Here’s a closer-up look at a plot of CDC Esme growing outside the SeCan booth at Ag in Motion at Langham, Sask. in July. Photo:
Dave Bedard
Seven new varieties of sunflower, mustard and flax will be available to plant in Western Canada next year, thanks to new seed releases from Corteva, Mustard 21, Nuseed and SeCan. Here’s a rundown on the new offerings.
P63HE920 is a high oleic sunflower hybrid that is suitable for growing in the Red River Valley. This mid-late maturity sunflower has strong stalk strength, and also offers multi-race downy mildew resistance and above-average root and head sclerotinia resistance.
AAC Brown Elite and AAC Guard, seen here at the Ag in Motion farm show in Saskatchewan in July, are the latest mustard hybrid offerings from Mustard 21.photo: Mustard 21
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Mustard 21
AAC Brown Elite is a brown mustard hybrid offering strong blackleg resistance. Maturing three days later than Hybrid Brown 18, AAC Brown Elite has similar yield and improved milling characteristics compared to Hybrid Brown 18.
AAC Guard is a brown mustard hybrid designed for the biofumigation and cover crop markets. It provides quick ground cover and a large amount of vegetation, which help suppress nematodes and diseases such as verticillium.
N4H161 CL is a high oleic sunflower hybrid from Nuseed with excellent root strength and late season plant health.photo: Nuseed
Nuseed
N4H161 CL is an ultra-early-maturity, high-oleic sunflower hybrid with the Clearfield herbicide-tolerant trait. It is well-suited for short-growing-season areas and is a double-crop option for winter wheat growers. N4H161 CL is a shorter-statured sunflower with excellent root strength and late-season plant health, and it also offers excellent yield and oil content for its maturity.
N4H302 E is a medium-early maturity, high-oleic sunflower featuring the ExpressSun herbicide-tolerant trait. This hybrid is best suited for northern growing regions and performs well from east to west. N4H302 E has great early-season emergence, and also offers good late-season plant health and excellent oleic content at harvest.
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N4H205 E is an early-maturity, high-oleic sunflower with the ExpressSun herbicide-tolerant trait. This hybrid will flower late, but it dries down quickly in the fall for an easy harvest. Featuring strong stalks and roots, N4H205 E also has advanced downy mildew resistance and excellent oil content.
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CDC Esme is a new flax offering from SeCan that was developed by the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan.photo: SeCan
SeCan
CDC Esme is the newest in the next generation of flax varieties from plant breeders at the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. CDC Esme has strong straw and provides larger seed and higher yield than older flax varieties. On average, CDC Esme yields 103 per cent of CDC Glas.
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