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With the warm temperatures forecasted for this week, we will be treating AAC Wheatland VB HRSW & AAC Succeed VB. We do expect to sell out of a few crop types and/or varieties so get your final bookings in soon! On cover crops, get your orders in so we can have your order ready for you when you need it! We have some stock but often not the volumes you may need or specific blends. Custom blends are available as well. If you need a price sheet let me know. We have updated our cover crops page on our website with more detailed pictures, timings and blend options. Wednesday, March 3, 2021 @7pm Cover Crops Amongst Intensive Cropping Systems Benefits & challenges plus discussion following presentation. Harold Perry & Florian Dieker of Perry Produce (Irrigation farm at Chin Alberta rotating Potatoes, Beets, Cereals, Corn, Peas and more) Time: Mar 3, 2021 07:00 PM Edmonton Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85090991939?pwd=b3M4cFJxUHFnZnpuU3kyWW8vNzg0QT09 Meeting ID: 850 9099 1939 Passcode: 1 Outlook Calendar (.ics) Our past events they are posted here. Below: An irrigated field was seeded mid to late August to a mix of tillage radish, buckwheat, clover, fall rye, and phacelia    
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 It's getting closer to spring and final decisions are being made on crop choice. We have had a run on flax seed recently as farmers adjust their plans. Below we have some new crop options on oats ($4.00+ picked up per bu!), lentils, mustard, peas and more as well as our next event on FHB timing, new PGR's, and fungicides.
If you want to watch one of our past events they are posted here. THURSDAY, FEB 25, 2021 @7pm Fusarium Management School + Top Yield Strategies in Cereals (PGR, Fungicides, Seed Treatments) Shad Milligan – Vibrance Quattro Seed Treatment Sterling Mitchel – Miravis Ace & Moddus Time: Thursday, Feb 25, 2021 07:00 PM Edmonton Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84048226073?pwd=b3M4cFJxUHFnZnpuU3kyWW8vNzg0QT09 Meeting ID: 840 4822 6073 Passcode: 1 Link for Calendar New Crop Bids Kris Moric from Johnstons Grain has new crop bids for the crops below that we have seed for. kris@ajagra.com , www.johnstonsgrain.com or call Kris at 844-324-7778 Large Green Lentils: Green Lentils have more risk to grow but also more potential market upside. The new CDC Lima CL Large Green Lentil fits this and is the top CL Large Green Lentil in the market with similar grade retention, yield, and look as other large greens but with the CL chemistry to help with weed control. Small Red Lentil: CDC Proclaim CL is the best red lentil in Alberta so if you are not growing it you are missing out on 200 lbs per acre! Details here: http://www.stampseeds.com/lentil---proclaim-cl.html Milling Oat: CDC Arborg is the newest and best Milling Oat for yield and % plump and available now. Kris is contracting (as of Friday last week so subject to change) CDC Arborg oat variety as the main choice at $4.00 to $4.30 per bu depending on delivery period picked up within 125 km of Coaldale or Carsland based on #2. I am sure other areas work similarly so please contact him. Thats a really good price for new crop oats! New Crop Mustard Pricing From Johnstons Grain (Contact Kris for Current Bids) We have certified seed:
XPT Grain Crop Bids Below Chris: Cell: +1-306-209-7746, Email : christos@xptgrain.ca , http://xptgrain.ca/en/ AAC Delhi Jumbo Yellow Pea AAC Delhi is a brand new Jumbo Yellow Pea. It has yielded very similar to our ACC Chrome Pea but has higher protein. It stands equal or better vs CDC Meadow, and matures early like CDC Meadow. Delhi has large seed size and good seed coat breakage for a large pea. Delhi is exclusive to XPT Grain. CDC Dorado Yellow Flax CDC Dorado is a newer Yellow or Golden Flax variety with top yields and good standability. We find it yields like a Brown, stands as good or better and matures earlier compared to most brown flax varieties. It has high ALA oil content, a large seed size, and a nice golden seed look. Last season we were in the mid 60 bu range with this variety but we usually budget on 45-50 bu. Price on yellow flax can be slightly more vs brown flax. AAC Marvelous Brown Flax AAC Marvelous is a new Brown variety with top yields and good standability. It also has high oil content desired by some buyers. We stopped growing our other varieties once we had grown this one for a few seasons. Last season we were in the mid 60 bu range with this variety but we usually budget on 45-50 bu. New To Flax? We have a one pager on how we grow flax that we send with seed shipments. Malt Barley New Crop With MolsonCoors Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley contracts are available. The new crop price looks good vs other cereals including feed barley. Please email cody.shick@molsoncoors.com or call Cody Shick at 406-697-3838 if you are interested in Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley. At the present time the contracts are only for Southern Alberta on irrigation. Clean Seed On Hand & Ready To Ship: We have AAC Chrome & AAC Delhi Peas, FB 9-4, Fabelle & Snowbrid Faba Beans, Redberry & LeRoy VB HRS Wheat, Alloy & Succeed VB Durum & AB Cattlelac 6 Row Barley, AAC Awesome GP Soft Wheat, AAC Wheatland HRSW, CDC Dorado Yellow / Golden Flax & CDC Austenson 2 Row Barley, Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley, Sunray spring triticale, AAC Marvelous Brown Flax, & Esma 2 Row Barley (launching next fall) cleaned and ready to pickup. We are cleaning AAC Paramount VB soft wheat right now. I always look forward to the Yield publication from AFSC as it shows some varietal and regional differences from actual farmer reported yields. https://afsc.ca/resources/5684-2/ 
Last week our Malt Barley School went well with about 29 participants learning about the Bill Coors 100 variety and contracts available. The new crop price looks good vs other cereals.
