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Two new rye varieties, Bono and Guttino, were recently released by German seed company KWS — the world’s leading rye breeder.
Cereals, Crops, Features

Breeding aims high with hybrid rye

Two recently-released rye varieties are bringing higher yields to the Prairies

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Hybrid cars may be all the rage these days for their lower gas consumption, but it’s hybrid rye that’s fuelling excitement for producers and seed growers. Two varieties that were recently released by German seed company KWS, the world’s leading rye breeder, are Bono and Guttino. Bullish on Bono As CEO of Regina-based FP Genetics, […] Read more
Rick Stamp of Stamp Seeds checks out the 2016 hybrid rye seed crop.
Cereals, Crops

New fall ryes have all the features

Bake it, drink it, or feed it to livestock – it's high quality and high value

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Get ready for a new generation of fall rye varieties that are high yielding, have high milling quality and perform well across a wide range of soil types and moistures conditions. Hybrid fall rye varieties that promise much more yield and market potential than the traditional open-pollenated varieties have become available to Western Canadian farmers […] Read more
A rye cover crop. (Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Cereals, Crops, Markets

Rye prices seen high, but stable

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CNS Canada –– Rye crops have been reacting to Saskatchewan’s heat and dryness by developing faster than they would normally be — but healthy crops elsewhere appear to be helping to keep global prices stable, at least for the time being. U.S. crops may stop rye prices from moving too turbulently, at least until Canada’s […] Read more
fusarium head blight in wheat
Cereals, Crops

New fusarium control on the horizon

Farmers who spray fungicides for fusarium may soon have a new biocontrol to consider

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Fusarium head blight is a perennial problem for cereal growers across the Prairies. A fungal disease that can impact many small grain cereals including wheat, rye, barley and oats, fusarium is caused by infection by species of the fungal pathogen Fusarium, and can result in yield losses and reductions in grade and end-use quality. It […] Read more
Sometimes, the biggest hurdle to getting winter crops seeded is having the right mindset.
Cereals, Columns

Rye, oh rye?

Got the unseeded acre blues? Consider this fall cereal

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I’ve heard it called a poor man’s crop, a niche market, prehistoric and a weed. Fall rye brings out strong feelings in some farmers and is completely off the radar of others. With unseeded and now flooded acres across the Prairies, there might be a fit for fall rye in some crop rotations. Penny-pinching crop […] Read more

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