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Low Levels of Blackleg Can Rob 20% of Your Canola Yield

Posted by CANTERRA on October 25^th, 2018

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Canola Yield & Performance

All canola growers are aware of blackleg but its impact can sometimes be under-estimated. Although genetic resistance and general understanding of the disease has improved in recent years, there were still some significant gaps that made it difficult to manage the disease with any precision. ‘Grow an ‘R’ rated variety and you should be fine’ used to be the best standard recommendation when it came to variety selection. Fortunately, now there are more tools that are available to growers that are better at keeping the disease in check, to realize even bigger gains.

All About Seed #3 - Plant Breeders Rights

Posted by CANTERRA SEEDS on October 15^th, 2018

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News

In this latest installment of the All About Seed Series, we provide an overview of Plant Breeders Rights.

CS2000 Compared to L241C

Posted by CANTERRA SEEDS on October 9^th, 2018

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Canola Seed

Recently, InVigor canola sent a marketing piece to farmers in Western Canada. It looked like this: Inside there are summaries of their Demonstration Strip Trial (DST) trials from 2017, including comparisons of CS2000, the clubroot resistant hybrid from CANTERRA SEEDS. It's not surprising that BASF sees CS2000 as the hybrid to beat. It's been a top product in the clubroot region of Alberta since its launch. The combination of yield, maturity and unique disease resistance simply cannot be beat.  But when we take a closer look at the yield data they included, we are concerned about the way CS2000 is being represented.

All About Seed #2 - The Importance of Harvest Samples

Posted by CANTERRA SEEDS on October 2^nd, 2018

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News

In this second installment of the All About Seed Series, learn about harvest sampling, and why it is important.

All About Seed #1 - Midge Tolerance In Canada

Posted by CANTERRA SEEDS on September 21^st, 2018

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News

In this first installment of the All About Seed Series, learn about Wheat Midge Tolerance in Canada.

All About Seed Series

Posted by CANTERRA SEEDS on September 21^st, 2018

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News

  At CANTERRA SEEDS, we are all about seed. The company was started by 9 seed growers, and today we have grown into the most diverse seed company in Western Canada. Our diverse portfolio includes over 50 varieties in 10 different crop types.... to put in simply, we know a lot about seed.

Wheat Standability in the Snow

Posted by Cosmin Badea on September 17^th, 2018

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Wheat Seed

Last week the Peace Region received an early dump of snow. Much of the crop is still in the field to be harvested. Amidst the snow, an interesting result that was observed by Jesse Meyer, our Peace Region Territory Manager, was the standability of AAC Connery. Compared to the other varieties on his farm, AAC Connery stood up the best, and was largely unaffected by the snow. This will allow farmers to get back in the field sooner, and will also help with grade retention.

Brian Knull Memorial Scholarship

Posted by CANTERRA SEEDS on September 13^th, 2018

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News

The Brian Knull Memorial Scholarship honours the memory of Brian Knull, our coworker and friend.  

2018 Local Trial Results

Posted by CANTERRA SEEDS on September 12^th, 2018

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News

Being a full portfolio seed company, CANTERRA SEEDS invests in a full network of local performance trials across Western Canada every summer. Some of these trials are managed by our in-house team, like the Success Site at Portage la Prairie, MB.

How to Estimate Your Soybean Yields

Posted by CANTERRA SEEDS on August 30^th, 2018

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News

There are numerous factors that affect soybean yields - management factors, weather, variety choice. But an estimate of your yield can be calculated by looking at the number of pods, seed size and number of seeds per pod. Here is a calculation that will allow you to estimate your soybean yield.