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6 PhotoLesleyNakonechny. The Canadian Grain Commission assigned Elgin ND a high-yielding milling wheat with a full disease package and lodging resistance to a new wheat class the parameters are still under development. CHANGESto Western Canadas milling wheat classes have opened up marketing opportunities for a new variety of wheat introduced at a field tour hosted by FP Genetics. Held at Richardsons Kelburn Farm this summer FP Genetics staff highlighted Elgin ND an awned wheat variety developed by North Dakota State University NDSU researchers. Elgin ND is a high-yielding milling wheat with a full disease package and lodg- ing resistance. The variety is being marketed to growers seeking high yield and maximum revenue per acre. Its also filling what FP Genetics CEO Rod Merryweather says is a new niche in the wheat market created by the recent wheat class changes. The Canadian Grain Commission CGC announced an interim wheat class for varieties not eligible for the Canada Western Red Spring CWRS class. Elgin ND has been designated as a variety in addition to the Faller and Prosper varieties that has been assigned to the new class by the CGC. The com- mission and industry are working to develop detailed quality parameters for the class. Its an opportunity for growers as well as us to introduce a new vari- ety that can give everyone involved a good return on their investment Merryweather says. If we want to be competitive in the wheat market we have to look for these opportunities when they arise. In response to customer complaints about the low gluten strength of Canadian wheat the CGC proposes WheatClassChangesCreate NicheforNewVariety Elgin ND finds its place as part of a new interim wheat class.