• Started planting April 29, finished June 1. Only 3 rain out days where could not plant.
• Frost in May severely set back early seeded canola and winter cereals and hay.
• Cool days and nights in June slowed or reduced herbicide activity.
• Sprayed all cereals for leaf and head disease due to high humidity and temperatures. Sprayed virtually all of the wheat for midge. Yield tests vs untreated indicated this was a very good strategy to take. Up to a 15 bu/ac difference and a grade difference.
• Began harvest fall rye August 9, completed harvest Sept. 29. Rain delays accounted for 12 lost harvest days in that period.

WHEAT:

AC LILLIAN: Secan

• solid stemmed red spring wheat - resistant to sawfly
• very similar to Barrie wheat for yield and agronomics
• yield in the high 40's to 50.
• good disease package.
• has some lodging issues but more than makes up for it with sawfly resistance.

INFINITY: Canterra

• hard red spring wheat
• slightly earlier than Barrie
• yield in the 50's.
• good disease especially rust resistance.
• protein higher than Superb
• can have some lodging issues especially on headlands or highly fertilized areas.

AC VISTA: FarmPure

• CPS white wheat.
• main use now for ethanol production. Preferred wheat stock for Mohawk ethanol plant in Minnedosa, Manitoba. Can also be sold as non-board feed wheat to feed mills.
• 25% higher yield than spring wheats. Yields this year in mid 70's to 80 bu/ac.
• semi dwarf, bearded wheat. Can be easily straight cut.
• not tolerant to fusarium, maturity one day later than Superb.

5400IP - Viterra

• utilized in IP Warburton contracts with Viterra.
• very good yield, 50-60 bu/ac. Protein > 13.8%.
• agronomics very similar to AC Barrie i.e.lodging, disease, fusarium.
• good standability. We straight cut all of it.
• some concern with bleaching vs other HRS varieties.

CHIRAZ - Canterra

• likely entering into the "NEW" general purpose wheat category.
• medium height, medium maturity, excellent standability.
• yield 80 bu/ac.
• may have fusarium tolerance.
• entering 1st year seed coop this year. Certified seed may be available 2010.

GOODEVE-FarmPure

• HRS wheat with wheat midge tolerance.
• yield and agronomics very similar to Superb.
• non-bearded.
• early maturity

• 2 other midge resistant varieties from Secan

BARLEY:

MALT:
AC METCALFE - Secan

• most popular 2 row malt variety available.
• good standability but heads will break off if too mature. We lost 5 bu/ac this year leaving for straight cutting to avoid the wet, fall weather.
• good bushel weight but yield in the high 40's due to late seeding and slow emergence, heat, hail and shattering.

CDC COPELAND Secan

• second most popular 2 row malt variety available.
• good standability with improved shattering resistance vs Metcalfe. Minimal losses after standing through harvest.
• yields in the low 50's. did take a bushel weight hit on account of heat.

LEGACY - FarmPure

• medium height 6 row malt barley.
• medium maturity. Good yield - low 60's,
• didn't let it stand for straight cutting - tendency to break down.
• easy acceptance for malt and was a quick mover. All gone by November.

FEED:
2 Row:
CONLON - Seed Depot:

• 2 row, smooth awned feed/malt barley.
• excellent standability, bushel weight, kernel size.
• easy to straight cut.

FORAGE:
BINSCARTH - WWSC

• 6 row, smooth awned forage barley.
• good standing, high dry matter yield. Slightly better than Ranger, Virden.
• poor seed yield.
• great re-green potential for grazing post harvest.

OATS:

LEGGETT - FarmPure:

• high yielding milling oat.
• yield like Pinnacle with higher bushel weight and lower hull content.
• good resistance to stem and leaf rust.
• medium maturity.
• yielded 120 bu/ac weighing 42 lb/bu.

