Cereals and most crops have ratings for disease resistance, yield potential, straw height and other traits, but not drought tolerance. Right now, that sort of information is anecdotal
VIDEO: Cereal drought tolerant ratings hard to compile
Farmers rely on anecdotal information to select drought hardy varieties
Canadian Wheat Research Coalition funds AAFC variety development
The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition has pledged nearly $20 million in funding for wheat variety development over the next three years.
Mapping the genetic development of hemp
Hemp has potential for many markets, from grain to construction materials like hempcrete, but the varieties need fine tuning
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alberta-grown hemp has potential for many markets, from grain to construction materials like hempcrete, but the varieties need fine tuning.
AAC Westking vies for wheat crown
AAC Westking aims to surplant AAC Brandon as spring wheat of choice on the Prairies
Reading Time: 4 minutes New wheat variety AAC Westking aims to surplant AAC Brandon as spring wheat of choice on the Prairies.
New wheat on the block for sawfly, midge
Oakman, available for sale in 2026, brings insect resistance against two wheat pests
Reading Time: 4 minutes AAC Oakman, available for sale in 2026, brings insect resistance both sawfly and wheat midge.
Issue-solving durum varieties showcased at AIM
SaskWheat brought five varieties of durum wheat to Ag in Motion this year, with four of them being new to address different problems that producers face.
From AIM: New tech opens paths for canola’s next steps
After Bayer’s “dream team” panel of canola breeders and developers at Ag in Motion to discuss their work on “the highest-yielding DeKalb canola hybrid yet,” an audience member posed the inevitable question: What’s next?
New pulse varieties incoming
Limagrain has some small red lentil varieties ready for commercialization, Benzon Lorenzana, the company’s head of cereals and pulse research for North America, said during the Ag in Motion show.
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