Please email cody.shick@molsoncoors.com or call Cody Shick at 406-697-3838 if you are interested in Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley. At the present time the contracts are only for Southern Alberta on irrigation. Strip Tillage School Wednesday at 7pm John Kolk joins us to present on his first year of strip tillage, following his presentation there will be time for discussion with those who are attending. Click here to add to your calendar Topic: Strip Tillage on Dry Beans, Corn, & Canola Time: Feb 3, 2021 07:00 PM Edmonton Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82244478714?pwd=ak1XbmprdFBUQnRZOWszWU91VHdyUT09 Meeting ID: 822 4447 8714 Passcode: 1 CDC Proclaim Small Red Lentil If you are not growing CDC Proclaim small red lentil you are missing out! Yields of 200 lbs per ac over any other red variety in Alberta vs other reds. I have noticed new crop prices of .24-.25 cents per lb (new crop price). We also have a new Large Green Lentil called CDC Lima. New To Lentils? Pick your cleanest field to get started on. We have a one pager on how we grow lentils that we send with seed shipments. AAC Marvelous Brown Flax AAC Marvelous is a new brown variety with top yields and good standability. We stopped growing our other varieties once we had grown this one for a few seasons. Last season we were in the mid 60 bu range with this variety but we usually budget on 45-50 bu. Also don't forget about out equally high yielding and early early maturing yellow CDC Dorado with new crop contracts from Xpt Grain. Contact Chris from XPT Grain 306-209-7746 or email New To Flax? We have a one pager on how we grow flax that we send with seed shipments. Clean Seed On Hand & Ready To Ship: We have AAC Chrome & AAC Delhi Peas, FB 9-4, Fabelle & Snowbrid Faba Beans, Redberry & LeRoy VB HRS Wheat, Alloy & Succeed VB Durum & AB Cattlelac 6 Row Barley, AAC Awesome GP Soft Wheat, AAC Wheatland HRSW, CDC Dorado Yellow / Golden Flax & CDC Austenson 2 Row Barley, Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley, Sunray spring triticale, cleaned and ready to pickup. Just finished cleaning AAC Marvelous Brown Flax and hope to have clean results back on the second week of February. Next on the list is Esma 2 Row Barley and then AAC Paramount VB Soft Wheat. Winter Evening Sessions I plan to host evening events over the next couple months. So far we have a rough plan in place (subject to change so look for an email the week of the event with more detailed descriptions and Zoom links). Wed Feb 3rd at 7 pm - John Kolk - Strip Tillage, The First Season on Dry Beans, Corn & Canola - a discussion on advantages, challenges, and group brainstorming & Q/A on how to improve crop management around strip tillage. Click here to add to your calendar Mon Feb 8th at 7 pm - Christos Lygouriatis Xpt Grain - New Crop Program on AAC Delhi Jumbo Yellow Peas and Brown and Yellow Flax New Crop Contracts. Click here to add to your calendar Wed Feb 10 at 7 pm - Becca Brattain PhD - KWS US Country Manager for Cereals - Hybrid Fall Rye Agronomy and Grain Feed & Forage Use. Click here to add to your calendar Mon or Tues Feb 22 or 23 - Doug Manzer PhD, Senior Scientist & Wildlife Program Manager with Alberta Conservation Association - Intensive Farming While Creating Wildlife Habitat (Stamp Seeds farms land directly around this project Doug has worked with) March 3 - Harold Perry & Florian Dieker of Perry Produce (Irrigation farm at Chin Alberta rotating Potatoes, Beets, Cereals, Corn, Peas and more) - Cover Crops Amongst Intensive Cropping Systems - benefits, challenges along with a discussion time after. Mid March - Flax School Below is a letter that was sent to us to pass along, If you agree with it you have the ability to contact your MLA and let them know how you feel! To all involved in the transportation of goods in Alberta, We've all heard a lot about MELT (Mandatory Entry-Level Training) for class 1 drivers. Many individuals have already provided feedback in different forms, but many producers still feel that the current MELT framework continues to pose a large financial, business, and social burden for us here in Southern Alberta. Our different commodity groups are all working to change this on our behalf, but we think some additional pressure put on the government would also help. We've written a letter and attached it to this email for you to consider. If you find yourself in agreement with the main points of the letter, we ask you to sign your name to it and consider sending it to the relevant politicians, especially your MLA, Jason Kenney, Devin Dreeshen, and Ric McIver. We've provided a list below of politician's email addresses and fax numbers so you can easily see where to send the letter. If you want to make small changes to the letter, we leave that up to you, but we only say that the more unified we are, the stronger our voice is. We have given this letter many hours of consideration, and although we don't say everything perfectly and each of our situations is different, we think it is an accurate summary of the problems that MELT faces us all. If you are in agreement please forward this email to as many producers and industry people as possible. Thanks! MLA Name, email address, fax number, position Jason Kenney premier@gov.ab.ca 780-427-1349 Premier Devin Dreeshen af.minister@gov.ab.ca 780-422-6035 Minister of Ag & Forestry Ric McIver transportation.minister@gov.ab.ca 780-422-2002 Minister of Transportation Drew Barnes cypress.medicinehat@assembly.ab.ca 780-638-3506 MLA - Cypress-Medicine Hat Michaela Glasgo brooks.medicinehat@assembly.ab.ca 780-638-3506 MLA - Brooks-Medicine Hat Grant Hunter taber.warner@assembly.ab.ca MLA - Taber-Warner Roger Reid livingstone.macleod@assembly.ab.ca 780-638-3506 MLA - Livingstone-Macleod Joseph Schow cardston.siksika@assembly.ab.ca 780-638-3506 MLA - Cardston-Siksika Below: file with letter: 
January 29, 2021
