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A PLANNING TOOL FOR ALBERTA FARMERS

Yield Alberta — farm-level data under actual growing conditions . . . . . . . . 4 Heat, wind, dieases and pests . . . . . . . . . 6 Changes to Business Risk Management and AFSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Hail damaged record amounts of crops . . 11 Early seeding canola is usually best . . . . . . 14 Risk Area Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Variety Yield Tables Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yield Alberta is a publication of Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Correspondence may be addressed to: Curtis Boyd Project Manager / Policy Analyst Agriculture Financial Services Corporation 5718 56 Ave, Lacombe, AB T4L 1B1 Phone: 403 782-8288 Yield.Alberta@AFSC.ca

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• Risk Area 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Risk Area 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Published by Farm Business Communications 1666 Dublin Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3H 0H1 Phone: 204-944-5765 Fax: 204-944-5562 news@fbcpublishing.com www.agcanada.com

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Yield Alberta Farm-level data under actual growing conditions

elcome to the fourth edition of Yield Alberta, a joint publication brought to you by the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) and Alberta Farmer. This annual publication is one way that AFSC can share the data collected from the AgriInsurance program with participants, industry and researchers. This data provides a representation of farm-level data under actual growing conditions. This information may aid producers in their decision-making process, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to share it.

The data

The data presented in Yield Alberta is farm-level data for a given year. This data is presented based on (AFSCâ€™s) 22 risk areas. Yields are adjusted for dockage and test weight, but not for quality. The data is presented as reported by farmers, as collected from an inspection on a claim or as gathered through random audit. To ensure that there is a reasonable sample size, and to protect the privacy of producers, varieties are only listed if they are grown by five or more producers in a risk area. In general, the larger the sample size and the higher the number of acres reported, the more representative the yields. Where there a small number of acres reported, results may be more sensitive to growing conditions and field-specific circumstances. To ensure easy access to this data, staff at Agriculture and Rural Development have built an online tool for your use. This data is available at www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app96/loadrptinput.

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By entering their legal land description, producers may compare varieties by yield and cropping practices in an easy to use interface.

The articles

In addition to the data this publication provides, four selected articles have also been included which are both timely and relevant. An article written by Dean Dyck provides a brief summary of the 2012 crop year in Alberta, which was generally a good year for producers although there were some challenges including a record amount of hail. To elaborate on the hail experience we included a separate article describing the 2012 hail events and with detail on how insurance can mitigate losses. AFSC is a Crown corporation and is responsible for delivering many Business Risk Management (BRM) services in Alberta. With Growing Forward 2 coming into effect on April 1, 2013, we outline some of the changes that will take place and provide an overview of changes in the products that AFSC delivers. Finally, because this publication is providing farm-level data back to the producer, we include the results of a study by Murray Hartman on the effect of seeding dates on canola yields. Research projects that make use of this data have the potential to further the industry and it is important to share results with producers. We hope that you enjoy the articles and find the information provide here valuable. If you would like more information on this publication or the data, please contact Curtis Boyd at AFSC through: Yield.Alberta@AFSC.ca.

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The 2012 growing season was a complete reversal from 2011, which started poorly but had above-average yields

Heat, wind, disease and pests affected crops in 2012 by Dean Dyck, program development analyst, AFSC

n optimistic year from the start, 2012 opened with very good soil moisture levels in most of the province. Warm, dry weather during May allowed for seeding to be completed on time around the province. During June, temperatures declined and timely precipitation allowed crops to mature in good to excellent condition. The first two weeks of July brought hot, dry weather which was needed

to advance crops and yields were expected to be excellent. This weather continued into August, which advanced maturity but possibly caused shallow rooting. Diseases and pests such as sclerotinia, aster yellows and army cutworms began to appear. During the first week in September, strong winds in the South and Central regions caused severe damage to canola and barley in the swath. Warm and dry weather in the second week allowed for significant harvest progress in the province. By early October, harvest was virtually complete.

Yields

Provincial crop yields on stubble in 2012 were down from 2011 because of the impact of hot weather, diseases and pests. In percentage, Argentine canola, barley and brown mustard had the largest yield declines at 11, 13 and 21 per cent respectively. Hard red spring wheat was down five per cent over 2011. Durum, field peas, lentils and kabuli chickpeas were the only crops to have increased yields over 2011 (see table 1). Yields of all principal field crops exceeded the 10-year average except brown mustard. In most areas of Alberta, the 2012 crop yields were quite variable, mainly due to the extremes in weather conditions near the end of the growing season (see table 2). In the southern part of the province, yields for barley, field peas and hard red spring wheat were higher than 2011, but Argentine canola suffered an eleven per cent decrease in yield due to heat stress and sclerotinia. Central Alberta was particularly hard hit. Average stubble yields of barley and Argentine canola were down over 15 per cent from 2011, while field peas and hard red spring wheat suffered single digit yield losses over last year. Northern Alberta was highly variable. In the northeast, field pea and hard red spring yields were higher than last year but canola and barley yields were down by a minimum of four per cent, largely due to army cutworms. Northwestern Alberta saw declines in barley, canola and hard red spring wheat yields, but an eighteen per cent rebound in field pea yields. In the Peace Region, only field pea yields were higher than 2011. Canola yields were down slightly but barley and hard red spring wheat were down sixteen per cent.

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Table 1: Average Yields for Selected Alberta Dryland Stubble Crops Crop

2012 yield Bushels per acre

2011 yield Bushels per acre

% change 2012 to 2011

% change 2012 to 10 year average

10 year average Bushels per acre

HRS Wheat

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HRW Wheat

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SWS Wheat

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Durum

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Argentine Canola

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Barley

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3.4

Field Peas

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Oats

102

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Flax

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20.0

Brown Mustard

- 21

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Oriental Mustard

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Yellow Mustard

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Fababean*

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2780

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2346

16.3

Lentils*

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1486

1261

32.6

Kabuli Chickpeas*

1914

1719

1175

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Table 2: Average Yield Difference, 2012 vs. 2011 Region South

Barley

Canola

Field Peas

HRS Wheat

-11%

Central

-15%

-20%

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-5%

North East

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-4%

13%

10%

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-9%

18%

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Peace

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Cereal leaf beetle Quality

Based on the Alberta crop conditions report from 2012, overall crop quality varied as much as the yields. Most of the province harvested 1 CW for hard red spring wheat and barley and 1 CAN for canola. However, central and northwestern Alberta experienced lower grades all three crops.

Sound Planning

The 2012 growing season was a complete reversal from 2011, where conditions started poorly but yields ended up better than average. Weather and crop price fluctuations suggest that producers need have a comprehensive risk management plan to mitigate risk and protect profitability.

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A review of changes to AgriStability, AgriInvest and AgriInsurance for 2013

Changes to Business

Risk Management and AFSC

he agriculture industry is constantly changing and is influenced by everything from agronomic advances to weather and economic conditions. To support and adjust to these circumstances AFSC and the products that are offered must adapt as well. Growing Forward 2 comes into effect April 1, 2013, and is a five-year agreement between the federal, provincial and territorial governments. This multilateral agreement enables government to work collaboratively together to address common issues, discuss concerns and sets out the direction for developing the agriculture industry and the management of agriculture risk in Canada. Through the GF2 negotiations, governments were required to decrease funding for Business Risk Management (BRM) programs. The decrease in funding was necessary in order for governments to meet fiscal reductions. Furthermore, governments chose to move to shift available resources towards strategic initiative programs. Growing Forward 2 programs are shared between the provincial and federal governments with 60 per cent of the dollars from the federal government. The federal budget released in 2012 signalled the need for reductions with the requirement of $252.9 million from the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada budget. To meet the policy objectives and fiscal constraints AgriStability and AgriInvest will see program changes.

AgriStability

AgriStability provides whole-farm coverage for farming operations that experience severe margin declines resulting from increasing input costs, declining revenues and losses in inventory. The program will continue to meet these objectives under Growing Forward 2; however, some program elements will change. The following changes will impact the 2013 Program Year forward (fiscal year ends in 2013): • 70 per cent margin coverage: AgriStability will provide assistance once a producer’s margin falls below 70 per cent of their reference margin, subject to limiting. This change will target assistance to farm operations facing severe income losses. • Harmonized compensation rates: A producer’s payment will be based on a single level of government support (70 per cent) on any program margin decline greater than 30 per cent, including negative margins. Harmonizing the 8

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payment rate at 70 per cent simplifies the payment calculation and increases assistance in cases of negative margins, to those who are eligible. • Reduced fee: Based on the above changes, 2013 fees will be reduced. The annual AgriStability fee to protect a farming operation is lowered to $315 for every $100,000 of reference margin. • Reference margin limit (RML): Payment calculations will be based on the lower of the Olympic Average reference margin or the average allowable expenses in the same three years, subject to structural change adjustments. Reference margin limits have been introduced to reduce payments to producers who may have a margin drop but continue to make a profit, while ensuring the program responds to disaster situations. AgriStability will see program changes although it was important to remain consistent in the information and deadlines that have been in place. Tax documents need to be prepared on an annual basis for all farm operations, the supplementary forms required by participants may be completed by the producer or with the assistance of an authorized representative or a field analyst. Since July, 2006 AFSC has employed field analysts across the province to assist Alberta producers. To ensure that program changes are well understood and to learn more about what the program can offer them, AgriStability clients should contact their local AFSC field analyst. Whole farm programming provides assistance against price, production and expense risk. Producers are encouraged to do some scenario analysis to know how a change in price, production or expenses will impact your production margin.

AgriInvest

Just as AgriStability was changed for the 2013 program year with the implementation of Growing Forward 2, AgriInvest will also change. Beginning in 2013, producers will be able to deposit up to one per cent of the Allowable Net Sales (ANS) per year and receive a matching government deposit to a maximum of $15,000 (previously government matched up to 1.5 per cent of a producers ANS to a maximum of $22,500). To facilitate greater flexibility in how a producer chooses to use their AgriInvest accounts, producers are able to contribute up to 100 per cent of their ANS per year to a maximum of 400 per cent of their historic average ANS.

The interest earned on both the producer and government contributions grow tax free until this is withdrawn. AgriInvest funds are held within the producer’s financial institution and may be withdrawn anytime. Withdrawals are first drawn from the taxable government contributions and interest earned and then from the non-taxable producer deposits. While AFSC is not the program administrator for AgriInvest in Alberta, AFSC facilitates collection of tax data from Alberta farm corporations and is interested in ensuring that eligible participants are aware of program changes. Producers are encouraged to speak with their local field analysts to understand changes to AgriInvest. Producers may also wish to speak with their financial institutions to know what returns are expected from their AgriInvest accounts and what other tools are available in the market to meet their business requirements.

AgriInsurance

The 2013 AgriInsurance products will be consistent with previous years; however, how a producer chooses to use these tools may change. Evaluating the level of risk a producer is willing to take on may change with economic conditions. The business needs and risk preferences of a farm operation will impact decisions. Prices into 2013 are looking fairly positive and the insurable values associated with the 2013 crop year will reflect the forward looking prices. Crop Insurance proposals are finalized in March and spring insurance prices are posted on the AFSC website.

Lending

In 2012 AFSC launched the Revolving Loan Program (RLP) in response to Alberta producers’ requests for flexible access to funds. Similar to a line of credit, the RLP allows producers the ability to obtain funds for ongoing expenses and assets, while offering a fixed rate with terms up to three years.

Features: • Fixed competitive interest rates • Available in 12, 24 and 36 months with an option to renew • Re-borrow funds that have been previously repaid • 24/7 access through the new online portal for RLP clients AFSC has designed this program based on a demand from clients. This program provides easy, convenient and immediate access to working capital online when required. As a revolving loan, the program is designed to be flexible, revolving based on the clients’ needs.

Going Forward

As the agriculture industry changes, so too must risk management programs. This is true for AFSC as it is for every service provider in the industry. The GF2 agreement incorporates two additional clauses that are important to note here. GF2 mandates that government will re-examine the suite of BRM programs within 2.5 years of implementation to ensure an effective suite of programs, as well as the mandate to review the AgriInsurance programs and look to new and innovative products. Producers are asked to share their thoughts with AFSC to improve BRM into the future. For more information on any of the products discussed in this article, producers are encouraged to contact AFSC either at a field office, or by calling 1-877-899-2372 (AFSC). Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) is a provincial Crown corporation that works with Alberta’s agriculture producers and commercial enterprises to ensure they have the tools they require to run a successful business. With more than 50 offices located across the province, AFSC delivers income stabilization programs, provides insurance products and offers a range of lending products and services. 2013

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AFSC paid out nearly $450 million in hail losses in 2012 compared with the previous record of $265 million

Hail damaged record amounts of crop in 2012 b y Yv e s D o o p e r, r e g i o n a l f i e l d c o - o r d i n a t o r, A F S C

lberta saw a significant amount of hail in 2012. The media covered severe damage to urban areas including Calgary, Edmonton and Cardston, but hail hit the rural areas of Alberta as well. Many farmers throughout Alberta saw their crops battered by hail this past year. In fact, Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC), the Crown corporation that administers Crop Insurance and Straight Hail Insurance in Alberta, reported 2012 as a record year for hail claims. Hail claims began rolling in early this past year, following the first reported storm on May 23. The early-season damage observed was greater than it has been in recent years. For many clients this meant two visits from an adjuster to settle the damage from one storm and subsequent regrowth of the crop. After these early storms, hail continued to batter the province right though maturity. AFSC records show that hailstorms were reported on 98 days this past year. The last hailstorm was reported on Oct. 15. There were clients who reported hail up to six times on the same field. In total, AFSC paid for losses on hail on over 4.2 million acres between its Straight Hail and Hail Endorsement in 2012. That is higher than any of the previous 11 years on record. This represents 24 per cent of acres insured with those contracts. Put another way, 41 per cent of Straight Hail or Production Insurance policies received an indemnity for hail damage on at least part of its insured acreage.

