Choosing the Best Annual Forage Option in Western Canada: Barley vs. Triticale
Posted by Cosmin Badea on
Explore the differences between barley and triticale as forage options in Western Canada and discover the best choice for your farm.
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Barley Seed Posts
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What’s New in the Field This Year - CANTERRA SEEDS Experimentals
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Find out what we're testing this summer - a total of 6 canola and 10 cereals & pulses experimental varieties!
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Connecting the Dots with Malting Barley
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The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) released their 2023/24 recommended malting barley varieties list, with AAC Connect reaching a new seeded acreage milestone while AC Metcalfe has been removed from the list after almost twenty years.
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Why Use Certified Seed?
Posted by Charlotte Greenshields on
I have been involved in the pedigreed seed business my whole life; from growing up on a pedigreed seed farm, working as a Pedigreed Crop Inspector for CFIA and now as one of CANTERRA SEEDS’ Pedigreed Seed Territory Managers. Through all this…
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Why AAC Connect is the variety to grow on your farm in 2022
Posted by Cosmin Badea on
Regardless of the crop type, we all look for the Easy Button when looking for a variety to grow on the farm. We want to make sure that we can say that it was a great choice at the end of the season and not regret it in the fall. More often than not,…
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Summer Series: From Barley to Beer with AAC Connect
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Happy Canadian Beer Day! If you’ve ever been to one of our summer tours, you would know we’re never shy to put a cold “Connect the Plots” beer in your hand as we show you our latest and greatest products. For the last number…
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Intercropping, A Teaser
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Intercropping is planting two or more crops together that will produce a clear benefit to the farmer. About 85,000 acres of intercropping happens between Saskatchewan and Manitoba with the most common being a canola and pea combination ("peola"). Learn more about intercropping and what CANTERRA SEEDS varieties you can combine.
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What Are You Looking For in a Canadian Malt Barley Variety?
Posted by Rick Love on
When you are looking for your next malt barley, what are you looking for as a farmer in terms of agronomic performance, and as a marketer looking for malting and brewing opportunities? This is the question the team at CANTERRA SEEDS asks when we are bringing new malting barley varieties into our portfolio. Learn how AAC Connect leads our barley portfolio with attributes that work for Western Canadian farmers as well as maltsters and brewers.
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AAC Connect Named Next Generation Malting Barley Variety
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CANTERRA SEEDS is thrilled to announce the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) has named AAC Connect among the next generation of high-performing malting barley varieties for Canada. The 2-row barley was recently added to CMBTC’s 2020-2021 Recommended Malting Varieties list under ‘Growing Demand’. In a release, the CMBTC said, “Up-and-coming varieties such as CDC Bow, AAC Connect and CDC Fraser are among the next generation of high-quality performers.”
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Brewing Connections with AAC Connect
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This year, CANTERRA SEEDS will be brewing more connections in the craft beer industry. Back in 2018, our love of malting barley and tasty beers drove us to partner with Red Shed Malting and a few other contacts in the beer industry to create our first craft beer, Connect the Plots (see our blog post). After being enjoyed throughout the summer at fields tours and farm shows, we decided to continue our quest of seeing other AAC Connect-based beers come to fruition.