RE: Update on industry effects of current MELT framework An Open Letter to Our MLAs and Government Ministers; Southern Alberta’s agricultural community is grateful for the Alberta Government’s confidence in us and your recognition of our role in supporting our provincial economy, particularly during these hard times for the oil and gas industry. We appreciate expressions of your confidence through investments such as the twinning of Highway 3 between Taber and Bow Island, and your government’s substantial recent investment in our irrigation districts. However, the Class 1 drivers we need to move our commodities are just as vital a link in our supply chain as good highways and irrigation infrastructure. We are writing because, despite recent extensions and modifications, the current MELT framework still presents a substantial risk and cost to our farms and our communities, and we want to encourage your further attention to this issue in order to minimize these risks and costs. As farmers we are starting to come to terms with the effects that MELT is going to have on our farms and communities. For our farms, MELT means greater challenges harvesting and transporting our crops because of Class 1 driver shortages. The greatest pressure farmers have is safely and rapidly harvesting our crops. This is the time of the year that we need the most Class 1 drivers. The current MELT framework stands to substantially increase the pressure on our farms at this critical time of year. In our communities many individuals rely on driving truck for a significant portion of their income, whether for local farms or for local trucking companies. By dramatically increasing the difficulty of obtaining a Class 1 licence, MELT is placing significant hardship on these individuals and communities. This hardship is not just a matter of financial cost; much of our local agricultural work force is composed of an immigrant population who are strong in practical knowledge and motor vehicle safety, but lack the education or testing ability to successfully pass the current knowledge test because English is their second language. Upon request, the Class 5 and 3 knowledge tests offer additional help for such people, whereas the Class 1 test does not. The combined impact of all these individual effects of the MELT framework will continue to grow on our farms and in our local communities until we find ways to address them. Consider one example from a local farm to see some of the impact of MELT. An employee on a local farm enrolled in the MELT Extension program but has now failed both written test attempts because he struggles with the written English language. He has accumulated nearly 650 hours of Class 1 driving with a clean driving record, but after failing 2 knowledge tests he has lost his Class 1 and has been dropped to a Class 5. For this employee to maintain his current employment, it will now require him to spend $10,000-12,000 for the full MELT training, and take 6 weeks off work, at an additional cost of $5,000-6,000 in lost income. If he is unable to bear those costs, the only options left to him are to look for another lower paying job, go on unemployment, or leave the community and look for work elsewhere. This is only one example; we could provide many similar ones from other neighbors. The point is that having such employees and neighbors removed as capable Class 1 drivers is harming our farms and our communities by removing capable, safe, and accident-free Class 1 drivers from Alberta’s economy. We appreciate that the government has attempted to address this in part with the Experience and Equivalency Class 1 MELT, but Class 3 drivers are not Class 1 drivers and we still expect large shortages in Class 1 drivers for our industry. As an agricultural community consisting primarily of family farms where our parents, siblings, and children work alongside of our employees, safety is our top priority and something we are very familiar with because of many other safety programs we operate under. From the Canada GAP food safety program, to the Verified Beef Production program, to the Safe, Safer, Safest program from the Alberta Chicken Producers, not to mention Bill 6’s recent changes to farm regulations under WCB, our farms and employees are very safety-conscious. We would not be awarded our annual production licences or be able to obtain adequate farm insurance if we could not demonstrate appropriate safety practices, including driver safety and vehicle maintenance. We do not want unqualified drivers representing our farms on the roads. All we are asking is that the education and testing process for new Class 1 drivers be modified so it is more accessible and more achievable for current and potential drivers. Our final concern is specific to irrigation farms and has to do with recent statements in the media that suggest our government wants to harmonize Alberta’s Class 1 regulations with other similar provincial and federal regulations. Our fear is that this demonstrates that the Alberta government does not adequately understand our unique situation. Southern Alberta’s irrigated agriculture industry dynamics are substantially different than many other jurisdictions, due to the production intensity of the high value crops we grow here in irrigation country. For example, most dryland farms that comprise the vast majority of Western Canadian farm production, harvest at most 2 metric tonnes per acre of production per year, but here on our irrigation farms we harvest up to 30 metric tonnes per acre. This means that our need for Class 1 drivers at harvest time is much more intense than most other farms. We understand the common sense of trying to align Alberta regulations with those in other jurisdictions in Canada, but we want to ensure that situations like ours do not fall through the cracks, and that our harvests – which add a great deal of value to the Alberta economy every year – do not become a casualty of these new regulations. As an agricultural industry we propose the following to help reduce barriers to current Class 1 driver licencing:
On behalf of our business and our employees we thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, NAME FARM NAME LOCATION Our PGR School went well, with about 40 people joining us. Recordings of our online events are posted here.