DANCER - FarmPure:

• very similar to Derby in agronomics.
• good standability
• good bushel weight.
• yielded 110 bu/ac weighing 42lb/bu

CDC BALER - FarmPure:

• excellent forage oat. Leaves like corn plants. Good standability
• Forage tests across the prairies show it as a good green feed or silage component.
• Forage yields 6-7 tonne/ac

PEAS:

YELLOW:
CDC GOLDEN - Crop Development Centre

• medium maturity
• good standability
• medium sized, round pea
• powdery mildew resistant
• yielded in mid 50's

CDC MEADOW - CDC

• medium maturity
• good standability
• medium sized, round pea
• powdery mildew resistant
• yielded high 50's.

GREEN:
COOPER - Canterra:

• tall green pea. Stands up well. Easy to straight cut.
• nice round seed shape.
• powdery mildew resistant.
• good yielding mid 50 bu/ac.
• does bleach fairly easy.

SPECIALTY:
4010 - FarmPure:

• excellent forage/silage pea.
• small seed size with lots of biomass.
• could stretch 5-6 feet long.
• high in sugar content.

CDC TUCKER - CDC

• yellow semi-leafless forage pea.
• biomass 10% > 4010.
• small seed size - low seeding rate.
• good standability.

AC GREENFIX CHICKLING VETCH - SS Johnson Seeds

• long vined, small seeded annual legume plant.
• excellent green manure crop providing most N of all annual legumes.
• tall, multi-colored flower - looks like sweet peas in the flower garden.
• grows up to 5 feet tall but falls over flat when maturing.
• supposedly has tremendous gopher and mole killing potential when early seedling.
• plant around 70 lb/ac.

SNOWBIRD FABA BEAN - Innoseeds

• zero tannin type, annual.
• medium height, medium maturity.
• seed size small for faba beans 260-280 g tkw
• should plant at least 180-200 lb/ac.
• very high N fixing annual legume.
• needs rain in August to fill to its potential.
• yielded 35 bu/ac. Top potential 80+ bu/ac.
• edible market with companies in Manitoba, most feed mills.

CANOLA - PLOT YIELD FOR 2007:

• planted May 27 with FlexiCoil 5000 air drill. 1 complete pass length of field.
• 205 mm rainfall in crop.
• wheat stubble - applied 100N 25P 0K 30S
• round up applied 3 X 0.5 l/ac in crop.
• swathed August 30, harvest Sept.25.

CANOLA MARKETING PROGRAMS:

• Superior and longer lasting flea beetle control than Helix or other canola seed treatments.
• Also noticed earlier emergence and more uniform and vigorous plant stands.
• Observed earlier flowering and maturity.
• For the few cents per pound extra would recommend this vs regular Helix treatment on any variety you are given the option of treatment.

• $21.99/ac which includes TUA + 2 applications of WeatherMax
• Syngenta will increase rebate with $.50/ac on their program "Premium Power Pack".
• Round Up and generic glyphosate price likely to increase 8-11% by spring of 2008 finally making this program attractive.
• application must be made before TUA is signed in June. Also includes RiskShare.

• offerred to exclusive Invigor customers.
• provides significant savings on seed cost and 160 acres of TUA
• may provide $2500-$5000 savings on 480 acres of canola.

• required to buy 20 litre of Dividend and Helix Xtra pretreated. Equivalent acres will then be paid out on use of either Axial and/or Horizon.
• buy from Sept.1 to Nov.14 and receive $2/ac off of products and $.50 off of TUA.
• buy from Nov. 16 to Feb. 15 and receive $1.75 off of products and $.25 of TUA.

• BASF now requires Clearfield Commitment Fee of $30/bag of canola seed.
• price reconciled at the time of seed settlement.

CANOLA VARIETIES WE MARKET::

ROUND UP READY:

• 7145 RR:
  • Hybrid
  • Medium maturity, medium height
  • Good standability
  • Good early season vigor
• 3465 RR:
  • Conventional RR
  • Medium maturity, tall height
  • Tremendous performance under good fertility and moisture
• 3455 RR:
  • Conventional RR
  • Medium maturity, long flowering
  • Very consistent yielder.