Distribution and severity of hail claims paid by AFSC in 2012

More and smaller storms

Unlike 2008 & 2009 where a major storm travelled hundreds of kilometres destroying several hundred thousands of acres in one storm, 2012 brought more moderately sized storms. Hail was widespread across the province. All district offices had clients that suffered hail damage. The Municipal District of Spirit River was the only municipality in 2012 with acres insured under the annual program or Straight Hail that did not suffer any payable hail damage. The distribution of hail across the province can be seen in the adjoining maps. AFSC also broke the record for amount of hail damages paid out this year. Almost $450 million was paid out to clients in the form of an indemnity for their Straight Hail or Hail Endorsement contracts. This $450 million includes the variable price benefit that clients received this fall on many

crops after commodity prices rallied through the summer and fall. To put the number in perspective, the previous record was $265 million from 2008 when a major hailstorm rolled through the southern Alberta damaging many fields of highvalue specialty crops. The total losses paid for the hailstorm will increase as production losses resulting from hail are also paid out. Continued on page 12 2013

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Looking to the future

So what does this mean for the coming year? Does a year such as this make it more likely that next year will be a quiet year for hail, or is it a sign of global warming and more frequent severe weather events for the future? The answer to that question is really anyoneâ€™s guess. The impact on coverage and rates, however, is more certain. Producers in areas hit hard by hail this year can expect premium rates to rise. Hail premium rates are updated annually based on the historical hail loss experience for the township. Premiums paid for hail endorsement are cost shared with the provincial and federal governments, while there is no cost sharing of premiums for Straight Hail policies. Premiums for hail endorsement also include a factor for commodity price. Coverage under Straight Hail policies will be unaffected as clients can choose different levels of coverage up to a maximum. Total coverage for clients insured under a hail endorsement may also decrease slightly following a major hail loss, but there is a one-year lag in the coverage changes. The reduction of coverage following major loss events, like a severe hailstorm, is also offset by cushioning, where the actual yields that are used for individual coverage that are less than 70 per cent of the coverage are replaced with a yield that is 70 per cent of the coverage. In this manner a zero yield is not used when calculating individual coverage following a 100 per cent hail loss.

creating the Alberta Hail Insurance Board. The original hail program offered by the Hail Insurance Board still exists today and is administered by AFSC as Straight Hail. Farmers can access Straight Hail Insurance online at www.afsc.ca, through their AFSC District Office, or by contacting the AFSC Call Centre at 1-877-899-AFSC (2372). Once a Straight Hail policy is purchased, it takes effect at noon the next day. Hail Endorsement pays for losses that affect a portion of the crop, without offsetting production from non-damaged areas. It can be purchased as an endorsement to Annual Production Insurance, Processing Vegetable Insurance, Silage/Greenfeed Insurance and Corn Heat Unit Insurance. Production Insurance, including hail endorsement, must be purchased through an AFSC District Office. The application deadline for production insurance on annual crops is April 30.

AFSC hail insurance products

AFSC has been providing hail insurance to Alberta farmers on behalf of the provincial government for more than 70 years. It started when the province passed special legislation in 1938

AFSC records show that hailstorms were reported on 98 days this past year.

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Late seeding produced the highest yield in only five per cent of 70 site-years

Early seeding canola is usually best

b y M u r r a y H a r t m a n , oilseed specialist, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

arly seeding of Argentine canola (Brassica napus) is a practice that has been adopted by most producers. However, some questions or doubts have been raised recently about the consistency of early seeding canola in direct-seeded fields and in areas with frequent spring frosts that damage emerged canola. The optimum seeding date depends on many factors, such as: • the earliest date that the field can support tractor traffic, which depends on the amount of snow and runoff, soil texture, spring precipitation and temperature, slope, residue, etc.; • weather pattern for the growing season, including date of last lethal spring frost and first fall frost; precipitation amounts and timing; temperature patterns, especially heat stress during flowering and pod-filling period; • timing of disease, weed or insect outbreaks; • weed control methods (for example tillage requirements for conventional seeding); • maturity of different varieties; • farm and equipment size.

Weather patterns vary dramatically across Western Canada from year to year and area to area. Conditions in one year may benefit early seeding while the opposite may be true in another year. This variation is evident in research on seeding dates for canola in Western Canada. When I wrote Chapter 8 in the Canola Growers Manual 2003 edition (available at http://canolacouncil.org) I reviewed 16 different B. napus spring seeding date experiments (total of 70 site years) across Western Canada. In 55 per cent of the trials, early seeding produced the highest yield, whereas normal seeding dates yielded highest in 30 per cent of the cases. Late seeding produced the highest yield in only five per cent of the cases. Approximately 10 per cent of the time, seeding date did not significantly affect yield. There has been subsequent research that generally supports the idea that early seeding is best.

Crop insurance data

Early-seeding yield advantages have also been supported by crop insurance records on the Prairies. I summarized three years of AFSC data (1999-2001) about a decade ago

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Figure 2. Seeding Systems for Canola in Black Soil Zone

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and found early seeding benefits. But that study was limited to just three years, and there were significant droughts during those years in some parts of Alberta. Also, direct seeding at that time was a minority practice, whereas now it is common. To answer the recent questions about early seeding of canola in direct-seeded fields, a longer-term analysis (2002-2011) was completed from AFSC-insured field records. The year 2005 is excluded because relevant categories were not required on producer reports in that year. The records were summarized by seeding week and seeding system in each soil zone, and cases where producers reported the same yield on all canola fields in a given year were filtered out. Yield data for each week are shown in the nine-year summary only if more than 100 records were present. In this article, data will be highlighted from two soil zones in western Alberta that typically experience higher residues, cold spring soil and late-spring frost damage, and where conventional tillage is still practised. About 36,000 field records were analyzed in these two zones over the nine-year period.

Black chernozem / black dark gray wooded soil zones (west half) These highly productive soil zones mostly coincide with risk areas 1,5,7,10 and 11 (see map on page 22) and often have the highest canola yields in Western Canada outside of irrigation. This black zone in west-central and southwestern Alberta still has the most conventional tillage seeding methods of all Alberta regions due to high straw amounts and typically cold, wet spring conditions. Figures 1 and 2 show that conventional tillage is declining in popularity compared to direct seeding and reducedtillage methods. Direct seeding usage has surpassed reduced tillage methods in the past few years. In this area over this nine-year period, most canola fields were seeded from May 8-21 (Figures 3 and 4) with no real differences in the weekly pattern among seeding systems. There wasnâ€™t any notable delay to seeding with direct seeding or reduced till compared to conventional tillage. Continued on page 16

Figure 3. Canola Seeding Date Pattern on Stubble Black Dark Gray West Soil Zone 2002-2011 excluding 2005 4000

Figure 4. Canola Seeding Date Pattern Black Soil Zone 2002-2011 excluding 2005

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Continued from page 15 Average canola yields were very similar for direct seeded and reduced till over the nine years, and both were generally higher than conventional tillage, especially in the black dark gray zone (Figures 5 and 6). Long-term average yield clearly declines in all systems with late seeding. Very early seeding before May 1 lowered yield under reduced till and conventional till whereas yield increased under direct seeding. However, the number of cases are relatively fewer at very early or late seeding dates and thus these averages may be less reliable.

This data disagrees with the idea that direct seeding canola often suffers more yield impacts from spring frost damage and cold soil than well-tilled soils when seeded early. In fact the data suggests the opposite. There were odd years when spring conditions hurt early seeding under direct-seed systems compared to reduced or conventional till, but in most years this did not occur and management decisions should be geared toward the most probable outcomes. When individual years are considered, only 2002 showed a significant disadvantage for early seeding, but this was a drought-affected year with low yields. In the other eight years, about half showed a yield advantage for early seeding whereas the yield was similar to mid-season dates in the other years. The data from these nine years in these soil zones shows that early seeding should produce higher canola yield when averaged over many conditions in the long term. The early seeding advantage for canola is also evident in the other zones of Alberta: black /dark gray east, thin black, dark brown and the gray wooded soils in the Peace region. In these areas, direct seeding is the most popular system and enjoys a yield advantage over both reduced and conventional till. From past research studies and analyses of crop insurance information, early seeding is desirable for most crops in all regions of Alberta. This is especially true in short frostfree areas due to the risk of fall frost damaging yield and quality, or in arid areas where high summer temperatures adversely affect flowering/heading and seed development. Early seeding is a good management practice that improves yield and quality without extra cost. However, time and spring weather usually limits farmers from seeding every crop and field early. Thus, producers must choose which crops to seed first. Crops with the highest value and at the most risk from quality losses due to adverse fall weather should be seeded first. Canola definitely fits this category under current crop prices.

Figure 5. Canola Yield on Stubble by Seeding Date Black Dark Gray West Soil Zone 2002-2011 excluding 2005 45

Figure 6. Canola Yield by Seeding Week Black Soil Zone 2002-2011 excluding 2005 45

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ALBERTA CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — — 42 431,875 L150 — — 44 288,219 — 35 40 284,215 73-45 RR 5440 33 45 42 767,798 L120 — — — — VT 500 G — — — — 45S52 — — 43 22,256 45H29 28 44 39 159,615 73-15 RR — — 43 668 72-65 RR 25 39 36 276,466 L135 C — — — — VR 9553 G — — — — VR 9559 G — — — — 73-55 RR — 41 38 94,712 45H31 — — 43 527 73-75 RR — — 42 1,555 43E01 24 24 29 26,634 1918 — — 34 23,382 6040 RR — 37 38 37,568 VR 9350 G — — — — L159 — — — — 1012 RR — — 36 1,548 45H26 30 34 33 65,579 45S51 32 37 41 46,220 — — 39 19,174 6060 RR VT Barrier — — 30 35,536 5770 — 47 43 112,447 VT Remarkable — — 32 44,696 VR 9558 GC — — — — D3153 — — 37 123 1990 — — — — 45H73 24 36 33 15,916 8440 33 44 41 129,682 5020 30 36 39 248,305 — — 39 2,434 1014 RR 73-67 RR — 46 37 31,847 27 29 35 61,964 72-35 RR 5525 CL — 31 38 21,887 L154 — — — — v1040 — 28 — — 9590 32 44 41 95,233 — 47 44 18,100 73-77 RR 1980 — — — — 34-65 23 33 29 45,873 45H28 30 36 35 61,853 — — — — VR 9560 CL 71-45RR 30 33 36 54,415 1970 — — 42 9,190 500 — — 34 10,224 5535 CL — — 32 1,663 94H04 — — 35 6,854 46A76 23 30 34 9,727 9550 28 39 37 7,020 2012 CL — — 38 3,190 5030 33 44 38 41,911 1818 24 34 31 29,011 — 40 38 16,046 73-65 RR 997 RR 23 28 26 12,009 1145 — 43 — — D3152 — 37 — — — 32 25 3,415 6020 RR Red River 1997 — — 28 4,967 VR 9557 GS — — — — D3151 33 35 35 21,320 24 27 36 11,424 71-40 CL v1037 28 33 31 11,278 24 34 26 20,075 4414 RR 72-55 RR 29 35 36 63,159 1956 — 38 35 7,851 — — 35 9,072 NX4-205 CL

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 36 799,147 35 615,641 34 606,569 35 351,674 33 342,535 32 171,600 34 137,557 35 115,805 31 109,748 34 83,227 68,831 40 58,580 32 33 57,797 54,936 33 34 49,368 43,385 32 28 38,195 29 37,173 33 34,369 28 33,368 36 33,192 33,026 35 30 31,076 31 30,354 35 30,092 22 30,090 34 28,958 28 27,366 38 25,287 35 24,243 33 23,496 33 21,564 34 21,235 31 19,674 30 19,542 34 19,150 28 18,919 29 18,451 34 17,402 30 17,124 32 17,007 36 16,768 34 16,636 28 13,892 32 12,950 35 12,906 33 12,248 32 11,625 30 11,063 29 10,822 28 9,629 28 9,175 31 9,120 31 8,928 34 8,680 30 8,470 35 8,320 27 8,309 32 8,073 41 7,828 28 7,815 26 7,189 36 7,098 27 6,984 32 6,556 27 6,346 26 5,919 31 5,715 29 5,038 24 5,017

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 9551 20 34 30 11,108 1950 — 39 39 29,792 Early One — — 25 11,139 45A71 16 26 25 6,823 NX4-106 RR — 31 32 23,500 73-35 RR — 37 32 43,407 46H75 — — — — 1841 24 34 38 13,348 43A56 21 18 29 10,695 74-44 BL — — — — Rugby 18 27 27 5,916 45P70 27 34 32 22,034 1852 H 24 30 38 13,299 4434 RR 23 — — — NX4-104 RR 26 32 30 2,502 1960 — — 43 4,159 1651H 20 27 30 3,955 9556 — 50 — — 5070 29 40 38 4,973 9554 30 — — — 32-75 23 22 29 31,010 34-55 25 39 33 2,851 1141 25 37 — — SP 621 RR 28 31 29 4,729 V12-1 — — — — 6130 RR — 34 34 2,382 Cafe 18 13 20 4,296 SW 3950 28 34 35 948 SW 6802 20 24 16 2,077 NX4-105 RR — 40 33 9,719 4362 RR 22 20 28 3,080 46S53 — — 28 217 Prairie 719RR 22 30 25 1,990 1896 24 22 23 1,330 1016 RR — — — — 45H21 24 36 41 4,453 46P50 26 40 32 7,809 SW Spirit River — 14 19 1,855 45H25 28 33 34 2,231 93H01RR 26 35 43 1,161 IMC 130 — — 41 782 Canterra 1867 21 39 28 1,854 ACS-C7 16 10 — — 45H20 — — — — 43E02 — — — — Reward 19 17 11 2,144 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 24 4,637 27 4,590 19 4,492 25 4,418 31 4,378 4,318 32 32 4,255 24 4,215 21 4,100 34 4,031 25 3,650 30 3,545 26 3,481 3,340 22 36 2,885 30 2,844 31 2,822 35 2,497 38 2,445 32 2,427 23 2,321 33 2,320 30 2,153 23 2,062 31 1,910 1,835 37 24 1,814 1,798 19 1,729 25 1,724 31 27 1,524 38 1,464 1,421 20 26 1,384 13 1,340 31 1,316 31 1,164 1,136 16 25 1,094 32 1,045 35 1,004 935 28 8 905 35 728 22 450 9 432 34 4,731,521

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L150 — — 54 23,927 5440 55 51 58 25,111 73-45 RR — — 51 4,549 45S52 — — 60 1,140 L130 — — 55 3,787 1012 RR — — — — VT 500 G — — — — 73-75 RR — — — — VR 9559 G — — — — — — 51 1,056 6060 RR 1014 RR — — 53 747 73-65 RR — — — — 5770 — 52 55 9,177 — 45 56 16,067 72-65 RR 1970 — — 58 1,208 6040 RR — — 51 1,674 L120 — — — — L154 — — — — D3153 — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 45 28,915 48 20,738 17,182 43 41 7,038 41 6,328 5,568 43 4,414 41 2,856 43 42 2,850 51 2,726 42 2,023 46 1,881 46 1,680 41 1,524 43 1,252 37 1,084 36 1,003 34 907 40 903 43 131,650

