis, Garnet & Burton & Neil Glenavon, SK Stoll, Douglas John, Joan & Lyndon Delisle, SK

(306)-744-2779 S (306)-429-2793 C (306)-493-2534 C

Cdc Dancer Heggie, Kyle Robert Hyndman, Neil S. Jones, Bradley & Wanda Olson, Lyndon Ordin Slind Seeds Group (1998) Ltd. Slind, Donald Edward Trowell, Leslie

Leross, SK Balcarres, SK Wadena, SK Archerwill, SK Archerwill, SK Archerwill, SK Saltcoats, SK

(306)-675-4920 (306)-334-2914 F (306)-338-2381 S F R (306)-323-4912 S F (306)-323-4402 (306)-323-4402 (306)-744-2684 F R

Wadena, SK Canora, SK Star City, SK

(306)-338-2381 S F R C (306)-563-6244 C (306)-863-4377 R

Box 26, Ruthilda, SK S0K 3S0

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“Where Quality Comes First!”

Cdc Morrison

ALTERNATIVE SEED STRATEGIES

Saltcoats, SK

(306)-744-2684 S

Lake Lenore, SK Tisdale, SK Watson, SK Birch Hills, SK

(306)-368-2602 (306)-873-5438 S R (306)-287-3977 R (306)-749-3447

Cdc Orrin C C C C

(306)-542-4235 F (306)-749-3447 F

Cdc So-I Trowell, Leslie

Saltcoats, SK

(306)-668-4415 S F (306)-873-5438 S F (306)-287-3977 (306)-873-4936 (306)-682-5170 (306)-323-4912 (306)-323-4402

Canadian Office:

611 99th Ave Box 2169 Tisdale, SK S0E 1T0 Ph: 306-873-2345 Fax: 306-873-4740 Email: marketing.nnsl@sasktel.net

Specializing in:

(306)-744-2684 R

Alfalfa - Clovers - Grasses - Organic Commodities Custom Cleaning - Custom Blending Production Contracts

Leggett Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Tisdale, SK Frederick, Blaine Watson, SK Gaertner, Lyle Tisdale, SK Lueke, Dennis Humboldt, SK Olson, Lyndon Ordin Archerwill, SK Slind Seeds Group (1998) Ltd. Archerwill, SK

ACCREDITED

611 99th Ave Box 2169 Tisdale, SK S0E 1T0 PH: 306.873.2345 Fax: 306.873.4740 Email: marketing.nnsl@sasktel.net

Cdc Seabiscuit Fedoruk, Rod M. & Cathy Kamsack, SK Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK

Canadian Seed Institute

International Distribution Agents for CDC Field Pea Varieties

4301 World Food Ave Oskaloosa, Iowa USA 52577 Ph: 641-672-9651 Fax: 641-672-9596 Email: pape@worldfoodp.com

(306)-542-4235 S

Cdc Nasser

Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Frederick, Blaine Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel

Donald 932-4409

USA Office:

Fedoruk, Rod M.& Cathy Kamsack, SK Trowell, Leslie

Green Lentils • CDC Impower CL New • CDC Greenland Red Lentils • CDC Imax CL New • CDC Maxim CL HRS Wheat • AC Carberry New MT Wheat • AC Unity VB SWS Wheat • AC Andrew Durum • AC Strongfield Peas • CDC Golden Flax • CDC Sorrel Canaryseed • CDC Bastia • CDC Maria

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Cdc Minstrel Jones, Bradley & Wanda Ostafie, Dave & Robert Van Burck, Hans & Marianne

Select Growers & Processors of Pedigreed Seed

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Retail and Wholesale

Certified Organic “SEEDS FOR SUCCESS”

Lu Slind Seeds Group (1998) Ltd.

Archerwill, SK

(306)-323-4402 C

Pinnacle Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK

(306)-668-4415 C

Souris Fedoruk, Rod M. & Cathy Kamsack, SK

(306)-542-4235 C PEDIGREED SEED GROWERS • SCALE ON SITE

Summit Danielson, Lionel & Bonnie Norquay, SK Trowell, Leslie Saltcoats, SK FP Genetics Regina, SK

(306)-594-2173 R (306)-744-2684 R (306)-791-0500 C

OSCAR JOHNSON

Box 164 Margo, SK S0A 2M0 Tel: (306) 324-4315 Fax: (306) 324-2088

LEE JOHNSON

Cell: (306) 338-7910 oscar.j@northlandseeds.com

Cell: (306) 338-7727 lee.j@northlandseeds.com

Sw Betania Jones, Bradley & Wanda

Wadena, SK

(306)-338-2381 R

Triactor

PEAS

Clancy, Kenneth Carrot River, SK Fedoruk, Rod M. & Cathy Kamsack, SK Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK Johnson, Oscar Stuart Margo, SK Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK Mayerle, Erwin D. Tisdale, SK

(306)-768-2902 R (306)-542-4235 F (306)-874-5694 (306)-324-4315 306-368-2414 R (306)-873-4261 R

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Peas Agassiz Pfeifer, Robert G.

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Seed Grower & Processor Humboldt, SK S0K 2A0 Tel: 306-682-5170 Fax: 306-682-5420 Dennis Lueke

❃ Wheat ❃ Durum ❃ Barley ❃ Oats

Floberg, Barry, Delana, Devin & Brandon

peas

Argus Shaunavon, SK

(306)-297-2087 R

Cdc Bronco Klym, Roy Regina, SK Luck, Lorne C. & Landis Tisdale, SK

(306)-543-5052 C (306)-873-4111 C

Cdc Centennial Boyd, Clare W. & Dale A. Melfort, SK Fowler, Edith Central Butte, SK Heggie, Kyle Robert Leross, SK Larsen, Lyle L. Aylsham, SK Rempel, Blair Allan Nipawin, SK Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK

(306)-752-2108 (306)-796-4652 (306)-675-4920 (306)-862-7333 (306)-862-3573 F (306)-863-4377 R

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Cdc Dakota - Green Dutton, David H.& George

Paynton, SK

(306)-895-4306 R

Cdc Golden Floberg, Barry, Delana, Devin & Brandon Shaunavon, SK Klym, Roy Regina, SK McDougall, Ken & Craig Moose Jaw, SK Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK

(306)-297-2087 (306)-543-5052 (306)-693-3649 (306)-263-2139

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Cdc Horizon - Forage Van Burck, Hans & Marianne

Star City, SK

(306)-863-4377 S

Cdc Hornet Clark, Shaun & Gilchrist, Armand & Gibbings, Neil Rosetown, SK Simpson, Greg J. Moose Jaw, SK

(306)-882-2058 F (306)-693-9402 R

Cdc Leroy- Forage Herle, Gregory R. Van Burck, Hans & Marianne

Wilkie, SK Star City, SK

(306)-843-2934 R (306)-863-4377 R

Cdc Meadow Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK Bews, W. Kenneth & Brent W. Eatonia, SK Buziak, Carl Mayfair, SK Buziak, Ronald Charles Mayfair, SK Cay, Randy D. Kinistino, SK Cresswell, Gordon B. & Bryan & Mark Tisdale, SK Denis, Michel P. & Marc St. Denis, SK Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK Edmunds, Greg & Glen Tisdale, SK Edwards, Lawrence R., Donna, Jeff & Mike Nokomis, SK Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Tisdale, SK Floberg, Barry, Delana, Devin & Brandon Shaunavon, SK Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK Herle, Gregory R. Wilkie, SK Hicks, Dale & Barry Outlook, SK Hyndman, David Balcarres, SK Kaeding, Roger W. & Warren Churchbridge, SK Kasko, F. John Prince Albert, SK Kerber, Greg Rosthern, SK Klemmer, Richard Nipawin, SK Klym, Roy Regina, SK Labrecque, Roger Saskatoon, SK Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK Marcil, Harvey G. & Brent Louis Moose Jaw, SK Mayerle, Erwin D. Tisdale, SK Mayerle, Kris Tisdale, SK Moroz, Troy Pelly, SK Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK Rude, Stanley Naicam, SK

