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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
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
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
Shawna Mathieson is the executive director of the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA), which is working to develop new markets for Canadian oats.
Crops, News, Oats

Oat acreage forecast up

Price and disease a big factor in pushing oat acres across the Prairies

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Around 2.9 million acres of oats were planted across Canada in 2015 according to Statistics Canada, and although acres have been dropping over the past few years, oat production will likely be up by more than 10 per cent this spring to around 3.3 million tonnes. Last year, the majority of those acres were planted […] Read more
There are five new cereal varieties on the market for 2016, in addition to all the high-performing varieties that have come to market in the past few years.
Cereals, Crops

New cereal varieties ready for 2016

Put these seven new cereal varieties into your list of possibilities for next spring's planning

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There are seven new cereal varieties on the market for 2016, in addition to all the high-performing varieties that we’ve seen in the past few years. Farmers in durum growing areas may be interested in Secan’s new AAC Marchwell VB, the first midge tolerant durum. FP Genetics Elgin ND Elgin ND was developed by North Dakota […] Read more
FP Genetics promises profits with certified CWRS seed
Cereals, Crops, Spring Wheat

FP Genetics promises profits with certified CWRS seed

FP Genetics is offering you a 
guaranteed profit if you’ll put your 
bin run CWRS seed back in the bin

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It’s folly that somebody uses bin run seed,” said Rod Merryweather, CEO of FP Genetics. “They’re just not using the newest technology.” Through FP Genetics’ new guarantee program, Merryweather hopes to persuade farmers to buy more certified seed. There may be room to increase the market for certified seed. Currently, 80 per cent of Western […] Read more

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