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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.
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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! As we are planning crops for this coming season I wanted to send out some information on a few classes of peas as well as an update on our seed cleaning & processing system while we wait to finish harvest 2018! CDC Inca - Yellow Pea This variety launches this season from the CDC program in Saskatchewan and looks to be promising. We have processed our CDC Inca already and have excellent germination. If you liked growing CDC Meadow but needed more stand ability and total yield, this one may be the fit for you. Seed coat integrity seems to be very good with Inca. Availability will be tighter as it is launch year. AAC Lacombe - Yellow Pea Lacombe has been the top yielder on the market for the pasty few years. It came from the Lacombe AB breeding program. You will not find a better yielding and standing variety than Lacombe on the market today. It has larger seed size and has more risk of seed coat cracking than some varieties so farmers have tried taking them off at higher moisture if possible. CDC Greenwater - Green Pea We decided to bring in some green peas this season as that market looks to be priced better than yellow's. The risk with green peas is bleaching and may have slightly lower yielding. Also the market can flip and price can be similar to yellow's fairly easily. We will have CDC Greenwater a new CDC Saskatoon variety with improved stand ability and yield over other green varieties. Book early as we will only be bringing in enough for customers orders and we will require a deposit so we do not have unsold inventory. We are currently getting initial specs and prices sorted out now. AAC Liscard - Maple Pea Maple peas have been priced fairly well in this past season and look to be good again this winter. AAC Liscard is a new variety so talk to your buyers about it before contracting. I had one customer try it on irrigation and had almost 100 bu per ac with reasonable good stand ability. We have grown them on dry land with similar yields to yellow peas. The maple pea market is not very large so there is risk of over production. I do have some buyers looking for old crop Liscard (not many out there) and would assume they will have new crop contracts at some point as well
 Hybrid fall rye has become a mainstay of our winter crop sales the past few years. With yields 20-40% over traditional fall rye and winter wheat many farms have found a place to try hybrid rye.
KWS Daniello KWS Daniello is a great new variety that has the lowest ergot risk of all the hybrid rye on the market while still maintaining yield (or even better yield than Guttino). Falling number may be slightly lower than Guttino. Daniello has lower ergot risk because of the pollen plus trait and also genetic factors of the variety. This variety may save you from a cleaning cost or downgrading to reduce ergot levels. Even if you only had ergot levels of concern once in 5 years it would still pay to be growing Daniello. KWS Propower We may have a small amount of the new Silage / Forage / Feed variety called KWS Propower available to try this fall. Seed production was grown in the US so we do not know when it will arrive here or if it will arrive on time this fall. Propower should yield roughly 10% or more over varieties like Guttino & Daniello for forage and will have increases in grain yield as well assuming the feed market is the target. Next season we will have good supply of Propower as we will be growing it for seed winter 2018/19. http://www.stampseeds.com/kws-propower-hybrid-fall-rye.html Guttino Guttino has been a good multipurpose variety for us as well and seems to fit well into all segments of the hybrid rye market. http://www.stampseeds.com/guttino-hybrid-fall-rye.html Prima We also have Prima traditional fall rye available! Forage Use Farms using hybrid rye for forages have started seeding early in the year (May - June), grazing multiple times, overwintering, and grazing and then silaging the following season. The hybrids recover much faster, tiller out more than traditional lines and can take more stress and still preform. The Fine Print Hybrid fall rye is sold by the unit. 1 unit is 1 million viable seeds. You seed 0.8 of a unit per ac (800,000 viable seeds per ac). Hybrid fall rye is a one time use product and seed cannot be saved back. In crop costs are usually low as no wild oat herbicide or fungicide is needed. I was talking to some grain buyers and thought I would send out some info on SY Rowyn to keep you in the loop. For those of you who grew SY Rowyn CPS wheat this season Patterson and P&H locations have a special milling program for it. I talked to P&H (Barrie Woods at Medicine Hat 403-866-9415) and they had been paying $0.20 less than HRSW. Planning for next season, this variety has done 12-15% better than HRSW on irrigation but also has drought tolerance and will do about 15-20% better than HRSW under dry conditions. Its a good option to spread your risk for markets from other wheats. See below for a comparison to other wheat for net returns. Another option is the feed market with this higher yielding variety. More info on SY Rowyn: http://www.stampseeds.com/sy-rowyn---new.html Thanks Greg   |
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