Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR), the Western Grains Research Foundation and the Alberta Oat Growers Commission have announced $782,400 in funding for Alberta Regional Variety Trials. RDAR’s contribution is for $582,300 over three years.
The trials are independently conducted on small test plots at multiple sites across Alberta. They compare the performance of newly registered wheat, barley, oat, flax and triticale varieties with the performance of well-known cultivars and provide variety performance data collected using standardized protocols across multiple geographies and soil types.
In 2021, the Alberta Wheat Commission assumed co-ordination of Alberta trials.
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It will continue to manage Alberta’s cereal and flax variety trial system to ensure reliable data for Alberta farmers to use when adopting new varieties.
The results are published in the Alberta Seed Guide and are available at seed.ab.ca.