(306)-668-4415 R (306)-368-2602 R (306)-967-2440 (306)-445-9862 (306)-445-6556 (306)-864-3696 R

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(306)-873-5360 (306)-258-2219 (306)-895-4306 (306)-873-5480

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(306)-528-2140 F (306)-873-5438 S F R (306)-297-2087 C (306)-484-2010 R (306)-843-2934 (306)-867-8674 (306)-334-2914 (306)-896-2236 (306)-764-2875 (306)-232-4474 (306)-862-3874 R (306)-543-5052 R (306)-373-9379 (306)-554-2078 S R 306-368-2414 (306)-694-2981 (306)-873-4261 R (306)-873-4261 (306)-595-4622 (306)-472-5917 R (306)-263-2139 S F (306)-874-2359

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Rugg, Barry C. & Robert B. Elstow, SK Sandercock, Eric M. Balcarres, SK South, Winston, Richard & Bradley Melfort, SK Tebbutt, Gregg Nipawin, SK Trawin, Alan Ross, Mitchell, Ashton, Jennifer & Jessica Melfort, SK Trawin, Brent John Melfort, SK Trowell, Leslie Saltcoats, SK Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK Veikle, Lorne A. & Carl E. & G. & J. Cut Knife, SK Wakefield, Kristopher & Laurie G. & Monica Maidstone, SK Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK Winterhalt, Tim Unity, SK Youzwa, Donald Nipawin, SK

(306)-257-3638 (306)-334-2958 (306)-752-9840 (306)-862-9730

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(306)-752-4060 S (306)-752-4060 S F R (306)-744-2684 C (306)-863-4377 S F R (306)-398-4714 C

“professional, precise, preferred” Bonnie Ernst & Kelly Hansen Owners/Operators CFIA Accredited Seed Analysts

(306)-236-6811 C (306)-228-3170 C (306)-862-5690 C

Website: www.pdsl.net Email: pdsl@sasktel.net

RED V ERS AG RICULTURAL & S UP P LY LTD .

Bo x 150, R ed vers S K S 0C 2 H0

(306)-239-2071 F (306)-895-4306 F (306)-873-5438 S F (306)-524-2155 S

S eed P la ntOffice (306) 45 2 - 3443

Cdc Patrick - Green Cay, Randy D. Kinistino, SK (306)-864-3696 Clark, Shaun & Gilchrist, Armand & Gibbings, Neil Rosetown, SK (306)-882-2058 R Corbett, Dean & Trent Macrorie, SK (306)-243-2047 Cresswell, Gordon B. & Bryan & Mark Tisdale, SK (306)-873-5360 R Greenshields, Grant & Jim & Callie Semans, SK (306)-524-2155 Gregoire, Denis North Battleford, SK (306)-445-5516 Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK (306)-554-2078 S F Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Lumsden, SK (306)-731-2843 Medernach, Louis J. & Kim L. Cudworth, SK (306)-256-3398 Pederson, Lorne Robert Archerwill, SK (306)-323-4240 R Petruic, Cameron L., Judy & Nick Avonlea, SK (306)-868-2294 S F Redman, Wayne G. & Collin M. Margo, SK (306)-324-4235 Sayers, Charlie Joseph Delmas, SK (306)-445-6522 R Smith, Wayne D. Limerick, SK (306)-263-4944 F R Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK (306)-863-4377 R Watson, Wayne Donald & Calvin & Mark Avonlea, SK (306)-868-2171 F

1105 Railway Avenue Weyburn SK S4H 3H5

Phone: 306-842-PDSL (7375)

(306)-893-2984 C

Cdc Mosaic - Maple Type Boldt, Garry Osler, SK Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Tisdale, SK Greenshields, Grant & Jim & Callie Semans, SK

Make seeding a success; get your seed tested at

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Secan Producers and Processors of Pedigreed Seeds, Cereal, Canola, Peas, Forage Grass Seeds.

Custom Cleaning, Agricultural Chemicals Agent for FarmPure Genetics and Canterra Seeds

REISNER SEED FARM

Growers & Processors of Pedigreed Seeds

Box 2, Limerick, Saskatchewan S0H 2P0 breisner@sasktel.net

Ph: (306) 263-2139

Fax: (306) 263-2091

Certified & higher Pedigrees in stock of these Superior Varieties:

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Durum - AC® Strongfield, CDC Verona, AC® Eurostar AC® Enterprise Wheat - AC® Unity, AC Barrie, Snowbird, AC® Lillian, AC® Infinity Flax - CDC Sorrel

Peas - CDC Meadow, CDC Golden Lentil - CDC Maxim, CDC Impower CDC Imvincible, CDC Imigreen, CDC Imax Canary Seed - CDC Togo Chickpea - CDC Luna, CDC Orion, CDC Alma

Cdc Pluto - Green Dutton, David H.& George Marcil, Harvey G. & Brent Louis

Paynton, SK Moose Jaw, SK

(306)-895-4306 F (306)-694-2981 F

Paynton, SK Moose Jaw, SK

(306)-895-4306 R (306)-693-3649 S F R C

Cdc Prosper Dutton, David H.& George McDougall, Ken & Craig

Cdc Raezer - Green Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK (306)-368-2602 S Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK (306)-895-4306 S Fraser, Edward H. & Glen & Dale Yarbo, SK (306)-745-3830 S Heavin, Larry N. & L. Warren Melfort, SK (306)-752-4020 S Heavin, Milton Russell Melfort, SK (306)-752-4071 S Illingworth, H.V. &T. D. North Battleford, SK (306)-445-5630 S Marcil, Harvey G. & Brent Louis Moose Jaw, SK (306)-694-2981 S Medernach, Louis J. & Kim L. Cudworth, SK (306)-256-3398 S Rude, Stanley Naicam, SK (306)-874-2359 S Sopatyk, Jeffery & Patti Saskatoon, SK (306)-227-7867 S Veikle, Lorne A. & Carl E. & G. & J. Cut Knife, SK (306)-398-4714 S Veikle, Lynne & Marshall Cut Knife, SK (306)-398-2923 S

Cdc Rocket - Maple Type Herle, Gregory R.

Wilkie, SK

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RUGG SEED FARM Bob and Merle Rugg

(306)-843-2934 C

Cdc Saffron Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK Edwards, Lawrence R., Donna, Jeff & Mike Nokomis, SK Fast, Walter J. & Linda Kindersley, SK Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Tisdale, SK

ROLO FARMS LTD

(306)-368-2602 S (306)-895-4306 S (306)-528-2140 S (306)-463-3626 S (306)-873-5438 S

Box 30 Elstow, SK S0K 1M0

Quality Seed since 1912

Phone: Fax: Cell: Email:

1-306-257-3638 1-306-257-3589 1-306-221-7590 rugg@sasktel.net

Located 2 mi. east, 2 mi. north of Elstow

OPPORTUNITIES IN AN EXPANDING BEAN MARKET IN THE WORLD OF DIVERSIFIED FARMING, TO BE ON THE LEADING EDGE YOU HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES. WALKER SEEDS LTD IS OFFERING YOU THAT POTENTIAL!

