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We had our Rye School, and it was great! Becca presented by phone and about 30 people attended and learned how to grow hybrid rye.
Crops look fairly good and we are shipping out or bagging up some left over seed as well as getting winter crops re-tested and moved into treating position. We have had some Jumbo size yellow peas pricing $8+ per bu in our yard, I think there is some opportunity for next season with the large size peas as well as in yellow & brown flax. Would you like Greg to stop by your field you bought from us this season? We would be happy to put up a sign, visit, offer some insights. Let us know!
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 We are co-hosting this event on Friday! Come and join us at one of the 2 sessions to hear some great topics for learning on the Thanks For Farmer Tour.
Here are the details: For all the hard work that you do, Thunderstruck Ag Equipment wants to thank you with food, beer, and a celebration just for you. With the help of our sponsors, Buhler Versatile Ltd., FCC, FMC, and SeedNet, we’ve put together the THANKS FOR FARMING TOUR that includes 9 events that will run across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta during the months of June and July. Along with saying thank you, we also want to support the communities you live in by using local venues, rentals, food, and beverage providers as the suppliers for these events. We will also be making a financial donation to your local 4H chapters to continue to support the Ag industry. Plus, you’ll also get a chance to check out products from Ag industry exhibitors. Here is the current list of exhibitors who will be participating in the tour and we are working hard to bring even more on board.
WHEN: July 17, 2020 WHERE: Stamp Seeds #9 Centre Street, Enchant, AB TIMES: Choose one of the following times: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm OR 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm *PLEASE BRING A LAWN CHAIR* To reserve your spot, please visit www.thunderstruckag.com/thanksforfarming and fill out the registration form provided for the time you are able to attend. Once Thunderstruck has received your registration, more details about the event will be sent to you. As these are different times and the health and safety of the attendees and exhibitors of these events is of the utmost importance to us, these events will adhere to each province’s COVID-19 regulations. This includes a limit on the number of people at each session and scheduled times for cleaning and sanitizing Notes from Greg: On a crops note, fungicides are happening but not for specific issues just FHB timing and peas. Faba beans look clean and will be done later in the month. Irrigation is slow due to some great rains, we do have some forage oats on hand if you need and silage customers are sending in great yields, We had one customer with huge 14 mt dryland S AB silage yields with KWS Propower hybrid fall rye! Let me know if you have any questions greg@stampseeds.com or 403-634-1586, call or text. Thanks, Greg The recent rains have left the crops looking nice and in crop spraying is over half done. A few people are re-seeding some flooded out spots, and we do have some oats as well as grazing cover crops available (brassicas, turnips, radish). If you did not get seeding complete we do have fall crops available now or smother blends to use up moisture and block weeds. For our summer events we are limiting event sizes to 50 people (that may expand). You must RSVP ahead of time to greg@stampseeds.com as this will help us keep the size proper and have proper contact tracing available if anything were to happen. June 23 (Tuesday) Rye School July 17 (Friday) Partner Event (details closer to the day) July 28 (Tuesday) Main Summer Crop Tour - We will run 2 times of the same tour that day Hybrid Fall Rye Grain & Forage School - CCA Credits! Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 - Enchant, AB We are limiting event sizes to 50 people so you must RSVP ahead of time to greg@stampseeds.com See flyer below for details. Main Event - Summer Tour - CCA Credits! Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 - Enchant, AB Two Start Times, 9 am & 1 pm We are limiting event sizes to 50 people so you must RSVP ahead of time to greg@stampseeds.com See flyer below for details. Cover Crops: The uptake on cover crops for grazing, forage use or blending is increasing each year. There are many different options including blends to be seeded on their own, mixed with cereals, or to put into an aging forage stand http://www.stampseeds.com/cover-crops.html Please order weeks or a month or more early as we may not stock enough for your field size or the blend you need. We do have some Italian ryegrass on hand and 50+ other types of cover crops. TG blend options at the bottom of this email. Forages Oat and barley supplies are tight this season so if needing something for this summer let me know so I can find more if we are out. Another option is seeding a fall crop now to graze/cut as a grass crop this summer and then to overwinter for next spring for grazing, silage, etc. Rye crops are early to head out, and will regrow if cut before flowering. The hybrid rye will regrow faster and produce more tonnage compared to other fall crops. Some people are seeding May onwards to use this season and then next. Fall rye will not head out this year but will head next season and we have some hybrid fall rye inventory on hand.  Hybrid Fall Rye Grain & Forage School Tuesday, June 23th, 2020 - Enchant, AB Location: 6.5 Miles West & 4 Miles South of Enchant on RR 195 & TWP 134 - Google Maps Link 10:00 am Refreshments 10:15 am Hybrid Fall Rye – KWS Daniello & KWS Propower (example plants on site to look at) Greg Stamp - Agronomy, Ergot Reduction, Forage Use Tips & Uses for Hybrid Fall Rye Becca Brattain & Claus Nymand - KWS Forage & Grain Specialist Via Call For Questions Monica Klaas - Agronomist, Western Winter Wheat Initiative CCA Credits will be available We are limiting event sizes to 50 people You must RSVP ahead of time to greg@stampseeds.com  Main Event - Summer Tour Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 - Enchant, AB Two Start Times, 9 am & 1 pm Location: 1.5 Miles West of Enchant & 2 Miles North (RR190 & TWP 144) - Google Maps Link 9:00 am & 1:00 pm Refreshments 9:15 am & 1:15 pm Variety Yield Trial at 25 & 40 Plants Per Sq Foot, Half with PGR & Fungicide
