Exciting Times in Wheat!

Manitoba Agronomists Conference

Todd HyraBusiness Manager, Western Canada

December 12, 2013

It will be hard to go back to a normal year after 2013…

• 88-100 bus winter wheat• 70-85 bus CWRS Wheat• 80- 110 bus CPS Wheat• 85-125 bus GP Wheat

Where do we go from here?

• 2012 – End of the CWB, high prices, protein

premiums disappear, – Message - grow more wheat

• 2013– All time record yields, protein premium

widens• 2014

– ???

What do growers want?

• Yield, disease resistance, protein• IP premiums, market opportunities• Sawfly protection, midge protection

• Profitability

Shift in Products• No longer just yield and protein• No one product fits the west• Product groups filling needs

– MTW in Northern half of Saskatchewan– Solid stem varieties in Southern Saskatchewan– Short strong straw in AB and MB– High yielding GP in feed/ ethanol markets

SeCan Products 2014-2016

• CWRS• GP• CPS

– MR to FHB– Midge tolerance

• Durum– Saw fly tolerant– Midge tolerance

AAC Brandon (BW 932) CWRS Wheat

• An awned semi-dwarf variety with high yield• Parentage: Superb/CDC Osler//ND744• 105% of AC® Carberry across all zones in the 2009-2011

coops• 1/2 day earlier than AC® Carberry• Excellent lodging resistance – similar to AC® Carberry• Height slightly shorter than AC® Carberry• R to Leaf Rust, Stem rust, loose smut, MR to FHB• Protein 0.3% lower than AC® Carberry

• Year of Commercial Release: 2015

Pasteur GP Wheat• Wiersum Plant Breeding – The Netherlands• Exceptionally high yielding, late maturing, short strong

strawed awnless GP wheat variety• Parentage: Cadenza x (Palermo x KS91WGRC11) • 108% of AC Andrew, 116% of AC® Unity VB in Eastern

prairies, 103% of AC Andrew, 123% of AC® Unity VB in all zones in 2008-2010 coops

• Height similar to AC Andrew (2 cm taller)• VG to leaf rust, stem rust, I to FHB, low DON• Lodging – excellent better than AC Andrew• Late 3 days later than AC Andrew, 7 days later than AC®

Unity VB

• Year of Commercial Release: 2012

HY1319 CPS Wheat• A high yielding earlier maturing, very short strong

strawed CPS wheat• Parentage: 5700PR/HY644-BE//HY469• 106.6% of 5700PR (3.3% less than 5701PR)• Short - 7.5 cm shorter than 5700PR• Better lodging resistance than 5700PR• Two days earlier than 5700PR• Very large kernel• R to leaf and MR to stem rust (including Ug99), R to

common bunt MR to FHB, I to stripe rust

• Year of Commercial Release: 2016

HY1610 CPS Wheat• An exceptionally high yielding earlier maturing midge

tolerant CPS wheat• Parentage: CPS03hnF4 5123.032/5701PR• 119% of 5700PR (108% of 5701PR)• One day earlier than 5700PR• Medium height for CPS 7 cm taller than 5700PR• I to common bunt, R - MR to leaf and MR to stem rust

(including Ug99), • Variable response to FHB R, to MR, to I, to S• Variable response to yellow (stripe) rust VR, to I, to S

• Year of Commercial Release: 2016

AAC Raymore (DT 818) Durum

• The first solid stem durum in western Canada• Parentage: 9675-AP2/DT732//Strongfield• 98% of AC® Strongfield, 101% of AC Avonlea• Low cadmium • Very high test weight• Protein content slightly higher than AC® Strongfield• R to leaf and stem rust• Maturity similar to AC® Strongfield

• Year of Commercial Release: 2015

AAC Marchwell VB(DT 833)

• Western Canada’s first midge tolerant durum• Parentage: A0039&DB764D18/Strongfield• 101% of AC® Strongfield• Low cadmium • Maturity 0.5 day later than AC® Strongfield• Protein similar to AC® Strongfield• R to leaf and stem rust• Height similar to AC® Strongfield

• Year of Commercial Release: 2016

The Future

• Expanded CPS or GP less CWRS?• More freedom for plant breeders?

– Funding– Broader crosses

• Very exciting times for wheat!!!

Questions?