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Faba beans have been a favourite crop of ours over the years, and more local demand is being built now! Phytokana recently announced funding of a 30,000 mt dry fractionation facility for Strathmore!
Fabelle will be a key variety for them, faba beans are usually equal to above other crops in our net returns charts. If you want to get on Drew Sharp's contracting list for Phytokana's 2027 contracting program please email him or call / text him 403-828-6031 Link to the announcement
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Tim McAllister spoke at the Lethbridge Polytechnic’s Diagnostic Field Day a few weeks ago. His commentary that quality and feed value was tied more to timing than variety of a crop. Each crop type will have differences of course, but I think growing a few crop types for forage spreads some risk and workload. Article here
Check out our varieties of Hybrid Rye available for fall 2026!
SU Baresi (registration pending) We are launching a NEW Hybrid Rye - SU Baresi ! Seed production is almost harvested so availability will be late August
If you struggle with wild oats and kochia, a fall rye crop seeded on time (Aug 20 - Sept 15 in Central) (Aug 25-Sept 20 in the South) can suppress those weeds physically and chemically with the allelopathic effect from its roots. Often no herbicides are needed in crop the next season. Net returns can be good as well. (See charts below). Rye Agronomy: We have a fall rye FAQ page and a rye school video posted here.
This season you may consider fungicides on land you normally don't due to the wetter and variable head timing this season. Here is a fusarium head blight decision tool to help make that decision: https://prairiefhb.ca/
We get lots of questions about spraying for lygus bugs in faba beans as it can impact grade. For seed production the black dots on the beans do not impact germination but we do find that if you speed up the pivot mid season and apply less water per pass it can help push them out by watering the field a few times a week or more with less water put down per pass. Some farms tank mix a fungicide and insecticide together, Matador (lambda-cyhalothrin) is registered on faba bean. We find the lygus move out of canola and into faba as canola flowering stops so there is more risk around mid July. This coincides with when we usually see disease in faba beans show up or is about the last chance to apply a fungicide in faba beans for maximum results. I like to delay fungicide in faba beans until mid podding so the one pass tank mix is the best option I think Here is some research around environment and lygus related to faba beans. https://canadianagronomist.ca/lygus-bug-and-faba-bean-interaction-with-environment/ What is the Best Winter Triticale Variety or Best Fall Triticale Variety for Western Canada?18/7/2026 We have only sold winter triticale for 6 or 7 years, and volumes have grown to match our winter wheat sales. We now we have 3 very unique winter triticale varieties to offer! AB Windchill is launching this season, it is for grain or forage giving you more options. If you want our general winter triticale page click here: Winter Triticale We have Tadeus clean and ready to ship, and will wait for harvest and clean seed on the AB Windchill and TriCal Arctic. Varieties Available: TriCal Arctic (EXP 209) - New 2025
Winter Trit Survival Plan for 2026 This year was a tough year for winter triticale. Seeding depth & date had more to do with survival than variety it seemed, even on our farm. In our demo plots Arctic (formerly EXP 209) was a thinner plant stand vs Tadeus and AB Windchill (all seeded Sept 18 2026 at 30 plants per sq' and on the shallow side) This spring I did a video with Ted from TriCal (TriCal Arctic (awnless trit) - formerly EXP 209) to go over a plan for better winter survival in 2026/2027: Ted & Greg's talk : https://youtube.com/shorts/HutS7sxoQYM?si=86dUTD60s-z5QbHF . Key takeaways:
   July 28th Greg Stamp will be in Lacombe for the Alberta Crop Diagnostic Days at WCI Field Day to speak on triticale for forage use.