Seed treating and shipping has been steady over the past 2 weeks with the great weather. Unfortunately we did have 3 pivot corner arms collapse in the wind last week and some bin damage. Malt Barley School Wednesday at 7pm Topic: Malt Barley Agronomy for Bill Coors 100 Barley & Molson Coors Malt Program for 2021 Learn about malt barley varieties, agronomy, & Molson Coors malt program in Alberta. Dr Bob Brunick - Barley Breeder with Molson Coors Cody Shick - Alberta representative for 2021 malt contracts Greg Stamp - Seed Sales for Bill Coors 100 malt barley seed Time: Jan 27, 2021 07:00 PM Edmonton Place meeting in your Calendar Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84432618732?pwd=SHAzL1kwTmcyYm1PdkdzNVNLNUZ6dz09 Meeting ID: 844 3261 8732 Passcode: 1 Please email cody.shick@molsoncoors.com or call Cody Shick at 406-697-3838 if you are interested in Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley. At the present time the contracts are only for Southern Alberta on irrigation. Feed Grains, Durum, Flax, & Peas selling well! What to grow in 2021? New crop prices flax, peas, durum, and feed grains look very good and that means seed sales are very strong and supplies won't last long. Cereals we have that sell into the feed market include: SWGP AAC Awesome VB - GP soft wheat with top yields SWSW AAC Paramount VB - SWSW with excellent yields GP Wheat - KWS Alderon - GP red wheat with top yields Barley 6 row feed / silage - AB Cattlelac Barley 2 row feed - CDC Austenson Triticale - Sunray Need A Versatile Silage Option? Sunray spring triticale had massive yields for us in 2020. At 148 bu per ac for field averages beating our soft wheat. This would translate into silage yield very well. In 2019 (drought year) it was grown on dryland and yielded about 40% more vs durum beside it. Triticale can tolerate tougher soil and drought conditions because of its more fibrous root system. Clean Seed On Hand & Ready To Ship: We have AAC Chrome & AAC Delhi Peas, FB 9-4, Fabelle & Snowbrid Faba Beans, Redberry & LeRoy VB HRS Wheat, Alloy & Succeed VB Durum & AB Cattlelac 6 Row Barley, AAC Awesome GP Soft Wheat, AAC Wheatland HRSW, CDC Dorado Yellow / Golden Flax & CDC Austenson 2 Row Barley, Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley, Sunray spring triticale, cleaned and ready to pickup. We are now cleaning AAC Marvelous Brown Flax and hope to have clean results back on the first week of February. Next on the list is AAC Paramount VB soft wheat and then Esma 2 Row Barley. Winter Evening Sessions I plan to host evening events over the next couple months. So far we have a rough plan in place (subject to change so look for an email the week of the event with more detailed descriptions and Zoom links. Wed Feb 3 - John Kolk - Strip tillage - a discussion on advantages, challenges, and group brainstorming & Q/A on how to improve crop management around strip tillage. Wed Feb 10 - Becca Brattain PhD - KWS US Country Manager for Cereals - Hybrid fall rye agronomy and grain feed & forage use Mon or Tues Feb 22 or 23 - Doug Manzer PhD, Senior Scientist & Wildlife Program Manager with Alberta Conservation Association - Intensive Farming While Creating Wildlife Habitat (Stamp Seeds farms land directly around this project Doug has worked with) March 3 - Harold Perry & Florian Dieker of Perry Produce (Irrigation farm at Chin Alberta rotating Potatoes, Beets, Cereals, Corn, Peas and more) - Cover Crops Amongst Intensive Cropping Systems - benefits, challenges along with a discussion time after. Mid March - Flax School I hope you have had a good Christmas season and a Happy New Year!
Below is the link for our Manipulator PGR School. Looking forward to seeing you Wednesday evening at 7:00pm. It's been a nice winter so far, with highs of +10° and very little snow on the ground. We have been keeping busy shipping high volumes of seed out. As well as taking advantage of the warm temperatures has kept our seed treatment plant busy. We like to treat when its over -5°C in the winter, the grain temperature is normally 5°-15°C. Any colder and the risk of flaking off or treatment not fully drying the seed could be worse. We are treating a bit of durum seed this week and have some AAC Redberry HRSW & Chrome Yellow Peas shipping out. This is the time we are also servicing pivots, working on machinery, planning for next seasons crops and employee needs as well as doing employee evaluations. If you know of someone looking for seasonal or flexible work or even full time send them to our employment page. On the Seed side we are needing help for:
On the Farming side we often need seasonal people in:
For the right person we have had 1-2 month options for people who want flexibility in what they want to do in their summer or fall time. Most crop sales seem normal other than flax and lentils are up vs some years. We are seeing more feed wheat types sold, such as soft wheats, CPS & triticale but barley sales seem to be near normal. Manipulator PGR School Wednesday Evening Topic: Manipulator PGR School Time: Jan 13, 2021 07:00 PM Alberta Time Jamie Stringam from Belchim Canada joins us to talk about how to use manipulator on your farm and how it can impact your crops. Add to your calendar: Outlook Calendar (.ics) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81112155457?pwd=TkZLeU1MY2d5eUpqeTJ5WUJTRHlVUT09 Meeting ID: 811 1215 5457 Passcode: 1 Clean Seed On Hand & Ready To Ship: We have AAC Chrome & AAC Delhi Peas, FB 9-4, Fabelle & Snowbrid faba beans, Redberry & LeRoy HRS Wheat, Alloy & Succeed VB durum & AB Cattlelac 6 row barley, AAC Awesome GP soft wheat, AAC Wheatland HRSW, CDC Dorado Yellow / Golden flax & CDC Austenson 2 row barley, Bill Coors 100 Malt Barley cleaned and ready to pickup. We are now cleaning CDC Rowland brown flax (available this coming fall) with Sunray spring triticale next on the cleaning list. We have updated our cover crops page on our website with more detailed pictures and timings and blend options. New Crop Contracts New Crop Contracts with XPT Grain Delhi - Jumbo Yellow Pea This variety has a large seed size and yields have been very good for customers. An organic program with this variety is also available. For conventional farmers there is a No Glyphosate for pre-harvest program as well. Chris from XPT Grain 306-209-7746 or email has put together a program for Jumbo Yellow Peas in the past few season and farms have had success working with him. CDC Dorado yellow flax is an early season, high ALA oil content variety New Crop Prices New crop yellow peas are $8 per bu at many places, that is a pretty attractive new crop price for yellow pea even some green pea growers are switching over. AAC Chrome has been out main yellow pea but AAC Delhi above has been right there with it. The Brown flax new crop options, available with Johnstons Grain look pretty good. Brand new in brown flax this year AAC Marvelous looks to be the best brown flax in the market right now. Milling oats are around $3.50 per bu new crop depending location with Johnstons Grain and the best variety of milling oats that we have seen is CDC Arborg Barley I have heard of over $5+ per bu on new crop feed prices. CDC Go HRSW & CDC Copeland Malt Barley We are doing a winter season run of CDC Go and CDC Copeland. We anticipate mid February to ship it out so if you want in on some excellent quality seed of these two varieties please let me know. We don't plan to have them available for spring shipping unless demand is higher than I expect for them. New for Spring 2021 HRS Wheat:
