Newly Registered Forage Barley Variety

Note: This update was provided by Brian Rossnagel, University of Saskatchewan

This is just a quick note on behalf of Aaron Beattie, Bruce Coulman and Brian Rossnagel to advise that they have just registered their newest 2 row forage barley variety named CDC Maverick.

CDC Maverick is essentially a smooth awned version of CDC Cowboy. Like CDC Cowboy, it demonstrates high biomass yield and in Coop testing, out-yielded all checks and other entries by some 10+% in terms of forage dry matter. Forage quality is similar to CDC Cowboy with the exception of course that CDC Maverick has smooth awns, while CDC Cowboy has rough awns.

Pedigreed seed increase and marketing will be handled by SeCan. CDC Maverick was tested in the Western Forage Barley Coop trials as FB205 and in CDC Trials as SB060176.

Side Note from Brian Rossnagel: For those who wonder about the derivation of variety names – CDC Maverick was one smooth cowboy...................................

Saskatchewan's Forage Industry Report Released

The Saskatchewan Forage Council is pleased to announce the release of the much-anticipated report entitled “The Value of Saskatchewan’s Forage Industry – A Multi-Level Analysis”.  The first of its kind in the province, the report characterizes this diverse industry and looks at the value of forages to Saskatchewan’s economy, environment and society as a whole.  Read more...

Download the complete report: Print Version(4.4MB) or Screen Version(2.2MB)

For more information or to request a print copy of the report, contact the Saskatchewan Forage Council at 306.969.2666 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Posted April 15, 2010