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WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 39 49 50 1,252,316 CDC Go (HRS) 41 52 56 518,263 Lillian (HRS) 32 41 37 484,055 Stettler (HRS) 42 47 55 64,077 Strongfield (D) 37 44 42 208,506 AC Foremost (CPS) 53 69 67 202,604 Superb (HRS) 42 45 49 293,562 AC Eatonia (HRS) 33 34 32 231,240 CDC Abound (HRS) 37 49 47 171,429 5700 PR (CPS) 51 59 63 139,987 CDC Alsask (HRS) 37 45 53 91,268 36 47 47 89,871 CDC Imagine (HRS) Prodigy (HRS) 33 42 43 68,593 36 54 50 64,405 Radiant (HRW) AC Intrepid (HRS) 39 42 54 74,386 — — 48 11,719 CDC Verona (D) AC Avonlea (D) 35 43 41 50,310 34 33 49 53,017 CDC Teal (HRS) AC Barrie (HRS) 29 40 34 51,253 48 53 51 30,529 Unity (HRS) Goodeve (HRS) — 60 49 21,418 44 42 57 38,587 Alvena (HRS) AC Splendor (HRS) 33 37 45 52,077 — — 53 1,405 CDC Utmost (HRS) AC Crystal (CPS) 46 56 49 37,356 Infinity (HRS) 39 43 48 53,878 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — 59 900 5702 PR (CPS) 54 59 61 16,705 McKenzie (HRS) 34 40 42 39,129 Kane (HRS) 38 51 46 35,960 5701 PR (CPS) 47 56 60 22,826 WR 859 CL (HRS) — 50 52 10,922 Glenn (HRS) — 39 43 13,193 AC Navigator (D) 40 44 47 19,168 Kyle (D) 30 34 30 20,553 AC Cadillac (HRS) 18 34 31 21,127 Roblin (HRS) 34 39 40 20,022 AC Elsa (HRS) 31 35 44 20,797 AC Andrew (SWS) 30 50 42 5,768 5602 HR (HRS) 31 44 42 14,667 Carberry (HRS) — — 42 978 Sadash (SWS) — 54 72 1,487 Waskada (HRS) — 51 42 9,270 CDC Bounty (HRS) 34 44 46 8,385 Columbus (HRS) 26 34 29 8,713 CDC Buteo (HRW) 38 59 53 7,635 5604HR CL (HRS) — — 37 3,849 AC Majestic (HRS) 32 43 36 3,779 AC Abbey (HRS) 29 39 32 10,499 Oslo (CPS) 77 77 85 5,471 Laura (HRS) 29 33 31 6,144 Journey (HRS) 36 47 44 6,281 Muchmore (HRS) — — — — Park (HRS) 30 28 34 6,513 AC Bellatrix (HRW) 34 50 35 9,040 AC Taber (CPS) 45 70 55 6,552 Katepwa (HRS) 28 35 27 5,891 Enterprise (D) — — — — Brigade (D) — — 52 1,333 CDC Osprey (HRW) 28 48 58 11,436 CDC Osler (HRS) — — — — Snowstar (HRS) 45 45 46 7,151 Alikat (HRS) 58 51 42 4,453 CDC NRG003 (CPS) — — — — AC Domain (HRS) 35 46 39 3,730 Fieldstar (HRS) — — — — 5603 HR (HRS) — — — — CDC Makwa (HRS) 15 21 21 3,759 AC Morse (D) 36 37 37 2,075 CDC Thrive (HRS) — — — — Leader (HRS) 38 37 31 3,216 Shaw (HRS) — — — — SY 985 (CPS) — — — — AC Tempest (HRW) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 48 987,428 49 535,045 38 437,531 48 373,285 48 229,363 63 203,062 46 197,328 36 164,638 48 156,553 60 123,457 45 90,559 44 56,192 38 50,118 57 49,410 44 45,913 53 45,692 45 41,918 46 40,299 35 37,735 47 36,952 46 33,449 43 32,422 42 31,273 52 30,327 30,087 59 41 27,238 26,511 52 58 24,127 21,747 43 45 19,348 16,920 52 45 16,376 16,074 39 51 15,908 15,571 38 31 15,546 13,822 42 39 12,085 11,105 49 42 10,904 10,475 49 53 9,366 8,911 45 43 8,147 8,001 30 62 7,262 6,878 45 40 6,592 5,657 41 65 5,636 5,471 30 38 5,229 5,030 61 32 4,838 4,740 59 65 4,647 4,223 20 54 4,190 4,080 56 51 3,867 3,820 54 52 3,675 3,653 29 61 3,252 3,169 43 39 2,962 2,003 45 27 1,866 1,711 50 51 1,568 1,484 25 42 1,443 1,350 65 52 597 47 4,497,723

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WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 77 70 78 58,170 Carberry (HRS) — — 77 3,036 Stettler (HRS) 69 78 77 19,111 Strongfield (D) 77 71 81 20,451 Superb (HRS) 71 65 73 40,098 CDC Abound (HRS) 68 60 67 21,160 Radiant (HRW) 96 88 71 7,241 Glenn (HRS) — 61 67 16,506 CDC Verona (D) — — 89 3,301 Lillian (HRS) 59 61 58 5,756 WR 859 CL (HRS) — 68 59 3,349 Sadash (SWS) — 68 88 2,978 Harvest (HRS) 52 59 66 2,600 5603 HR (HRS) — — — — AC Andrew (SWS) 84 78 105 2,859 Brigade (D) — — — — AC Navigator (D) 70 62 81 2,455 AC Morse (D) 66 61 73 1,327 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — — AC Tempest (HRW) — — — — 5700 PR (CPS) — 82 76 1,430 Enterprise (D) — — — — CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 73 43,566 70 40,377 69 22,787 20,722 74 66 18,977 16,934 64 11,542 84 64 9,321 5,954 74 52 4,497 2,509 63 2,491 82 41 2,314 2,245 68 87 2,114 1,946 73 1,353 76 84 1,236 69 1,204 87 1,117 833 59 773 60 68 769 70 224,044

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 62 68 71 521,801 AC Metcalfe 55 64 67 461,822 CDC Copeland 55 72 74 246,979 Champion 65 71 79 139,963 CDC Cowboy 35 60 57 93,166 CDC Coalition 60 74 78 58,402 CDC Meredith 85 79 85 22,729 CDC Austenson — — 82 4,967 Ponoka 56 67 64 82,917 Seebe 47 60 55 56,850 Conlon 46 61 63 56,948 Newdale 56 69 73 32,752 Sundre 59 67 62 41,253 Busby — 92 60 6,216 Bentley — 82 61 9,303 CDC Dolly 48 54 57 20,037 CDC Trey — — 69 13,549 Stander 65 75 68 11,933 CDC Thompson 66 88 75 14,124 Major — — 85 2,849 McLeod 52 68 56 12,693 Formosa 50 78 72 21,921 CDC Helgason 56 64 61 8,914 Vivar 67 78 73 9,442 Bridge 49 40 36 8,834 CDC Bold 57 65 64 9,084 Chigwell — — 72 5,166 Trochu 59 77 70 10,618 CDC Kendall 53 71 69 15,121 Harrington 42 41 48 5,781 — — — — Merit 57 Lacey 47 73 79 8,283 AC Ranger 53 78 75 5,195 CDC Yorkton 66 68 67 5,196 — 74 76 6,499 CDC PolarStar AC Lacombe 51 45 50 3,625 Niobe 42 72 68 3,215 Gadsby — — — — Falcon 62 68 68 1,818 CDC Kindersley — — — — 66 65 51 2,575 CDC Battleford Legacy (BT 950) 67 65 49 3,863 Manley 56 76 74 2,283 Winthrop 42 52 55 1,190 Robust 38 50 60 2,266

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 62 518,042 58 447,528 62 293,048 69 227,105 93,874 53 83,237 70 74,832 74 69 71,589 56 59,602 48 57,514 51 46,705 67 43,775 50 41,377 55 21,905 61 20,178 18,396 46 60 14,087 59 10,722 10,234 64 70 9,469 49 9,157 58 8,879 8,314 58 76 7,813 32 7,229 7,038 65 58 6,804 55 6,390 6,228 58 44 5,842 69 5,203 68 4,938 73 4,637 55 4,460 64 3,335 44 3,281 56 2,993 51 2,947 70 2,922 66 2,890 50 2,778 59 2,304 42 2,070 55 1,766 56 1,671

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

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BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Stratus 67 71 64 1,640 Otal 33 27 23 656 AC Harper 60 40 37 1,620 AC Albright 36 34 63 1,230 Stein — 63 59 816 Abee 39 57 47 1,737 Leduc 49 53 44 811 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 57 1,223 35 1,187 1,180 46 1,034 45 44 872 42 704 34 315 61 2,301,708

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 94 76 91 25,621 CDC Austenson — — — — AC Metcalfe 72 69 78 6,188 Champion — 74 94 4,913 CDC Coalition 105 81 101 5,419 AC Harper 103 72 65 10,499 Chigwell — 97 85 5,268 Vivar 98 75 101 3,182 CDC Cowboy 86 78 83 2,935 CDC Earl 99 62 103 1,236 CDC Yorkton 83 67 92 3,643 CDC Copeland 70 58 92 1,030 Conlon 69 70 72 3,412 Sundre 104 64 99 2,473 CDC Meredith — — — — Ponoka 100 87 77 1,300 Duke — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 84 20,081 80 19,151 8,568 63 85 8,168 6,855 91 6,006 56 90 5,902 95 2,687 2,658 80 2,148 85 84 1,973 63 1,736 68 1,518 99 1,486 1,359 66 72 1,010 84 1,001 80 96,220

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow 31 47 45 Delta Fld Pea 26 36 32 CDC Golden 23 36 36 SW Midas 31 38 34 Thunderbird 41 44 36 CDC Striker — 42 45 DS-Admiral 31 40 36 Eclipse 23 31 38 Cooper 38 39 35 Cutlass F.P. 31 30 34 Canstar 41 45 36 CDC Patrick — 40 25 CDC Centennial 18 38 34 Garde — 45 35 Polstead 37 41 44 CDC Bronco 26 38 — Carneval 23 30 32 Sorento — 51 45 SW Capri 35 47 42 Eiffel 30 37 33 Swing 30 41 28 Miami 27 35 39 Profi 25 41 24 Agassiz 33 33 30 Bluebird — — 31 Nitouche 37 33 30 CDC Sage 28 41 33 CDC Leroy — — — Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 193,793 44,303 50,998 49,567 26,592 7,947 12,243 17,381 16,072 17,615 16,164 7,099 3,765 4,193 6,012 — 3,034 2,261 3,131 3,305 3,085 2,014 1,581 2,714 1,006 2,187 919 —

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 42 366,913 45 57,198 37 54,843 36 44,450 40 34,968 16,056 45 32 13,712 39 11,637 37 11,221 35 11,191 39 8,431 33 8,166 38 4,704 39 4,511 47 4,332 4,056 34 32 3,921 41 3,553 40 2,958 37 2,774 37 1,319 23 1,310 37 1,238 31 1,022 36 864 30 673 637 27 41 631 41 692,724

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

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PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 49 40 55 2,975 CDC Golden 55 36 53 1,680 Thunderbird — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 50 7,098 50 1,776 35 1,228 47 12,482

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 64 98 112 106,972 Derby 52 79 99 48,868 AC Mustang 50 86 86 22,923 CDC Baler 39 85 83 5,125 Calibre 29 72 62 5,374 Waldern 36 67 66 5,408 Grizzly 35 60 58 1,660 Cascade 45 62 48 2,751 AC Juniper 71 75 84 980 Triactor — — 175 1,314 Athabasca 45 74 62 498 7600M 56 77 72 1,128 CDC SO-I — 114 90 443 Lu 37 100 133 183 Jordan 74 87 89 1,956 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 100 85,820 72 20,474 15,580 78 6,375 79 71 4,345 73 3,230 75 2,078 56 1,944 1,153 56 84 1,091 32 665 78 654 642 114 41 313 111 204 89 148,404

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 18 19 17 22,628 AC Pennant (Yellow) 17 20 18 6,119 Centennial Brown (Brown) 29 23 20 4,592 Ace (Yellow) 15 20 18 1,507 AC Base (Yellow) 16 21 16 3,686 Common Brown (Brown) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 15 36,161 14 10,256 3,134 17 18 2,535 16 2,398 2,290 16 15 62,758

POTATO DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Seed) 7 10 7 1,338 Weighted Average Dryland Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 12 1,798 12 5,040

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Fry) 17 15 16 27,800 Shepody (Fry) 15 11 14 2,651 Russet Burbank (Seed) 14 10 15 1,474 FL 1879 (Chip) 16 11 17 963 FL 2053 (Chip) — — — — AC Glacier Cup (Chip) — — 12 815 Atlantic (Chip) 15 8 14 528 Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 17 30,630 16 2,662 13 1,297 929 15 15 884 707 13 654 14 16 43,955

ALBERTA LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2012‡ 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Maxim — 1,712 1,577 27,536 1,894 22,111 CDC Improve 1,480 1,743 1,434 10,933 1,469 6,529 CDC Richlea 1,370 1,945 1,663 5,556 1,574 5,459 Laird 1,373 1,627 1,387 2,438 1,205 2,862 2,195 CDC Impower — — — — 1,569 CDC Plato 1,248 — 1,352 1,494 1,334 1,962 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,673 46,622 BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Island (Pinto) 1,884 1,275 2,377 6,345 Resolute (Great Northern) 2,273 1,301 2,377 9,681 AC Redbond (Small Red) 1,844 1,232 2,362 3,407 1,870 1,360 2,382 3,734 Winchester Pinto (Pinto) Medicine Hat (Pinto) — — 2,780 855

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 14,862 2,494 2,235 10,483 1,898 4,141 2,301 3,321 3,036 2,391

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† ALBERTA 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres AC Black Diamond (Black) 1,945 1,361 2,144 3,173 2,147 2,570 Myasi yellow (Black) 2,742 1,272 2,661 1,000 2,745 2,023 AC Polaris (Great Northern) 1,923 1,239 2,394 1,573 2,239 1,373 Othello (Pinto) 745 1,769 1,344 — — 2,352 Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,330 43,349 FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel 24 27 25 8,218 CDC Bethune 21 24 27 4,845 Hanley 22 26 26 4,283 Flanders 22 27 27 1,419 NorLin — — — — Prairie Sapphire — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 8,435 23 2,955 23 24 2,894 28 1,373 31 1,291 535 19 24 19,576

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Sorrel 41 37 39 Prairie Sapphire — — — CDC Bethune 40 31 34 Hanley 36 35 38 NorLin — — — Taurus 41 — 39 Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 4,968 32 2,036 37 1,965 34 26 1,903 38 633 29 612 32 13,218