HWSW: AAC Cirrus - Top hard white wheat Durum. AAC Grainland - Solid stem with top yields Lentil: CDC Lima CL - Large green CL lentil Kabuli Chickpea: CDC Palmer Better disease package, medium to long season Flax: Brown - AAC Marvelous Flax - Top flax yields while standing well Jumbo Yellow Pea: AAC Delhi - Specialty markets and contracts available Forage Pea: DL Lacross - Early & top yields Green Pea: CDC Forest - Top green pea, early - medium season Faba Bean:
 New Crop Contracts with XPT Grain
Delhi - Jumbo Yellow Pea This variety has a large seed size and yields have been very good for customers. An organic program with this variety is also available. For conventional farmers there is a No Glyphosate for pre-harvest program as well. Chris from XPT Grain 306-209-7746 or email has put together a program for Jumbo Yellow Peas in the past few season and farms have had success working with him. CDC Dorado yellow flax is an early season, high ALA oil content variety New Crop Prices New crop yellow peas are $8 per bu at many places, that is a pretty attractive new crop price for yellow pea even some green pea growers are switching over. AAC Chrome has been out main yellow pea but AAC Delhi above has been right there with it. The Brown flax new crop options, available with Johnstons Grain look pretty good. Brand new in brown flax this year AAC Marvelous looks to be the best brown flax in the market right now. Milling oats are around $3.50 per bu new crop depending location with Johnstons Grain and the best variety of milling oats that we have seen is CDC Arborg CDC Go HRSW & CDC Copeland Malt Barley We are doing a winter season run of CDC Go and CDC Copeland. We anticipate mid February to ship it out so if you want in on some excellent quality seed of these two varieties please let me know. We don't plan to have them available for spring shipping unless demand is higher than I expect for them. Clean Seed On Hand & Ready To Ship: We have AAC Chrome & AAC Delhi Peas, FB 9-4, Fabelle & Snowbrid faba beans, Redberry & LeRoy HRS Wheat, Alloy & Succeed VB durum & AB Cattlelac 6 row barley, AAC Awesome GP soft wheat, AAC Wheatland HRSW cleaned and ready to pickup. We are now cleaning CDC Dorado yellow flax.  Durum Options for 2021
We have had really good success with CDC Alloy Durum in the past couple seasons. It is a hollow stem durum that has Brigade & Strongfield as parents. Two seasons ago we had it yield about 2% more vs Transcend side by side. Another hollow stem durum is AAC Succeed VB with the midge resistant SM1 gene. It stands well, has large seed size and is slightly earlier vs some other varieties. Our solid stem durum is a new one this season called AAC Grainland, it is medium height and has the traditional black beards and solid stems to protect from wheat stem sawfly. Transcend is one of its parents. We have had good results with Manipulator PGR at 4-6 leaf stage (best timing is GS32) but if high fertility you may want to increase the rate or do two PGR types. We have mixed manipulator with herbicides and also used it on its own. Talk to the reps to make sure your tank mix works. I think even in dryland in a high yield situation it could add yield, even lodging is not as big of a concern, so maybe worth a trial. Launching next season we have AAC GoldNet hollow stem durum. Oats The oat market is very strong right now at $4.25 per bu with attractive new crop prices posted by Johnstons Grain. We have been growing a brand new oat called CDC Arborg. It has high test weight along with high plump seed counts. It has top yields and stands well. We have used Manipulator PGR on them for the past 3 seasons and lodging on irrigation has been manageable. We have used 25-30 plants per square foot as our target. Forage Oats The last few season we have had limited supply of forage oats called CDC Haymaker. It is the top forage oat for yield. CDC Haymaker has finer stems and better digestibility vs other oats and people have used them for double cropping or blending with forage/cover crops or on their own. Clean Seed On Hand & Ready To Ship: We have AAC Chrome & AAC Delhi Peas, FB 9-4, Fabelle, DL Rico & Snowbrid Faba beans, Redberry & LeRoy Wheat, Alloy & Succeed VB durum & AB Cattlelac 6 row barley cleaned and ready to pickup if needed. We are now cleaning AAC Awesome soft wheat with AAC Wheatland next. I receive this email from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and find it very interesting because it is research we as farmers don't get to see every day. Enjoy!
Greg Stamp Science News from the Prairies 2020 Issue #10 Cereal disease research at AAFC: The importance of monitoring Dr. Kelly Turkington, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada plant pathology research scientist (Lacombe Research and Development Centre) and Chair of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Oat and Barley, is among the many AAFC researchers working on initiatives to improve plant health on the Prairies, including identifying cereal disease races, assessing crop variety disease tolerance/resistance, and developing integrated pest and crop management strategies. For most cereal disease issues, effective management relies on accurate and timely information related to disease risk. For example, cereal rust spores are easily carried on the wind over large distances. Funded under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) Crop Agronomy Cluster, Turkington, with colleagues at AAFC (Ross Weiss and Meghan Vankosky; AAFC-Saskatoon Research and Development Centre) and Environment and Climate Change Canada, analyze the frequency and wind trajectory paths to determine the risk of rust spore dispersal from the central USA and Pacific Northwest to the Canadian Prairies. The results are provided as weekly updates during the growing season on the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network blog. This timely cereal rust risk information allows Prairie producers and agrologists to target key regions where critical in-crop scouting is urgently required to assess the need for fungicide application. Under the CAP National Barley Cluster, Turkington along with technicians Noryne Rauhala and Jackie Busaan evaluate breeding lines and germplasm from Prairie