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Rayann did plant counts in the ultra early seeding May 22, here is her video on it The January seeded plots survived -20 air temp after germination, and the February seeding -15 after germination. When we target 40 plants per sq foot we build in 10% mortality on top of the target rate so that is what we may have 40 plants surviving in the plots. Below is here chart from May 22, and the air and soil temp from January.
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If you have a field of last year's Hybrid rye that is looking challenged and not sure what to do with it, reach out to the numbers or website below. Serafino: Click here Cossani or performer: Phone number on PDF linked below 
See attached PDF on seeding depth recommendations (lower part of PDF
This article talks about the impact of openers and seed treatments have when ultra early seeding: https://canadianagronomist.ca/openers-and-seed-treatments-investigated-in-ultra-early-wheat/t.
I have always been intrigued by controlled traffic farming to reduce compaction, place seed near past seasons fertilizer and increase water infiltration. Article here
The survey from this past season can indicate trends into the next year for PLW.
PLW overwinter in forages, and fly to peas and faba bean fields when the temperatures are warm enough (over 20C) in late April or early May. If seeding/temp timing does not line up the impact of PLW may be less. after the 6 node stage the crop is usually past the impact stage. https://www.alberta.ca/pea-leaf-weevil-survey Some really interesting stats from the Canadian Grain Commission on varieties, acres, quality and more across many crop types: https://grainscanada.gc.ca/en/grain-research/grain-harvest-export-quality/
I liked this article on personal branding and that it's something to be strategic about. We all have a brand whether it's our own or the company we work for, and sometimes they blend together. https://www.simplyws.com/wonder/personal-branding-in-corporate-marketing/
Many of you do these already, but I feel like there is still room for improvement including our own farm!
What's new with Greg for 2026:
Canterra has a fantastic lineup again for the 2026 season. Whether you are looking for a Liberty Link or TruFlex or Clearfield package, these are great options for your farm. Below are some of Blairs picks for the 2025 season! Pricing is available now. CS4100 LL - Great pod shatter protection, mid maturing with great yields CS3000TF – Great yielding, standing variety that has a perfect fit for straight cutting. Short variety which gives it excellent standability CS3200TF – Brand new variety that has a 7+ rating on pod shatter, great yield potential. Fit for long season areas. CS3300TF – Brand new variety that also has a great pod shatter rating, 1st generation clubroot resistance which makes it a great fit for Southern Alberta! Very early variety
Canadian Malting Barley Technical Center published a report on malt varieties in the marketplace.
Many malts are grown as a feed or sold into the feed market as well but if you want to aim for malt or contract for malt here is the list. Because of our booking software Seedtrakr we are starting to generate better statistics on our farm of what we sell and varietal trends. Does it tell us what to grow for next season? No 😂 : popularity, market trends, and luck play a large part on what sells for us. Below I have a chart showing the acres seeded by the crop we sell. We took the total volume of seed sold, divided by the average use rate of that crop type to make this chart. What's amazing is that barley is our top crop, and that no crop dominates our sales. In this link we also have it broken down by variety bushels as a % of that crop type so you can see varieties moving in and out of the lineup over time, some varieties are in and out fast! https://www.stampseeds.com/blog/sales-statistics-over-the-past-3-years-for-stamp-seeds  Chuck Penner was interviewed about selling crop based on seasonality vs trying to time a market and how it seems to work to follow past seasonality of the grain markets:
https://www.producer.com/news/grain-marketing-how-price-history-can-guide-better-sales-decisions/ This podcast is over a year old, but was pretty interesting around the future of seed breeding and doubling some crops yields: here
Here is an article on what this breeding can do: here https://www.ohalo.com Perfect Soil Conditions January 12th 2026 in pic below Ultra Early Seeding On January 12th, we seeded AAC Westking CWRS, AAC Oakman VB CWRS, and AAC Frontier Durum beside our winter wheats in our demo plot field. We did have a customer pick up seed this week and seeded a larger field near Taber as well. Why Are We Seeding Ultra Early?
 What the Futures Show has had a few great episodes recently. I listened to the Jan 23, 27, and 30th episodes, which all had something to offer! From USA biofuels policy impacting canola markets, to selling canola vs. wheat vs. yellow peas first, and targets, forward contracting, and fertilizer price run up. : Link to Show
Yield gains were shown in crops following pulse crops. Continuous canola showed a yield hit in wetter areas.
I did not see much info on canola cereal alternations. https://canadianagronomist.ca/tight-crop-rotations-reduce-canola-yields/ Faba beans can be grown very similarly to peas, but they do like/need mid-season moisture for optimum yields.
We grow them under irrigation. Common practices for our farm:
Ag Value Brokers has a rye with a price Indication:($6.35bu) $250/MT Delivered Lethbridge Area May-June-July. Picked up options available depending on location. If you are looking for different timeframes or market information reach out via text/call. Please call 1.800.679.2915 for more information or
Chase Honess P# 1-403-329-3444 C# 1-403-863-4079 Intercropping interest is growing and in some cases showing a net positive above the work it takes: Details: https://canadianagronomist.ca/intercropping-systems-in-western-canada/
Rye seemed to reduce the impact of flea beetles impacting canola but also seemed to pose a risk of competition. Details: https://www.producer.com/crops/fall-rye-and-oat-nurse-crops-show-mixed-results-for-flea-beetle-suppression/
The Alberta Seed Guide will be in your mailbox in January.
Starting with CWRS wheat, if you are in irrigation, or high yield areas SY Manness looks as expected, Stoughton VB acted like it did in our demo plots in the RVT as well. Alotta red GP did as well as AAC Awesome VB SW GP AAC Galore VB SWSW looked better vs expected compared to other SWSW's AAC Schrader is now the check for Durum and did well in the charts vs others, one discrepancy vs our demo was that AAC Brigham VB was our winner in our demo. AAC Synergy is the check in Barley, Esma showed well, and also CDC Durunago. For Oats CDC Byer milling oat looks very good and stands great. - CDC Byer is BYDV resistant for double cropping. AB Sunbeam looks great for grain Spring Triticale. For forage, spring trit TriCal Surge did great in the charts as well. The Hybrid Rye charts has KWS Receptor showing well, it's available from us this coming fall! For Fall Triticale AB Windchill launches this fall and shows well. CDC Proclaim CL small Red Lentils still shine in the RVT and are still a big seller! CDC Huskie Green Pea did well also. Here is the sneak peak of the RVT tables from 2025: https://www.seed.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/asg_spring2026_rvts.pdf We have a number of great corn varieties available for 2026, High moisture, mid season and low heat unit.
We also have a corn agronomy video you can watch here: corn varieties
Sarah Samp Farm Consulting was interviewed on a podcast recently to talk about how to take your first steps for farm transition and farm legacy: https://www.topcropmanager.com/podcasts/farm-transition-beyond-the-numbers/
These barley plots were taken off on July 30th at the soft dough stage. A new 6 row smooth awn barely called AB Fortify won the barley forage trial with CDC Durango and an experimental C15-314 tying for second. (This experimental is not available right now) I do think Esma and SY Stanza are still the best choice for forage on irrigation as they will stand better - as we did not have much lodging in this part of the demo. Here is what we have for our sales lineup for 2026 SY Stanza - replaces Sirish in our lineup Esma - Great irrigation variety CDC Durango - Great dryland variety that works under a pivot as well CDC Renegade - forage variety under irrigation, works great on dryland AB Fortify - replacing AB Tofield in our lineup, super smooth awns  |
AuthorsRayann Campmans - Seed Sales Specialist at Stamp Seeds Archives
June 2026
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