b'from the table, removal can occur without a notification flag.the varieties designated to a class met the current quality Please note that under normal circumstances, removal from adefinitions and reflected the expectations of end-use customers table does not indicate variety cancellation has occurred.of Canadian wheat.Several years of advance notice is provided when this type of change takes place.It is important to note Variety Cancellation versus Reclassification that reclassification is not variety cancellation.Reclassified Variety cancellation (often referred to as deregistration) andvarieties may still be grown and receive grades under the class variety reclassification are two distinct processes that havefor which they are designated, but must not be misrepresented been subject to some confusion in recent years.Varietyby declaring their former class.Variety Designation Lists can be cancellation is a process in which the Canadian representativefound at the Canadian Grain Commission website at and breeder make a request to CFIA to cancel the registrationwww.grainscanada.gc.ca/en/grain-quality/variety-lists/.of a given variety. Under the protocol, a three-year notification of cancellation period applies to all crop kinds except hybridCanolacanola and rapeseed, which require a one-year notificationThe Alberta Regional Variety Advisory Committee (ARVAC) period. This timeline provides the Canadian representativedoes not take any responsibility for accuracy or validity of the and breeder sufficient time to ensure that seed stocks of thecanola performance data.variety have been cleared from the marketplace and producers have been notified, well in advance, to clear seed from theirDiseases, Seed Treatment and Seed Testingoperations. This facilitates planning and helps to minimizeDisease ratings are compiled from various data sources in financial risk. Notifications are posted on August 1 and theAlberta and other prairie provinces.notification period is from that date forward. Following variety L oose smut resistance ratings for wheat will not be reported cancellation, varieties are removed from the appropriateafter 2020 as it is no longer a registration requirement for Canadian Grain Commission Variety Designation List andwheat and routine testing has been discontinued.are only eligible for the lowest grade available. For moreTreat rye and flax seed to control seedling blight, cereal information please visit the Canadian Food Inspection Agencyseed for smuts and fusarium, canola seed to control flea website at www.inspection.gc.ca and the Canadian Grainbeetle, seedling blight and the seed-borne phase of virulent Commission website at www.grainscanada.gc.ca. blackleg.In recent years, several wheat varieties have been reclassified, Wheat with Moderately Susceptible (MS) or Susceptible (S)meaning they have been moved from one quality class toratings for common bunt should be treated with a systemic another. This process was undertaken by the Canadianfungicide as low levels of infection will restrict marketability.Grain Commission in consultation with industry to ensure Refer to labels for maximum storage periods of treated seed.Pedigreed SeedWheat: AAC Penhold & AAC BrandonBarley: CDC Copeland & CDC AustensonOats: AC MorganRick Kemp 403-318-1793, or Innisfail Seed Cleaning Plant [email protected] Twp Rd 355A, Red Deer County, AB. T4G 0H5Est. 1906Specializing in the production and processing of pedigreed seed.Glenn & Marie, Douglas & Heather LoganBox 249, Lomond, AB T0L 1G0Phone (403) 792-3696|Fax (403) 792-3397www.wheatcrest.come-mail: [email protected] [email protected]'