2011 Acres 6,767 — 3,107 2,277 — 1,758

SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† ALBERTA 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres HM 9103 — — 28 785 30 10,061 7,929 Beta 47RR75 — 21 26 12,259 29 Beta 47RR65 4,905 — 20 26 15,545 29 Beta 49RR33 — — — — 31 4,338 1,471 Beta 48RR12 — — — — 31 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 30 28,854 CHICKPEAS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† ALBERTA 2012‡ 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Frontier (Kabuli) 9,675 — 1,228 1,852 2,085 2,022 2,287 Diva (Kabuli) — 1,149 1,530 1,510 1,687 CDC Luna (Kabuli) 1,982 — — — — 1,961 Amit (B90) (Kabuli) 1,535 — 312 — — 1,376 Weighted Average Dryland Chickpeas yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,906 15,636 TRITICALE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Tyndal (Spring) — — 63 2,001 Pronghorn (Spring) 35 53 48 2,678 Bunker (Spring) 46 34 49 901 Pika (Winter) 35 44 66 1,322 Weighted Average Dryland Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 2,481 45 2,251 36 34 1,356 38 637 40 8,875

TRITICALE IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Tyndal (Spring) — — 88 1,066 Weighted Average Irrigated Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 114 2,077 97 3,454

RYE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Prima (Fall) 27 40 48 2,686 Dakota (Fall) 43 52 41 2,130 AC Remington (Fall) 36 35 35 939 Musketeer (Fall) 26 27 42 864 Gazelle (Spring) — 25 — — Weighted Average Dryland Rye yield (Bu.) & total acres§

ALBERTA 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 47 4,099 44 1,732 44 1,546 814 41 31 341 45 9,850

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

FABA BEAN DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† ALBERTA 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird 1,683 2,372 2,780 2,289 2,747 3,128 Weighted Average Dryland Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,660 3,388 FABA BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† ALBERTA 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird 2,841 2,418 3,161 1,605 2,334 946 FB9-4 — — — — 3,449 674 Weighted Average Irrigated Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,768 1,740 SUNFLOWER IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† ALBERTA 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 6946 — 1,230 2,417 2,424 1,492 2,574 Panther — — — — 1,668 1,388 Weighted Average Irrigated Sunflower yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,554 3,962 CREEPING RED FESCUE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† ALBERTA 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Boreal 435 294 — — 329 2,146 Weighted Average Dryland Creeping Red Fescue yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 371 2,670

RISK AREA 1 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-45 RR — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 1 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 43 7,415 40 12,263

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 76 45 51 15,267 CDC Cowboy — 75 — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 1 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 76 15,084 89 1,859 80 20,573

RISK AREA 2 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-45 RR — — 45 25,213 L150 — — 41 15,064 5440 32 43 41 54,405 1012 RR — — — — L130 — — 45 3,309 VT 500 G — — — — 6060 RR — — 45 3,652 45H31 — — — — 1918 — — 30 3,343 1990 — — — — VR 9559 G — — — — VR 9553 G — — — — L120 — — — — 1014 RR — — 43 1,761 45H29 — — 41 13,635 45H26 31 47 37 2,611 1841 25 38 38 1,243 72-65 RR — 44 36 43,218 45S52 — — — — 2012 CL — — — — 1141 — — — — 9550 — — — — 73-65 RR — — 41 4,890 5770 — 46 37 6,964 71-45RR 36 33 35 7,854 6040 RR — 44 40 4,973 L159 — — — — 500 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 94,698 34 35 46,904 34 31,238 34 17,498 37 15,537 9,474 32 37 8,662 35 6,316 26 3,777 29 3,770 37 3,670 31 2,936 32 2,798 29 2,632 38 2,200 34 2,127 27 2,121 33 2,108 33 2,074 34 2,051 30 2,015 32 2,008 1,932 32 36 1,578 35 1,508 1,284 27 27 1,258 32 972 34 301,849

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L150 — — 50 10,462 73-45 RR — — 50 2,516 5440 55 52 60 11,053 45S52 — — 61 718 1012 RR — — — — L130 — — — — 6060 RR — — — — 73-65 RR — — — — 1014 RR — — — — 73-75 RR — — — — VR 9559 G — — — — VT 500 G — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 48 12,153 46 9,506 46 7,620 45 3,132 42 2,889 45 2,356 1,679 53 49 1,443 1,308 44 44 1,220 1,037 41 902 39 45 54,727

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Lillian (HRS) 39 43 41 156,572 Superb (HRS) 58 46 43 52,126 Strongfield (D) 41 46 47 32,147 Harvest (HRS) 31 51 48 29,017 CDC Go (HRS) 49 47 46 27,335 Radiant (HRW) 47 55 52 17,605 Stettler (HRS) — — 50 2,995 CDC Abound (HRS) 47 49 44 18,664 AC Avonlea (D) 36 41 39 12,671 Glenn (HRS) — 31 47 5,388 CDC Imagine (HRS) 37 39 40 12,540 WR 859 CL (HRS) — 39 42 1,290 CDC Verona (D) — — 44 2,645 AC Navigator (D) 40 41 51 6,622 Waskada (HRS) — 55 44 6,173 Carberry (HRS) — — — — Enterprise (D) — — — — AC Bellatrix (HRW) 41 56 36 4,470 Snowstar (HRS) 47 44 48 5,871 AC Eatonia (HRS) 46 34 33 3,360 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — — Kyle (D) 32 47 — — CDC Bounty (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 39 138,874 43 44,070 38,344 50 33,437 46 21,201 52 62 18,731 49 18,492 13,131 42 10,013 44 9,049 36 7,715 41 7,242 42 6,978 59 6,030 49 4,167 48 3,699 44 2,895 56 2,252 64 48 2,049 1,915 37 1,720 47 1,379 47 1,213 51 45 423,356

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 74 60 70 12,421 Carberry (HRS) — — 75 2,013 CDC Abound (HRS) 78 56 69 6,449 Glenn (HRS) — 61 64 7,279 Stettler (HRS) — — 74 1,713 Strongfield (D) 76 85 74 3,357 Superb (HRS) 73 61 77 7,108 84 75 74 2,078 Radiant (HRW) Lillian (HRS) 59 63 59 4,038 CDC Verona (D) — — — — WR 859 CL (HRS) — 65 64 1,456 Sadash (SWS) — — 94 826 AC Tempest (HRW) — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 10,719 71 8,546 67 68 5,543 4,837 68 4,734 64 3,935 68 63 3,753 87 2,686 2,443 53 1,500 68 60 1,465 1,409 80 91 759 68 59,366

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 77 52 61 108,585 AC Metcalfe 50 54 63 45,387 Champion — 62 64 22,157 — 76 80 7,184 CDC Meredith CDC Austenson — — — — CDC Copeland 49 68 67 12,976 Ponoka 50 59 59 11,780 CDC Coalition 72 68 79 6,004 CDC Cowboy — 51 49 3,636 Newdale 56 78 77 3,275

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 67 113,259 58 56,417 83 29,560 75 17,339 12,061 74 64 12,046 44 10,455 71 4,775 71 4,184 64 3,461

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BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres McLeod 63 77 58 1,911 Bentley — — 56 1,988 Bridge 58 26 30 2,897 Sundre 96 71 — — CDC Yorkton 76 58 75 2,139 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 72 2,706 57 2,530 40 2,277 89 1,782 30 1,249 66 289,060

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 104 74 90 14,173 CDC Austenson — — — — AC Metcalfe 79 63 77 4,287 Champion — 91 89 3,372 CDC Coalition 102 82 110 2,841 AC Harper 105 76 64 9,535 Chigwell — — 90 3,389 CDC Yorkton 85 70 94 2,572 Vivar 108 77 104 1,815 CDC Copeland — — — — CDC Earl — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 87 11,016 10,873 78 6,370 63 86 5,862 4,758 95 4,733 50 94 3,504 81 1,733 104 1,520 68 831 558 108 81 55,771

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 34 52 56 42,592 CDC Golden 26 41 45 7,574 SW Midas 26 44 49 6,211 Delta Fld Pea 30 47 37 2,242 CDC Centennial — — 28 1,485 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 73,169 50 12,176 41 7,075 46 4,626 42 1,077 33 48 101,709

PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — 43 50 917 Weighted Average Irrigated Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 1,435 57 49 2,158

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Mustang — 63 92 446 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 345 78 70 1,682

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 19 17 12 4,730 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 14 6,573 14 7,746

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Fry) 19 17 18 1,708 Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 19 2,453 19 2,453

BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 2 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Island (Pinto) 2,117 656 — — 2,761 1,108 2,369 880 1,924 822 2,027 757 Resolute (Great Northern) Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,533 2,426 FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 36 27 28 2,177 CDC Sorrel Flanders 30 31 31 565 Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 26 2,318 27 845 26 6,454

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 2 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Beta 47RR75 — 19 26 2,826 30 1,949 HM 9103 — — — — 31 1,746 Beta 47RR65 — 20 25 1,850 29 711 Beta 49RR33 501 — — — — 30 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 30 4,907 TRITICALE IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Tyndal (Spring) — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 2 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 1,782 117 100 2,818

RISK AREA 3 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L150 — — 40 5,285 L130 — — 39 8,436 73-45 RR — — 46 3,890 5440 39 47 41 21,714 L120 — — — — D3153 — — — — — — — — 1012 RR 1014 RR — — — — 6060 RR — — 42 1,777 8440 32 42 32 8,593 5770 — 46 37 12,360 VT Barrier — — 25 2,909 VT 500 G — — — — L159 — — — — L154 — — — — VR 9559 G — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 34 21,672 35 17,522 32 13,958 33 12,845 32 5,838 37 4,396 35 3,755 3,644 28 3,351 36 32 3,059 34 3,037 2,378 26 2,276 22 35 1,518 35 985 915 22 32 117,150

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L150 — — 59 6,060 73-45 RR — — — — VT 500 G — — — — 5440 61 54 57 1,869 VR 9559 G — — — — 73-75 RR — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 45 6,767 47 2,313 1,750 43 53 1,694 1,518 43 47 1,072 45 22,849

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 33 42 37 129,697 Lillian (HRS) Strongfield (D) 37 46 43 120,733 AC Eatonia (HRS) 34 37 33 76,485 CDC Verona (D) — — 52 6,528 AC Avonlea (D) 34 47 42 23,570 CDC Go (HRS) 33 46 47 15,096 CDC Abound (HRS) 41 44 35 10,058 Radiant (HRW) 33 56 46 18,194 AC Navigator (D) 41 46 45 11,945 Superb (HRS) 30 40 38 12,407 Kyle (D) 30 37 31 10,082 Harvest (HRS) 33 47 43 7,164 Stettler (HRS) 22 33 40 2,066 Glenn (HRS) — 44 38 5,269 — — 52 1,333 Brigade (D) Carberry (HRS) — — — — 30 43 34 4,987 McKenzie (HRS) 35 36 37 1,145 AC Morse (D) AC Bellatrix (HRW) 35 46 32 2,645 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 40 127,024 50 122,985 42 67,771 54 28,420 48 20,874 16,302 48 40 11,715 56 11,045 52 9,878 41 7,911 7,519 39 43 6,672 6,145 42 44 5,009 3,601 57 44 3,589 43 2,346 1,426 50 43 595 46 479,285

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Carberry (HRS) — — 83 844 CDC Go (HRS) 83 78 83 27,845 Strongfield (D) 76 67 85 12,759 Stettler (HRS) 69 74 77 12,189 Superb (HRS) 72 67 74 25,991 CDC Abound (HRS) 65 65 67 11,506 Radiant (HRW) 102 90 58 2,306 CDC Verona (D) — — 95 1,480 Glenn (HRS) — 59 74 5,392 AC Andrew (SWS) 80 79 97 1,498 Brigade (D) — — — — Sadash (SWS) — 71 86 2,152 Lillian (HRS) 56 52 60 736 Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 73 25,102 18,432 78 12,238 77 12,198 74 10,490 71 8,070 65 4,834 82 4,104 78 2,761 68 85 1,529 1,316 71 1,082 85 801 44 74 109,134

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 43 69 69 25,395 AC Metcalfe 52 54 53 15,843 Conlon 51 54 55 13,947 CDC Coalition 48 52 53 4,637 CDC Copeland 34 55 50 6,030 Champion — 54 50 1,066 CDC Cowboy — 40 42 1,926 Bentley — — 58 1,447 CDC Meredith — — — — CDC Austenson — — — — CDC Dolly 60 57 — — Newdale — 66 — — Harrington 49 45 48 1,038 Bridge 50 55 47 2,108 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 74 26,765 62 23,650 54 12,102 7,327 74 65 6,807 79 3,636 47 3,585 67 2,974 2,817 69 69 2,731 1,671 60 56 1,434 53 1,185 45 765 65 101,506

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BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Austenson — — — — Xena 86 85 93 4,243 Chigwell — — 79 1,456 CDC Coalition 131 81 91 1,113 Champion — 65 108 736 AC Harper 99 49 — — Vivar 84 74 97 1,367 Conlon 66 60 87 639 AC Metcalfe 53 75 76 638 Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 85 3,433 93 2,368 86 2,082 1,850 85 80 1,566 1,243 78 102 952 81 907 717 66 85 17,044

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 24 47 43 31,365 Delta Fld Pea 28 36 32 30,494 CDC Golden 25 34 30 10,818 SW Midas 18 32 37 3,925 CDC Centennial — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 69,039 42 42,086 47 13,167 39 2,098 47 1,576 40 43 132,775

PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 42 35 61 1,346 Weighted Average Irrigated Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 4,289 49 47 6,672

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Mustang — 44 — — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 349 45 59 1,083

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

§ Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 18 21 19 11,039 AC Pennant (Yellow) 17 21 18 3,089 Ace (Yellow) 13 23 21 705 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 17 19,861 17 5,532 18 1,874 17 28,821

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Fry) 16 15 16 24,240 Shepody (Fry) 15 11 14 2,315 AC Glacier Cup (Chip) — — 14 535 Atlantic (Chip) 15 8 14 408 Russet Burbank (Seed) — 10 — — Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 17 25,469 16 2,333 14 622 584 14 467 11 17 33,082

LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 3 2012‡ 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Maxim 14,700 — 1,979 1,738 16,054 2,080 CDC Richlea 5,459 1,315 1,894 1,689 4,663 1,574 CDC Improve 4,122 1,546 1,933 1,633 7,925 1,419 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,817 28,909 BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 3 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 10,703 Island (Pinto) 1,828 1,280 2,475 4,131 2,457 8,940 Resolute (Great Northern) 2,270 1,368 2,423 7,922 2,239 AC Redbond (Small Red) 1,812 1,292 2,376 3,162 1,867 3,636 Winchester Pinto (Pinto) 2,783 1,811 1,401 2,389 3,484 2,221 2,431 Medicine Hat (Pinto) — — 2,840 726 2,387 2,115 AC Black Diamond (Black) 1,924 1,407 2,252 2,704 2,043 Myasi yellow (Black) 1,824 2,742 1,275 2,661 1,000 2,687 996 AC Polaris (Great Northern) 1,850 1,272 2,485 1,094 2,173 480 Othello (Pinto) 1,612 1,199 — — 2,369 Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,288 34,623 FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel 21 29 18 1,715 Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 1,679 24 24 2,419

