Please note the following list includes only brand-new variety releases for 2025.

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Alliance Seed

CWRS: CDC Envy is an early-maturity, semi-dwarf spring wheat with high yield potential, yielding 14 per cent more than the check cultivar average in the 2018-2020 Parkland Cooperative Wheat Trials. CDC Envy offers good lodging resistance as well as excellent protection against sprouting. It also delivers reliable disease defence, with intermediate tolerance to fusarium head blight (FHB) and stem rust, moderate resistance to stripe rust and resistance to leaf rust.

Canterra Seeds

Barley: AAC Lariat is a two-row feed barley with very high yield potential, yielding four per cent more on average than CDC Austenson. This variety has short strong straw and excellent standability and produces plumper seeds and higher test weight compared to check varieties. AAC Lariat’s maturity and feed quality tested as good or better than check varieties and it has a good disease protection package as well, making it suitable for all feed barley-growing areas.

Triticale: TriCal Surge TM is an awnless forage spring triticale variety with excellent yield potential. TriCal Surge TM is suitable for all areas where forage crops are grown, and it provides excellent nutritional quality for dairy and beef rations. It has a shorter stature and very good straw strength and offers a good disease resistance package similar to existing commercial forage varieties.

FP Genetics

CWRS: AAC Darby is an awned, hollow-stemmed spring wheat offering high yields equal to AAC Viewfield and AAC Brandon. This midge-tolerant variety has very early maturity that is five days earlier than AC Carberry and one day earlier than Parata, and it also features good protein similar to AC Carberry. AAC Darby has good lodging resistance as well as a solid disease resistance package that includes a resistant rating for leaf rust and stripe rust, a moderately resistant rating for stem rust and an intermediate rating for FHB.

Oat: CDC Anson is a white milling oat with very short plant height and very good lodging resistance and standability. It has excellent milling characteristics that include high plump percentages, low thins, excellent groat percentage, high beta-glucan content and total dietary fibre content. CDC Anson also offers excellent yield potential, yielding four per cent more that AC Morgan and three per cent more than CS Camden.

Proven Seed

CWRS: CDC Imbue CL is the newest Clearfield Plus wheat in the Proven Seed portfolio. This earlier-maturing, semi-dwarf variety has a compact plant height and offers increased yield and protein compared to other Clearfield lines. CDC Imbue CL also features a solid defensive package that includes a resistant rating for leaf rust and stripe rust and a moderately-resistant rating for FHB.

CPSR: AAC Camrose VB is a midge-tolerant variety that is the highest yielding wheat across the Proven Seed portfolio. It has excellent standability as well as an excellent disease protection package, with a resistant rating for stem rust, leaf rust, stripe rust, loose smut and bunt.

SeCan

CWRS: AAC Spike is an exceptionally short-strawed red spring wheat with an earlier maturity than AAC Brandon. It has an excellent disease protection package, with a resistant rating for leaf rust, stem rust and stripe rust and a moderately resistant rating for FHB. AAC Spike also has good resistance to sprouting and is well suited for areas where straw management is a concern.

CPSR: AAC Westlock is a variety well suited to the traditional CPSR wheat-growing areas in central Alberta. It has high yield potential, yielding eight per cent more than AAC Brandon and five per cent more than AAC Penhold. AAC Westlock features a moderately-resistant rating for FHB and a resistant rating for leaf rust, stem rust and stripe rust. It also has good resistance to sprouting.

CWSP: Alotta is a red-seeded wheat suitable for feed, forage or ethanol. This variety has exceptionally high yield potential, yielding 27 per cent more than AAC Brandon on average. Alotta is rated moderately susceptible to FHB, but is rated as resistant to leaf rust, stem rust and stripe rust. It also has a very good rating for lodging.

CWRW: AAC Overdrive is an early-maturing red winter wheat well suited to all growing areas in Western Canada. Maturing five days earlier than AAC Wildfire, AAC Overdrive has an excellent disease defence package, with a moderately-resistant rating for FHB and leaf rust and a resistant rating for stripe rust and stem rust.

Barley: CDC Durango is a two-row feed barley with very good lodging resistance, strong straw and high yield potential. This variety has four per cent more yield compared to CDC Austenson and has 12 per cent more yield and is five centimetres shorter than CDC Copeland.

Oat: ORe BOOST is a forage oat with improved tonnage and quality compared to CDC Haymaker. It is also shorter and has stronger straw than CDC Haymaker, which makes for an easier harvest. It is a late-maturing variety, which provides a wider forage harvest window as well.

ORe BOOST has an upright leaf structure that promotes leaf retention and aids in compatibility with other species in forage blends. It is rated as susceptible to both leaf and stem rust.

It will also carry a Variety Use Agreement (VUA), with royalties going back to plant breeder Jim Dyck at Oat Advantage to support future breeding efforts in feed/forage oats.

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Canterra Seeds

Oats: Kalio is a milling oat variety with high yield potential and excellent crown rust protection. It is a shorter stature plant similar to CS Camden and has excellent standability. This mid-maturity variety is suitable for all oat growing areas of Western Canada and has superior grain quality due to its high beta-glucan content and lower fat content. Its higher biomass content makes it a valuable variety for many uses including milling, feed, silage and forage.  

FP Genetics

CWRS: AAC Hockley is a top-yielding, semi-dwarf variety with strong straw and superior standability. Compared with Carberry, it yields nine per cent more and matures 0.7 days later. AAC Hockley features an excellent disease package that includes resistance to leaf rust and stripe rust and moderate resistance to stem rust and FHB.

CWRS: AAC Hodge VB is a midge-tolerant, semi-dwarf varietal blend that delivers high yields, excellent standability and an excellent disease package. Compared with Carberry, it yields 17 per cent more and matures one day earlier. AAC Hodge VB is moderately resistant to FHB and resistant to leaf rust, stripe rust and stem rust. 

CWRS: CDC Silas is a very high-yielding, semi-dwarf variety with outstanding performance in northern and central regions in Alberta and in the Saskatchewan Parkland area. It yields 12 per cent more that Carberry and has the same maturity.  

CWRS: SY Manness is a high-yielding, short semi-dwarf variety with an early maturity that is ideally suited for Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. It yields 12 per cent more than Carberry and matures two days earlier. SY Manness is moderately resistant to FHB and resistant to stem rust, leaf rust and stripe rust.   

Barley: AB Hague is a two-row feed and forage barley featuring high grain and forage yields with a strong disease package that includes moderate resistance to FHB, stem rust and loose smut and resistance to other smut. Compared with CDC Copeland, it yields 14 per cent more and matures two days later. AB Hague has performed well in past drought conditions and it offers excellent forage quality, resulting in increased average daily gains and reduced costs.

Barley: Torbellino is a two-row feed barley with high yield potential, short strong straw, superior standability and excellent harvestability. Torbellino has plumper and heavier kernels than malt checks and it is well suited to high fertility programs.

Proven Seed

CWRS: AAC Broadacres VB is a midge-tolerant variety offering exceptional yield (109 per cent of Carberry yield) with very good standability. It is resistant to stem rust and leaf rust and moderately resistant to stripe rust.

Durum: CDC Covert is a high-yielding variety (103 per cent of Strongfield yield) featuring good protein and good lodging resistance. It is resistant to leaf and stripe rust and also bunt.

SeedNet

Barley: AB Prime is a high-yielding, two-row feed barley with great standability, excellent drought tolerance, good lodging resistance and an excellent disease package. 

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