WHITE MOUNTAIN SLOW-DARKENING PINTO BEAN • Slow Darkening trait is exclusive to Walker Seeds Ltd. and Keg Agro.

• Average yields between 2,000 - 2,600 lbs on irrigation.

• Holds fresh white color much longer than previous Pinto varieties.

• Price Premiums paid over other Pinto Bean varieties.

• Suitable for both Dry land & Irrigation.

• Earlier maturing than many other Pinto Varieties.

95 - 100 days.

Pinto Beans - One of the top yields in Manitoba.

(Windbreaker) Yellow Beans - Average yields between 1,500 (CDC Sol) 2,000 lbs. on irrigation.

- Days to maturity 90 - 95 days typically.

Black Beans - Average yields between 1,500 (Eclipse) 2,000 lbs on dryland in Manitoba.

- Days to maturity 90 - 95 days typically - Suitable for both dryland & irrigation

Cdc Striker - Green Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Dutton, David H.& George Gregoire, Denis Lung Seeds Ltd. Lung, Leonard & D. & B. Medernach, Louis J. & Kim L.

Lake Lenore, SK (306)-368-2602 Paynton, SK (306)-895-4306 North Battleford, SK (306)-445-5516 Lake Lenore, SK (306)-368-2414 F Lake Lenore, SK (306)-368-2414 Cudworth, SK (306)-256-3398

C C C C C C

Cdc Tetris - Green Dutton, David H. & George Paynton, SK Greenshields, Grant & Jim & Callie Semans, SK

(306)-895-4306 S R (306)-524-2155 S

Cdc Treasure Brown, Kyle Prince Albert, SK Denis, Michel P. & Marc St. Denis, SK Greenshields, Grant & Jim & Callie Semans, SK Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK McCarthy, Richard J. & Brent Corning, SK Seymour, Glen Patrick, Donne, Kyle, & Kelly Stewart Valley, SK Smith, Ron T.W. & Barb A. Limerick, SK Thompson, Jan Harris Naicam, SK Willner, Brady E. Davidson, SK Willner, Lorne E. Davidson, SK

(306)-922-0571 R (306)-258-2219 R (306)-524-2155 R (306)-874-5694 R (306)-224-4848 R (306)-778-2344 F (306)-263-4944 F R (306)-874-5407 S (306)-567-4613 R (306)-567-4613 F R

Cooper - Green Pfeifer, Robert G.

Lemberg, SK

(306)-335-2532 C

Balcarres, SK Balcarres, SK

(306)-334-2914 C (306)-334-2914 C

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-988-9750 S

Ds-Admiral Hyndman, Glen Hyndman, Neil S.

Earlystar Canterra Seeds Ltd.

Polstead Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John

Meadow Lake, SK (306)-236-6811 C

Rye

RYE

Gazelle - Spring Trawin, Brent John

Melfort, SK

(306)-752-4060 S

Tanner, David A. & Hazel Regina, SK

(306)-757-7012 F

Hazlet - Winter

Ryegrass Feeder - Perennial Pickseed Canada Inc.

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

Zenon Park, SK

(306)-767-2293 C

James - Dahurian Wild Lalonde, Lucien

Sabroso - Annual Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

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Contact Les at 1-877-975-4474 or Russ or Grant at Keg AGRO - 867-8667 Walker Seeds Toll Free 1-877-975-4474 www.walkerseeds.ca les@walkerseeds.ca

peas

WALKER SEEDS LTD. 2012 OFFERS GREAT

Geall, Brian R. Nipawin, SK (306)-862-9177 S Greenshields, Grant & Jim & Callie Semans, SK (306)-524-2155 S Illingworth, H.V. &T. D. North Battleford, SK (306)-445-5630 S Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK (306)-554-2078 S Littman, Larry W. & Allan B.& L. Robert & Adam Saltcoats, SK (306)-783-6518 S Nakonechny, Don P, Coral, Lance, Lauren & Richelle Ruthilda, SK (306)-932-4409 S Rempel, Blair Allan Nipawin, SK (306)-862-3573 S Rugg, Barry C. & Robert B. Elstow, SK (306)-257-3638 S Seymour, Glen Patrick, Donne, Kyle, & Kelly Stewart Valley, SK (306)-778-2344 S Simpson, Greg J. Moose Jaw, SK (306)-693-9402 S Sopatyk, Jeffery & Patti Saskatoon, SK (306)-227-7867 S Trowell, Leslie Saltcoats, SK (306)-744-2684 S Veikle, Lorne A. & Carl E. & G. & J. Cut Knife, SK (306)-398-4714 S Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK (306)-236-6811 S Youzwa, Donald Nipawin, SK (306)-862-5690 S

ryegrass

Sw Botrus - Annual Pickseed Canada Inc.

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

Seidle Seed Farm

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 F C

MEDSTEAD, SASK. PH: (306) 342-4377 / (306) 342-4497 FAX: (306) 342-4333

Swift - Dahurian Wild Pickseed Canada Inc.

SOYBEANS

29002rr

TIMOTHY

Soybeans

Ac Opal

Elmy, Robert W., Kevin & Christina Saltcoats, SK

(306)-744-2779 R C

Timothy Pickseed Canada Inc.

• OATS: AC Morgan (FDN. Reg. Cert.)

• BARLEY: AC Metcalfe, CDC Copeland • POLISH CANOLA: ACS-C7, AC Sunbeam

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

Winnipeg, MB White Fox, SK

(204)-633-0088 C (306)-276-2319 C

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

Carrot River, SK

(306)-768-3335 C

Serving Western Canadian Agriculture for over 50 Years “Quality Seeds for Farmers’ Needs”

Alma Pickseed Canada Inc. Riemer, Curtis D.

Arlaka Pickseed Canada Inc.

Basho Ag Vision Seeds Ltd.

SOUTH SEEDS

Wheat - Unity VB

Bottnia Ii Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

Climax Boxall, Keith & Henry Riemer, Curtis D.

Barley - AC Metcalfe - Bentley

Codette, SK White Fox, SK

(306)-862-4937 C (306)-276-2319 C

Winnipeg, MB

(204)-633-0088 C

Northstar Seed Ltd. Neepawa, MB

(204)-476-5241 C

Peas

- CDC Bronco - CDC Meadow

Oats

- Triactor

PH: (306) 752-9840 “Good Seed Pays” FAX: (306) 752-9197 Box 3219, Melfort, SK S0E 1A0

Comtal Pickseed Canada Inc.

Express Grindstad Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 C

Promesse Brett-Young Seeds Limited

St. Norbert, MB

(204)-261-7932 C

White Fox, SK

(306)-276-2518 C

Northstar Seed Ltd. Neepawa, MB

(204)-476-5241 C

Tiller McBain, David J.

WHEAT - DURUM

TRITICALE

Treasure

STOKKE SEEDS PEDIGREED SEED SALES

• Metcalf Barley • Bethune Flax • Sorell Flax • Coriander • Caraway

— Spice & Flax Buyers and Exporters — Sakundiak bin sales & hopper cones

PH: 306•946•4044

E-mail: ssc@yourlink.ca Box 1315 Watrous, SK S0K 4T0

FAX: 306•946•4069

Triticale Fridge - Winter Elmy, Robert W., Kevin & Christina Saltcoats, SK Trawin, Alan Ross, Mitchell, Ashton, Jennifer & Jessica Melfort, SK

(306)-744-2779 S F R

Stoll’S Seed Barn ltd.

