Variety selection is the second most important crop production factor!
Dr. Tarlok Singh Sahota CCA
Selection of high yielding varieties for your area is the second most important crop production factor after time of seeding. If a variety has an inherent low yielding potential you can’t get high yield from such a variety irrespective of the best time of seeding or best management practices. You need to select crop varieties based on location specific research, because a high yielding variety in another area may not give high yield in your area. Other important factors to consider selection of crops’ varieties for cultivation are marketing, crop maturity and disease, drought and lodging resistant. Based on the research at LUARS and grain/seed yield, following crop varieties can be recommended for cultivation for our area:
Liberty Canola: InVigor® L330PC, InVigor® L343PC and DK401 TL.
RR Canola: DK903TF.
Clearfield Canola: 5545CL.
Hard Red Spring Wheat: Brandon, AAC Westking and AAC Wheatland VB.
Spring Barley: CDC Bow, Synasolis, PSL Kerns and AAC Stockton.
Malting Barley: AAC Synergy and CDC Bow.
Barley for Forage Production: Synasolis, CDC Bow and CDC Copper.
Oat: AAC Kongsore and AAC Reid.
Soybean: S007-C2E3 and Badger R2X
Corn: ENOGEN/E44H12, DKC21-36RIB and DKC30-07RIB.
Winter Wheat Varieties: AAC Overdrive
Winter Rye Varieties: If you need higher grain yield, grow KWS Serafino and if you are looking for higher straw yield, then grow Hazlet!
Alfalfa Varieties: Response WT, Revolution MD, Elite and SW 4107.
Get seeds of these varieties from the reliable seed suppliers! For seed sources, check “Contact Information of Seed Companies/Suppliers” in the LUARS Annual Report 2025, or email me at tssahota@lakeheadu.ca.
“This project is funded under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial-initiative.”
