Forage / Silage Crop Trials
2025 Spring Blends Forage Trials
We have introduced forage blends into our lineup. This year Blair planted three different blends to get a representation of how they would grow together.
Blend #1 - CDC Haymaker forage oat, CDC Renegade 2 row smooth awn barley, 4010 forage pea
Blend #2 - CDC Renegade 2 row smooth awn barley, Trical surge awnless spring triticale, CDC Haymaker forage oat.
This blend would give you the option to spray for broadleaf weeds if you needed to!
Blend #3 - CDC Renegade 2 row smooth awn barley, Trical Surge awnless spring triticale, 4010 forage pea, CDC Haymaker forage oat, SU Performer hybrid fall rye, Tadeus fall triticale, AAC Awesome soft white wheat
Each of these plots were planted on May 27th, 2025 and harvested on August 28th, 2025.
For the percentages on blends, please visit our forage blends page on our website!
Blend #1 - CDC Haymaker forage oat, CDC Renegade 2 row smooth awn barley, 4010 forage pea
Blend #2 - CDC Renegade 2 row smooth awn barley, Trical surge awnless spring triticale, CDC Haymaker forage oat.
This blend would give you the option to spray for broadleaf weeds if you needed to!
Blend #3 - CDC Renegade 2 row smooth awn barley, Trical Surge awnless spring triticale, 4010 forage pea, CDC Haymaker forage oat, SU Performer hybrid fall rye, Tadeus fall triticale, AAC Awesome soft white wheat
Each of these plots were planted on May 27th, 2025 and harvested on August 28th, 2025.
For the percentages on blends, please visit our forage blends page on our website!
2025
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The forage samples from our demo plots included barley, soft wheat, triticale and oats. We cut out sections of the plots for yield and quality to compare each variety to each other. Each plot is taken at soft dough.
Barley was taken off July 30,2025 Soft wheat, triticale and oats were all taken off August 6,2025 Blair Balog our Seed Specialist has compiled the spring crop forage information in a chart for you to make comparisons from variety to variety and crop type. This in not replicated or scientific data, just side by side on small scale as we cut a 3'x10' spot and sent a sample to Down to Earth Labs to get these results. We did a PGR on one half of the plot to showcase lodging and a fungicide at the start of flowering over the whole plot BarleyThe barley plots were taken off on July 30th at the soft dough stage, a new 6 row smooth awn barley AB Fortify won the barley forage trial with CDC Durango and C15-314 tying for second.
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 
Wheat and Spring TriticaleThe wheat and spring triticale plots were taken off on August 6th at the soft dough stage. Surge spring triticale took the victory this year. It is an awnless variety that is great for silage and greenfeed.
Here is our lineup for our soft wheat, GP wheat and spring triticale for 2026: Trical Surge spring triticale - Awnless, great for silage and greenfeed AB Sunbeam spring triticale - Awned, dual purpose, high grain yield and great forage potential Alotta GP wheat - High grain yield with lots of forage potential AAC Awesome VB GP soft white wheat - Great for grain and forage AAC Galore VB soft white wheat - Replacing AC Sadash in our lineup, great grain and forage yields 
20242024 Stamp Seeds Spring Crop Forage Trial
The forage samples from our demo plots included barley, soft wheat, triticale and oats. We cut out sections of the plots for yield and quality to compare each variety to each other. Each plot is taken at soft dough. Barley was taken off August 8,2024 Soft wheat, triticale and oats were all taken off August 23rd,2024 Blair Balog our Seed Specialist has compiled the spring crop forage information in a chart for you to make comparisons from variety to variety and crop type. This in not replicated or scientific data, just side by side on small scale as we cut a 3'x10' spot and sent a sample to Down to Earth Labs to get these results. The plots received a PGR at proper timing this year, barley was still lodged at time of forage cutting, soft wheat and triticale were all standing at time of forage cutting. FB 23618, FB 23619, TR22669 are all experimental lines from the Olds College Field Crop Development Center and not currently licensed in the marketplace. 
