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Yield Guide & Dryland Durum

17/3/2025

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AFSC publishes a yield guide showing reported yields across all the risk areas of Alberta. I do enjoy comparing real world yields but some caution is needed. Some varities are more commonly grown in wetter areas such as the highway 2 corridor vs in at Oyen or near Lethbridge vs near Brooks on dryland. 
But sometimes if a variety seems well distributed and compares pretty close we can make some inferences. 
Grainland Durum was one that struck out to me, It is a solid stem and typically suggested for the driest of dryland so it probably goes on soil that is very dry.
​Last season I would ave expected Stronghold to beat it but according to these charts it held its own and in previous drier years it beat stronghold on average.
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Crop Intelligence Learnings

2/3/2025

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This fall we installed a crop intelligence probe in our hybrid fall rye plots via Western Tractor. I've enjoyed watching the soil moisture changes after irrigation this fall and snow melt into the soil being detected in the soil in early December. We are hoping we can learn more about water use timing in hybrid fall rye by using this sensor.
Note the flat period of soil temperature had snow cover:

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Drew Lerner on RealAgriculture About the Spring & Summer Forecast

2/3/2025

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Drew thinks the 8 year summer drought in the Southern Prairies might be coming to a close and is optimistic for our areas spring and summer. He also thinks there could be problems for some areas of the USA that could impact some markets. Details here: Interview link
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Winter Crop Planning Starts Now

2/3/2025

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Decisions this spring can impact your winter crops planning
  • Do you have a field with resistant wild oats or kochia on it?
  • Plan an early pulse in rotation with a residual herbicide to change the mode of action in crop, and follow with a hybrid fall rye
    • Fall rye grows earlier in the spring vs other fall crops and has the Allopathic effect to suppress weeds 
    • Seed early - Aug 20 in central regions & Aug 25 in Southern regions = tillering in the fall and fast growth in the spring
  • Seed an earlier maturing canola / cereal on land you plan to put fall crops on
  • Seed the fields you are planning fall crops on earlier vs other parts of your farm
  • Use an earlier forage crop like Barley, Triticale or SWSW vs a corn
  • You may be able to skip in crop herbicides by seeding early
    • A fungicide after flowering may benefit fall rye more than previously known (research still being done)
  • Taking seed home in totes / or bulk into fertilizer bins in June / July can save a step during harvest
https://www.stampseeds.com/hybrid-fall-rye.html
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Mustard 2025 Season

21/2/2025

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AAC Brown Elite - New!
AAC Brown Elite Hybrid Mustard is a replacement for AAC Brown 18. 
  • Similar yield to AAC Brown 18
  • Improved milling characteristics for end user
  • Good for straight cutting
  • Strong blackleg resistance
  • AAC Brown Elite: 115% of Centennial Brown

Mustard Agronomy
  • Avoid canola rotations - at a minimum make sure your field is 5 years out of canola.
  • Pick clean fields. In crop herbicide options are limited so broadleaf weeds are a challenge.
  • Use a premium seed treatment - flea beetles like early seeded brassicas (we have Fortenza Advanced and Buteo Start available but it needs to be booked very early)
  • Book seed early - last season we ran out of hybrids, booking early gives more choices such as bag size and treatment choice. 
  • How to choose your type:
    • Brown and Oriental yield more vs Yellow - but Yellow is often priced higher
    • Yellow may be possible to colour sort if there is canola in it. (Don't risk that though!)
    • Brown and Oriental mustard may be more straight cut suited - but we have straight cut yellow also.
  • Kochia is a concern in mustard - Authority is registered ahead of yellow mustard. We have done Edge ahead of yellow also & Authority+Glyphosate pre-crop and then just group 1 grassy products in crop.
  • Check your crop insurance numbers (even last seasons) to see what you are covered for. The net returns, found below for mustard, show it to be profitable.
  • Watch for group 2 residual in the soil, it can be best to follow a cereal.