Dorado Yellow Flax Arborg Milling Oat Wildfire Winter Wheat Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley - Agronomy & Seeding Rate Trial New Durum - GoldNet New HRSW - Russel VB New Winter Wheat - Network New Barley - TR18647 Yellow Pea (plants to be brought to the site) – Chrome, Lacross Forage, Delhi Jumbo Faba Bean (plants to be brought to the site) - Fabelle, DL Rico, FB 9-4, Snowbird CCA Credits will be available We are limiting event sizes to 50 people You must RSVP ahead of time to greg@stampseeds.com   Original writing date was May 22
We are nearing the end of seeding at over 95% complete, and seed shipping is similar. It has been a fairly constant spring, moisture is better compared to the previous spring and we received 3" of rain as of yesterday and low areas are starting to flood. COVID19 has not impacted our seed shipping as badly as we feared, however our office is still not open to visitors. Cover Crops: The uptake on cover crops for grazing, forage use or blending is increasing each year. There are many options including blends to be seeded on their own, mixed with cereals, or to put into an aging forage stand http://www.stampseeds.com/cover-crops.html Please order weeks or a month or more early as we may not stock enough for your field size or the blend you need. We do have some Italian ryegrass on hand and 50+ other types of cover crops. Forages Oat and barley supplies are tight this season so if needing something for this summer let me know so I can find more if we are out. Another option is seeding a fall crop now to graze/cut as a grass crop this summer and then to overwinter for next spring for grazing, silage, ect. Rye crops are early to head out, and will regrow if cut before flowering. The hybrid rye will regrow faster and produce more tonnage compared to other fall crops. Some people are seeding May onwards to use this season and then next. Fall rye will not head out this year but will head next season and we have some hybrid fall rye inventory on hand. Shipping We have had great success with winter shipping to get seed on your farm as soon as it's ready to ship as well by farmers using a seed bin for treated seed. We are constantly making changes so we can better serve our customers in a timely and efficient manner. To ensure that our customers are not delayed, and we can space people out, and possibly set conveyors up before hand, it helps to know who is arriving a head of time. Please give the office or Greg a heads up with a call or text. This also ensures that our customers are not delayed. Thank you to all who have been doing this already. In addition please also let us know ahead of time if you need us to treat the seed so we can have product on hand and how the billing will be split up to make pickups smoother during the busy season. Foaming Clubroot Cleaning Solution We have been approached by a company who has a foaming wash cleaner effective for clubroot, we are deciding if we will have enough customers interested in the product? Let me know if you would be. Thinking Hybrid Fall Rye This Season? We have has customers with yields of 30-50% above traditional fall rye and over other cereal crops on similar conditions. Grain: KWS Daniello Hybrid Fall Rye is the top grain variety. Ergot risk was lowest in the KWS Daniello. Forage: KWS Propower Hybrid Fall Forage Rye is the top yielding hybrid rye for forage. People have used it on both dryland and irrigation. Hybrid Fall Rye Hybrid fall rye is sold by the unit, 1 unit is 1 million viable seeds. Farmers target 0.8 of a unit per ac. If the crop is for forage use, organics, or you are seeding late in the fall the use rate could increase. The amount of lbs per unit will change depending on the seed lot due to germination and seed size. Most seed lots are between 70-90 lbs per unit (56-80 lbs per ac use rate) We can fill tote bags and usually have some in the warehouse ready to sell in 28 unit bag sizes (35 ac) Even flowering timing is critical to reduce ergot risk so even seeding depth, slow seeding speeds and any residue management ahead of time is important. Hybrid fall rye:
 Post written April 14th 2020
We have been able to seed one field of DL Rico Faba beans last week on Thursday. Hoping to start again on peas this week as we had about 2" of snow on Friday night. Seed treating and shipping has been steady, the biggest concern has been maintaining the 6' buffer between ourselves & yourselves or your employees to help reduce the risk of spread. Below I will talk about new crop yellow flax opportunities, in addition to a few new varieties available. Nothing is more important than the well-being of our staff and the customers we serve. We are still open for seed pickup but our office & scale house are now closed during seed pickup due to COVID-19 effective immediately. Please pass along to your staff who will be picking up seed or custom truckers.