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2023 Stamp Seeds spring crop forage trial
We took forage samples from our demo plots which included barley, soft wheat and triticale. We cut sections out by hand for yield as well as TDN, all samples were taken at the soft dough stage.
Barley was taken on July 26th, 2023
Soft wheat & triticale were taken on August 8th, 2023.
Blair Balog our Seed Specialist has compiled the spring crop forage information in a chart for you to make comparisons from variety to variety and crop type. This in not replicated or scientific data, just side by side on small scale as we cut a 3'x10' spot and sent a sample to Down to Earth Labs to get these results.
These plots were sprayed too late with a PGR which caused staging issues as well as re-tillering, these issues affected forage yields across the entire plot as each variety has different response to that type of stress.
*FB22816, FB22612, FB22613, TR22671, TR22669, T301, T313 and T319 are all experimental lines from the Olds College Field Crop Development Center and not currently licensed in the marketplace
We took forage samples from our demo plots which included barley, soft wheat and triticale. We cut sections out by hand for yield as well as TDN, all samples were taken at the soft dough stage.
Barley was taken on July 26th, 2023
Soft wheat & triticale were taken on August 8th, 2023.
Blair Balog our Seed Specialist has compiled the spring crop forage information in a chart for you to make comparisons from variety to variety and crop type. This in not replicated or scientific data, just side by side on small scale as we cut a 3'x10' spot and sent a sample to Down to Earth Labs to get these results.
These plots were sprayed too late with a PGR which caused staging issues as well as re-tillering, these issues affected forage yields across the entire plot as each variety has different response to that type of stress.
*FB22816, FB22612, FB22613, TR22671, TR22669, T301, T313 and T319 are all experimental lines from the Olds College Field Crop Development Center and not currently licensed in the marketplace
2022
2022 Stamp Seeds Spring Crop Yield Trial Data
We sampled our demo plot field with our spring cereals including soft wheats, barley, oats on it. We have taken silage samples for yield and also TDN and more at the medium dough timing for each of these spring crops.
Below this chart we have the fall crops silage data from this same field.
Blair Balog our Seed Specialist has compiled the spring crop forage information in a chart for you to make comparisons from variety to variety and crop type. This in not replicated or scientific data, just side by side on small scale as we cut a 3'x10' spot and sent a sample to Down to Earth Labs to get these results.
The CDC Arborg Oat data was not in the plots, but was near by from our main field as our filler crop, so may not be as comparable. CDC Renegade Barley was at a lower use rate and farther away from the plots so also may not be directly comparable. We missed taking the AC Sadash VB sample.
The plots were seeded April 28th, 2022 on irrigation and the wheats were seeded at 40 plants per square foot and the oats and barley at 30 plants (other than the CDC Renegade at about 20)
Blair Balog:
Cell: 403-634-4349 (calls & text)
Office: 403-739-2233
Email: [email protected]
We sampled our demo plot field with our spring cereals including soft wheats, barley, oats on it. We have taken silage samples for yield and also TDN and more at the medium dough timing for each of these spring crops.
Below this chart we have the fall crops silage data from this same field.
Blair Balog our Seed Specialist has compiled the spring crop forage information in a chart for you to make comparisons from variety to variety and crop type. This in not replicated or scientific data, just side by side on small scale as we cut a 3'x10' spot and sent a sample to Down to Earth Labs to get these results.
The CDC Arborg Oat data was not in the plots, but was near by from our main field as our filler crop, so may not be as comparable. CDC Renegade Barley was at a lower use rate and farther away from the plots so also may not be directly comparable. We missed taking the AC Sadash VB sample.
The plots were seeded April 28th, 2022 on irrigation and the wheats were seeded at 40 plants per square foot and the oats and barley at 30 plants (other than the CDC Renegade at about 20)
Blair Balog:
Cell: 403-634-4349 (calls & text)
Office: 403-739-2233
Email: [email protected]
AB Hague
KWS Kellie
Sirish
CDC Renegade
AAC Awesome
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CDC Austenson
Esma
AB Tofield
CDC Arborg
AAC Paramount
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