Canada: New variety aims to grab Prairie wheat crown

Published 2024년 9월 9일

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AAC Brandon, a popular Canadian Western Red Spring wheat variety distributed by SeCan, has been a staple in Western Canadian prairie spring wheat production for nine years due to its consistency and strong performance in various growing conditions. Its successor, AAC Westking, is anticipated to launch in 2026, offering increased yield and straw height, alongside maintained disease resistance and consistent end-use quality. Bred by Richard Cuthbert of Agriculture Canada, with development aided by SeCan in New Zealand, Westking showcases large kernels, indicating good drought performance and promising milling yield. The Canadian Wheat Research Coalition's support has been crucial in the variety's breeding, highlighting the collaboration's role in advancing wheat production in Canada.

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Can a single wheat variety become synonymous with prairie spring wheat production? If so, it would be AAC Brandon. One of the most widely grown Canadian Western Red Spring wheats in Western Canada for the past nine years, Brandon first hit the seed market in 2014 and quickly became a farmer favourite, said SeCan western business manager Todd Hyra. SeCan is the distributor of the variety. “Brandon has been a mainstay for us,” he said, adding it’s performed near the top of trials through both wet and drought years. AAC Westking purports to build on AAC Brandon’s advantages with more yield and more attractive straw height. Times change. For the past several years, breeders with Agriculture Canada have been working on a spring wheat with all the agronomic advantages of Brandon but with traits that address today’s challenges. It’s called AAC Westking, and it’s being multiplied by seed growers across Western Canada and in New Zealand in advance of its 2026 crop season launch. Westking ...

Source: UkrAgroConsult