Yellow Flax - New Crop Contracts AAC Bright is a variety that is light & bright in looks and also stands well. CDC Dorado is an early season, high ALA oil content variety. Chris from XPT Grain has some new crop opportunities on both contact him at 306-209-7746 by call or text. I have worked with Chris a few years now and he is good to work with. FB 9-4 (Malik) - Tannin Faba Bean FB 9-4 is a large seeded Faba Bean making it more difficult to seed and 4-5 bu per ac is needed to get 4 plants per square foot. Delivered Strathmore and other locations in Western Canada - Independent Broker - Vicki: 306-441-6699 Delivered Wilke Sk, Gibbons Ab & Strathmore - AGT Foods - Annette: 306-280-5010 Maple Pea AAC Liscard – Top Maple Pea for yield & standability. I have some customers who are growing on spec, I was offered $9 per bu on some excess inventory of this variety for May / June delivery. Lentil CDC Proclaim - Small Red Top Yielding small red lentil with good grade retention. There are many buyers for lentils in the market place and i have noticed some 0.24 cent new crop bids. Green Pea CDC Greenwater CDC Spruce New crop prices available with Kris from Johnstons Grain 403-266-7067 and most pulse buyers. Thanks for visiting us at Ag Expo last week!
  Lentil CDC Proclaim CL - Small Red Clearfield Tolerant Lentil Proclaim CL lentil has been on the market for a few seasons now. It is still the top yielding small red lentil and contrary to seed guide reports it is actually the best variety to grow. For those not familiar with lentils, it can be grown with lower moisture than other pulse crops but may require more management as well for disease and or harvest of low crop if dry. Seeding rates are normally 60 lbs per ac to target 14 plants per square foot and it can be cheaper than peas for seed costs per acre bu half. This market class is the largest and many buyers will but it. Soybean Amirani RR2 - New Soybean For Field Size Scale or Trial Bags For those growing or wanting to try soybeans in short season areas this is a very early variety with high pods and yields similar to checks. BrettYoung has been known for its pod height & yields and this variety is significantly earlier and has the RR2 genetics. Let me know in advance as it is a product we need to plan ahead on. Below: CDC Proclaim small red lentil  Below: Snowbrid faba bean harvest in 2018 - the first crop to be dry after harvest rains   I was at Farm Tech last week in Edmonton and some topics covered included farm management and transition planning, grain drying, pest control, marketing consumer trends farmers will need to address and more. Drew Lerner was there and is predicting a later spring in S AB, and some showers in late May or early June. He is not saying we will break the drought in S AB though. Drew thinks the season will be similar to 2005 and I have attached a picture of his presentation below showing temperatures and precipitation. Faba Bean Varieties & Contracts Faba beans like moisture and can be seeded early. They can be challenging to seed but are an easy crop to grow and fix more nitrogen than any pulse crop we grow because they fix nitrogen all season. Snowbird - Low Tannin Faba Bean Snowbird is a good choice where season length is a concern, or tolerance for risk is low. It sells into some export markets as well as feed markets. Price can be lower than tannin varieties but if there is a problem with lygus bug damage from bites though the pod or frost the feed market will accept Snowbird readily. Many buyers and brokers will buy Snowbrid. FB 9-4 (Malik) - Tannin Faba Bean FB 9-4 is a large seeded faba bean making it more difficult to seed and 5 bu per ac is needed to get 4 plants per square foot. It has tannins so it is more challenging to sell if it does not make grade but we do have a flour company who has used it recently. Lygus damage may be lower in tannin varieties because it is thought they don't like the tannin plants as much. Yields on the FB 9-4 faba bean can be equal to snowbird in our experience. A few pulse buyers may be contracting this variety or Vicki Dutton a broker we have worked with for a few years has at or over $10 per bu delivered Strathmore but she has possibility to use to multiple locations across Ab and Sk. For info on discounts and fine print please call Vicki: 306 441 6699 Fabelle - Tannin & Low Vicine / Convicine Variety This variety is the highest yielding one we grow with 5-10% advantage over the other varieties. It has a fit in the food markets as its low vicine / convicine makes it less of a risk in human food applications. Seed size is medium / large and is between between a Snowbird and a FB 9-4. It is a tannin variety. We have a few buyers and end users interested in this one but no new crop contracts yet. A few farmers are growing it on spec to sell in the fall. I am working on a new crop program now. We have two new faba bean varieties launching next season if you want to look at them now: DL Rico & CDC 219-16  Below: The yield difference was about 5 bu per ac across the scales and the Chrome pea averaged 95 bu per ac!   