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New cereal varieties for 2017
Cereals, Crops, Features

New cereal varieties for 2017

New spring wheat, barley, durum and special wheat varieties to add to next year’s plans

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While lists of new corn, canola and soybean varieties have been very long, there are only a handful of new cereal varieties on the market for 2017. Canterra Spring wheat: AAC Cameron VB is a very high yielding CWRS wheat with resistance to the orange blossom wheat midge. It has medium maturity and very good lodging resistance. AAC […] Read more
NorthStar Genetics has four new varieties on offer for 2017.
Crops, Features, Soybeans

New soybean seed varieties for 2017

Twenty-four new soybean varieties are coming to the market for western Canadian farmers

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If you haven’t been watching the market for new soybean seed, you have some catching up to do. There are 24 new varieties — that’s right, 24 — for 2017. And that is just the new varieties, not the almost-new varieties that have been released in the last two or three years. Companies have been […] Read more
As more oat varieties become available to growers and premium niche markets continue to develop, there is more oat agronomy research underway.
Cereals, Features, Oats

New oat varieties on the horizon

New oat varieties focus on yield, milling quality and oat disease resistance

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Since 2011 there has been an increase in the frequency of registration of new oat varieties, says Dr. Aaron Beattie, professor and oat breeder at the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre (CDC). Breeding programs continue to focus on increasing yields and improving disease resistance. They’re also trying to address the needs of millers who […] 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

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