• 1855H:
  • Hybrid RR
  • Excellent yield potential
  • Very good lodging resistance
• 1852H:
  • Hybrid RR
  • High yield potential, good standability
  • Very tolerant to wet spring conditions.
• 1841H:
  • Hybrid RR
  • Long maturing
  • Superior standability, easy to swath
• 1768S:
  • Synthetic RR
  • Very high yield potential, medium maturity
  • Excellent lodging resistance
• 1818:
  • Open Pollinated RR
  • Great harvestability, short plant
  • High yield potential

• BIOBOOST:
  • Yield enhancing inoculant for canola. Avg. yield increase of 8%.
  • Produces better vigor and a healthier canola plant.
  • Helix fungicide compatible.
• ULTRACOAT:
  • Phosphate based seed coating used to improve the performance of seed
  • Helps with early seed development and root initialization.
  • Reduces dusting off of insecticide and fungicide seed treatments.
  • Available on top Brett Young varieties at no additional cost.
• 4414H:
  • Hybrid RR
  • High yield potential
  • Excellent standability
• 4362H:
  • Hybrid RR
  • Early maturity - good fit for winter wheat production
  • Excellent standability
• 997:
  • Open Pollinated RR
  • Medium maturity with vigorous plant development
  • Medium tall in height
• 719; 644; 612:
  • Open Pollinated RR
  • Various characteristics and qualities.

• 93H01:
  • Hybrid
  • Excellent yield, with early seedling vigor
  • Maturity similar to checks.
• 83S01:
  • Composite Hybrid
  • Excellent yield, tall straw but good lodging resistance
  • Very early maturing
• 73P01:
  • Open pollinated
  • Excellent lodging resistance, matures 1 day later than checks.
  • High oil content.

• Other varieties:
  SW3950, SW6802, SW Gladiator

• FORTUNE:
  • Very competitively priced OP RR canola.

LIBERTY LINK CANOLA:

• 5020:
  • Treated with Prosper
  • Only variety available as all others are sold out.

• Other Bayer varieties: 5030, 5070, 5440, 8440

• 84S01:
  • Synthetic
  • Competitive yield and early season vigor
  • Excellent lodging resistance

• 83S00:
  • synthetic
  • Excellent early season vigor and yield potential
  • Excellent lodging resistance

• 74P00:
  • OP
  • Excellent lodging resistance
  • Very early maturing

CANOLA - CONVENTIONAL:

• Hudson, SW Wizard

TRITICALE:

• AC ULTIMA
  • spring seeded.
  • high falling number, prone to fusarium
  • tall, bearded, excellent dry matter yield
• BUNKER
  • spring seeded.
  • awnletted variety, slightly better fusarium tolerance
  • earlier maturity, good stem and leaf rust resistance
• FRIDGE
  • fall seeded
  • excellent winter survival - far better than Bobcat
  • early straw development and good straw strength.

WINTER WHEAT:

• medium height
• good disease package and kernel quality
• qualifies for CWB select program providing additional $10/tonne premium

FALL RYE:

• medium height, medium maturity
• excellent kernel size, translating into good bushel weight.
• yielded 81 bu/ac
• won Grand Champion Fall Rye at 2007 Agribition at Regina.

PERENNIAL RYE GRASS:

• perennial turf seed grass. Underseeded to HRS wheat in 2006 with good establishment.
• great yield grossing 1100 lb/ac. Net yield 880 lb/ac @ .40/lb
• applied Headline fungicide this year in addition to 100lb N and Puma and Attain herbicide.

• Production Notes from 2006
• Production Notes from 2005
• Production Notes from 2004
• Production Notes from 2003
• Production Notes from 2002
• Production Notes from 2001