We survived mega winter! Shipping and cleaning slowed down a bit this past week as we fell into the deep freeze. We participated in the Irrigated Crop Production Update in Lethbridge and talked to a number of customers. In the office we are completing spec sheets for shipping, doing paperwork and booking seed in for people. I will be at Farm Tech this week so if you want to visit at the show let me know. This post will go over new yellow pea varieties, the hot green pea market, as well as jumbo yellow peas and maple pea contract opportunities. For our entire listing of varieties available or click here Pea Varieties AAC Chrome - Yellow pea Our new yellow pea that we dropped CDC Inca and AAC Lacombe for is AAC Chrome. It showed so well for us the past few seasons that we knew it would be in high demand as it won most of the regional variety trials in the province. It stands very well, yields 4-5% better than our past top variety and has good seed coat integrity to reduce splitting risk. We did not see seed shatter on the ground when over ripe as well. AAC Chrome will be a variety you need to try if you are a pea grower. AAC Liscard - Maple Pea AAC Liscard has been on the market for a couple seasons and customers keep telling me it stands as good as a yellow pea and yields as well also! The seed size is small on AAC Liscard. The maple pea market is a smaller market and has been very hot in the past few seasons. The maple pea market has slowed a little bit right now but new crop contracts look to be better than yellow peas at this time. Your local pulse buyer may be contracting this variety or you can contract with Chris from XPT Grain 306-209-7746 Abarth - Jumbo Yellow This variety has large size and yields have been very good for customers. He also does an organic program with this variety. There may be a small amount of a new replacement variety available called AAC Delhi this season. Chris from XPT Grain 306-209-7746 has put together a program for jumbo yellow peas in the past few season and farms have had success working with him. Below AAC Delhi on the right: CDC Spruce - Green Pea We had planned on having Greenwater Green Pea but our germination was poor so we will have CDC Spruce available. It is early and high yielding. There is very little green pea seed in the marketplace so if you need green pea seed or are contracting with a buyer get seed ASAP.  AAC Liscard maple pea::
 Happy New Year!
While the weather has been good, we are doing a small update to our seed plant as well as treating seed. We have shipped 11 loads of treated and bare in the first 7 days of the year! We like to treat in -5 or warmer conditions if we can so Chinooks are welcome. Austenson 2 row Barley & Viewfield HRSW went out over the past 10 days treated, as well as some bare seed lots. We are keeping busy working on employee reviews and additional shipping and seed cleaning. We will have a booth at the Irrigation Update in Lethbridge on January 14 & 15th, and I will be speaking on PGR use on irrigation at the event. For our listings of varieties available click here Durum Varieties AAC Succeed VB Our new variety this season is AAC Succeed VB. It is a midge tolerant variety (CDC Alloy is the refuge) meaning you can only save seed back one year off certified to preserve the midge resistance. The main reason we decided to grow it even though it had a few rules to follow was yield, standability and maturity. In registration trials it was 12-15% over checks (Strongfield) but I expect it to about 2% over top varieties on the market right now. It is one day earlier vs Strongfield meaning up to 3 days earlier vs Transcend. Its medium height, has a MS rating for FHB. CDC Alloy CDC Alloy has become a nice replacement for Spitfire for many of our customers. When registered was 10-13% over checks (Strongfield) and a few customers had it yield 2-5% more vs Spitfire in 2019. It has a MS rating for FHB and in 2018 we had it out yield Transcend side by side by 2%. Parent lines of Alloy are Strongfield & Brigade CDC Precision An industry standard now, CDC Precision when registered showed 10-18% yield advantage over checks. Many customers still use precision as their main durum variety. It also has a MS for FHB with good grade retention. Verona is one of its parent lines. 