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel 40 36 38 3,215 CDC Bethune 40 31 40 977 NorLin — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 3 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 2,838 31 38 1,389 38 413 33 5,874

SUGAR BEET IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 3 2012‡ 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 8,250 HM 9103 — — — — 30 Beta 47RR75 — 21 26 9,210 29 5,770 Beta 47RR65 — 20 26 12,925 29 3,859 3,687 Beta 49RR33 — — — — 31 Beta 48RR12 1,471 — — — — 31 Weighted Average Irrigated Sugar Beet yield (Tons) & total acres§ 30 23,187 CHICKPEAS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 3 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres — 1,210 1,880 1,965 2,061 8,864 CDC Frontier (Kabuli) Diva (Kabuli) — — 1,530 1,510 1,687 2,287 CDC Luna (Kabuli) — — — — 1,961 1,982 Weighted Average Dryland Chickpeas yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,953 13,893 † Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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FABA BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 3 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird 2,480 — 3,265 1,377 1,980 733 Weighted Average Irrigated Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,389 1,127 SUNFLOWER IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 3 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 6946 — 1,114 2,270 1,095 1,159 1,368 Weighted Average Irrigated Sunflower yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,237 1,893

RISK AREA 4 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 36 35 33 18,988 73-45 RR — — 32 4,982 L130 — — 34 3,323 L150 — — 32 2,635 D3153 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 32 17,643 29 13,396 29 7,622 25 5,979 35 3,104 29 72,856

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 58 49 59 8,349 L150 — — 53 6,940 73-45 RR — — — — 45S52 — — — — 1012 RR — — — — L130 — — 60 875 VT 500 G — — — — 1970 — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 50 8,800 44 8,763 2,730 41 44 2,311 2,029 46 43 1,565 1,303 40 40 860 44 38,968

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Lillian (HRS) 27 36 32 88,492 AC Eatonia (HRS) 38 33 33 86,655 Strongfield (D) 38 34 38 32,135 CDC Go (HRS) 9 48 40 14,285 Stettler (HRS) — — 35 383 CDC Verona (D) — — 42 2,546 CDC Abound (HRS) 10 39 33 4,652 Radiant (HRW) 40 50 48 11,897 AC Avonlea (D) 41 26 45 6,570 Kyle (D) 35 28 30 6,092 Superb (HRS) 41 39 36 2,024 Harvest (HRS) 29 44 26 3,239 Sadash (SWS) — — — — Carberry (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 75,740 35 53,561 36 41,833 44 31,015 47 10,161 44 8,779 49 6,934 43 49 6,087 44 5,513 36 5,092 2,610 30 2,142 41 1,453 35 166 44 40 277,214

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 80 69 75 12,904 Carberry (HRS) — — — — Stettler (HRS) — — 77 4,607 Strongfield (D) 83 72 74 4,335 Superb (HRS) 69 66 64 6,999 Radiant (HRW) 98 89 80 2,642 CDC Abound (HRS) 66 47 64 2,198 Glenn (HRS) — 66 62 3,835 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 72 8,642 6,465 62 66 5,047 4,549 71 4,322 55 3,737 84 2,521 55 1,723 46 956 71 66 43,032

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Champion — — 65 3,666 AC Metcalfe 46 47 49 7,595 CDC Cowboy 9 51 43 13,010 Xena 41 48 51 9,725 Conlon 55 56 46 3,963 CDC Copeland — 56 50 1,634 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 71 13,176 50 10,409 39 8,892 36 8,281 57 4,640 2,266 37 50 54,827

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Austenson — — — — Xena 98 88 99 2,141 CDC Earl 88 54 — — CDC Cowboy 37 — 90 876 Duke — — — — Champion — — 102 672 AC Metcalfe — — — — Conlon 66 89 76 1,255 Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 4,015 85 71 2,418 1,570 77 1,038 74 84 1,001 86 740 690 30 48 611 74 13,486

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 40 30 34 6,312 CDC Golden 25 36 32 10,878 Delta Fld Pea 22 36 28 8,963 Thunderbird — — 20 1,066 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 18,120 43 35 12,334 8,835 42 35 2,065 39 48,978

PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — — — — Thunderbird — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 699 44 35 682 42 2,361

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Mustang 70 87 49 1,756 CDC Baler 35 — 63 771 Calibre 13 72 29 1,043 AC Morgan — 51 — — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 1,227 93 990 59 73 962 809 37 61 5,336

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) 16 16 15 1,726 Centennial Brown (Brown) 24 22 — — AC Pennant (Yellow) 14 15 18 1,209 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 14 4,484 2,110 19 12 2,058 14 10,049

POTATO IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 19 14 18 1,852 Russet Burbank (Fry) Weighted Average Irrigated Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 16 2,708 17 3,911

FLAX IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Sorrel 45 39 41 Hanley 36 35 39 Prairie Sapphire — — — CDC Bethune 42 — 43 Weighted Average Irrigated Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 2,826 1,674 — 834

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 34 1,757 27 1,631 39 1,289 576 25 32 6,321

TRITICALE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Pronghorn (Spring) 13 36 36 1,128 Bunker (Spring) — 36 49 706 Weighted Average Dryland Triticale yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 1,562 30 882 39 31 3,089

RYE DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Dakota (Fall) 43 53 41 2,130 Weighted Average Dryland Rye yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 4 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 1,732 44 43 2,575

SUNFLOWER IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 4 2012‡ 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 6946 — 1,304 2,538 1,329 1,870 1,206 Panther — — — — 1,806 863 Weighted Average Irrigated Sunflower yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,843 2,069

RISK AREA 5

LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 4 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres 2,598 CDC Maxim — 1,902 1,544 5,411 1,713 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,591 6,680

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — — 48 43,292 L150 — — 47 17,386 73-45 RR — — 45 22,346 5440 32 44 46 74,081 45S52 — — 48 1,651 L120 — — — — VT 500 G — — — — 45S51 — 39 47 11,422 73-15 RR — — — — VR 9350 G — — — — 1990 — — — — VR 9553 G — — — — 73-55 RR — — 41 6,850 1970 — — 44 4,359 — — 49 3,602 6040 RR D3153 — — — — 1918 — — — — 73-75 RR — — — — 45H29 — 23 41 5,186 45H31 — — — — 94H04 — — 34 3,359 5525 CL — — 42 3,536 1980 — — — — 8440 32 45 49 4,602 45H73 — — — — 72-65 RR — 35 46 5,694 71-45RR 28 35 42 8,223 1950 — 39 46 6,161 L159 — — — — 43E01 — 31 37 1,100 L154 — — — — VT Remarkable — — 36 2,947 1012 RR — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 34 58,137 30 55,125 43,546 31 34 40,226 31 20,977 35 14,925 29 14,147 29 8,871 7,491 27 29 6,241 31 5,596 30 4,850 34 3,979 27 3,809 31 3,762 32 3,699 26 3,333 3,272 23 27 3,234 30 3,217 26 3,096 15 3,017 28 2,696 40 2,345 32 2,314 29 2,298 34 1,695 27 1,419 33 1,408 25 1,323 35 1,267 31 1,242 714 29 31 368,216

BEAN IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 4 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Island (Pinto) — 1,473 2,500 1,724 2,542 2,926 Resolute (Great Northern) 2,212 1,340 2,387 937 2,389 786 Weighted Average Irrigated Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 2,493 4,759

CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5440 36 48 55 3,840 L130 — — 53 2,395 73-45 RR — — — —

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 43 2,624 32 2,079 28 1,652

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

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CANOLA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 45S52 — — — — L150 — — — — D3153 — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 32 1,372 23 1,087 37 428 32 13,790

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 36 47 56 145,339 Harvest (HRS) 35 51 55 113,883 — — 54 12,186 Stettler (HRS) Lillian (HRS) 37 42 40 24,589 CDC Abound (HRS) 28 48 53 14,920 AC Intrepid (HRS) 47 55 56 10,964 CDC Imagine (HRS) 31 53 54 9,721 Goodeve (HRS) — — 63 5,728 Superb (HRS) 37 39 40 15,193 AC Barrie (HRS) 23 34 28 2,951 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — — Radiant (HRW) 33 55 64 2,979 5700 PR (CPS) 42 56 80 6,418 AC Foremost (CPS) 33 59 71 4,263 Muchmore (HRS) — — — — CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — CDC Alsask (HRS) 43 52 50 3,565 CDC Buteo (HRW) — — — — CDC Bounty (HRS) — — 57 1,577 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 48 157,408 89,143 53 51 35,795 40 18,446 54 13,778 9,656 46 50 7,955 61 7,735 39 7,240 35 5,191 4,393 61 4,294 49 3,791 64 3,167 79 61 2,743 2,578 48 2,397 43 2,342 53 1,305 34 50 397,509

WHEAT IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 55 60 76 4,508 Harvest (HRS) 49 57 66 1,326 Stettler (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 62 5,433 1,449 39 49 808 57 10,520

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 44 78 85 83,988 56 72 79 54,910 CDC Copeland AC Metcalfe 49 64 70 46,677 Champion 31 77 86 23,733 Newdale 60 60 71 10,270 CDC Austenson — — — — CDC Meredith — — — — Conlon 35 71 72 13,302 CDC Cowboy 47 56 64 4,866 Formosa 29 78 77 7,934 McLeod 50 95 70 1,455 Sundre 48 51 78 3,527 Ponoka 51 60 66 4,722 CDC Coalition 41 88 96 4,112 Bentley — — — — CDC Dolly 53 46 52 561 Niobe — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 57 72,294 63,149 59 50,149 58 64 20,101 71 11,532 59 11,085 69 9,616 44 7,810 4,975 55 53 3,839 24 2,396 61 2,273 46 2,141 78 2,109 41 1,662 1,364 55 86 725 59 272,320

BARLEY IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 71 70 90 4,462 AC Metcalfe 63 87 87 983 CDC Austenson — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 76 4,149 791 82 700 66 73 8,917

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow 16 54 56 11,066 SW Midas 32 50 48 1,663 CDC Golden 26 45 45 4,300 Thunderbird — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 44 21,493 42 3,892 42 3,200 50 1,429 44 32,306

PEA IRRIGATED YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Meadow — — — — Weighted Average Irrigated Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 675 48 51 1,291

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 58 — 84 787 AC Mustang 35 94 94 2,188 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 109 1,615 77 1,372 89 4,152

MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 19 22 20 2,911 Andante (Yellow) Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 13 2,889 13 3,278

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Sorrel — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 5 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 26 972 26 2,055

RISK AREA 6 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-15 RR — — — — L120 — — — — 72-35 RR 15 20 35 1,146 L130 — — 40 1,354 1896 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 3,682 28 28 2,013 1,326 24 35 1,133 28 760 27 11,735

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) — 64 60 904 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 919 72 64 2,042

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 43 84 67 4,956 Xena 70 85 42 2,671 CDC Copeland 45 74 78 2,667 Busby — — 34 1,075 Conlon 68 67 56 964 Newdale — — — — Formosa 61 68 48 3,113 Sundre 50 67 30 1,146 — — — — CDC Austenson CDC Coalition — — — — CDC Thompson — 72 63 1,125 Ponoka 75 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 58 4,792 60 3,576 53 3,057 40 1,869 34 1,367 62 1,331 39 1,158 39 1,125 48 948 750 67 51 731 43 531 50 26,515

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

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OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73 72 77 820 AC Morgan AC Juniper 58 116 73 693 AC Mustang 36 66 43 726 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 6 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 75 1,583 787 53 36 504 57 3,503

RISK AREA 7 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — — 46 46,064 73-45 RR — 36 46 13,631 L120 — — — — 73-15 RR — — — — L150 — — 42 19,144 5440 42 42 46 53,476 45S52 — — 43 3,557 72-65 RR — 40 42 10,210 VT 500 G — — — — 45H29 — 39 49 4,435 6040 RR — — 37 1,249 72-35 RR 29 34 39 12,074 1918 — — 39 1,569 8440 39 42 46 13,726 1980 — — — —

RISK AREA 7 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 36 83,511 33 37,378 34 28,337 23,883 36 31 20,237 36 18,973 34 13,276 31 5,631 4,986 33 35 4,069 3,656 35 2,785 32 27 2,765 34 2,625 33 2,339

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L159 — — — — VR 9559 G — — — — 94H04 — — 35 1,332 73-75 RR — — — — VR 9350 G — — — — 73-55 RR — 35 47 6,444 VT Remarkable — — 42 2,317 45S51 36 38 43 3,661 45H26 37 33 40 1,106 1896 24 15 — — 73-35 RR — — 40 4,636 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 47 1,936 1,898 39 28 1,897 1,530 32 1,480 27 968 35 888 36 31 855 36 790 23 624 573 30 34 284,154

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) 65 74 67 31,407 CDC Go (HRS) 60 63 61 30,234 5700 PR (CPS) 61 69 67 28,420 Harvest (HRS) 52 64 63 36,522 Stettler (HRS) — — 62 3,481 CDC Abound (HRS) 52 59 53 10,425 CDC Imagine (HRS) 44 57 62 9,009 Oslo (CPS) 77 77 90 4,986 Alvena (HRS) 55 58 51 2,219 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 36,558 66 58 30,374 27,053 63 59 25,972 10,528 56 8,006 58 55 6,166 5,487 65 54 656 54 511 61 161,599

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

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BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Copeland 68 81 74 50,073 AC Metcalfe 65 74 70 62,342 Xena 72 88 74 39,685 CDC Austenson — — 93 1,397 Champion 46 82 82 9,925 CDC Meredith — — 92 2,094 Conlon 55 73 73 8,855 Newdale 73 82 64 6,383 CDC Coalition 88 95 83 4,624 CDC Thompson 78 93 70 7,795 CDC Trey — — 83 6,026 Stander 69 76 68 8,168 Busby — — 63 2,924 Vivar 72 81 79 3,326 Sundre 58 76 64 6,314 Formosa 57 81 75 10,132 Lacey 46 81 83 5,661 Chigwell — — 71 3,521 CDC Yorkton 72 80 83 1,803 Bentley — 81 82 647 Falcon 72 66 79 1,291 CDC Helgason 63 81 53 2,982 CDC Battleford 70 75 47 2,070 CDC Cowboy 41 65 66 2,841 CDC Bold 70 70 63 3,389 Legacy (BT 950) 70 77 66 1,927 CDC Dolly 69 72 71 962 CDC Kindersley — — — — Ponoka 73 80 65 2,707 Trochu 49 81 73 1,784 AC Lacombe — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 64 50,748 58 43,746 66 38,743 75 19,713 67 13,346 72 12,456 58 9,001 61 8,963 67 7,929 66 7,450 61 6,394 64 5,648 60 4,653 84 4,644 43 4,207 69 3,882 75 3,447 64 3,303 68 2,629 69 2,493 73 2,125 55 2,036 53 1,686 49 1,556 56 1,431 66 1,351 40 898 51 875 66 561 75 558 62 520 64 273,312

