Promising new varieties have seed companies hoping for brighter days for oat demand after acres dropped off by 40 per cent in 2022 to their lowest number on record. | File photo

Rethinking oats

Seed companies look to new varieties to get farmers excited about oats again

When this story ran in the New Seed Variety Guide it incorrectly identified FP Genetics. Oats have had a tough time of late. After reaching a 10-year high of 3.9 million acres in 2022, oat acres dove 40 per cent to 2.5 million acres the next year, the lowest number on record. However, with some […] Read more

Limagrain may have a limited release of its new lentil varieties this fall for 2025 planting, but a larger portion of the commercial release will happen in fall 2025.  |  File photo

Pulse grower-funded lentils near release date

Limagrain and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers say their new red lentil varieties will offer ‘significant yield improvement’

LANGHAM, Sask. — Saskatchewan Pulse Growers’ new breeding partner is poised to release its first varieties. Limagrain has small red lentil varieties ready for commercialization, Benzon Lorenzana, the company’s head of cereals and pulse research for North America, said during the Ag in Motion show. They will offer “significant yield improvement” for Canada’s lentil growers, […] Read more