Below: Hybrid fall rye seeded Oct 26th almost emerged (pic taken last week)  Many times I talk to farmers who decide to stop seeding fall crops like winter wheat or hybrid fall rye by a certain date. We have done some late winter crop seeding over the years and it typically works well. I think more farmers should consider it as it can take the pressure off of spring time operations. I think with the use of seed treatments the plant can survive more stress from late planting. We can increase the seeding rate as the season gets later as well to help with healthy spring plant stands. A later seeded crop will mature slightly later the next season. 1 week later seeded may translate into only 1-2 days later maturity next season.
Forage Crops We have a new variety of Timothy available from BrettYoung called Catapult with Excellent yield, quality, regrowth & winter hardiness https://www.brettyoung.ca/forage-seed/grasses/timothy/catapult New: Alfalfa - AAC Trueman is a brand new branch root alfalfa that is unique because it can tolerate extreme conditions very well compared to other Alfalfa including flooding & drought. It was bred in Canada over a very long period to make it suited for tough conditions, more info here: https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/2019/10/22/new-branch-rooted-alfalfa-cultivar-hits-the-market/ New: Hi-Gest Alfalfa is a high yielding, low lignin variety. It has 73% multi-foliate leaves and can increase crude protein levels in the sample by 3-5% and total digestibility by 5-10%. It has great disease ratings as well. PDF below this post: Corn We have had continued success with silage, grazing & grain corn from Thunder Seed. http://thunderseed.com/canadian-seed/ A few people are also trying some non herbicide tolerant corn to reduce cost as they were already mixing in residual herbicides in corn https://imperialseed.com/portfolio-items/corn/ FCC Crop Input Financing: If you have any year ends you need to pre pay for any products let us know. If you are planning to use FFC crop input financing for next season with us, talk to FCC as some farm corporations need more paperwork so money can be allocated to retailers like us.
We are cleaning seed (Redberry HRSW right now), booking and shipping seed, as well as working on job descriptions for our management team, attending meetings and events, so we are keeping busy! For our listings of seed varieties available or click here December Meeting Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 at 8:50 am Stamp Seeds Office - Enchant AB 8:50 AM Coffee 9:00 AM HRSW, Barley, Hybrid Fall Rye & Winter Barley - Trial Results - Greg Stamp 9:30 AM Falling Numbers - Jeremy Boychyn - Alberta Wheat & Barley 10:30 AM Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley Irrigation Contracts - Kris Smelser - MillerCoors 11:00 AM Export Contracts - Jumbo Pea, Yellow Flax, Faba Bean, Maple Pea - Christos Lagouriatis - XPT Grain 11:30 AM New Varieties & Opportunities for 2020 - Greg Stamp 12:30 PM Lunch 1:00 PM Cover Crop Q/A - Kevin Elmy - Cover Crops Expert CCA credits available RSVP to greg@stampseeds.com Barley Yield Trials Our plots were taken off at the end of harvest, which had the big snow on them that impacted grade and quality. Yield was lower than some of our other fields but that is normal for the field it was on (moving fields next season). I would have liked to have this out sooner but November- December is very busy in the office for me. Moisture was higher on a malt variety compared to the others, maybe it is a malt type issue. AB Cattlelac is a new 6 row feed and forge type. It yielded the best for us with good bu weights and all the data on forage yields looks good as well! The malt variety Bill Coors 100 is being contracted on irrigation in Southern Alberta and Kris will be at our Dec 17 meeting to talk about the Coors program. (our main seed field averaged 153 bu per acre, yield map here) Click here for a closer view of the trials picture on our trials page  We are back in the field doing some deep ripping and aim to do more Edge application later in the week as it dries up. We are cleaning seed and have some seed lots that are tough when we expected them to be fine so we are putting them on air. Check your bins! Seed Quality Concerns in Western Canada Seed quality will be a concern this winter. Bookings are up and recently I had a call for 12,000 bu of wheat seed from someone who does not normally buy that much. So book what you need as soon as you can! Soft wheat is a big concern for supply and most other crop types will be hot as well. We will have early pay discounts available until December 15th. See the bottom of this email for our listings of varieties available. December Meeting Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 at 