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Canterra buys pedigreed seed firm Alliance Seed

Alliance will remain a 'standalone' brand under Canterra ownership

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The lone remaining shareholder in a pedigreed seed company formed by a group of independent grain handling companies in Western Canada is selling that business to another Prairie seed firm. Canterra Seeds announced May 1 it has acquired Alliance Seed for an undisclosed amount, and will continue to operate Alliance as “a standalone brand under […] Read more
CDC Anson is a new oat variety from FP Genetics with high yield potential and excellent milling characteristics.
Cereals, Cereals Production Guide

New cereals on deck for 2025

Canterra Seeds, FP Genetics, Proven Seed and SeCan will bring new options to market this year

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Prairie farmers have a dozen more cereal crops to choose from for the coming growing season. New wheat, barley, oat and triticale varieties offering yield improvements, strong disease defence and more are being rolled out in Western Canada. Please note the following list includes only brand-new variety releases for 2025. READ MORE: New tools could […] Read more
Caphorn 2024 is a new yellow pea variety from Valesco Genetics that offers higher than average protein content and larger than average seed size.
Crops, Pulses

New pulses pending for 2025

More pea and lentil options are on deck for Prairie producers

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Western Canadian farmers have more pulses to choose from next year. There are seven new pea varieties from Canterra Seeds, FP Genetics, Pitura Seeds and Valesco Genetics, plus two new lentil varieties from Canterra. Here’s a rundown on the new pulse offerings for 2025. Canterra Seeds AAC Beyond is an early-maturity yellow pea variety with […] Read more
Saskatchewan-born players on the SJHL’s 12 teams are now labelled with this decal on their helmets.
Columns, Editor's column

Editor’s Rant: Playing the long game

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I think I’ve recently alarmed a few people who know me, as I’ve taken a much greater interest in watching hockey on TV. It surprises me too. I moved to Winnipeg not long before the previous iteration of the Jets bolted for Arizona, which left me even more soured on most pro sports. (After the […] Read more
New cereal varieties for 2023
Cereals, Features

New cereal varieties for 2023

Ten new options for Prairie producers

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Next year there will be 10 new cereal offerings for farmers in Western Canada. New varieties of wheat, durum, barley and oats are hitting the market courtesy of Canterra Seeds, FP Genetics, Proven Seed and SeedNet. Please note, this list only includes brand new cereal varieties in 2023. Canterra Seeds Oats: Kalio is a milling […] Read more
A crop of InVigor L350PC at the bolting stage. This high-yielding canola is one of three new hybrids BASF is releasing for 2023.
Canola, Features

New canola hybrids for 2023

Higher yields, good resistance packages and pod shatter reduction are popular offerings

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[UPDATED: Nov. 10, 2022] Western Canadian farmers looking for a new canola hybrid to try next year will have lots to choose from with 17 new canola options coming out for the 2023 growing season. Here’s a look at what’s coming your way from BASF, BrettYoung, Canterra Seeds, Croplan, Dekalb and Corteva’s Pioneer and Brevant […] Read more
Greg, Cheryl, and Andrew Herle show reporters some vintage farm equipment, which still comes in handy for seeding small plots.
Crops, Features

Seed growers keep their eyes on the future

For the Herle family near Wilkie, Sask., choosing which seed to grow is the key to success

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The Herle family has farmed for five generations and produced over 110 crops. Since their ancestors first tilled the Prairie soil, they’ve had a front-row seat to agriculture’s evolution. “Change is constant it seems in this industry,” said Greg Herle, commercial farmer and seed grower, speaking to ag reporters and communications people last spring at […] Read more
clubroot in canola
Canola, Crops

Clubroot resistance for canola in jeopardy

Alberta researchers have found a clubroot pathogen, 5x, that can 
infect clubroot-resistant canola varieties

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Anyone in the canola industry banking on clubroot-resistant varieties alone to stop the disease is in for a shock this spring, as Alberta researchers have discovered 16 more fields where resistance has broken. In 2014 researchers identified a clubroot pathotype, christened 5x, that had worn away resistance. Not all the resistance-busting pathotypes in the 16 […] Read more
CS2000, shown here in field trials in August 2014, is billed as having “intermediate” resistance to the recently-discovered clubroot pathotype 5x. (BehindTheSeeds.ca)
Canola, Crops

Against clubroot, ‘I’-rated canola sits between ‘R’ and ‘S’

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A new canola variety billed with “intermediate” reaction against a new pathotype of clubroot is being placed in the zone between “resistant” and “susceptible.” Canterra Seeds, the Winnipeg firm marketing the new CS2000 hybrid variety, clarified its claim for the seed in a statement on a company blog Wednesday, granting many growers may be seeing the […] Read more

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