(306)-752-4060 C

Wheat - Durum

Doug and Joan Stoll

Ac Navigator Girodat, Gerald Shaunavon, SK Rennick, Joe R. & William J. Milestone, SK Stauber, Clayton & Lori Stewart Valley, SK Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-297-2563 C (306)-436-4353 S (306)-773-7907 C (306)-569-5027 S F R C

Brigade Viterra Regina, SK Boyd, William R. & Regan Eston, SK Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Lumsden, SK Rennick, Joe R. & William J. Milestone, SK Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 S F C (306)-962-3526 R (306)-731-2843 R (306)-436-4353 S (306)-569-5027 S F R C

Cdc Verona Anderson, Trevor Ward Frontier, SK Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Burton, Walter Biggar, SK Carefoot, Floyd Martin Swift Current, SK Fast, Walter J. & Linda Kindersley, SK Fraser, Scott & Shawn Pambrun, SK Friesen, Greg & Brea Elrose, SK Garratt, Lyle C. & K.C. Milestone, SK

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Pedigreed Seed & Processing CDC Boyer Oats Unity VB Wheat Waskada Wheat Box 535, Delisle, Saskatchewan S0L 0P0 Telephone (306) 493-2534

(306)-296-2104 (306)-668-4415 R (306)-948-2953 (306)-773-6963 (306)-463-3626 (306)-582-2148 (306)-378-2785 (306)-436-2178 R

C C C C C C C

SUNSET FARMS LTD.

• Select Seed Grower

Box 69 Pennant, Sask.

S0N 1X0

Lentil Varieties: CDC Maxim, CDC Imvincible

DON DOWDESWELL sunset@sasktel.net

(306) 626-3388 Bus. 626-3287 Res. 626-3509 Fax

Box 222, Nipawin, SK S0E 1E0 Ph: 306-862-9730 Fax: 306-862-4113 Gregg Tebbutt

HRS - Kane, Carberry, Fieldstar VB Barley - AC Metcalfe, CDC Meredith Yellow Peas - CDC Meadow, CDC Centennial “48 Years of Quality Seed Production”

VAN BURCK SEEDS STAR CITY, SK Tel: 306-863-4377 Fax: 306-863-2252

E-mail: vanburckseeds@sasktel.net

Foundation, Registered, Certified Seed Wheat, Oats, Barley, Flax, Peas, LL Canola & RR Canola

Leader, SK Shaunavon, SK Prelate, SK Humboldt, SK Lumsden, SK Chaplin, SK Moose Jaw, SK Lafleche, SK Limerick, SK Milestone, SK

(306)-628-4335 (306)-297-2185 (306)-673-2687 (306)-682-5170 (306)-731-2843 (306)-395-2652 R (306)-693-3649 R (306)-472-5917 (306)-263-2139 R (306)-436-4353 S F

C C C C C C C C

Stewart Valley, SK (306)-778-2344 F C Avonlea, SK Davidson, SK

(306)-868-2171 R C (306)-567-4613 C

Commander Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 S F

Enterprise Bergstrom, Randy M. Birsay, SK Bews, W. Kenneth & Brent W. Eatonia, SK Fast, Walter J. & Linda Kindersley, SK Girodat, Gerald Shaunavon, SK Hyndman, David Balcarres, SK Hyndman, Glen Balcarres, SK Petruic, Cameron L., Judy & Nick Avonlea, SK Pfeifer, Robert G. Lemberg, SK Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK Simpson, Thomas H. Moose Jaw, SK

(306)-573-4625 R (306)-967-2440 R (306)-463-3626 R (306)-297-2563 R (306)-334-2914 C (306)-334-2914 C (306)-868-2294 S F (306)-335-2532 R (306)-263-2139 R (306)-693-9402 S F R

Eurostar

Box 548 Cut Knife, Saskatchewan S0M 0N0 phone: 306-398-4714 email: veikle.seeds@sasktel.net

“In Business To Serve Western Farmers”

We Buy All Feed Grains / Heated Flax and Canola Rob Durant Grain Buyer Ph: 306-873-4401 Res: 306-873-5333 Cell: 306-873-1577 Email: rob.wct@sasktel.net

Box 957 806 100th St. S. Tisdale, SK S0E 1T0 Fax: 306-873-4402 TOLL FREE: 1-877-695-6461 www.westerncommodities.ca

WILLNER AGRI LTD. CS

ACPS

Pedigree Seed Grower Lorne, Marilyn, Brady, Lyndon and Linnea Willner Box 784 Davidson, SK Phone: 306-567-4613 email: willnerseeds@xplornet.com

Altwasser, Rodney & Allen R. & Dean Yellow Grass, SK Johnston, Lorne E. & L. Neil & L. J. Eston, SK Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK Smith, Ron T.W. & Barb A. Limerick, SK Smith, Wayne D. Limerick, SK Stauber, Clayton & Lori Stewart Valley, SK Wiens, Brennan R. Herschel, SK

(306)-465-2727 (306)-962-3917 S F R (306)-263-2139 (306)-263-4944 R (306)-263-4944 (306)-773-7907 (306)-377-2002

C C C C C

Strongfield Bews, W. Kenneth & Brent W. Eatonia, SK Boyd, William R. & Regan Eston, SK Craswell, Raymond W. Strasbourg, SK Floberg, Barry, Delana, Devin & Brandon Shaunavon, SK Fraser, Scott & Shawn Pambrun, SK Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK Garratt, Lyle C. & K.C. Milestone, SK Geiger, Timothy Leader, SK Hansen, James S. Yellow Grass, SK Johnston, Lorne E. & L. Neil & L. J. Eston, SK Klym, Roy Regina, SK Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Lumsden, SK Marcil, Harvey G. & Brent Louis Moose Jaw, SK McDougall, Ken & Craig Moose Jaw, SK Miller, Neil, Lynwood, Jarrod, Sean & Bruce Avonlea, SK Nakonechny, Don P, Coral, Lance, Lauren & Richelle Ruthilda, SK Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK Petruic, Cameron L., Judy & Nick Avonlea, SK Sandercock, Eric M. Balcarres, SK Smith, Ron T.W. & Barb A. Limerick, SK Smith, Wayne D. Limerick, SK Stirton, Brian James Moose Jaw, SK Sudom, Blaine G. & Nathan Avonlea, SK Watson, Wayne Donald & Calvin & Mark Avonlea, SK Wiens, Brennan R. Herschel, SK

(306)-967-2440 C (306)-962-3526 C (306)-725-3236 C (306)-297-2087 C (306)-582-2148 C (306)-484-2010 (306)-436-2178 (306)-628-4335 (306)-465-2525 (306)-962-3917 (306)-543-5052 (306)-731-2843 (306)-694-2981 (306)-693-3649 S F R

C C C C C C C C

(306)-868-2165 S C (306)-932-4409 (306)-472-5917 (306)-868-2294 R (306)-334-2958 (306)-263-4944 (306)-263-4944 (306)-693-2310 (306)-868-4620

C C C C C C C

(306)-868-2171 R C (306)-377-2002 C

Transcend Craswell, Raymond W. Geiger, Timothy

Strasbourg, SK Leader, SK

(306)-725-3236 S F (306)-628-4335 S F

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Geiger, Timothy Girodat, Jason Gizen, Jason Lueke, Dennis Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Mattus , Ronald McDougall, Ken & Craig Palmier, Maurice Reisner, Cecil & Barry Rennick, Joe R. & William J. Seymour, Glen Patrick, Donne, Kyle, & Kelly Watson, Wayne Donald & Calvin & Mark Willner, Lorne E.