8:50 am Stamp Seeds Office - Enchant AB 8:50 AM Coffee 9:00 AM HRSW, Barley, Hybrid Fall Rye & Winter Barley - Trial Results - Greg Stamp 9:30 AM Falling Numbers - Jeremy Boychyn - Alberta Wheat & Barley 10:30 AM Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley Irrigation Contracts - Kris Smelser - MillerCoors 11:00 AM Export Contracts - Jumbo Pea, Yellow Flax, Faba Bean, Maple Pea - Christos Lagouriatis - XPT Grain 11:30 AM New Varieties & Opportunities for 2020 - Greg Stamp 12:30 PM Lunch 1:00 PM Cover Crop Q/A - Kevin Elmy - Cover Crops Expert CCA credits will be available RSVP to greg@stampseeds.com HRSW Yield Trials Our plots were taken off at the end of harvest, so they had the big snow on them which impacted grade and quality. Yield was lower than some of our other fields but that is normal for the field it was on (moving fields next season). Falling numbers has been an issue in some areas this season and our trial shows some differences. For yield trial varieties available now Landmark VB and Redberry did very well. Viewfield is still our most popular variety. Next season Wheatland VB, Leroy VB and RedNet will be available. We will have some Leroy VB available this season to do a few trials prior to launch year. Click here for closer view of the trials picture on our trials page     Harvest has lasted longer than we expected here with under 20% of our harvest left to go. I hope you are making progress with this difficult fall. We still have about 400 ac of fall crops to seed and I often get questions from customers on how late can they seed? The recommended deadlines are Sept 20th for the central and north and September 30th for the South. If you seed later your crop will have slightly more risk for winter kill and be delayed slightly next season. If you chose to seed later you can increase your chances of a good crop by increasing seeding rates and or use seed treatments. All Winter crop needs to vernalize to produce heads next season is for the seed to swell. Our hybrid fall rye & winter barley forage and grain yield trials have been compiled and we are happy to share the results below! Forage Trials We seeded 3 hybrid fall rye & 2 winter barley varieties. Notes on the trials:
Forage Results For Hybrid Fall Rye & Winter Barley:  KWS Propower Hybrid Fall Forage Rye was the top yielding rye for forage and lower in moisture at silage timing compared to the others. The KWS Higgins Winter Barley feed tests looked promising and yield looks strong. We are hoping to have the winter barley ready to sell pending some regulatory hoops to jump though. We have people putting their names on the list for next season already.
Grain Yield  KWS Daniello Hybrid Fall Rye was the top variety although the plot yields did drop as it went East. Ergot risk was lowest in the KWS Daniello.
Let me know if you have any questions greg@stampseeds.com Thanks, Greg New!
KWS Propower - Hybrid Fall Rye for silage & feed KWS Propower is a hybrid fall rye owned by KWS and licensed to SeedNet
Click for hybrid grain rye: Daniello Hybrid fall rye info  Have you had the tips of your wheat crop browning off or turning crispy for unknown reasons? It could be leaf tip necrosis. Breeding for Genetic resistance to rust can sometimes be linked to germplasm that can develop leaf tip necrosis or uses it as a way to resist rust. Below Harpinder Singh Randhawa PhD. explains more about why leaf tip necrosis can happen in wheat. Crop Update:
We missed ProPower hybird fall rye for forage use on our summer flyer. ProPowerhybird fall rye launches this fall and seed will be available once we harvest! It will be about 5-10% above other hybird fall ryes for forage yields. We have started harvest and have 420 acres of peas harvested. We will also be done our Prima traditional fall rye today. Yields are not great on dryland in our area! All of our fungicides are done, and irrigated crops are not far away from harvest. As you plan for harvest please remember to talk to your buyers about what can be used as a pre-harvest product for your markets. For more info: https://keepingitclean.ca/ Crop Update:
