Spring 2011 seed.ab.ca
Alberta's Seed Guide

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• Pages 1-27  (4.62 MB)
  • Introduction
  • Table of Contents
• Making Glyphosate Use Sustainable - Canada is taking the right approach to managing this valuable technology.
• Wheat & Barley Research Gets Funding Boost - Western Canadian wheat & barley research and development programs recently received a big boost from the federal government.
• More Than Just Yield Data - Renewed Regional Variety Trials give growers useful information specific to their area.
• 2011 Seed Quality - Fusarium & fusarium lookalikes to watch out for in 2011.
• Seed Plant Profile - Direct Export Markets Bolster Profit.  One plant manager goes the distance for shareholders.
• Seed Prices - Hitting the Ceiling While Opening Doors
• Closing the Gap - Traditionally there has been a slight yield gap between malting & feed barley varieties, but according to many professionals in the sector, that gap is slowly closing.
  
  
• Pages 28-57 (4.61 MB)
  • Weighing Your Options - Food for thought when considering 2010 field trial data.
  • Cereals - performance trials & grower directory
  • Recommended Malting Barley Varieties 2011-12

• Pages 58-92 (6.27 MB)
  • Canola - performance trials & grower directory
  • Flax - performance trials & grower directory
  • 2010 Regional Silage Variety Trials
  • hay & pasture crops - grower directory
  • special crops - performance trials & grower directory
  • Hate Wheat Midge?  Hate Spraying? - Prairie wheat growers have found an answer with midge tolerant wheat.
  • On the Edge - Fingerprinting Barley, Protecting Pollinators, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Increasing Ag's Footprint