WHEAT - SPRING wheat - DURUM

Girodat, Gerald Palmier, Maurice Smith, Ron T.W. & Barb A. Smith, Wayne D.

Shaunavon, SK Lafleche, SK Limerick, SK Limerick, SK

(306)-297-2563 F (306)-472-5917 F (306)-263-4944 C (306)-263-4944 S

Wheat - Spring 5400ip Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 R C

5602hr Hall, Norman & Ernie Wynyard, SK Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-554-3122 C (306)-569-5027 S R C

5603hr Viterra Regina, SK Crosson, Lorne & Will & Lee Welwyn, SK

Durum: Wheat: Barley: Flax: Canola: Lentils:

Govan, SK Strongfield AC Infinity, Unity CDC Meredith, CDC Copeland CDC Sorrel, Taurus Canterra Varieties, FP Genetics CDC Maxim, CDC Peridot (Fr, Gr), CDC Rouleau, CDC Lemay (Fr, Gr)

Phone Kevin at 306-484-4555 Home Ph: 306-484-4643 Fax: 306-484-2189 Email: yauckseedfarm@sasktel.net

(306)-569-5027 S F R C (306)-733-4593 C

5604hr Cl - Hard Red Fedoruk, Rod M.& Cathy Kamsack, SK Viterra Regina, SK

Take us with you.

Stay connected.

(306)-542-4235 F R (306)-569-5027 S F R C

5700pr - Cps Red Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 F R C

5702pr Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-484-2010 C (306)-749-3447 R (306)-569-5027 C

It’s time to check the markets.

Anywhere, anytime.

Ac Andrew - Soft White Buziak, Ronald Charles Mayfair, SK Edwards, Lawrence R., Donna, Jeff & Mike Nokomis, SK Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK Herle, Gregory R. Wilkie, SK Nakonechny, Don P, Coral, Lance, Lauren & Richelle Ruthilda, SK Redman, Wayne G. & Collin M. Margo, SK Straub, Lorne A. Pense, SK

(306)-445-6556 R (306)-528-2140 C (306)-484-2010 F C (306)-843-2934 R C (306)-932-4409 R (306)-324-4235 R (306)-345-2390 R

Ac Barrie - Hard Red Amos, K. Wayne Oxbow, SK Edmunds, Greg & Glen Tisdale, SK Gaertner, Lyle Tisdale, SK

(306)-483-2963 R C (306)-873-5480 C (306)-873-4936 R

Pedigreed Seed Growers & Processing *HRS Wheat: Various Varieties *Red Lentils: CDC Imax *Green Peas: CDC Patrick, CDC Striker *Barley: CDC Meredith

Ac Crystal - Cps Red Charabin, Dale Kenneth & Timothy V. & Ryan North Battleford, SK (306)-445-2939 C Schiltroth, John Mark Ridgedale, SK (306)-873-4967 C Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK (306)-236-6811 C

Ac Domain - Hard Red Danielson, Lionel & Bonnie Norquay, SK Goossen, Mathew Stenen, SK

(306)-594-2173 S R (306)-548-4760 C

R.R. 3 North Battleford, SK S9A 2X4 Email: gregfarms@sasktel.net FAX (306) 446-2997

Canadian Seed Institute ACCREDITED

Denis (Home): (306) 446-2994 (Cell): (306) 441-7851 Emile (Farm): (306) 445-5516 Rory (Cell): (306) 441-7005

Ac Elsa - Hard Red Ennis, Garnet & Burton & Neil Pratchler, John & Leander

Glenavon, SK Muenster, SK

(306)-429-2793 R (306)-682-3317 R

Ac Foremost - Cps Red Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John

Meadow Lake, SK (306)-236-6811 C

Ac Intrepid - Hard Red Illingworth, H.V. &T. D. Slind, Donald Edward

North Battleford, SK (306)-445-5630 R C Archerwill, SK (306)-323-4402 R

Ac Splendor - Hard Red Luck, Lorne C. & Landis

Tisdale, SK

(306)-873-4111 C

Alvena Heavin, Larry N. & L. Warren Melfort, SK Kerber, Greg Rosthern, SK Rempel, Blair Allan Nipawin, SK Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK Zwingli, James Trent & Shelley Melfort, SK

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(306)-752-4020 R (306)-232-4474 C (306)-862-3573 C (306)-236-6811 C (306)-752-4224 R

Pedigreed Seed Growers

Box 249 Lafleche, Sask. S0H 2K0 www.palmierseedfarms.com

DURUM: Transend, Veronna, Strongfield, Kyle. WHEAT: CDC Utmost, Waskada, Unity/Waskada, Goodeve/Intrepid, Lillian.

WINTER WHEAT: CDC Buteo FLAX: CDC Sorrel, Vimy.

LENTILS: CDC Greenland, CDC Impala, CDC Improve, CDC Maxim.

PEAS: Meadow yellow pea. BARLEY: Trey.

PHONE:

306•472•3722 FAX: 306•472•3799

4-5 Londesboro Road, Box 208, Pilot Mound MB R0G 1P0

John M. Smith

President & CEO

Ph: 204-825-2000 Fax: 204-825-2758

“Working hard to earn your trust.”

Box 40 - Limerick, SK - S0H 2P0

Special Crop Processor

Certified Seed Grower

Strongfield Durum, Eurostar Durum, Fall Danko Rye, AC Snowbird, Unity Wheat VB, Lillian Wheat, Leggett Oats, CDC Treasure Yellow Peas, CDC Patrick Green Peas, Canola Seed 94H04 and 93H01, Foremosa Barley, Red Lentils

Phone (306) 263-4944 Your #1 Choice in Southern Saskatchewan

Allan, Raymond N. & Ruth Corning, SK Amos, K. Wayne Oxbow, SK Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Bergstrom, Randy M. Birsay, SK Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK Blenkin, Leonard G. & Larry K. Sintaluta, SK Cresswell, Gordon B. & Bryan & Mark Tisdale, SK Danielson, Lionel & Bonnie Norquay, SK Ennis, Garnet & Burton & Neil Glenavon, SK Fedoruk, Rod M.& Cathy Kamsack, SK Fraser, Scott & Shawn Pambrun, SK Goossen, Mathew Stenen, SK Greenshields, Grant & Jim & Callie Semans, SK Hardy, Allan W. & Dale & Evan Grenfell, SK Littman, Larry W. & Allan B. & L. Robert & Adam Saltcoats, SK Luck, Lorne C. & Landis Tisdale, SK Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK Moroz, Troy Pelly, SK Nakonechny, Don P, Coral, Lance, Lauren & Richelle Ruthilda, SK Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK Ostapovitch, F.G. & Glen Theodore, SK Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK Rude, Stanley Naicam, SK Seymour, Glen Patrick, Donne, Kyle, & Kelly Stewart Valley, SK Tebbutt, Gregg Nipawin, SK Trawin, Alan Ross, Mitchell, Ashton, Jennifer & Jessica Melfort, SK Wylie, Leslie Dale Biggar, SK

Sopatyk Seed Farms is your premium seed supplier for cereals, pulses and specialty crops. Option to pick up at seeding available.

