85 Advancing Seed in Alberta | spring.2018 BARLEY Variety Overall Station Years of Testing Overall Yield Yield Category: Nutritional Data: Low < 9.0 (t/ac) Medium 9.0 - 12.0 (t/ac) High > 12.0 (t/ac) CP (%) TDN (%) Ca (%) P (%) K (%) Mg (%) Varieties tested in the 2017 trials (Yield and agronomic data only directly comparable to CDC Austenson) CDC Austenson (t/ac) 10.7 6.8 11.4 14.8 10.3 67.2 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.2 CDC Austenson 41 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Altorado 22 102 107 98 102 98 99 101 103 100 92 Amisk 29 91- 90- 91- 92- 103 102 130 106 104 108 CDC Coalition 33 94- 96 91- XX 101 100 104 108 105 100 CDC Cowboy 33 101 102 100 XX 96 99 117 110 108 117 CDC Maverick 35 104 106 102 102 96 99 122 108 95 116 CDC Meredith 22 100 102 99 101 95 98 99 101 102 94 Canmore 22 99 101 95 101 99 99 118 102 98 102 Champion 22 102 107 99 102 99 100 103 100 102 99 Claymore 22 100 100 93 105 93 97 119 97 96 99 Conlon 27 86- 82- 88- XX 97 102 125 113 97 103 Gadsby 33 99 101 98 XX 96 100 127 100 96 101 Ranger 19 94- 91- 96 XX 99 99 161 105 122 128 Sundre 33 93- 91- 94- XX 102 100 132 106 112 113 Previously tested varieties (Yield and agronomic data only directly comparable to CDC Austenson) Busby 19 93- 87- 97 XX 100 99 128 100 100 103 Chigwell 19 90- 90- 91- XX 101 99 152 101 105 116 Muskwa 13 90- 89 90- XX 104 100 167 107 121 127 Ponoka 19 96 95 97 XX 97 99 148 103 104 115 Seebe 19 96- 95 98 XX 103 96 136 109 113 103 Trochu 18 88- 82- 92- XX 99 101 139 107 109 119 Vivar 19 93- 90- 94 XX 103 100 144 99 104 123 Xena 19 95- 95 95 XX 101 99 111 105 102 106 silage – performance trials