New This Season: Buteo Start is available on all types of mustard for flea beetles & cutworm protection (as long as ordered early)

AAC Yellow 80 - Yellow Mustard - composite (up to 9% advantage)
​Andante - Yellow Mustard

Brown Elite - Hybrid Brown Mustard - hybrid (up to 40% advantage)
​Centennial - Brown Mustard

​Cutlass - Oriental Mustard
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​Forge - Oriental Mustard
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AC Vulcan - Oriental Mustard

Mustard Buyers: www.johnstonsgrain.com or view Sask Mustard's Buyers List https://saskmustard.com/grower/mustard-buyers-list/

Wanting more information on growing mustard? details here https://saskmustard.com/
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Soft Skills Are In

21/2/2025

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If you have kids, or are hiring, what skills are needed? Here is an interesting article from Harvard Business Review
Quotes from the article:
  • "In a recent ManpowerGroup survey of 2,000 employers, over 50% of organizations listed problem-solving, collaboration, customer service, and communication as the most valued skills."
  • Another: "Employers today are as likely to select candidates for their adaptability, culture fit, and growth potential as for in-demand technical skills"
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Corn Supply & Demand

21/2/2025

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This tweet talks about how tight corn supply and demand numbers are when China stocks are taken out of the equation with a thread below the initial tweet: https://x.com/kannbwx/status/1890060536123097131
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Yellow Pea Seed

21/2/2025

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Calls have been picking up for Yellow Pea Seed, PS Boost & AAC Beyond Yellow Peas are still available and ready to book/ship.
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Malt Barley

21/2/2025

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Malt Barley can be a finicky market and often farmers grow these varieties for feed as well. Chitting (premature spouting) can be a problem as well as high DON in some years, ergot, non barley grains, and low germination.
The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre has some great malt resources.
Not all fungicides that are resisted on wheat are registered on malt barley. Some PGR's are registered but ask your malt buyer before you use one. Details lower in the email on PGR use. 

Bill Coors 100 - early, malt barley contracts with MolsonCoors within Canada 
AB Dram - 2 row - non GN distilling barley & malting barley
SY Stanza - 2 row European style non GN distilling and malting New! (still in market development)
CDC Fraser - 2 row - big yields
CDC Churchill - 2 row - stands well
AAC Synergy - 2 row

Malt Barley Fertility
Lower in this email I have feed barley fertility, and generally 10-20%+ less vs feed is needed to make sure the protein is in the 10-12% range for maltsters. Too high and extract can be lowered, as well as impact the brewing process. 
https://www.syngenta.ca/agronomy/good-fertility-balances-yield-protein


AB Dram New Crop Contracts
Canada Malting is interested in contracting new crop AB Dram 2 Row Malt Barley at a number of its locations, contact them for details: https://canadamalting.com/contact/ 
It's a unique variety as it is a non GN for distilling and should perform like CDC Copland for yield and standability.
We have had yields as high as 140 bu averages with AB Dram and we do use Moddus PGR on irrigation to help it stand (but we do on all barley varieties).
2025 GrainsWest article on AB Dram https://grainswest.com/2025/01/good-to-the-last-drop-2/
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Big Feed Wheat Yields

21/2/2025

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Feed or the GP Red Programs can make you more money with less risk when the spread to CWRS is low as they are all about 20% higher yield vs a CWRS.
High plant populations, PGR's, and higher fertility is key to making these yield on irrigation. Dryland you may still need more fertility as you are aiming for more yield.

AAC Galore VB Soft Wheat - New! (coming soon) AC Sadash VB & AAC Awesome VB are parent lines
​AC Sadash VB Soft Wheat​​​​ - Trusted top performer (lower FHB resistance)
AAC Paramount VB Soft Wheat
AAC Awesome VB Soft GP Wheat - I for FHB and big yields 
​Alotta - GP Wheat - New, Red Spring GP Wheat 

The soft wheats/ triticale are often used for silage as well.
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2 CP Red 11.5+ Program

21/2/2025

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​2 CP Red 11.5+ Program
A few elevators have a GP Red Wheat Program (Winter, CPS, GP Red, CWRS) and is currently priced about 96.5% of CWRS.   
The prices will fluctuate but it may drive more winter wheat acres and maybe more demand for GP reds like the new Alotta (the new GP spring red).  I feel like the CPS market has dried up a bit as people are either growing the new CRWS varieties that yield like a CPS (SY Manness CWRS) or the GP reds that can yield up to 20%+ more vs a CWRS.
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Net Returns on Irrigation & Dryland 2025

13/2/2025

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Crop comparisons as of Feb 8th 2025 for net returns on both irrigation and Dryland.
Rent, overhead, machinery are not in these numbers and the yields and prices are complete guesses.