JEFF SOPATYK (306) 227-7867 spats@shaw.ca

Midge Resistant Wheat - AC Unity - AC Shaw Red Lentils - CDC Maxim - CDC Imax (NEW) - King Red (KR1) Green Lentils - CDC Improve CL - CDC Imvincable CL Peas and Chickpeas - CDC Meadow (yellow) - CDC Patrick (green) Barley - Meredith (2 row malt)

C C C

(306)-783-6518 F C (306)-873-4111 R (306)-368-2414 F (306)-595-4622 F R (306)-932-4409 S R (306)-563-6244 R (306)-647-2205 F R (306)-263-2139 S F C (306)-874-2359 F (306)-778-2344 C (306)-862-9730 S F R (306)-752-4060 S F C (306)-948-2807 R

Cdc Alsask (306)-569-5027 R C

Cdc Go - Hard Red Brown, Kyle Prince Albert, SK Danielson, Lionel & Bonnie Norquay, SK Edmunds, Greg & Glen Tisdale, SK Nystuen, David G. Spalding, SK Ostapovitch, F.G. & Glen Theodore, SK

(306)-922-0571 R (306)-594-2173 R (306)-873-5480 C (306)-872-2183 R (306)-647-2205 R

Cdc Imagine - Hard Red Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-569-5027 R C

Cdc Kernen Mayerle, Erwin D. Pfeifer, Robert G.

Tisdale, SK Lemberg, SK

(306)-873-4261 F (306)-335-2532 R

Cdc Osler Klemmer, Richard Nipawin, SK

(306)-862-3874 C

Cdc Stanley (306)-368-2414 R (306)-228-3160 R (306)-569-5027 S F R C

Cdc Thrive

TOMTENE SEED FARM Now booking the following varieties: HRS Wheat: Shaw VB, Utmost VB, Goodeve VB Two Row Barley: Meredith, Newdale Six Row Barley: Legacy, Celebration, Stellar Oats: Orrin, Seabiscuit Specialty Barley: Fibar, Rattan

Tomtene Seed Farm PO Box 158 Birch Hills, SK S0J 0G0

C

Gregoire, Denis North Battleford, SK (306)-445-5516 C Viterra Regina, SK (306)-569-5027 S F R C

Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK Sperle, Bentley D. & Jody Unity, SK Viterra Regina, SK

Steve Tomtene Daniel Slind

(306)-873-5360 S (306)-594-2173 (306)-429-2793 S (306)-542-4235 F R (306)-582-2148 R (306)-548-4760 (306)-524-2155 R (306)-697-3128 R

Cdc Abound

Viterra Regina, SK

Pulse grower for over 20 years

(306)-224-4666 R (306)-483-2963 C (306)-668-4415 S F (306)-573-4625 R (306)-368-2602 C (306)-727-2222 C

Office Phone: 306-749-3447 Cell Phone: 306-749-7315 (Steve) Fax: 306-749-3334 Email: tsf@skvelocity.ca

Buziak, Ronald Charles Mayfair, SK Clark, Shaun & Gilchrist, Armand & Gibbings, Neil Rosetown, SK Fedoruk, Rod M. & Cathy Kamsack, SK Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK Shewchuk, Stan, Lorne, Terry, Adam & Michael Blaine Lake, SK

(306)-445-6556 R (306)-882-2058 R (306)-542-4235 R C (306)-368-2414 R (306)-497-3503 S R

Cdc Utmost-Harvest (Midge Tolerant Vb*) Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK Boyd, Clare W. & Dale A. Melfort, SK Buziak, Ronald Charles Mayfair, SK Cay, Randy D. Kinistino, SK

(306)-668-4415 (306)-368-2602 (306)-752-2108 (306)-445-6556 (306)-864-3696

*Pedigreed class code pending the additional certification requirements to verify ratio blend.

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Charabin, Dale Kenneth & Timothy V. & Ryan North Battleford, SK (306)-445-2939 Craswell, Raymond W. Strasbourg, SK (306)-725-3236 S Danielson, Lionel & Bonnie Norquay, SK (306)-594-2173 C Denis, Michel P. & Marc St. Denis, SK (306)-258-2219 Fedoruk, Rod M.& Cathy Kamsack, SK (306)-542-4235 Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Tisdale, SK (306)-873-5438 S Frederick, Blaine Watson, SK (306)-287-3977 Herle, Gregory R. Wilkie, SK (306)-843-2934 Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK (306)-874-5694 Kaeding, Roger W. & Warren Churchbridge, SK (306)-896-2236 Littman, Larry W. & Allan B. & L. Robert & Adam Saltcoats, SK (306)-783-6518 Lueke, Dennis Humboldt, SK (306)-682-5170 Mayerle, Kris Tisdale, SK (306)-873-4261 Maze, Norman Daryl Unity, SK (306)-398-2637 McCarthy, Richard J. & Brent Corning, SK (306)-224-4848 Olson, Lyndon Ordin Archerwill, SK (306)-323-4912 S Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK (306)-563-6244 Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK (306)-472-5917 R Sayers, Charlie Joseph Delmas, SK (306)-445-6522 Slind, Donald Edward Archerwill, SK (306)-323-4402 Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK (306)-749-3447 Trowell, Leslie Saltcoats, SK (306)-744-2684 University Of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK (306)-931-9299 Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK (306)-863-4377 S Veikle, Lorne A. & Carl E. & G. & J. Cut Knife, SK (306)-398-4714 Veikle, Lynne & Marshall Cut Knife, SK (306)-398-2923 Wakefield, Kristopher & Laurie G. & Monica Maidstone, SK (306)-893-2984 Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK (306)-236-6811

Columbus - Hard Red Titman, David G.& Loa L. Viscount, SK Willner, Lorne E. Davidson, SK

(306)-944-4236 S R C (306)-567-4613 S F R

Conquer - 5701pr (Midge Tolerant Vb*) Canterra Seeds Ltd. Hyndman, Glen Mayerle, Erwin D.

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(306)-937-3565 (306)-592-4449 C (306)-542-4235 (306)-745-3830 (306)-548-4760 (306)-873-4267 (306)-873-4261 (306)-256-3398 (306)-862-9730

Glenn Bergstrom, Randy M. Birsay, SK Crosson, Lorne & Will & Lee Welwyn, SK Fedoruk, Rod M.& Cathy Kamsack, SK Hyndman, Glen Balcarres, SK Kaeding, Roger W. & Warren Churchbridge, SK Mayerle, Kris Tisdale, SK Trowell, Leslie Saltcoats, SK

(306)-573-4625 (306)-733-4593 (306)-542-4235 (306)-334-2914 (306)-896-2236 (306)-873-4261 (306)-744-2684

C C C C C C C

Goodeve-Ac Intrepid (Midge Tolerant Vb*) Alliance Seed Corporation Winnipeg, MB (204)-272-2890 Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK (306)-668-4415 Bodnaryk, John E. Rhein, SK (306)-273-4263 Boyd, Clare W. & Dale A. Melfort, SK (306)-752-2108 Cay, Randy D. Kinistino, SK (306)-864-3696 Charabin, Dale Kenneth & Timothy V. & Ryan North Battleford, SK (306)-445-2939 Denis, Michel P. & Marc St. Denis, SK (306)-258-2219 Fedoruk, Rod M.& Cathy Kamsack, SK (306)-542-4235 C Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Tisdale, SK (306)-873-5438 S Gaertner, Lyle Tisdale, SK (306)-873-4936 Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK (306)-874-5694

*Pedigreed class code pending the additional certification requirements to verify ratio blend.