Some customers are seeing some rust issues on cereals, grasshoppers on some fields and hail on others. In faba bean's some people have sprayed fungicides and insecticides on the crop but others have not and will likely do so in the next 10 -15 days. We did have small amounts of hail on some fields but damage looks minimal Hybrid rye and winter wheat booking and shipping is happening now. Some pre-booking for next season on some hot varieties like Chrome yellow peas and AB Cattlelac 6 row feed & forage barley that look really exciting! Hybrid Fall Rye Learning Event Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 - Enchant, AB Location: the Field West of Our Yard - RR 185 - use gravel road to pivot point from West side 10:00 am Refreshments 10:15 am Becca Stokes - KWS Forage & Hybrid Fall Rye Specialist Monica Klaas - Agronomist, Western Winter Wheat Initiative Hybrid Fall Rye Demo – KWS Daniello, Guttino, KWS ProPower (Forage) Winter Barley KWS Higgins & KWS Kosmos Demo Learn Hybrid Rye: Agronomy, Ergot Reduction, Forage Use Tips & More! Main Event - Summer Tour Friday, July 26th, 2019 - Enchant, AB Location: the Field West of Our Yard - RR 185 - use gravel road to pivot point from West side 2:00 pm Refreshments 2:15 pm MillerCoors Barley Variety & Malt Program Barley Variety Trials – AB Cattlelac, Austenson, BC 100, M 180 Winter Barley Demo – KWS Higgins, KWS Kosmos Hybrid Fall Rye Demo – KWS Daniello, Guttino, KWS ProPower (forage) HRSW Variety Trial at 40 Plants - Viewfield, Landmark VB, Brandon, Elie, SY Rowyn (CPS), Redberry, LeRoy VB, RedNet New Varieties in Multiplication Stage: DL Rico Faba Bean, DT 877 Durum, TR 16629 Barley & PT 252 HRSW Breeder Plots Einkorn Ancient Grain – Aixe Yellow Pea – Chrome & Delhi Jumbo Maple Pea – Liscard Yellow Flax – Bright 5:00 pm Supper & Social at the Red Lodge (1/2 mile NW of Enchant - RR 185) RSVP Appreciated: greg@stampseeds.com Soft Wheat & GP Wheat Field Scale Variety Tour Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 - Hays, AB Location: From Hays go East 8km on HWY 524, turn South on Hays Rd B S & stay right, continue on RR 134 for 4km 10:00 am Refreshments 10:15 am Mira van Burck - SeCan & Greg Stamp showcase the top new Feed & Silage Options Variety Tour of AAC Paramount SWSW, AAC Awesome SWGP & KWS Alderon GP wheat 40 plants per square foot agronomy, PGR use & top picks for 2020   It has been an early spring as we are about 95% done shipping and about 95% done seeding on our farm. We could use some moisture as it is still very dry. As you are getting close to being done seeding, we have small amounts of some varieties and good supply of others, if you are trying to plan that last few fields of undecided crop. Snowbird faba bean or FB 9-4 faba bean with or w/o production contract Dorado yellow flax (300 bu ) Prairie Sunshine or Topaz Brown flax (250 bu) CDC Bow Barley (500 bu) CDC Ruffian oat CDC Alloy or Precision durum Viewfield, Landmark (225 bu), Elie HRSW AAC Awesome GP Soft wheat (89 bu with Raxil Pro & SS on it) Paramount SWSW(100 bu treated with Raxil Pro at a customers farm) Lacombe Pea: 250 bu (plus 100 bu fully treated at a customer's farm) Iceberg Hard White Spring Wheat I may have forgotten some so don't hesitate to call or email with questions. Cover Crops Blends We have forages available of all types and can do custom blends with oats, winter wheat, barley, and rye. We have: Italian ryegrass, alfalfa, clover, vetch, daikon radish, vetch, forage collards, chicory, phacelia, millet, sorghum, forage brassica, festolium, teff grass, turnip, buckwheat, safflower, sunflower, plantain, forage mustard, and sesame. Some items or volumes need to be ordered in, so please give me as much lead time as possible. MS Schippers Wash Kits If you need an upgrade to the way you wash your equipment, we have had good uptake of the MS Schippers foam wash kits. (a product we didn't initially plan to sell but seed customers kept asking where to get it when they saw us using it) This foam, soak and wash system cut our super b and machinery wash times in half, and also is good for removing seed treatment stains from your trailers or inside bins. It is easy to add the foam cannon to your existing system in about 5 minutes. In clubroot prevention news: There is a similar product that can be used in these foam cannons. The research is determining if it can be used to lower or eliminate spore loads on machinery or trucks. Stay tuned for information once the research has been completed. Let me know if you have any questions greg@stampseeds.com Thanks Greg   We have had a few requests for spring triticale and depending on customer demand, we may bring in some good quality Brevis spring triticale. (Brevis is a short stature new variety with good yields)
Durum CDC Alloy has a special price reduction on until Jan 25, 2019 for prepayments invoiced by that date. It is a great durum variety and because the market is lower, seed prices are the lowest they have been in a number of years. So if you are growing durum this season and looking at trying a new variety of durum this is they year to do it. We can treat seed all winter with our indoor treating system and can apply micronutrients and/or QuickRoots if ordered ahead of time. If you have questions let me know! Greg  The numbers are in for our HRSW yield trial! These plots sat though some rain for about 4 weeks, giving us the "opportunity" 😬 to learn grade retention information from this trial as well.
