b'Why Hasnt Variety Registration Evolved? to welcome more industry players. Without a registration But it has! Recently, the Prairie Recommending Committee forsystem, there would be more similar varieties, and more inferior Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) Agronomy and Qualityproducts for the industry to sort through. Evaluation Teams introduced clearer tools to classify key per-formance traits and highlight acceptable positive and negativeAre we Losing Competitiveness Because of Variety deviations from check varieties. A discussion by the committeeRegistration? is required only when a candidate variety deviates negativelyYou be the judge. On-farm rates of increased wheat productiv-beyond a specified boundary. The Disease Evaluation Team hasity have outpaced canola for many years. These yield improve-a similar tool to help predict potential difficulties in gainingments came simultaneously to maintaining disease resistance, support. reducing straw height, and improving Fusarium head blight tol-These tools allow a clear illustration of the relative worth oferancenot to mention the development of both midge and a new variety. Over the course of 2024 and 2025, 47 new wheatsawfly resistant products. Many farmers have been impressed variety candidates were brought forward for consideration with advances made in heat and drought tolerance for wheat, 46 were supported, three withdrawn by the owner, and just onewhile at the same time, expressing disappointment in other failed to receive support. Of the 47 new varieties, only a hand- crops.ful will achieve more than 1% of the total wheat acreage. While any system can be improved, suggesting the reg-istration system has outlived its usefulness displays a lack of Are we Registering Too Many Similar Varieties? understanding of our variety registration system and its evolu-To some, it may come as a surprise that the policy setting thetion since 1923. The question isnt whether to abandon variety minimum merit requirement for registration changed fromregistration, but how to keep refining it to allow for innovation superior to to equal to check varieties way back in 1966that will meet the challenges of tomorrow. STRENGTH POWERED BY THE SEA. Improved germination, seedling emergence, and early root growth? Your seed treatment just got more muscle. Tidal Grow GENBOOST pumps up seed performance and plant defense.NOVEMBER 2025SEEDWORLD.COM/CANADA 45'