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Harvest - Hard Red Boyd, Clare W. & Dale A. Melfort, SK (306)-752-2108 Cay, Susan M. Kinistino, SK (306)-864-3696 R Charabin, Dale Kenneth & Timothy V. & Ryan North Battleford, SK (306)-445-2939 Danielson, Lionel & Bonnie Norquay, SK (306)-594-2173 Fedoruk, Rod M.& Cathy Kamsack, SK (306)-542-4235 Fenton, Gerald A. & Robin Paul Tisdale, SK (306)-873-5438 F R Frederick, Blaine Watson, SK (306)-287-3977 Hardy, Allan W. & Dale & Evan Grenfell, SK (306)-697-3128 Lueke, Dennis Humboldt, SK (306)-682-5170 Mayerle, Kris Tisdale, SK (306)-873-4261 R McCarthy, Richard J. & Brent Corning, SK (306)-224-4848 Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK (306)-563-6244 S Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK (306)-863-4377 S F R Wakefield, Kristopher & Laurie G. & Monica Maidstone, SK (306)-893-2984 F R Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK (306)-236-6811 S R

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Blenkin, Leonard G. & Larry K. Sintaluta, SK (306)-727-2222 Booy, Jerry N., Murray T. & Darcy K. Glaslyn, SK (306)-342-2058 R Dowdeswell, Donald D. Pennant, SK (306)-626-3388 Girodat, Gerald Shaunavon, SK (306)-297-2563 Illingworth, H.V. &T. D. North Battleford, SK (306)-445-5630 R Labrecque, Roger Saskatoon, SK (306)-373-9379 Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK (306)-368-2414 Mayerle, Erwin D. Tisdale, SK (306)-873-4261 Mayerle, Kris Tisdale, SK (306)-873-4261 Pfeifer, Robert G. Lemberg, SK (306)-335-2532 Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK (306)-263-2139 S F Yauck, Kevin Rodney Govan, SK (306)-484-4555 F R

C C C C C C C C C C C C

Kane Goossen, Mathew Stenen, SK Heavin, G. Harvey & G. Ryan Melfort, SK Larsen, Lyle L. Aylsham, SK Redman, Wayne G. & Collin M. Margo, SK Rude, Stanley Naicam, SK Tebbutt, Gregg Nipawin, SK

(306)-548-4760 (306)-752-4171 F R (306)-862-7333 R (306)-324-4235 (306)-874-2359 R (306)-862-9730

C C C C

Katepwa - Hard Red Tanner, David A. & Hazel Regina, SK

(306)-757-7012 S

Lillian Bews, W. Kenneth & Brent W. Eatonia, SK Chute, Evan Moose Jaw, SK Craswell, Raymond W. Strasbourg, SK Edwards, Lawrence R., Donna, Jeff & Mike Nokomis, SK Floberg, Barry, Delana, Devin & Brandon Shaunavon, SK Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK McCutcheon, David Outlook, SK McDougall, Ken & Craig Moose Jaw, SK Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK Pratchler, John & Leander Muenster, SK Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK Rugg, Barry C. & Robert B. Elstow, SK Shewchuk, Stan, Lorne, Terry, Adam & Michael Blaine Lake, SK

(306)-967-2440 C (306)-692-1732 R C (306)-725-3236 C (306)-528-2140 F (306)-297-2087 R (306)-484-2010 S R (306)-856-2265 (306)-693-3649 (306)-472-5917 (306)-682-3317 (306)-263-2139 R (306)-257-3638

C C C C C C

(306)-497-3503 R

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Hyndman, Neil S. Balcarres, SK Klemmer, Richard Nipawin, SK Murray, Ross Young, SK Olson, Lyndon Ordin Archerwill, SK Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK Slind, Donald Edward Archerwill, SK Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK Van Burck, Hans & Marianne Star City, SK Wilfing, Raymond John & Ryan John Meadow Lake, SK

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Smith, Wayne D. Limerick, SK Sperle, Bentley D. & Jody Unity, SK Stirton, Brian James Moose Jaw, SK Straub, Lorne A. Pense, SK Watson, Wayne Donald & Calvin & Mark Avonlea, SK Wiens, Brennan R. Herschel, SK

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(306)-937-3565 F (306)-569-5027 S F R

Muchmore Clark, Shaun & Gilchrist, Armand & Gibbings, Neil Rosetown, SK Danielson, Lionel & Bonnie Norquay, SK Girodat, Gerald Shaunavon, SK Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK

(306)-882-2058 R C (306)-594-2173 C (306)-297-2563 F (306)-554-2078 S F R

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Pembina - Hard Red MacGregor, Robert C.

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Sadash - Soft White Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK Fritzler, Baine A., Brenda D. & Adam A. Govan, SK Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK Mattus , Ronald Chaplin, SK Toman, Fred Guernsey, SK Winterhalt, Tim Unity, SK

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Shaw-Ac Domain (Midge Tolerant Vb*) Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Beuker, Allan Daniel Melfort, SK Boldt, Garry Osler, SK Clark, Shaun & Gilchrist, Armand & Gibbings, Neil Rosetown, SK Fast, Walter J. & Linda Kindersley, SK Goossen, Mathew Stenen, SK Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK Kerber, Greg Rosthern, SK Klemmer, Richard Nipawin, SK Klym, Roy Regina, SK Lueke, Dennis Humboldt, SK Medernach, Louis J. & Kim L. Cudworth, SK Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK Pratchler, John & Leander Muenster, SK Shwaga, Jeff W. Wroxton, SK Sopatyk, Jeffery & Patti Saskatoon, SK Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK Veikle, Lorne A. & Carl E. & G. & J. Cut Knife, SK Willner, Lorne E. Davidson, SK Winterhalt, Tim Unity, SK Wylie, Leslie Dale Biggar, SK

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Sintaluta, SK Limerick, SK

(306)-727-2222 C (306)-263-4944 C

Pambrun, SK Govan, SK

(306)-582-2148 C (306)-484-4555 C

Buziak, Ronald Charles Mayfair, SK Greenshields, Grant & Jim & Callie Semans, SK Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK Zwingli, James Trent & Shelley Melfort, SK

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2012 Varieties For Sale HRS WHEAT

- AC Snowbird - AC Unity Midge Tolerant - Sadash General Purpose - Muchmore - Settler

BARLEY

- AC Metcalf

FLAX

- CDC Sorrel

PEAS

- CDC Meadow - Common Marrowfat Peas

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- CDC Maxim (Red)

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Theodore, SK Melfort, SK

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Fedoruk, Rod M.& Cathy Kamsack, SK Viterra Regina, SK

