b'WELCOME TO SEED MANITOBA 2025By Anne Kirk coordinated through their crop commodity associations and planted Seed Manitoba Editor, Manitoba Agriculture where they deem appropriate. W elcome to Seed Manitoba 2025, the Variety Selection andTo get a better understanding of where the trials are located and Growers Source Guide for Manitoba producers. Thisthe weather conditions at these sites, see 2024 Locations of Variety guide comes to you with the compliments of ManitobaEvaluation Trials map and site location table on pages 14 and 15. Agriculture, Manitoba Seed Growers Association and the Manitoba Co-operator.Seed Manitoba is a collaborative effort between industry,HOW CAN SEED MANITOBA HELP government and producers to provide third party variety perfor- WITH VARIETY SELECTION?mance information. Seed Manitoba provides unbiased replicated data, giving producers, seed growers and seed retailers more insight into variety perfor-WHERE DOES THE DATA COME FROM? mance throughout the province. Yield data is displayed by location Data is from replicated small plot trials grown in many locationsto show local performance as well as summarized across locations throughoutManitobaandcompiledoveryears.Themaindataand years.collectedisyield.OtheragronomicinformationintheVarietyTheonlinevarietyselectiontoolatwww.seedmb.caallows Description tables is compiled from data submitted at the time thecomparisons over multiple years and locations, helping to compare a variety was registered. Some ratings in the table, such as diseasenew variety to a tried and true variety.resistance, can change as pathogens change and reaction to disease races are better understood.Thank you to all contributors to Seed Manitoba. This publication would not be possible without the sponsors, supporters, site contrac-TESTING LOCATIONS AND SITE YEARS tors, Manitoba Crop Variety Evaluation Team and the commodity TestinglocationsarechosenbytheManitobaCropVarietygroups that donate data. The team behind Seed Manitoba hopes you Evaluation Team to represent the production area of each crop type.find the information beneficial as you make variety decisions for the Crops with wide adaptation, such as barley, fall rye, oat, spring and2025 growing season. winter wheat, are planted at all sites. Crops like flax and field peas are only planted at locations where they are typically grown. Other cropsAny questions or concerns regarding Seed Manitoba can be directed like canola, corn, dry beans, soybeans, faba beans and sunflowers areto anne.kirk@gov.mb.ca. PHOTO: ANNE KIRK, MANITOBA AGRICULTURE6SEED MANITOBA 2025SEEDMB.CA'