barley breeding programs for resistance to key barley leaf diseases including scald, net blotch and spot blotch. Improvements in the disease resistance packages of Canadian barley varieties leads to more sustainable and effective leaf disease management, while avoiding the need for in-crop fungicide applications. Turkington, with other Prairie barley pathologists, is also leading a companion National Barley Cluster looking at barley pathogen variation. This work is critical in terms of making sure that breeders and pathologists are targeting key disease issues, while ensuring that breeding material is being evaluated against the most representative pathotypes including more virulent pathogen isolates. In 2020 Interview with Grainews, Turkington addressed some common cereal pathogens on the Prairies, including leaf spots, rusts, fusarium head blight and root rots. These disease vary depending on province, region, cropping history, and weather conditions. According to Turkington, “Knowing what’s happening in your field and the nature of the pathogens you are trying to manage gives you valuable information about the need and type of an in-crop [pesticide] application, while also having implications for future crop planning and cereal variety choice.” For more information on cereal diseases impacting the Prairie region, check out the series of disease guides and recommended disease survey protocols that Turkington and Kathleen McHugh developed for the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network (funded as part of the CAP Integrated Crop Agronomy Cluster). Read more about Dr. Turkington's research, please explore the publications below: Clubroot: Movement of Plasmodiophora brassicae resting spores in windblown dust (2015) Fungicide and herbicide effects on disease and yield: The impact of fungicide and herbicide timing on foliar disease severity, and barley productivity and quality (2015) Winter wheat yields are increased by seed treatment and fall-applied fungicide (2016) Fusarium head blight: Diversity of Fusarium head blight populations and trichothecene toxin types reveals regional differences in pathogen composition and temporal dynamics (2015) Net blotch: Genetic structure of Pyrenophora teres f. teres and P. teres f. maculate populations from western Canada (2016) Prevalence of mating type idiomorphs in Pyrenophora teres f. teres and P. teres f. maculata populations from the Canadian prairies (2015) Sensitivity of western Canadian Pyrenophora teres f. teres and P. teres f. maculataisolates to propiconazole and pyraclostrobin (2017) Spot Form of Net Blotch Resistance in a Diverse Set of Barley Lines in Australia and Canada (2012) Virulence of Pyrenophora teres populations in western Canada (2016) Scald: Field Screening is Effective for Identifying Genetic Resistance to Scald of Barley (2019) Stripe rust: Yield responses in spring wheat and barley cultivars, varying in stripe rust resistance in central Alberta (2019) Tan spot: Race characterization of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis and sensitivity to propiconazole and pyraclostrobin fungicides (2017) Race structure of Pyrenophora triciti-repentis (tan spot of wheat) in Alberta, Canada (2013) Publications from AAFC scientists in the Prairie Region (available in English only) Crop Rotation Rotational benefit of pulse crop with no-till increase over time in a semiarid climate Forage Enhancement of total lipid production in vegetative tissues of alfalfa and sainfoin using chemical mutagenesis Greenhouse Gas Soil N intensity as a measure to estimate annual N2O and NO fluxes from natural and managed ecosystems Tillage and cropping effects on soil organic carbon: Biodegradation and storage in density and size fractions Insect pests Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) genomic analysis reveals putative cryptic species, population structure, and adaptation to pest control Effect of collection month, visible light, and air movement on the attraction of male Agriotes obscurus L. (Coleoptera: Elateridae) click beetles to female sex pheromone Resistance to pyridaben in Canadian greenhouse populations of two-spotted spider mites,Tetranychus urticae (Koch) Livestock Grazing diverse combinations of tanniferous and non-tanniferous legumes: Implications for beef cattle performance and environmental impact Lactation performance and milk fatty acid composition of lactating dairy cows fed Camelina sativa seeds or expeller Oilseed - Carinata Narrow genetic base shapes population structure and linkage disequilibrium in an industrial oilseed crop, Brassica carinata A. Braun Plant disease First report on the pathotype diversity of Phytophthora sojae in Manitoba, Canada Historic recombination in a durum wheat breeding panel enables high-resolution mapping of Fusarium head blight resistance quantitative trait loci Potato Effect of water soluble humic acid applied to potato foliage on plant growth, photosynthesis characteristics and fresh tuber yield under different water deficits 10(1). Remote imagery analysis Application of google earth engine cloud computing platform, sentinel imagery, and neural networks for crop mapping in Canada C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery for the classification of diverse cropping systems Characterizing spatiotemporal patterns of crop phenology across North America during 2000–2016 using satellite imagery and agricultural survey data Root-soil-microbe interactions Fungal Communities of the Canola Rhizosphere: Keystone Species and Substantial Between-Year Variation of the Rhizosphere Microbiome Soil fertility The chemical nature of soil phosphorus in response to long-term fertilization practices: Implications for sustainable phosphorus management *Ce document est aussi disponible en français. For more information about our science and researchers, please contact Media Relations at media@agr.gc.ca or 1-866-345-7972 Articles selected by Prairie Region Directors: François Eudes PhD (AB); Felicitas Katepa-Mupondwa PhD, LLB (SK); Scott Duguid PhD (MB) Questions? Comments? Please contact us as aafc.prdn-nrdp.aac@canada.ca Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X2 Canada Sent by aafc.prdn-nrdp.aac@canada.ca  The past few weeks have been mild, hopefully some of the snow is melting into the ground. We just cleaned AB Cattleac barley and have had many calls about wheat & durum. A fair bit of wheat and pea seed have been shipped and we are already doing some treating as customers pick up.