At the bottom I have a link to our trial results. Immediately below I have a link showing varietal management research (1 site and 1 season only) that shows how far you can push CDC Landmark VB and Viewfield above other varieties. Data on Viewfield & Landmark VB management Dr. Sheri Strydhorst AAC Viewfield HRSW This variety has been doing very well for the majority of those who tried it this year and was our best selling variety last season. AAC Viewfield HRSW and Landmark will generally share top yield place. Viewfield is short so we can push seeding rates higher and get more heads per square foot. It has a great disease package (MR to Bunt and Leaf Rust) but does need seed treatment as it is susceptible to Smut. FHB is rated Intermediate but the ratings chart changed between the registration of some older varieties such as Brandon and these new varieties, so I have been told it has similar FHB tolerance as Brandon. Sprouting rating is Good on Viewfield vs. Elie's Fair rating and Brandon's Poor rating. To maintain protein with high yields extra fertility and or slow release fertility may be needed. A few customers in the Brooks area saw some bacterial streaming and it impacted yield. For those customers I am suggesting CDC Landmark VB . Viewfield does very well under high management. We had a customer near Viking with 11% more yield on Viewfield vs. Brandon in 2018 (and he said the Brandon had more rain) At the top of this email I have data from 2017 showing up to 21 bu per ac over Brandon with intensive management. CDC Landmark VB This variety is new for us this season. It is a varietal blend and the refuge (10%) is Viewfield. Landmark has midge tolerance and also has slightly solid stems so it may have some resistance to wheat stem sawfly. It is taller than Viewfield but actually stood better in 2018. It has parents that include Superb, protein at check, very good sprouting rating, MS for bunt, R for stem rust, MR for stripe and leaf rust. Like the Viewfield FHB is rated Intermediate but the ratings chart changed between the registration of some older varieties such as Brandon and these new varieties, so I have been told it has similar FHB tolerance as Brandon. Sprouting rating is Good on Viewfield vs. Elie's Fair rating and Brandon's Poor rating. Landmark also does very well under high management (PGR's, Fungicides at GS 32 and flowering timing) At the top of this email I have data from 2017 showing up to 18 bu per ac over Brandon with intensive management. AAC Elie Elie has been our best seller for about 5-6 years and some farmers still like it for its stand ability and yields. We have been transitioning to Viewfield and Landmark as they are a step up in yield, stand ability and sprouting ratings AAC Redberry Redberry has parents of Stettler and Glenn and is a short/medium season variety. It has slightly weaker straw than Elie and slightly taller. Good disease package for FHB and Smut and all rusts. CDC Go High yield and early maturity but poor grade retention, sprouting and disease package. We have a small amount of it remaining so if you need this variety let me know. CPS SY Rowyn CPS This CPS Wheat is unique with marketing like a HRSW and some drought tolerance so I had to sneak it into this email also. :) Patterson and P&H elevators are paying slightly less than HRSW for this variety and have special contracts out for SY Rowyn. It will yield about 12% more than a HRSW on irrigation and up to 20% under dry conditions have been observed. Let me know if you have questions and if i can get you a price. We do have our pre pay discounts on now until Dec 14th 2018. Greg 403.634.1586 If you are a new grower, or already grow soybeans, we have some top yielding varieties if you want to give them a try or see how they fit on your farm.
Grazing corn acres are also on the rise and irrigated grain and silage corn seems to be relatively slow to flat growth Early book discounts are on until October 31. For the Thunder Seed line bookings: 50 units of corn (140 ac roughly) and/or 440 units of soybean (320 ac) or combination of both you will receive a BBQ or NHL Tickets! We are having a Corn & Soybean Meeting Monday November 5th @ 1 pm at Stamp Seeds. Erin Matlock from Thunder Seed will be out to talk agronomy and variety choice. Please RSVP by replying to this email if you can make it. Soybean Thunder Seed: TH 33003 R2Y 2375 CHU 0.003 maturity (normal) TH 33005 R2Y 2425 CHU 0.005 maturity (mid) TH 89005 R2XN 2175 CHU 0.0005 maturity (early / mid) TH 8700 R2X 2250 CHU Dicamba tolerant 0.0008 maturity (early) TH 89003 R2X 2375 CHU Dicamba tolerant 0.003 maturity (normal) BrettYoung: Nocoma R2 2250 CHU 0.0008 (early maturity) Akras R2 2375 CHU, 0.001 high pod height (early - normal maturity) Yield trial winner in the RVT trials Lassa R2 2275 CHU 0.0009 (very early maturity) More info on soybean: http://www.stampseeds.com/soybean.html Corn Grain Corn
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Organic or Non GM corn? Thunder (non GM) and De Dell (organic and non GM) More info on Corn and trial results: http://www.stampseeds.com/corn.html Interested in a yield trial? Let me know ASAP if you want to do a trial with soy / corn for 2019. Thanks and good luck with the rest of harvest! |
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