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1.      FEED BARLEY
2.      MALT BARLEY
3.      DURUM WHEAT
4.      SPRING WHEAT
5.      TRITICALE & OATS
6.      OTHER SPECIAL CROPS

We have an excellent selection of both malt barley and feed barley for sale this spring. Of note - we are excited to introduce "Cowboy" 2 row feed Barley. This barley is a new release from Secan and is only just available now.

Cowboy: Just released in 2008, this 2 row hulled forage type barley variety has high silage potential and good lodging resistance. It is a taller barley than average and has been designed to provide good yields with lower inputs and to do well on lighter soils.

Ponoka: This 2 row variety proves to be a good choice on irrigation or dryland for grain and silage yield and has a good disease resistance package to net blotch and smut.

Bridge: An older variety no longer listed in performance trial data. This has been a proven performer in Southern Alberta and that is why we continue to sell it. Bridge holds its bushel weight exceptionally well especially under dry conditions. This 2 row rough-awn feed barley is suitable for either seed or silage. Bridge has proven to be a solid performer in the field.

CDC Dolly: This 2 row variety has been a favorite with feeders for year.

AC Harper: This 6 row barley has a smooth awn and a plump seed making it good for either seed or silage.

Vivar: UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE ALREADY SOLD OUT OF VIVAR FOR THE 2008 SEASON: This is an excellent 6-row, rough-awn, semi-dwarf feed barley. An exceptional yielder in the field particularly on irrigation. This variety has very good lodging resistance to support the many large plump kernels that the plant produces. (It will lodge though in a high manure irrigation setting). Good silage yields on irrigation too with some customers reporting up to 4.5 Tonnes dry/acre.

MALT BARLEY
CDC Copeland: We have had excellent feedback on this 2 row malt barley. It yields very well in the field, and provides a plump sample and exceptional germination (both valuable attributes to malters).

AC Metcalfe: The most widely selected malt barley in Southern Alberta and Western Canada. This 2 row variety is well proven in Southern Alberta with a number of our customers selling their malt barley straight off of the combine.

DURUM WHEAT
DURUM SEED RATE CALCULATOR

AC® Strongfield: There is strong demand for durum this year with prices being so strong. AC Strongfield is an excellent high yielding Amber Durum with excellent protein and low cadmium.

AC Avonlea:With good lodging resistance and excellent color, AC Avonlea offers high protein and high yields.

Kyle: Kyle is a proven reliable performer in Southern Alberta with good yields and good agronomics in the field. Kyle is a variety that producers have come to rely on year after year.

SPRING WHEAT
WHEAT SEED RATE CALCULATOR

AC®Lillian: AC Lillian is an excellent yielding hard red spring wheat that is resistant to sawfly. It is not immune to sawfly, but the variety seems to stand up much better to sawfly than hollow stemmed spring wheats grown under similar conditions. It remains our best tool in the sawfly fight.

Superb: More Superb was seeded in 2006 by Western Canadian farmers than any other single variety of Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat, according to the CWB’s annual variety survey. Superb is a high yielding variety in low sawfly settings or on irrigation.

AC Crystal:

Prairie Spring Wheat is now being targeted as feed stock for biofuel at plants like PERMOLEX LTD in Red Deer. These plants are buying AC Crystal and other spring wheats. See their website at Permolex Ltd . Technical information on AC Crystal

TRITICALE & OATS
Triticale: We have two varieties of Triticale available this year with similar properties: reduced awn expression, standard height, spring tricale intended for use as a feed grain or silage. Also targeted at the expanding ethanol market in the prairies. The varieties include Tyndal and Bunker.

Oats:We may have some oats available for spring - Call us for more information.

We grow many other seeds including lentils, mustard, millet and safflower.Contact Us at 1-800-563-7333 or 403-223-3900 for availability and pricing.

For information on prices or seed availability
please call 1-800-563-7333 (1-800 JOE SEED)
or email us at Central Email

Note that Dividend and Raxil seed treatment
is recommended and available.