To ensure our crops (canola, quinoa and more) are storing well, we are rolling over the bins, even if the cables say it is okay. In addition we are building a fence around the house in the yard. Malt Barley Contracts BC 100 Malt Barley - MolsonCoors is looking for acres for malt barley. You need to be on irrigation and ideally in the highway 3 corridor but North & South of that also works. At the present time the contracts are only for Southern Alberta on irrigation, as there has been many questions for non irrigated or central Alberta. If you are looking for other malt barley varieties we do have AC Metcalfe and work with a partner on the varieties CDC Bow and CDC Fraser if you require those varieties. New Seed Treatment We will be carrying the new seed treatment from BASF that kills wireworms that eat the seed called Teraxxa F4 . Wireworms only come up to feed once in a while so this may be beneficial to reduce them over time. We also suggest that fields coming out of a forage crop are at higher risk of wireworms because they can build up over time in a forage stand. More info in this article. Triticale & Soft Wheat Feed grain prices are high right now, and we have had some questions on what the best options are. Some are going the soft wheat route (AAC Paramount & AAC Awesome are the top 2 varieties), while others are planing to use spring triticale. Sunray spring triticale can be used for silage or for grain, in drought years on dryland it has yielded about 40% more vs durum (2019). This season we grew it on irrigation and it averaged higher vs our soft wheats at 148 bu per ac avg on good land. (keep in mind 56 lbs per bu standard weight) Clean Seed On Hand & Ready To Ship: We have AAC Chrome & AAC Delhi Peas, FB 9-4, Fabelle, DL Rico & Snowbrid Faba beans, Redberry & LeRoy Wheat, Alloy & Succeed VB durum & AB Cattlelac 6 row barley cleaned and ready to pickup if needed. We are now cleaning Fabelle faba beans and then onto AAC Awesome Soft wheat next. Italian ryegrass has a fit for forage where a farmer does not want the grass to go to seed and also wants good forage quality as a crop seeded after something else or under seeded to it. In 2020 we had a customer buy Oryx Italian ryegrass to under seed with oats in May. After he took the oats for green feed he watered it and this picture below is 2 weeks after the green feed came off. This picture taken Sept 11 2020. Oryx Italian ryegrass is a diploid type of Italian ryegrass, they are more fine-leaved and dense in growth. They are more resistant to damage by grazing cattle. The diploids have a higher dry-matter content. Tetraploid varieties are typically darker and more broad-leaved, and slightly higher yielding with higher sugar content, better winter hardiness, and more open growth. We most commonly sell Harmony Italian blend Italian ryegrass as its a blend of of Diploid & Tetraploid types. For other cover crop ideas see: Cover crops   CDC Haymaker forage oats have forage or green feed advantage over other oats because the stems are thinner and more digestible compared to other oats. CDC Haymaker has higher biomass vs CDC Baler forage oats. CDC Haymaker oats are great for double cropping, silage, swath grazing, bale grazing, green feed, and forage blends with peas or other cover crops.   Dr. Kelly Turkington's chart on when to time fusarium fungicide applications in wheat crops and fungicide impact on reducing Fusarium impacted kernels.  Below I have posted a presentation from the Saskatchewan Pusle growers talking about fusarium root rots in lentils, ascochyta in chickpeas and lentils as well as root rot of lentils and other pulse crops. I found it interesting to look at so am sharing here:
 Yield and grade results are in! Details:
LeRoy at 25 plants per square foot observations: finished flowering later, 15% more seed rows per head but 40% less heads per foot of row. Vs the 40 plants. LeRoy at 40 plants per square foot observations: finished flowering earlier, 15% less rows per head but there is about 40% more heads per foot of row Thanks to P&H Vulcan (and Winnipeg) for grading the sample 403-485-2727 Wheat trials yield charts lower down in this email below this text. Thunder Seed Corn Let us know if you need a price on corn for grazing, grain, or silage. Early book, and early pay pricing is on now with deadlines approaching on the lowest prices. New is a grazing corn for shorter to medium season areas TH4076RR with slow dry down and great digestibility. Grain - TH4072 RR is 2025 CHU grain type with big cobs and fast dry down - could be used as a silage in short season zones - New! - Short Supply Grain - TH6875 VT2P is a 2100 CHU proven top yielding variety Grain - TH6977 VT2P 2175 CHU medium height, yield stable variety with top yields. Silage - TH 4126 RR - 2250 CHU - flint, big volume Silage - New: TH 6180 VT2P - 2300 CHU - flint dent, top yields - New! Grazing - TH4076 HDRR: 2150 CHU, high digestibility, slower dry down, full dent - New! Grazing - TH 4188 RR - 2675 CHU - long season, good palatability Let me know if you would like to try some of these on your farm. Other CHU's also available CL & RR Canola Seed We have pricing available on CL & RR canola from BrettYoung let me know if you would like pricing as there are some early pay discounts. In my opinion, the top CL for our area is the 5125 CL as its yield is the best for the CL segment. It is a swathing type. For RR canola I like the 6090RR or the 6204TF (RR) if you want a TrueFlex RR canola Clean Seed On Hand & Ready To Ship: We have Chrome & Delhi Peas, FB 9-4, Fabelle, DL Rico & Snowbrid Faba beans, Redberry & LeRoy Wheat cleaned and ready to pickup if needed. Next on the list is Sunray spring triticale. Let me know if you have any questions greg@stampseeds.com or 403-634-1586, call or text. Thanks, Greg  Variety Notes: We are growing midge tolerant varieties mainly because they are good varieties, not because we have midge in our area. It seems like the top new varieties are midge tolerant.. HRSW LeRoy VB - New! Stands better vs Brandon, about 1"+ taller vs Brandon, MR for FHB, Protein = to checks, Midge resistance Wheatland VB - New! Stands better vs Brandon, equal height to Brandon, I Rating for FHB, Protein = to checks, midge resistance RedNet - New! Highest falling number in registration trials, taller (lodging risk), MR for FHB, lowest DON (FHB) accumulation, high protein Redberry - Early by 2+ days vs others, High protein, some lodging risk (although was equal Brandon in our trials) MR for FHB Viewfield - Susceptible to Bacterial Streaming in some areas, high yields, I for FHB, stands and height like Brandon Landmark VB - Stands the best, I for FHB, midge resistance Brandon - Industry standard - similar to AAC Elie Durum Alloy - Top selling durum, some drought tolerance, Strongfield/Brigade are parents, customers with yields over spitfire and other types, MS Rating for FHB Succeed VB - Stands well, early maturity, midge tolerance, large seed size, MS rating for FHB Grainland - New! Not in our trial, top solid stem durum for sawfly = Dryland fit Precision - Industry standard We are about 85% done harvest and about 30% of our winter crop plan has been seeded. We have 3 varieties of seed canola on 4 fields to go, a barley plot, Arborg oats, & 2 fields of flax. Last week's smoke slowed us down, but we are going again! We have harvested some AAC Marvelous Flax and it has stood and yielded great for us. We had some customers trial it this season with irrigated field averages that are in the mid 60's!! It will be a hot variety this winter as bookings are starting. New Crop Malt Barley Contracts Molson Coors has been contracting the malt