This research looks at the impact crop diversity can have on a farms net returns: https://canadianagronomist.ca/special-crop-diversification-can-increase-net-returns/ Check out this research on nitrogen losses bases on timing and formulation in wheat crops: https://canadianagronomist.ca/effect-of-n-fertilization-timing-and-formulation-on-n2o-emissions-in-wheat/ Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture is on the SPG podcast discussing acreage and the Canadian pulse crop as of late June 2026 https://saskpulse.com/resource_type/podcast/
Rayann, Blair and Greg will be at the amazing AIM next week all 3 days! Each day one of us will be in the SeedNet plots to visit with you so stop and look at the varieties! We placed 2 interesting varieties with SeedNet - A new unnamed barley that is very early, likes water, and stands and yields amazing, along with Trical Arctic Awnless winter triticale, as well as all the SeedNet varieties! Each day at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm, Greg will be talking on fall crop agronomy in the SeedNet booth. SeedNet's Booth Location is beside the Tool Centre building on the west side of the grounds.(Manitoba Drive and 1st Street) Google Maps Location  Do you want to feed rye? Or do you have a nutritionist wanting more information on feeding rye and grain or forage?
Please reach out to one of us for details of an exclusive event rye for feed and forage event. Rayann Cell: 403-894-7757 (calls & text) Office: 403-739-2233 Email: [email protected] Cereal leaf issues can start showing up any time, here is a link to a leaf spot scoring guide: details here I thought this was an interesting image below also that listed septoria, tan spot, stripe rust, fusarium, leaf rust in wheat.  Seed Yard Technician's Wanted We have 2 Positions open in our seed yard. One is temporary: Aug 15- Sept 30 and the other is full time. The role involves shipping seed, inspecting trucks, loading seed, moving wagons, filling totes, forklift work, assisting seed treaters and seed cleaners and more! Please share if you know of someone: video here  What is the best winter wheat variety to grow for 2026 and 2027 in Western Canada? AAC Coldfront Winter Wheat has taken over winter wheat sales for us, it's a little earlier, stands better, and yields! We also find less powdery mildew vs AAC Wildfire in wet situations. The GP+ programs for red wheats or the feed market makes it worth looking at seeding a winter wheat vs a CWRS. Seed is on hand now with fresh testing & is ready to ship.  Our fall crop demo plots were seeded September 18 2025 Blair took milk stage cuts on the fall rye plots on July 3rd,2026. This is a week behind last year (mainly due to rains making it hard to get into field) Milk stage cuts are done to capture top tonnage with still good quality in fall rye.   We still sell the MS Schippers 2.0 foam wash, we have set up kits and jugs of wash on hand. https://www.stampseeds.com/ms-schippers-foaming-wash.html  We still have some 2 row and 6 row barley available if needed.
I find 6 row varieties can tolerate heat stress much better early and mid season vs 2 row barley. The only downside to a 6 row is they can lodge or be lighter bushel weight vs 2 row if taken for grain. https://www.stampseeds.com/barley.html Here is a link to some recent research showing how spacial variability in no till fields can impact soil PH, nutrient stratification, and how pests interact with your crop: link here
We had some pictures sent in that seemed like it could be leaf disease on a wheat plant, but Dr Mike Harding out of Brooks helped us out: and it's possibly sunburnt. Water can sit on the flat surface of the leaf while the sun is out and stay wet for longer than normal acting like a magnifying glass. I had never heard of that before but it sounds like this is a possibility. Not everything is disease thankfully!   Cereal leaf issues can start showing up any time, here is a link to a leaf spot scoring guide: details here I thought this was an interesting image below also: Main Summer Plot Tour 1/4 mile West of Enchant and 1 & 1/4 mile North on RR185 July 16th, 2026 (Thursday) 9:00 am Coffee 9:15 am Start Spring Cereal Plots - CWRS, SWSW, GP, Triticale, Barley Ultra early CWRS & durum seeding demo - Seeded Jan 12, Feb 4, March 19 Winter crop plot tour - Hybrid Rye, Winter Triticale, Winter Wheat Lunch by Greta's Kitchen Pulse demo plot tour - lentils & peas (field 1/2 mile South) RSVP Here   AAC Coldfront Winter Wheat has taken over winter wheat sales for us, it's a little earlier, stands better, and yields! We also find less powdery mildew vs AAC Wildfire in wet situations. The GP+ programs for red wheats or the feed market makes it worth looking at seeding a winter wheat vs a CWRS. Seed is on hand now with fresh testing & is ready to ship.  This article had a quote that stood out to me and is so true:
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August 2026
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