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow 49 54 47 Garde — 59 44 CDC Striker — — — Thunderbird 47 38 32 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 5,183 1,584 — 2,114

RISK AREA 7 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 45 6,404 43 1,503 49 937 32 848 43 12,651

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield AC Morgan 74 111 116 AC Mustang 59 96 105 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 5,187 1,762

RISK AREA 7 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 104 3,568 80 1,215 96 5,738

POTATO DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Russet Burbank (Seed) — 8 6 1,086 Weighted Average Dryland Potato yield (Tons) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 10 945 10 1,892

FABA BEAN DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Snowbird — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 7 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 3,588 583 3,520 643

RISK AREA 8 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L150 — — 49 61,201 L130 — — 46 26,106 5440 32 44 48 106,421

RISK AREA 8 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 35 107,394 36 65,463 37 54,723

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-45 RR — — 42 10,907 VT 500 G — — — — 45S52 — — 54 1,304 45H29 — 36 44 10,199 L120 — — — — 72-65 RR — 39 44 11,655 5770 — 46 48 16,419 L159 — — — — 6040 RR — 36 46 3,096 L154 — — — — VR 9553 G — — — — 45H26 27 36 40 5,376 45H31 — — — — 73-55 RR — 34 44 9,081 VT Remarkable — — 36 2,985 73-75 RR — — — — 73-67 RR — — 35 1,976 5020 27 37 42 9,992 8440 33 44 49 14,532 1145 — 40 — — 1990 — — — — VR 9559 G — — — — 1970 — — — — 500 — — — — 5525 CL — — 43 1,043 94H04 — — — — 73-15 RR — — — — 1012 RR — — — — NX4-106 RR — — 40 1,317 71-45RR 30 35 40 5,001 D3153 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 33 34,214 32 11,967 32 9,538 34 8,899 31 6,453 26 5,455 34 5,134 39 4,348 35 4,244 31 4,168 33 3,177 32 3,156 35 3,113 27 3,011 27 2,927 32 2,910 24 2,824 29 2,660 32 2,641 30 2,247 43 2,106 23 2,051 39 1,971 29 1,850 17 1,613 35 1,460 33 1,368 38 1,173 33 1,138 28 1,046 32 834 34 388,115

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres CDC Go (HRS) 40 54 60 191,051 Harvest (HRS) 39 46 51 96,793 Stettler (HRS) — 45 61 6,659 CDC Abound (HRS) 38 43 48 9,233 CDC Imagine (HRS) 33 44 46 9,024 Superb (HRS) 38 44 48 10,982 5700 PR (CPS) 46 53 59 3,754 AC Foremost (CPS) 42 57 56 3,932 Kane (HRS) 32 43 45 9,671 Alvena (HRS) 43 42 48 3,107 Unity (HRS) — 58 57 3,461 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — — Lillian (HRS) 35 36 41 3,835 Roblin (HRS) 28 31 37 2,409 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — Prodigy (HRS) 33 41 42 852 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 50 177,247 47 55,194 49 34,723 51 9,900 43 6,161 34 5,691 66 5,166 59 3,776 53 3,551 45 3,269 61 2,935 53 2,817 36 2,103 32 1,685 48 1,536 30 1,197 49 328,654

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 51 68 75 82,798 CDC Copeland 49 71 82 39,152 Xena 51 75 85 39,121 Champion 55 77 90 7,118 CDC Meredith — 80 89 6,637 CDC Austenson — — — — CDC Cowboy 42 70 78 10,350 Newdale 57 65 79 4,100 Busby — — — — Ponoka 52 71 78 6,012 Sundre 48 63 72 3,823 CDC Coalition 61 71 83 3,284 Bentley — — 60 852 Major — — 83 1,019 CDC Kendall 50 68 69 3,535 Trochu 53 62 75 3,264

RISK AREA 8 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 59 77,199 63 47,189 67 27,067 62 26,279 75 19,528 71 9,865 64 8,477 68 4,672 59 2,984 69 2,880 53 2,623 65 2,622 63 2,468 69 2,056 62 1,974 58 1,836

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Conlon 48 59 72 2,071 CDC Dolly 35 61 63 2,838 CDC Helgason 44 48 73 1,347 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 8 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 44 1,833 52 1,350 59 945 63 247,777

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow 27 51 53 SW Midas 26 43 48 Thunderbird — 49 49 Eclipse 24 45 49 Canstar 32 40 41 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 18,344 3,903 4,307 2,269 1,113

RISK AREA 8 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 38 33,045 41 4,853 46 3,918 42 1,661 27 888 39 50,746

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield AC Morgan 51 95 103 AC Mustang 56 109 101 CDC Baler 41 87 95 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 2,535 1,657 652

RISK AREA 8 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 89 1,714 89 1,171 86 556 88 3,624

FLAX DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Sorrel — — — Weighted Average Dryland Flax yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres —

RISK AREA 8 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 21 1,179 23 2,125

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

RISK AREA 9 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L150 — — 40 8,266 73-45 RR — — 35 6,255 5440 21 38 36 25,099 L130 — — 35 3,575 45H29 — — 31 9,382 45H26 21 30 29 6,620 1918 — — 33 1,882 VT 500 G — — — — 5525 CL — — 37 3,692 45H73 — — — — 73-75 RR — — — — v1040 — — — — 73-55 RR — — 30 5,703 1014 RR — — — — VT Barrier — — 32 1,155 45S52 — — — — 4414 RR — — 27 3,373 46H75 — — — — L120 — — — — 45H31 — — — — 71-45RR 16 29 28 2,872 73-15 RR — — — — 1956 — — — — NX4-105 RR — — 31 6,611

RISK AREA 9 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 34 23,560 30 21,555 32 14,709 32 13,177 30 12,312 27 6,450 26 6,381 27 5,299 32 4,798 30 4,426 26 3,395 29 3,365 34 3,257 29 3,227 18 2,752 31 2,705 26 2,673 34 2,441 30 2,104 31 1,975 31 1,902 32 1,813 24 1,429 28 1,422

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 72-65 RR — 34 32 14,211 74-44 BL — — — — 6040 RR — — — — 2012 CL — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 28 1,318 975 26 951 29 533 29 30 177,100

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Lillian (HRS) 17 38 35 67,916 AC Eatonia (HRS) 23 31 29 64,740 Stettler (HRS) — — 48 5,721 Harvest (HRS) 23 36 41 53,284 Strongfield (D) 30 42 39 22,398 CDC Go (HRS) 28 40 45 11,213 AC Cadillac (HRS) 12 29 30 16,515 CDC Abound (HRS) 30 44 44 9,723 AC Barrie (HRS) 21 32 29 14,360 Prodigy (HRS) 17 32 34 11,052 Sadash (SWS) — — — — Unity (HRS) — — 40 1,889 AC Avonlea (D) 35 33 38 7,499 AC Andrew (SWS) 29 51 48 3,014 Superb (HRS) 22 32 35 11,631 Goodeve (HRS) — — — — Columbus (HRS) 12 31 29 4,042 Radiant (HRW) 22 41 47 3,153 McKenzie (HRS) 28 37 37 5,238 AC Elsa (HRS) 21 34 34 5,690 Kyle (D) 23 24 28 1,800 CDC Imagine (HRS) 27 39 34 3,441 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 59,543 34 41,391 26 34,500 39 33,993 35 23,510 38 18,395 49 11,835 30 10,961 43 9,430 33 35 8,148 7,749 56 7,138 40 5,518 35 45 5,301 4,789 30 35 3,400 3,273 26 46 3,234 3,032 36 2,670 38 32 1,581 1,385 28 965 49 36 320,975

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 36 55 67 24,686 AC Metcalfe 34 49 54 15,674 CDC Cowboy 14 47 51 13,678 Champion — 65 62 8,295 Conlon 32 53 44 5,639 CDC Copeland 31 39 59 4,505 CDC Coalition — — 58 3,470 Bridge 22 28 28 2,216 Bentley — — 33 782 Seebe 21 43 49 1,257 CDC Austenson — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 49 28,723 46 16,466 42 13,657 58 11,013 43 5,432 3,919 54 3,603 54 18 2,854 45 2,450 36 1,081 61 993 47 98,002

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow 26 33 41 CDC Golden 6 35 38 Thunderbird — — 28 Eclipse 11 17 44 SW Midas 15 24 33 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 9,812 6,071 1,220 3,095 1,191

RISK AREA 9 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 42 18,957 30 6,383 40 3,844 47 3,244 35 2,038 39 41,663

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 25 77 79 3,666 Derby 28 70 63 3,320 Calibre 23 61 59 2,132 AC Mustang 26 74 60 1,577 CDC Baler 19 — 78 770 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 94 2,939 45 2,613 58 1,876 74 823 86 541 71 9,830

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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MUSTARD DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Andante (Yellow) — — 17 1,597 AC Pennant (Yellow) — 18 17 1,131 Weighted Average Dryland Mustard yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 9 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 12 2,194 11 1,925 11 5,695

LENTIL DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 9 2012‡ 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres CDC Maxim — 1,667 1,111 4,651 1,303 3,632 Weighted Average Dryland Lentil yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 1,227 6,662

RISK AREA 10 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L120 — — — — L130 — — 34 9,977 L150 — — 40 4,936 73-45 RR — — 30 3,946 5440 46 47 47 18,694 VT 500 G — — — — 45H29 — — 33 5,257 45S52 — — — — 73-15 RR — — — — VR 9553 G — — — — L135 C — — — — 45H31 — — — — 6060 RR — — 26 1,241 6020 RR — — 16 959 — — — — 6040 RR Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 30 14,894 35 14,257 39 12,739 11,035 32 39 5,906 5,606 36 35 3,246 35 3,158 2,833 26 36 2,356 39 2,355 36 1,111 32 974 956 31 31 615 34 96,028

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) 57 65 73 26,466 Superb (HRS) 55 64 48 4,278 Stettler (HRS) — — 54 1,262 5700 PR (CPS) 61 67 60 1,434 Harvest (HRS) — 58 51 2,872 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 28,518 63 45 3,411 51 3,381 1,472 57 1,426 50 59 44,651

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Seebe 56 60 38 6,258 Ponoka 67 71 52 12,123 Xena 87 85 63 6,355 Sundre 68 65 46 2,795 AC Metcalfe 75 68 59 2,260 Busby — — — — CDC Coalition — — — — CDC Copeland — — 34 1,878 Champion — — — — CDC Austenson — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 38 10,167 44 7,934 48 6,528 38 2,651 45 2,542 50 2,052 57 1,496 65 1,400 61 1,176 76 740 47 42,522

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow — 53 31 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 2,373

RISK AREA 10 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 44 2,591 40 4,881

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 78 98 95 6,596 AC Mustang 99 90 82 1,127 Derby 64 78 51 1,319 Cascade 58 70 38 397 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 10 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 94 5,347 70 1,856 37 764 68 255 81 8,986

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RISK AREA 11 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — — 46 47,697 L135 C — — — — — — 41 23,425 73-45 RR L150 — — 45 32,789 L120 — — — — 5440 36 51 45 77,159 45H29 21 51 45 26,145 VR 9558 GC — — — — 73-77 RR — 47 46 13,973 VT 500 G — — — — 45S52 — — 45 1,253 73-15 RR — — — — 73-67 RR — 47 41 8,865 72-65 RR — 48 35 16,253 1918 — — 37 4,319 500 — — 44 1,277 VR 9559 G — — — — 1980 — — — — 1818 24 40 33 8,687 73-55 RR — 42 43 6,508 6060 RR — — 32 2,482 6040 RR — — 34 4,168 D3152 — — — — VR 9553 G — — — — 8440 35 52 47 17,071 1960 — — 44 3,914 45H31 — — — — 20 39 34 2,620 4414 RR 73-75 RR — — — —

RISK AREA 11 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 40 76,889 39 52,189 34 32,742 36 29,223 35 28,913 38 28,849 35 22,370 37 19,401 13,926 35 37 13,887 33 10,736 7,134 35 35 7,059 5,893 26 33 5,160 29 3,354 3,089 37 38 3,085 29 2,935 36 2,893 2,624 39 2,574 28 38 2,562 37 2,352 35 2,310 28 2,135 39 1,944 24 1,851 39 1,782

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L154 — — — — 6020 RR — — 34 1,004 997 RR 23 43 30 2,141 71-45RR 30 40 22 1,412 1012 RR — — — — 34-65 26 43 34 4,024 L159 — — — — D3153 — — — — 45H28 27 44 38 3,530 1990 — — — — 1970 — — — — VR 9557 GS — — — — 72-55 RR 28 43 41 4,184 VT Barrier — — 36 926 1145 — — — — 45H26 28 40 35 2,862 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 36 1,718 27 1,709 34 1,636 36 1,527 41 1,487 36 1,352 36 1,310 42 1,159 36 1,097 47 1,051 29 931 878 40 36 874 848 30 36 773 40 526 37 422,925

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 48 58 54 106,867 AC Foremost (CPS) 46 71 64 56,711 Stettler (HRS) 46 — 62 7,929 5700 PR (CPS) 50 67 58 18,568 CDC Abound (HRS) 41 58 55 12,954 Superb (HRS) 41 61 53 19,879 CDC Go (HRS) 45 57 54 12,115 CDC Imagine (HRS) 37 55 47 5,135 AC Crystal (CPS) 46 63 53 2,439 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — —

RISK AREA 11 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 53 93,479 54,607 61 37,042 53 23,935 57 54 12,609 11,405 48 8,904 52 4,896 49 4,789 63 3,923 53

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

§ Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres WR 859 CL (HRS) — 60 53 3,964 AC Intrepid (HRS) 45 57 52 5,179 5701 PR (CPS) 47 74 73 2,493 Kane (HRS) 48 63 55 3,787 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — CDC Teal (HRS) 42 46 59 3,014 AC Barrie (HRS) 28 49 57 2,481 AC Majestic (HRS) 34 50 41 1,582 Alvena (HRS) 44 64 47 1,475 5604HR CL (HRS) — — — — Roblin (HRS) 24 50 46 1,139 Prodigy (HRS) 43 58 42 1,704 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 45 2,811 50 2,711 54 2,267 2,102 51 53 2,046 2,032 44 1,747 41 33 1,725 1,581 44 51 1,510 823 42 519 38 54 285,926