barley variety Bill Coors 100 for its Canadian malt program for the past few seasons. It yields very well, stands great & is very early. In 2020 our yields were in the high 140's bu per ac. New crop contracts will be available early this fall and they want to work with irrigated farms in the Southern AB region. If you are on irrigation and near the Highway 3 corridor please let me know if you may be interested, and your acres so I can put you on a list to give to Cody the new Molson Coors Rep. Sugar beets is a nice crop to have malt barley follow behind because residual nitrogen is often lower, but that is not necessary for rotation. If you are an existing BC 100 grower let Cody or myself know if you want to be on the list again and acres requested. Seeding Rates for Bill Coors 100 We tried to compare a lower rate (110 lbs) vs a higher rate (130 lbs) for seeding the BC 100 variety and it did not seem to impact maturity or yield. We thought it may because seed size is so large at 50-52 g/1000. The variety seems to tiller out very well and not need the higher rates. We may still stay on the high side but it does seem to do well at the lower rates also. AB Cattlelac 6 Row Silage &/or Feed Barley We have had really good customer success on launch year in 2020 with AB Cattlelac 6 row barley. Many took it to grain with great yields and those who silaged it were very happy with the results vs other crop types or varieties. It's a semi smooth awn, so it is good for green feeding and grazing. Those wanting to try a spring triticale for this use we do have Sunray spring triticale also. Allelopathy in Volunteer Rye We have talked to a few farms about volunteer rye next spring where they want to seed canola, there is some risk for allelopathy from the rye to impact the canola. It has been suggested to make sure the rye is fully dead well ahead of seeding the canola. If spraying do so 20 days head of seeding, if tilling there is not data but I would think a week ahead would be a good idea. CL & RR Canola Seed We have pricing available on CL & RR canola from BrettYoung let me know if you would like pricing as there are some early pay discounts. In my opinion, the top CL for our area is the 5125 CL as its yield is the best for the CL segment. It is a swathing type. For RR canola I like the 6090RR or the 6204TF (RR) if you want a TrueFlex RR canola Below: AAC Marvelous flax & Bill Coors 100 malt barley
We are about 75% done harvest and about 30% of our winter crop plan has been seeded. It has been a really good stretch of weather in our area. Irrigated wheat has been average, durum, flax & peas above average. Canola & faba beans looks to be average also. Dryland yields for early planted crops looks to be excellent in Southern Alberta.
We are cleaning peas and faba beans straight off the combine and clean test results are starting to come in on new crop pulses. We have had some customers try the AAC Marvelous flax and some field averages are in the mid 60's!! It will be a hot variety this winter. We decided to bring in a hybrid rye called Serifino from the USA, Its shorter vs Daniello and should yield more and have higher falling numbers with similar low risk for ergot as Daniello. Going forward we will be growing seed of both Daniello & Serafino. If you are considering fall crops like hybrid fall rye or winter wheat let me know! We also have KWS Propower forage type available (more details below) AFSC crop insurance deadlines for winter crops are Sept 20 for North of the Bow River and Sept 30 South of the Bow. You can seed later and still get spring crop insurance on it but you will not have winter coverage. Seeding late can be more risky if the fall is very cold like last year. There have been years where we have seeded into mid October with success but there can be more risk and you may want to increase seeding rates in October. If you feel it is dry in your area but want to seed a fall crop we have seeded into dry soil and then waited for the rain or snow to arrive to germinate it. Details on hybrid fall rye click here Wondering where to sell rye? Many brokers & grain buying companies, for milling & distilling as well as feed. The feed market is growing and can be attractive because of the big yields rye can achieve and less herbicides and fungicides needed typically. Rye is a scavenger so it is a more efficient user of nutrients and water making it yield very well for the conditions vs other crops allowing it to be competitive as a feed product. Details on feed use in Pigs, Cattle, Chicken rations Desiccation
Do you have questions about pre-harvest application on your pulse and flax crops? We have been getting a few calls and texts so I thought this email might be helpful. The biggest issue I will stress is to talk to your buyer about what they allow or do NOT want you using as a pre-harvest application as it may impact your markets. Keep It Clean has some good information as well. https://keepingitclean.ca/ Staging Guides
General Timeframes Spraying to Harvest:
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Flax guidance: https://flaxcouncil.ca/tips_article/swathing-desiccation-and-harvest/ Again, with sensitivity around pre-harvest applications talk to buyers and look at https://keepingitclean.ca/ We have harvested our dryland peas. AAC Wildfire winter wheat & Hybrid Fall Rye for grain & forage & AAC Delhi jumbo yellow pea are on the list for this weeks harvest. Irrigating is slowing down and has stopped on some crops. While the seed plant is busy cleaning pulses and fall crops now. Fall crop sales are really taking off ahead of normal as some land was not seeded on some areas of the prairies. Yields of the hybrid rye are making it very competitive verses other cereals on the farm. Further down the page I have details on how hybrid fall rye is sold and varieties. Pick up deals on peas for August & First 1st week of September: Below is dryland AAC Chrome Yellow pea harvest, we have clean seed awaiting testing and will have Aug & first week of Sept pickup deals on this variety. To keep the germination high we do not use grain carts and we clean seed off the combine. Yields are good, 60 - 70 bu per ac for field averages for dryland!   Fall crop bookings are happening fairly fast this season, we have had some very big yields from hybrid fall rye (as high as 14 MT on dryland south of us) and chopping has been going on for almost a month as people take it at different stages. I have been having swathing or straight cut questions on the hybrid rye and generally straight cutting is recommended. When letting stand wind storms can be a concern as it can make the heads hit together and it seems like rye takes a bit of time to finish the season. In Europe they will let these varieties stand and then harvest a couple points above dry (14%) and put on air. We don't get as much rain here typically so swathing can be an option and timing is similar to other cereals although it seems to need an extra day or two in the swath vs a winter wheat. For cover crops, or annual grazing blends or smother blends (brassicas, radishes, turnips, clovers, and more) check out the bottom of the email for details. They come in 25 kg bags and we can blend with fall or spring crops. We also sell in 50 lb or 25 kg bags sizes all the individual species. Dryland crops look big this season, some years we have been harvesting for a week or more already but this season we are a couple weeks away! Below is AAC Chrome Yellow pea on dryland:  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!  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:
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