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AB Dram 2 row malt & distilling barley article

11/2/2025

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GrainsWest has a great article about AB Dram 2 row non GN malt barley.
https://grainswest.com/2025/01/good-to-the-last-drop-2/
Yields like CDC Copeland but has the unique market options for distilling with the non GN traits.
​ AB Dram 2 Row Malt & Distilling

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Canola to USA for Biofuels

8/2/2025

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Canadian Canola use in USA biofuels could be at risk due to changes to the Clean Fuel Production Credit changes. Details in this Real Agriculture Article
This leads me to worry about the canola market over the next year and more. Also a lot of canola meal goes to USA for feed use as well so that could be impacted if tariffs do come into play.
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Fertlizer Market Updates

8/2/2025

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Here is a video from last week talking about when you need to buy Fertlizer for this season and the risk of not buying now: https://youtu.be/gKtb1DHAq2E?si=ftvxN_D2RV9PxWtR
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Ultra Early Seeding Article

8/2/2025

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I love the idea of ultra early seeding. Remember when Brian talks ultra early he is talking Feb/ March, here is an article on it: https://www.topcropmanager.com/sponsored/maximizing-cereal-yields/
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Blending Solid Stem Durum Varieties

8/2/2025

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We have had a few customers blend 2 solid stem durums for dryland use.
AAC Grainland Durum is best when very dry (my pick for most years in S AB/SK) and AAC Stronghold Durum is best medium to wet areas (over 40-50 bu it is better vs some others).

So, to gain standability and top end yield as well as protect in lower yield situation some people are blending half and half of each! Personally on our dryland I would just use AAC Grainland because we budget about 20-30 bu per ac for yields for our light dryland. Last season we did get 53 bu avg with Grainland though!
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Feed Barley Varieties, Agronomy, PGR's, Tillers, Fertility & Pests

8/2/2025

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Barley is one of the crops we have later bookings for usually, but in recent years it's surprising how well it can fit into a rotation and price point when feed prices are good. Here are some varieties and where they fit.
  • All the European type barley can be slightly lower bu weight vs other barley and we recommend using them in medium to high moisture situations. They stand better and net returns are typically better even with tighter variety rules attached to them.
    • SY Stanza (new)
      • 2 row European style feed barley (or non GN malt)
      • stood the best and won our 2024 grain yield demo
      • grower agreement needed
    • Esma
      • 2 row European style feed barley
      • VUA on farm saved seed of $2 per ac
    • Sirish
      • Feed Barley
      • It can perform amazing but is easily impacted by stress periods.
      • grower agreement needed
  • AB Tofield
    • 6 row smooth awn barley
    • As long as there is later season moisture, 6 row varieties can withstand early to mid season stress better vs 2 row's
  • CDC Durango (new)
    • 2 row feed barley
    • Canadian bred so better bushel weights on dryland vs others.
    • Austenson replacement
  • CDC Renegade
    • 2 row smooth awn
    • Grain or forage flex
    • Grain yields like an Austenson but has swath/ bale grazing options
    • taller so perfect for Dryland, but can lodge on irrigation

Barley Agronomy

Barley Plant Population:
On dryland we see a wide range of plant populations from 12-28 plants per square foot target (I'd suggest about 20 plants). On irrigation we see 20 to 30 plants per square foot with 28 being pretty common. Where we see some changes are with European types and Bill Coors 100 where people are dropping plant populations lower because they tiller more. So 20-25 plants seems to be where people are going to on those.

Barley PGR's
We love to use PGR's on barley. Generally we like to use Modus on barley, its window is tight so make sure you are at the right timing: https://www.syngenta.ca/productsdetail/moddus/multiple%20crops#application We usually like to spray it as a separate pass from herbicides, although you can tank mix.
Sometimes we will even do 2 passes or 1.5 passes in crop depending on the lodging risk.
Here is a link to a lodging webinar we hosted: https://youtu.be/iFk9Y4YL4pg?si=WfWRV8nLLqSn8SLR


Barley Fertility
Generally we make sure there is about 250-275+ lbs per ac of nitrogen on our barley crops.
This past year we had high residual N in the soil and we do variable rate so here was one fields example:
  • 95 lbs per ac residual N
  • Applied 130-160 lbs of 46-0-0 in MRB and 80 lbs 11-52 with seed

Some years and fields we will place a lower rate of N at seeding so the tanks on the drill empty at the same time as the seed and then we come back and spin spread on at the 3-4 leaf stage and water the nitrogen in.