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 63 82 72 46,959 AC Metcalfe 63 72 59 26,406 Seebe 50 68 56 22,056 CDC Copeland 62 84 72 10,797 CDC Coalition 66 77 84 9,635 Champion — 78 77 7,260 Ponoka 62 72 61 12,540 Sundre 70 74 51 8,397 CDC Austenson — — — — Busby — — 70 487 Newdale — 42 62 1,651 Stander 69 76 74 1,722 CDC Cowboy 27 73 57 2,626 CDC Meredith — — 72 948 Gadsby — — — — Vivar 61 83 72 2,473 CDC PolarStar — 84 82 4,272 CDC Thompson 65 85 83 2,150 Major — — — — Bentley — — — — Chigwell — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 57 49,155 54 24,533 51 21,838 18,935 62 15,233 72 63 13,166 54 8,374 42 5,572 4,605 60 50 3,858 60 3,771 57 2,985 2,566 52 2,451 78 53 1,946 56 1,590 1,515 67 1,368 57 74 1,228 49 872 51 754 58 195,120

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Thunderbird 48 43 31 CDC Meadow 43 44 38 CDC Striker — 67 46 Cooper 43 42 36 Canstar 45 51 31 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 5,108 3,428 1,454 2,893 2,987

RISK AREA 11 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 37 5,119 4,833 40 3,001 43 35 2,991 35 1,324 38 21,654

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 60 124 115 15,671 Derby 52 102 107 5,184 AC Mustang 68 109 105 2,353 CDC Baler — 70 — — Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 11 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 116 15,224 90 2,134 1,986 94 85 751 108 21,126

FABA BEAN DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† RISK AREA 11 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012‡ Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Yield Acres Snowbird 2,032 2,598 2,970 903 3,098 1,262 1,262 Weighted Average Dryland Faba Bean yield (Lbs.) & total acres§ 3,098

RISK AREA 12 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L150 — — 44 39,860 L130 — — 43 44,889

RISK AREA 12 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 40 100,094 41 94,665

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-45 RR — 55 35 28,820 VT 500 G — — — — 5440 25 46 42 113,139 L120 — — — — 45H29 — 47 39 10,440 72-65 RR 22 42 36 34,466 VR 9559 G — — — — 45S52 — — 32 1,907 L135 C — — — — 6040 RR — 35 41 6,077 73-75 RR — — — — 73-55 RR — — 34 10,747 73-15 RR — — — — 46A76 21 29 36 6,545 L159 — — — — D3152 — — — — 6060 RR — — 43 5,970 45H31 — — — — VR 9553 G — — — — 1918 — — 32 2,566 9590 23 42 44 14,873 73-67 RR — — 35 3,546 VT Remarkable — — 33 5,278 1012 RR — — — — 34-65 17 35 30 8,337 1990 — — — — VT Barrier — — 31 5,171 9550 14 41 27 940 VR 9560 CL — — — — 1014 RR — — — — 1818 19 34 33 2,087 2012 CL — — 40 1,218 8440 28 47 40 16,490 5030 28 46 36 7,062 45H26 23 40 37 7,492 72-35 RR — 47 40 802 5525 CL — 40 35 2,949 45P70 22 35 38 3,446 Rugby — — — — 1145 — — — — L154 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 38 54,032 33 41,841 39 41,819 39 20,508 40 14,309 8,187 37 7,426 36 39 7,319 7,002 44 36 6,928 6,901 37 6,706 32 33 5,424 29 5,349 37 5,347 44 4,864 4,844 40 36 4,531 34 3,503 32 3,414 32 3,257 3,157 37 26 3,065 44 2,262 34 2,184 42 2,075 28 2,024 38 1,994 1,920 40 1,809 32 30 1,496 1,486 38 43 1,400 37 1,300 30 1,202 35 1,176 34 1,084 39 941 34 911 40 878 39 791 38 528,121

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 35 49 45 272,494 Stettler (HRS) — — 52 11,657 CDC Abound (HRS) 37 48 45 42,541 Superb (HRS) 36 46 44 46,308 CDC Alsask (HRS) 40 44 46 12,889 CDC Go (HRS) 36 50 51 24,934 Goodeve (HRS) — — 44 6,270 AC Barrie (HRS) 31 43 36 16,258 32 45 43 12,653 Prodigy (HRS) CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — — Infinity (HRS) 37 45 38 11,413 AC Foremost (CPS) 47 57 57 12,533 AC Crystal (CPS) 42 52 45 11,768 Unity (HRS) — 53 50 7,600 CDC Imagine (HRS) 34 45 41 14,377 27 47 39 6,064 AC Splendor (HRS) Lillian (HRS) 35 49 40 5,528 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — Kane (HRS) 34 48 42 4,795 5702 PR (CPS) — — — — CDC NRG003 (CPS) — — — — — 40 31 2,164 Park (HRS) McKenzie (HRS) 35 48 44 4,216 36 50 39 3,750 AC Intrepid (HRS) AC Elsa (HRS) — — 41 1,027 5604HR CL (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 44 207,800 74,464 46 37,385 45 28,597 43 24,142 45 50 20,013 13,319 41 38 12,085 40 11,340 10,603 49 9,900 42 59 9,412 53 8,560 48 8,144 38 6,248 40 6,010 42 5,895 50 5,452 44 2,466 52 1,992 63 1,894 37 1,673 40 1,648 40 1,468 1,447 41 38 1,424 45 536,113

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 56 74 75 37,427 CDC Copeland 44 77 74 31,156 AC Metcalfe 52 70 68 31,685 Champion — 75 80 8,241 CDC Coalition 63 82 82 10,621 CDC Cowboy 31 66 59 14,516 Newdale 58 84 89 4,917 CDC Meredith — — 81 4,042 Seebe 29 47 55 6,427 Busby — — 77 873 Ponoka 34 58 69 2,525 CDC Austenson — — — — Sundre — 67 61 1,126 AC Ranger 43 — 70 954 CDC Kendall 44 66 64 1,327 Bentley — 83 68 777 CDC Kindersley — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 67 42,137 67 33,242 65 30,633 74 16,292 76 15,818 14,232 58 74 7,435 75 7,296 45 3,949 60 2,591 55 2,402 1,397 74 57 1,257 1,214 69 62 1,146 72 891 802 73 67 187,856

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow 21 34 39 CDC Striker — — 47 Thunderbird 34 40 35 CDC Golden 22 40 43 Sorento — 52 45 Cooper 34 36 33 SW Midas 26 37 39 Eclipse 26 35 37 Canstar — — 26 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 7,672 3,882 4,943 4,789 2,261 6,321 2,213 1,769 1,086

RISK AREA 12 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 43 19,190 47 9,363 41 8,868 3,743 43 41 3,553 40 3,328 1,535 32 41 1,460 28 703 42 60,284

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 44 104 96 4,335 Derby 31 80 75 3,215 AC Mustang 36 64 72 2,666 CDC Baler 39 90 81 676 Grizzly 32 60 — — Calibre 44 99 66 989 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 12 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 6,234 90 97 2,236 88 1,770 915 94 90 478 67 476 89 12,910

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-55 RR — 48 38 14,034 45H73 22 44 35 5,053 L135 C — — — — L154 — — — — 1990 — — — — 8440 31 48 40 27,675 6060 RR — — 30 1,815 45H28 26 43 33 9,220 v1040 — — — — 6040 RR — 34 36 3,160 5020 27 43 37 30,907 1970 — — — — D3151 — 42 — — 34-65 22 38 27 9,904 46A76 22 34 29 2,183 1956 — — 34 2,301 1012 RR — — — — VR 9557 GS — — — — 9551 17 33 28 2,584 v1037 20 39 — — VR 9558 GC — — — — 5525 CL — 39 32 2,463 1980 — — — — 73-65 RR — — 35 1,826 73-15 RR — — — — 1145 — 49 — — 997 RR 18 30 17 1,437 4434 RR — — — — 9550 29 38 36 1,526 5030 32 47 30 5,363 74-44 BL — — — —

RISK AREA 13 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 37 4,989 30 4,581 41 3,964 34 3,388 29 3,383 32 3,285 3,216 30 31 2,923 28 2,904 37 2,714 29 2,518 34 2,329 24 2,109 21 2,103 30 2,070 30 1,970 1,845 33 31 1,716 20 1,697 31 1,662 1,646 42 1,644 35 32 1,625 37 1,543 28 1,465 22 1,359 25 1,133 1,094 25 23 988 28 980 40 877

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RISK AREA 13 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — — 39 50,413 L150 — — 39 41,656 5440 31 49 37 111,596 73-45 RR — — 38 41,116 VT 500 G — — — — L120 — — — — 45H29 — 47 35 34,751 VR 9559 G — — — — VR 9553 G — — — — 72-65 RR 35 45 36 71,846 73-75 RR — — — — 45S52 — — 40 4,233 9590 33 47 40 35,502 L159 — — — — VT Barrier — — 28 12,370 1918 — — 30 3,793 45H31 — — — — VT Remarkable — — 32 10,858 5770 — 53 39 13,036 VR 9560 CL — — — — 45H26 27 44 35 6,501 D3153 — — — —

RISK AREA 13 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 36 114,095 33 105,536 33 59,364 33 53,179 33 32,375 34 30,872 36 28,264 32 26,595 33 23,472 33 17,131 31 15,177 36 13,177 32 10,003 32 8,756 25 8,405 30 7,774 36 7,235 28 6,372 29 6,297 33 6,151 28 5,627 34 5,517

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-67 RR — — — — Rugby 9 34 31 1,592 45H21 21 39 — — 71-45RR 29 42 34 2,143 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 29 870 24 842 32 622 34 533 33 687,871

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 44 52 44 299,476 Stettler (HRS) — — 53 5,930 CDC Alsask (HRS) 37 55 42 24,064 CDC Go (HRS) 45 54 45 27,494 Superb (HRS) 41 48 41 35,835 Prodigy (HRS) 35 44 38 19,665 CDC Abound (HRS) 42 52 46 16,777 5700 PR (CPS) 50 58 53 18,108 AC Splendor (HRS) 39 45 40 22,242 Unity (HRS) — 51 43 4,677 CDC Imagine (HRS) 42 51 42 13,389 Kane (HRS) 42 51 44 8,667 AC Foremost (CPS) 52 67 66 6,459 AC Barrie (HRS) 35 46 33 8,485 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — McKenzie (HRS) 42 46 43 8,451 Goodeve (HRS) — — 41 8,146 5701 PR (CPS) 49 57 54 5,123 Alvena (HRS) 48 51 44 5,259 AC Crystal (CPS) 48 58 47 7,364 5702 PR (CPS) — — 54 908 CDC Utmost (HRS) — — — — Infinity (HRS) 41 57 41 5,663 AC Taber (CPS) 61 72 63 3,697 AC Domain (HRS) — 49 44 2,498 AC Elsa (HRS) — 51 46 1,829 CDC Teal (HRS) 36 50 38 1,890 CDC Bounty (HRS) — 49 36 2,113 AC Intrepid (HRS) 42 53 47 2,461 5602 HR (HRS) 38 48 46 1,273 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 43 215,995 71,857 47 32,137 42 25,489 43 17,243 40 16,543 36 16,322 49 15,563 63 12,077 36 43 9,578 6,731 44 6,697 44 6,157 58 33 6,003 49 5,981 5,848 43 5,800 45 5,667 49 5,170 44 4,730 59 4,483 49 4,395 49 3,908 48 3,509 64 2,540 41 2,416 33 36 2,356 2,278 44 1,831 44 1,526 45 44 535,643

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 62 75 68 56,620 AC Metcalfe 59 66 66 46,377 Champion 75 84 77 20,721 CDC Copeland 63 75 70 17,588 CDC Cowboy 42 61 54 16,340 CDC Coalition — 69 55 2,222 CDC Trey — — 55 4,310 Trochu 62 81 80 1,949 CDC Dolly 44 55 49 3,027 Seebe 44 61 59 3,639 CDC Meredith — — — — CDC Austenson — — — — Ponoka 42 58 53 2,432 Major — — — — — 64 64 1,202 CDC PolarStar Sundre 44 68 65 1,106 CDC Kendall 54 64 64 1,179 Newdale — — — — 47 — 31 700 AC Ranger Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 58 52,924 47,268 55 65 40,451 61 22,237 17,279 52 5,029 63 55 4,455 53 3,279 51 3,110 55 2,939 2,551 74 74 2,299 61 1,844 72 1,685 52 1,293 55 1,219 48 1,025 49 880 68 812 59 218,840

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 38 47 38 19,030 CDC Meadow SW Midas 39 40 26 11,064 Thunderbird 35 56 40 3,638 CDC Golden 45 43 37 2,698 — — 28 914 CDC Patrick

RISK AREA 13 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 39 37,181 7,605 29 36 3,995 22 3,570 30 1,752

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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2013

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Eiffel 35 37 — Profi 45 44 27 Cooper 42 43 — Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres — 1,195 —

RISK AREA 13 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 37 935 38 782 41 676 35 64,025

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 59 111 107 15,805 Derby 51 96 91 4,387 AC Mustang 30 112 78 781 CDC Baler 50 76 104 465 Grizzly — — — — Calibre 47 91 106 357 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 13 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 110 15,899 67 1,845 98 678 120 675 87 470 97 363 103 22,505

RISK AREA 14 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L150 — — 35 2,423 L130 — — 25 2,305 VT 500 G — — — — L120 — — — — 5440 47 51 35 7,213 73-45 RR — — 20 2,091 VR 9553 G — — — — 73-15 RR — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 14 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 29 4,630 28 4,308 4,241 32 24 4,099 30 1,947 1,804 28 1,770 32 1,472 30 28 31,754

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) 69 75 70 7,157 5700 PR (CPS) 64 77 56 2,862 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 14 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 7,240 54 2,571 66 56 14,666

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Seebe 57 52 36 1,465 Ponoka 69 71 36 2,104 Xena 89 65 49 922 Sundre 86 82 — — Niobe — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 14 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 38 2,380 42 2,364 50 1,785 27 863 46 629 44 13,378

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 68 95 83 1,908 Derby 83 86 59 1,084 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 14 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 1,630 69 72 1,165 71 3,654

RISK AREA 15 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — — 45 17,859 L150 — — 42 17,642 — — 43 13,630 73-45 RR L120 — — — — 5440 43 52 42 51,402 45S52 — — 43 2,705 ‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

RISK AREA 15 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 36 51,177 37 42,286 34 35,865 34 30,586 39 16,490 39 13,336