(306)-542-4235 S (306)-569-5027 S F

Sy985 - Cps Red

Unity-Waskada (Midge Tolerant Vb*) Ackerman, Patrick Chamberlain, SK Allan, Raymond N. & Ruth Corning, SK Altwasser, Rodney & Allen R. & Dean Yellow Grass, SK Ardell, Terrence, Michael, & Joanne Vanscoy, SK Bergstrom, Randy M. Birsay, SK Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK Beuker, Allan Daniel Melfort, SK Blenkin, Leonard G. & Larry K. Sintaluta, SK Boyd, Clare W. & Dale A. Melfort, SK Buziak, Ronald Charles Mayfair, SK Christianson, Clint Naicam, SK Clark, Shaun & Gilchrist, Armand & Gibbings, Neil Rosetown, SK Cresswell, Gordon B. & Bryan & Mark Tisdale, SK Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK Fedoruk, Rod M.& Cathy Kamsack, SK Fraser, Scott & Shawn Pambrun, SK Garratt, Lyle C. & K.C. Milestone, SK Gellner, Clayton S. Southey, SK Gerry, Greg Creelman, SK Girodat, Gerald Shaunavon, SK Greenshields, Grant & Jim & Callie Semans, SK Heavin, G. Harvey & G. Ryan Melfort, SK Heavin, Larry N. & L. Warren Melfort, SK Heggie, Robert Thomas Leross, SK Herle, Gregory R. Wilkie, SK Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK Kaeding, Roger W. & Warren Churchbridge, SK Labrecque, Roger Saskatoon, SK Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK Lepp, Milton & Elden; & Neufeld, M. Hepburn, SK Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK Lutzer, Albert & Latrace, Jim Lumsden, SK Mayerle, Bernhard C. Tisdale, SK Mayerle, Erwin D. Tisdale, SK Mayerle, Kris Tisdale, SK Olson, Lyndon Ordin Archerwill, SK Osborne, Nolan Stanley C. Yorkton, SK Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK Redman, Wayne G. & Collin M. Margo, SK Reisner, Cecil & Barry Limerick, SK Rempel, Blair Allan Nipawin, SK Robinson, Oren A. & Marlene Landis, SK Rude, Stanley Naicam, SK Rugg, Barry C. & Robert B. Elstow, SK Sandercock, Eric M. Balcarres, SK Shewchuk, Stan, Lorne, Terry, Adam & Michael Blaine Lake, SK Smith, Ron T.W. & Barb A. Limerick, SK Sopatyk, Jeffery & Patti Saskatoon, SK South, Winston, Richard & BradleyMelfort, SK Sperle, Bentley D. & Jody Unity, SK Stoll, Douglas John, Joan & Lyndon Delisle, SK Thompson, Jan Harris Naicam, SK Trowell, Kenneth & Larry & Nathan Saltcoats, SK Wakefield, Kristopher & Laurie G. & Monica Maidstone, SK Wiens, Brennan R. Herschel, SK Wohlgemuth, Mark Bredenbury, SK

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Superb - Hard Red

wheat - SPRING

Woroschuk, Andrew Wylie, Leslie Dale Yauck, Kevin Rodney

Calder, SK Biggar, SK Govan, SK

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Vesper-Waskada (Midge Tolerant Vb*)

Altwasser, Rodney & Allen R. & Dean Yellow Grass, SK Bergstrom, Randy M. Birsay, SK Berscheid, K.N., B., E.K., S., C. & Y. Lake Lenore, SK Boyd, Clare W. & Dale A. Melfort, SK Buziak, Ronald Charles Mayfair, SK Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK Fraser, Edward H. & Glen & Dale Yarbo, SK Hetland, Bill Naicam, SK Hofer, Lorne A. Wilkie, SK Kaeding, Roger W. & Warren Churchbridge, SK Kemper, Kenneth W. & Armella Humboldt, SK Kemper, Russell & Donna Fulda, SK Laxdal, G.M.; Blyth, D., Gregory, Wayne & Richard & Bolt, Glen A. Wynyard, SK Lung Seeds Ltd. Lake Lenore, SK Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK Rempel, Blair Allan Nipawin, SK Rude, Stanley Naicam, SK Secan Association Kanata, ON South, Winston & Richard & Bradley Melfort, SK Tebbutt, Gregg Nipawin, SK Tomtene, Steven & Slind, Daniel Birch Hills, SK Trowell, Kenneth & Larry & Nathan Saltcoats, SK Wakefield, Kristopher & Laurie G. & Monica Maidstone, SK Woroschuk, Andrew Calder, SK

SOLUTION - CDC Utmost VB - Higher yield

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Waskada Allan, John Garth Corning, SK Allan, John Richard Corning, SK Boyd, Raymond W. Melfort, SK Dutton, David H.& George Paynton, SK Fowler, Edith Central Butte, SK Haukaas, Beric D. Mortlach, SK Heavin, Larry N. & L. Warren Melfort, SK Lepp, Milton & Elden; & Neufeld, M. Hepburn, SK Medernach, Louis J. & Kim L. Cudworth, SK Needham, Reginald R. Oxbow, SK Ostafie, Dave & Robert Canora, SK Palmier, Maurice Lafleche, SK Radloff, Shelly Colleen Melfort, SK Redman, Wayne G. & Collin M. Margo, SK Shewchuk, Stan & Lorne & Terry & Adam & Michael Blaine Lake, SK Stoll, Douglas John, Joan & Lyndon Delisle, SK Trawin, John Melfort, SK Trowell, Kenneth & Larry & Nathan Saltcoats, SK Wakefield, Kristopher & Laurie G. & Monica Maidstone, SK

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C C C

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How new seed varieties are developed in Canada Prepared for Sask Seed Guide

SASK SEED PHOTOS BY WILLIAM DEKAY

Registration of new seed varieties under the Seeds Control Act has been part of the agricultural regulatory process in Canada since 1923.

To date, close to 6,000 varieties have been registered, more than 70 percent of them since 1975.

A worker at the University of Saskatchewan’s crop science field lab drops a barley head into a single head thresher. Threshed seeds are sorted and used for further field testing.

Research technicians pollinate lentils in a growth chamber of the phytotron at the University of Saskatchewan.

According to a history written by Grant Watson, former registrar of variety registration with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the move to a mandatory registration process was adopted due to an influx of unscrupulous seed sellers from the United States, claiming their wheat seed would produce large yields, often in excess of 100 bushels per acre.

Since then, Canada’s Seeds Act, and the registration process that it controls, have gone through many changes, but the mandate of the regulations remains the same: to ensure seeds sold in Canada and exported abroad are properly labelled and meet established standards for quality and varietal purity.

These tests are co-operative efforts between the breeding institutions and producers, hence the name co-op trials. Producers, researchers and industry representatives administer and evaluate the trials.

Step 1: Filling a need

Many different strategies are used to establish goals for new seed breeding programs but most start with discussions between producers or other industry members about their crop needs.

These discussions set out general research and development goals for human, livestock and industrial uses.

Much of the research is aimed at developing varieties that will provide greater yields, improved disease resistance or better agronomic characteristics. Improving the quality of the end product is also important.

Step 2: The breeding process

Plant breeders begin by searching existing varieties for the traits that they prefer. Once promising cultivars are identified, the germplasm is isolated.

Through cross-breeding and genetic identification, new lines are developed.

These lines are again examined for the best combination of traits and the process is repeated until the desired traits are stabilized. It typically takes 10 generations of cross-breeding to establish desired traits and to weed out undesirable qualities. New breeding technologies are being developed and improved each year and can speed the process of developing seeds with preferred traits.

Step 3: Co-op Trials

Exhaustive laboratory work moves to the field as promising new lines are tested under actual growing conditions in appropriate regional locations.

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Step 4: Recommending new lines

Only crop lines that perform well through the co-op testing process and are deemed to be of significant merit are selected to proceed to the appropriate crop recommending committees of the Prairie Grain Development Committee. Recommending committee members make final decisions on whether the line is better than existing or check varieties.

Based on these assessments, the committee will decide whether or not to recommend the line for registration by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s variety registration office.

Step 5: Final approval and registration

The CFIA has various committees that test and assess whether the recommended varieties meet or exceed merit requirements. After that, another advisory committee on variety registration make the final approval decisions. Most new lines that make it this far are approved.

Step 6: Commercial production

If a public or government institution, rather than a private breeder, submits the new line, tenders are sent to companies, which bid for the right to develop and sell the variety in commercial quantities. Rather than tendering to the highest bidder, tenders are usually awarded to a company that can most effectively make the seed widely available to growers at a reasonable cost. Licensing fees and royalty revenues are also considered. If the new variety comes from a private breeder, authority to develop the line is controlled by that company.

Once tendered, the seed is multiplied through the pedigreed seed process — from breeder seed, to foundation, to registered, to certified.

At the certified seed level, supplies are made commercially available grain growers.

The multiplication process normally takes three years or more.

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