(For more details, click on the variety name)

OATS

Range of maturities to fill forage needs. High biomass yield, grown for silage, grazing, swath grazing, and green feed bales

Variety Highlights Relative Forage Yield vs AC Morgan Relative Maturity

AC Morgan

 Strong straw and stay green leaves. Widely available across the western Prairies 100 Medium

CDC Haymaker

 The number one forage oat in Canada. Large leaves, tall plant 98 Late

AAC Douglas

 Strong disease package, white hulled, also approved as a milling oat or pony oat 106 Medium

BARLEY

The most versatile annual forage crop. Grown for grain, silage, swath grazing or green feed bales, high digestibility, early maturity

Variety Highlights Relative Forage Yield vs CDC Austenson AWN Type

CDC Austenson

 Top yielding 2-row feed barley 100 Rough

AB Advantage

 Dual purpose 6-row silage or grain barley. Tall plant with strong straw 101 Smooth

AB Tofield

 Dual purpose 6-row silage or grain barley. Shorter straw than AB Advantage. Good fit for higher moisture 101 Smooth

CDC Cowboy

 2-row forage barley. Performs well in drier or harsh conditions 99 Rough

CDC Maverick

 2-row forage barley. Performs well in drier or harsh conditions 101 Smooth

CDC Renegade NEW

 2-row forage barley. Performs well in drier or harsh conditions 106 Smooth

CDC  Churchill

 2-row malting barley that yields like a feed. Keep your options open - silage, feed, or malting 109 Rough

WHEAT

The strongest-strawed annual forage option. Best suited to silage production under high moisture and high fertility, normally harvested and chopped for silage, improved lodging resistance allows easier harvest and highest forage yields under optimal growing conditions

Variety Highlights Relative Forage Yield vs AC® Sadash VB Awn Type

AC® Sadash VB

 The most widely grown SWS in western Canada 100 Awned

AAC Awesome VB

 High grain or forage yield, fit for ethanol or silage, SWS kernel, but classified as CWSP, fair to lodging 107 Awned

AAC Paramount VB

 SWS with high grain or forage yield, fit for milling, ethanol or silage 100 Awned

TRITICALE/RYE

Grown for feed grain and forage

Variety Highlights Relative Forage Yield Awn Type

Tyndal Triticale

 Works as feed grain or for forage 100 Reduced Awn

AC® Hazlet Rye

 Fall rye can be spring or fall seeded to adjust grazing timing N/A Awned