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres VT 500 G — — — — 73-15 RR — — — — 45H29 — 53 41 9,514 VR 9559 G — — — — L159 — — — — 72-65 RR — 50 35 14,757 6040 RR — — 34 4,153 VT Remarkable — — 28 8,303 VR 9553 G — — — — 73-75 RR — — — — 73-55 RR — 54 41 8,043 1014 RR — — — — VR 9558 GC — — — — 43E01 — 37 31 1,457 6060 RR — — 43 961 1918 — — 31 1,634 L135 C — — — — D3153 — — — — 45H73 29 — 30 921 34-65 29 42 30 5,113 45H31 — — — — 73-67 RR — 50 32 1,852 VT Barrier — — 22 2,246 45S51 — 49 39 6,823 5020 39 49 43 16,463 1990 — — — — 1818 31 44 40 2,471 72-35 RR — 49 32 7,025 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 15 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 36 12,174 32 11,314 38 8,781 6,414 34 37 5,223 4,710 40 34 4,606 4,161 27 4,152 28 34 4,096 3,541 36 30 2,942 39 2,444 35 2,428 33 2,425 37 2,117 43 1,885 36 1,831 39 1,624 22 1,590 43 1,491 34 1,446 17 1,381 39 1,366 30 1,349 43 849 30 810 692 30 35 307,794

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Foremost (CPS) 60 74 69 42,845 Harvest (HRS) 46 52 53 33,250 5700 PR (CPS) 52 67 61 18,210 Stettler (HRS) — — 58 2,400 AC Crystal (CPS) 54 65 53 9,014 5702 PR (CPS) 48 64 48 3,206 CDC Abound (HRS) 43 58 49 10,982 Superb (HRS) 44 56 52 8,518 5604HR CL (HRS) — — — — AC Intrepid (HRS) 46 50 48 3,933 CDC Alsask (HRS) — 57 47 2,766 Roblin (HRS) 46 52 42 888 CDC Go (HRS) — 57 42 866 Infinity (HRS) 50 52 50 912 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 15 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 42,462 68 29,623 53 21,901 60 11,644 54 67 7,825 6,323 64 5,630 46 5,391 53 49 2,095 1,860 48 47 1,665 45 1,035 47 785 49 642 59 146,230

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 69 74 70 16,641 AC Metcalfe 70 76 72 25,597 Champion — 84 78 5,290 CDC Coalition — 85 84 8,118 Seebe 53 67 59 11,982 CDC Copeland 66 66 78 4,061 Ponoka 64 73 69 8,889 CDC Cowboy 54 70 67 4,528 Busby — — — — CDC Austenson — — — — Bentley — — — — Sundre 72 79 67 1,824 Stander 60 63 74 611 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 15 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 55 21,585 62 16,321 72 15,155 70 14,490 53 12,408 10,732 68 62 9,464 58 7,113 57 2,415 67 1,854 67 1,710 52 1,335 54 768 62 122,574

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow — 62 43 Canstar 58 53 41 Cooper 52 51 37 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 4,923 2,296 1,503

RISK AREA 15 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 49 7,363 47 2,637 45 664 48 14,421

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 73 104 115 18,160 AC Mustang 52 101 104 1,760 Derby 52 72 74 901 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 15 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 16,047 111 698 93 80 280 109 18,486

RISK AREA 16 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — — 35 1,711 VT 500 G — — — — L150 — — — — L120 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 16 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 33 3,341 2,479 32 28 2,298 28 1,983 31 16,069

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 5700 PR (CPS) 58 — 61 2,472 AC Foremost (CPS) — 89 — — Stettler (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 16 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 2,322 59 805 62 656 59 60 5,113

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Ponoka 66 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 16 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 52 1,462 54 3,318

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 50 — 70 645 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 16 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 2,206 101 102 2,864

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‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

2013

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RISK AREA 17

RISK AREA 19

CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-45 RR — — 42 3,765 L130 — — — — 43E01 — — — — L120 — — — — 45S52 — — — — 45H31 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 17 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 36 4,863 34 3,621 25 3,114 38 2,990 44 1,761 36 1,677 33 34,297

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) — — 46 2,115 AC Intrepid (HRS) 35 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 17 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 40 2,426 41 2,405 43 16,784

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Mustang — — 107 1,682 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 17 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 38 809 55 1,831

RISK AREA 18 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L120 — — — — 73-45 RR — — 32 3,508 L130 — — 30 5,295 43E01 34 15 19 3,334 VR 9350 G — — — — 73-55 RR — — 19 2,655 73-15 RR — — — — VT 500 G — — — — 45S52 — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 18 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 29 7,648 6,904 30 29 6,531 26 4,388 26 4,221 24 4,141 25 3,737 3,124 25 27 3,030 27 58,170

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 33 37 65 16,575 44 35 68 9,176 5700 PR (CPS) — 35 51 3,537 CDC Alsask (HRS) Superb (HRS) 43 38 62 9,074 — — — — Stettler (HRS) 5701 PR (CPS) — — 50 1,829 — — — — CDC Stanley (HRS) Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 18 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 53 12,579 57 8,495 51 6,137 56 6,100 53 1,901 57 1,559 52 622 53 54,264

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 47 39 50 9,317 Champion — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 18 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 45 5,737 76 3,915 59 14,707

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield — 40 29 CDC Meadow SW Midas 36 27 25 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 5,615 3,138

RISK AREA 18 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 34 5,023 32 3,998 31 11,726

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 55 46 115 2,466 AC Morgan Derby 47 64 68 5,579 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 18 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 92 1,927 32 911 69 3,793

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

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CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — — 39 65,748 73-45 RR — 21 39 44,316 L120 — — — — 45S52 — — 51 1,759 L150 — — 42 9,448 72-65 RR 29 21 40 21,679 43E01 24 18 33 7,846 73-55 RR — — 31 11,525 73-15 RR — — — — VR 9350 G — — — — 45S51 25 18 47 5,065 45H31 — — — — VR 9553 G — — — — VT 500 G — — — — 45H29 — 29 40 17,339 45H26 33 25 33 12,770 5770 — 28 47 14,692 34-65 26 22 31 10,451 5440 32 26 37 21,947 5020 31 22 41 61,466 5535 CL — — — — VT Remarkable — — 34 5,169 72-35 RR 30 16 36 10,251 VR 9559 G — — — — 45H73 24 24 38 1,175 VT Barrier — — 36 1,992 VR 9557 GS — — — — 73-75 RR — — — — Cafe 19 15 22 2,162 997 RR — — — — 5525 CL — 18 42 4,585 1012 RR — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 19 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 38 93,460 37 81,901 36 64,536 37 23,605 38 21,614 19,565 40 28 17,601 35 17,057 31 13,863 31 10,928 32 10,333 34 8,337 34 6,582 29 6,294 36 5,819 34 5,567 38 5,394 29 5,074 44 4,448 37 3,995 35 3,745 26 3,317 3,204 28 33 3,138 38 2,347 15 2,310 39 2,214 35 1,710 25 1,481 31 1,422 1,419 35 34 1,309 35 482,702

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 39 34 61 121,165 Harvest (HRS) Superb (HRS) 40 36 68 51,112 31 29 59 14,593 CDC Teal (HRS) Stettler (HRS) — — 80 880 Alvena (HRS) 32 24 68 17,226 AC Intrepid (HRS) 34 29 64 22,633 CDC Go (HRS) — 31 67 8,119 Prodigy (HRS) 37 35 57 14,717 AC Splendor (HRS) 37 30 66 8,429 CDC Abound (HRS) — 29 68 6,042 CDC Alsask (HRS) 32 35 66 21,390 5700 PR (CPS) 36 32 70 10,692 AC Foremost (CPS) 42 32 75 5,424 Infinity (HRS) 39 27 65 15,388 — — — — CDC Stanley (HRS) AC Elsa (HRS) 32 28 56 4,232 5701 PR (CPS) 46 42 72 3,525 CDC Imagine (HRS) 34 36 82 3,546 Roblin (HRS) 23 24 49 1,913 Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 19 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 53 129,538 57 45,142 51 13,983 13,659 57 49 13,235 45 12,843 59 9,713 45 8,249 49 8,053 52 8,014 6,786 51 56 2,966 62 2,438 51 2,321 59 1,942 50 1,895 64 1,890 52 1,627 35 1,264 53 293,637

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 62 42 74 24,547 Champion — 45 99 12,076 60 43 70 6,350 CDC Copeland Sundre 22 41 89 3,557 Xena 65 47 83 3,061 Ponoka 73 57 93 2,937 Major — — — — 55 40 58 1,351 CDC Cowboy — — — — AC Lacombe CDC Helgason — 31 47 822 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 19 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 59 23,118 75 11,181 61 8,632 44 5,852 62 3,266 80 2,823 71 2,069 54 1,753 1,052 40 39 825 61 64,478

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow — 30 40 SW Midas 36 24 28 Cutlass F.P. 33 26 34 CDC Patrick — — 22 Garde — 31 32 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 13,188 10,445 8,185 620 1,835

RISK AREA 19 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 43 27,352 29 6,336 29 4,591 36 3,183 39 1,455 38 49,988

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Derby 78 59 136 11,518 AC Morgan 70 55 140 6,928 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 19 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 91 4,669 78 3,193 84 8,953

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

RISK AREA 20 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 73-45 RR — — 43 13,898 L120 — — — — L130 — — 32 13,783 73-15 RR — — — — 72-65 RR — 23 33 10,498 45S52 — — — — 73-55 RR — — 31 3,733 72-35 RR 29 32 32 2,249 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 20 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 34 26,173 37 20,920 42 11,983 29 9,516 36 4,811 37 3,774 39 3,019 29 1,452 35 95,675

‡ On system as of January 20, 2013;

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YIELD ALBERTA

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 41 37 58 26,529 CDC Alsask (HRS) — 42 68 9,479 CDC Teal (HRS) 42 37 58 4,327 Roblin (HRS) 40 34 44 4,426 AC Intrepid (HRS) 41 37 55 2,513 McKenzie (HRS) — 34 58 3,980 CDC Stanley (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 20 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 58 28,730 53 7,668 43 5,367 55 4,381 50 3,235 3,095 52 60 1,021 54 65,501

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Metcalfe 69 70 60 2,155 Xena 55 66 71 1,672 Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 20 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 61 3,266 64 2,647 62 10,236

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow — — 30 DS-Admiral 30 25 29 Cooper — 49 — Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 20 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 35 4,130 36 1,273 37 1,051 37 7,501

2011 Acres 2,799 1,845 —

RISK AREA 21 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L120 — — — — L130 — — 35 21,887 73-45 RR — — 31 7,033 73-15 RR — — — — 45S52 — — — — 43E01 11 22 28 6,592 VT Barrier — — — — 72-35 RR 13 16 30 7,906 L150 — — 40 4,305 45S51 — — 43 1,235 Early One — — 26 3,108 43A56 16 19 32 3,489 5020 30 29 32 33,842 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 21 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 27 39,484 29 32,814 14,121 29 7,254 26 25 6,778 24 5,591 4,930 21 4,401 25 27 4,083 28 3,434 2,219 19 22 2,213 27 2,126 26 151,052

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Harvest (HRS) 49 39 53 28,340 CDC Go (HRS) 54 45 69 8,307 43 32 73 10,577 5700 PR (CPS) Stettler (HRS) — — — — CDC Alsask (HRS) — — 56 7,868 Superb (HRS) 50 39 58 8,431 Alvena (HRS) — 32 56 3,175 26 22 58 1,917 CDC Teal (HRS) Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 21 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 14,575 44 13,720 43 58 5,981 53 5,817 48 3,541 45 3,116 40 2,274 37 796 47 66,498

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 50 35 63 9,493 AC Metcalfe — 36 74 2,537 CDC Copeland Sundre 48 40 63 3,947 Champion — — 82 2,268 CDC Cowboy — — — —

RISK AREA 21 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 47 8,167 50 7,286 44 5,046 54 4,361 49 2,307

† Yields only for those varieties grown by 5 or more producers; § Weighted Average Yield and Total Acreage include acres not reported in the table.

yield ALBERTA

2013

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres Xena 56 51 52 1,740 Otal 26 — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 21 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 52 2,089 36 760 48 34,212

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield CDC Meadow — 28 22 Thunderbird — — — SW Midas 31 29 37 Eclipse 24 15 28 Carneval — 18 22 Cutlass F.P. 31 27 33 Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 8,022 — 1,135 3,400 720 2,674

RISK AREA 21 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 32 10,532 29 2,269 27 2,056 31 1,615 22 1,305 30 1,230 30 20,559

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres AC Morgan 61 72 133 8,686 Derby 36 65 124 6,013 Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 21 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 66 1,400 63 960 63 2,990

RISK AREA 22 CANOLA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres L130 — — 39 13,744 73-45 RR — — 38 10,051 L120 — — — — L150 — — 40 3,069 — — — — 73-15 RR 45H31 — — — — 5440 35 41 35 3,305 — — — — VT Barrier 5020 32 37 36 19,878 Weighted Average Dryland Canola yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 22 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 26 29,904 20 16,515 29 11,447 23 6,905 23 4,764 26 3,767 24 1,877 21 1,640 23 1,079 25 85,625

WHEAT DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 53 51 47 3,563 Infinity (HRS) Alikat (HRS) 60 53 39 3,473 CDC Imagine (HRS) 41 42 37 3,086 AC Intrepid (HRS) 48 53 45 3,070 Roblin (HRS) 46 42 32 2,729 CDC Alsask (HRS) — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Wheat yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 22 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 27 4,240 27 3,272 23 2,809 27 2,679 25 1,990 22 1,762 29 24,768

BARLEY DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 65 68 57 1,034 AC Metcalfe Xena 68 — — — Ponoka — — — — Weighted Average Dryland Barley yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 22 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 36 1,563 57 1,355 54 1,212 55 5,743

PEA DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield DS-Admiral 46 52 40 — — 41 CDC Meadow Weighted Average Dryland Pea yield (Bu.) & total acres§

2011 Acres 3,641 1,559

RISK AREA 22 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 17 5,484 20 5,281 19 11,200

OATS DRYLAND YIELDS BY VARIETY 2009–2012† 2009 2010 2011 2011 Variety Yield Yield Yield Acres 116 122 115 9,942 AC Morgan Weighted Average Dryland Oats yield (Bu.) & total acres§

RISK AREA 22 2012 2012‡ Yield Acres 44 3,284 39 4,195

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Canola yield data summary averaged across 3 years (2010-2012). Yield data collected from large-scale, grower managed Proving Ground trials across Western Canada as of November 30th, 2012. Product responses are variable and subject to any number of environmental, disease and pest pressures. Individual results may vary. Multi-year and multi-location data is a better predictor of future performance. Refer to www.pioneer.com/yield or contact a Pioneer Hi-Bred sales representative for the latest and complete listing of traits and scores for each Pioneer® brand product. ®

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