This article below showcases old research on advanced barley management's impact on yield, and I think it would be even more with the higher yielding European varieties:
https://canadianagronomist.ca/9-3-higher-feed-barley-yield-with-advanced-agronomic-practices/

And a barley fertility article comparing malts to feeds: https://www.topcropmanager.com/does-feed-barley-really-require-more-n-than-malt/


Barley Pests
Thrips can impact barley and we have seen them in the boot stage of the crop: https://www.syngenta.ca/pests/insects/thrips--barley/barley

Barley can be more prone to disease vs other cereals.
This is a crop where I recommend 100% of the time to seed treat as smut can be controlled this way. 
Net & Spot Blotch, Scald are main diseases of barley:
Here are pictures: https://www.countygp.ab.ca/en/living-in-our-community/Pest%20And%20Disease/Barley-Scald.pdf

A great disease diagnostic video for barley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2supHVg2Plc

Barley Agronomy from the UK
I was sent this link about barley agronomy & seeding rates from the UK for spring barley there and about tiller retention and found it interesting: https://lgseeds.co.uk/barley-yield-is-all-about-tiller-retention/
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Tariffs!

8/2/2025

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I feel that the threat of 25% tariffs have already had a long term impact on Canada. It will take some time to sort out the impact for farming for this season and next. 

Thoughts:
  • It may cause USA buyers to contract things in the USA like oats and other crops typically sourced in Canada.
    • This could cause next seasons prices to be lower in some crops if USA buyers encourage production in the USA.
  • Risk of tariffs may cause industry to plan expansions in the USA vs Canada.
  • Crops with other export options vs the USA or trade flow adjustments to crops that normally go through the USA, might be best to grow (many crops flow through the USA but are not used there). If more crops are sent via Canada, there may be more pressure on our transport system.
  • If the CAD drops and or there are not substitutes currently for what we grow and sell to the USA a tariff may not be as large of an impact.
  • Beef flow may be impacted in animals coming and going to the USA. Will that impact calf prices? And will it impact feed prices up or down?
  • Lots of corn has been coming into Canada, if that is restricted it could boost feed barley / wheat / rye prices.
  • The CAD dropped, that will reduce the impact somewhat on crop flowing to the USA.
  • A link to an article from yesterday on what crops would be hit the hardest: https://www.producer.com/markets/u-s-tariffs-would-affect-canadian-crops-differently/

Shawn Haney of RealAgriculture was in Cambridge Ontario for a SeCan Event Feb 4th, and talked about politics and trade.
A few key points from this presentation:
  • The USA wants to go away from integrated supply chains
  • Political back and forth could be compared to the choreography of wrestling in some instances.
  • Canada is in a bad spot due to parliament being prorogued.
  • Bill 282 to isolate dairy from trade would cause more issues of the USA with Canada.
  • A conservative government may not change the trade issues.
  • Agriculture is more tied to the USA for trade than most of us know and it keeps growing with a dropping CAD and close access to the USA.
  • ​The next 4 years will be full of turmoil in trade.
Links to some of Shaun's slides from the event: https://www.stampseeds.com/blog/shaun-haney-of-real-agriculture

Here is a link to a Real Agriculture article published yesterday regarding trade perspectives: https://www.realagriculture.com/2025/01/new-data-quantifies-canadian-farmers-concern-about-the-impact-of-tariffs-and-prospect-of-a-trade-war/
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We are Losing Options in Seed

6/2/2025

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Lauren Comin of Seeds Canada spoke at the Alberta BC Seed Growers AGM Feb 5 2025.
I have some images below from her presentation and I have said similar things to what she says. Here is my takeaway. 
  • We have not allowed competition in the breeding space (gov, commissions and others funding a public system have kept others out)
  • We have no way to encourage breeders to come here now.
    • VUA's are too cumbersome, require enforcement and have slippage.

​What do we do? (Gregs opinion)
  • We flip entirely to end point royalty on all crops. (unsure on Canola as it is already functioning as an industry)
    • ​​If we don't do this we will miss the chance to have a competitive breeding system where all farmers pay equality and new breeding entrants are drawn to Canada to breed for us and compete.
      • ​If we don't, the public system dies, and we have no options on seed breeding programs.
  • ​​Will some farmers be not happy with this stance? Yes.
    • But if we do nothing, we will not have the solutions needed in the future and or will not have any control or opportunity for competition in the breeding space..
  • ​Currently we don't know what we are missing in terms of yield gains, disease solutions and market opportunity because of the breeding system we have now.

