MARCH 2019 GERMINATION.CA 59 what oats are, to be a much better product.” Craig Riddell of Riddell Seed Company has grown both varieties for four years on his operation in Warren, Man. “We have been most impressed with the consistency of these varieties’ superior grain quality,” says Riddell. “Through both wet years and this recent extremely dry year they have always been our heaviest test weight varieties.” Tools for Success Hyra says the fact that Dyck is an independent breeder is key to the positive message about his work. “We want him and his breeding program to be successful long-term, and he makes his living based on how much seed we sell,” Hyra says. For Dyck, it’s crucial that Canada adopt a system for value creation in cereals so that breeders like him can be successful and so growers can benefit from breeding innova- tions he says won’t be realized unless those innovations can be encouraged through either the end point royalty or trailing royalty system (his pre- ferred option) currently on the table and being discussed among stake- holder groups. “It’s key that growers recognize Let’s make it 100% In 2019, recycle every jug. Canadian farmers recycle 65% of ag-plastic jugs. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of collection, this year we’re going for 100%. Every jug counts. Please help by recycling all your ag-plastic jugs. To find a collection location near you, or learn about other programs, click on Programs at Cleanfarms.ca Every jug counts! info@cleanfarms.ca @cleanfarms.ca that oats can indeed make huge leaps forward. We’re already dreaming big, but we can’t realize those dreams if we don’t get some sort of system for value creation in Canada. We’ll barely be profitable with people buying cer- tified seed of our new oat varieties, but with value creation in place we’ll be able to do things that right now we can only imagine,” Dyck says. “Perhaps there’s a sentiment being expressed by some that we’re already doing enough, that there’s nothing big on the horizon that’s going to change the oat landscape. I disagree with that.”