If you don't agree with me, what is the solution?
​Earlier this year I wrote a blog post about this topic asking questions: 
https://www.stampseeds.com/blog/seed-value-chain
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Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture

5/2/2025

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Shawn Haney was in Cambridge Ontario for a SeCan Event Feb 4th, and talked about politics and trade.
A few key points:
  • The USA wants to go away from integrated supply chains
  • Political back and forth could be compared to the choreography of wrestling in some instances.
  • Canada is in a bad spot due to parliament being prorogued
  • Bill 282 to isolate dairy from trade would cause more issues of the USA with Canada
  • A conservative government may not change the trade issues
  • Agriculture is more tied to the USA for trade than most of us know and it keeps growing with a dropping CAD and close access to the USA
  • ​The next 4 years will be full of turmoil
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Durum Varieties & Durum Agronomy

31/1/2025

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The Durum Summit in Swift Current has some agronomy and breeding sessions. Top takeaways:
  • Bushel weight and thousand kernel weight has been declining over time which is a concern in dry years
    • I was wondering if our plant populations have increased and caused smaller seeds in dry years?
  • ​​DON has been decreasing but that could be due to drier years and or varieties improving. There were years when we were at limits for DON so the new I rated varieties like AAC Schrader, and up and coming Frontier
    • ​AAC Frontier is up and coming and had an I rating for FHB and also having a better resistance to ergot! It is a hollow stem though so not resistant to sawfly
      • Ergot thresholds are fairly low in durum exports so this will be great to have ergot resistance!
  • ​​CWRS yield gains have caught up to durum
    • possibly because there is broader germ plasm
    • ​possibly because variety adoption is slower in durum​​
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Durum Market Outlook

31/1/2025

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At the Durum Summit in Swift Current it was said that most events talk about durum as part of wheat, but here durum takes main stage! Marlene Boersch mercantileventure.com/about/ spoke on market trends in Durum
A summary:
  • Turkey exports will be down and EU production is down.
  • Global stocks to use ratio's are about 8% (anything under 10% is tight)
  • Canada is about 50% of the globes traded Durum even though we are not the largest grower of Durum.
  • USA is about 12% of our Durum exports.
  • Globally Durum is about 4% of all wheat grown
  • In Canada, Durum is about 17% of Canadian wheat production
  • Canada is 12% of total wheat trade in the world, but in Durum, Canada is about 50% of total trade
  •  Durum net returns should be better vs spring wheat
  • ​Suggested setting a price of $10 per bu for spot and $9 for new crop. (as of this presentation Jan 30 2025)
    • ​Durum trades at $1.50 over spring wheat roughly 
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Durum Summit 2025

31/1/2025

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I attended the Durum Summit in Swift Current SK, an event bringing industry, farmers, buyers, and breeders together. Keven Hursh talked about the state of the durum industry in Canada and Canadian agriculture.
  • Durum acres may be up slightly (even though AAFC thinks it may be down)
  • Trade war's will change the crop net returns vs these presented numbers
  • Nitrogen prices have softened over the past few years but are still high vs crop price drops
  • ​Some machinery has went up 35-40% for the same size of machine
  • ​The USA is the 3rd largest customer of Canadian durum at about 16% last season.
The Durum market can be very interesting as a seed grower, picking what variety or trait will be popular can be challenging as well as how much to grow.
  • There have been years where we sell triple the previous season due to prices or quality concerns in the market (like FHB / Sprouting)
  • What used to be one or two varieties is now 5-6 options due to solid stem traits, VB, earlier and later varieties as well as taller and shorter.
  • Disease resistance has become better with I ratings for FHB and a lower ergot risk variety (Frontier) also expand the options in durum seed.
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Snow / Water Forecast for 2025

23/1/2025

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Mediocre news on the water forecasting for 2025.
Most snowpacks are at the lower part of the averages so far. Lots can change as most snow pack comes in February & March so lots can change yet.
Reservoirs came into winter at higher levels vs the previous year, so that will help with 2025 water supply.
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Seed Treating

We offer a full range of seed treating and inoculant application options:
  • conveyor system for gentle handling
  • winter time treating with our heated facility
  • tumbling drum for mixing and even coating
  • automated flow control for precise rates
  • inoculants & polymer coatings for flowability & inoculant life span

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      • Soft Wheat >
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      • Malt Barley >
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