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It’s an example of how we can take this research and [use it to create new products].” Changes Coming for Oilseeds Committee Four flax lines were considered and ultimately recommended for registration by the oilseeds committee (PRCO), according to chair Daryl Rex — three brown-seeded flax cultivars and one yellow- seeded cultivar. Compared to last year that’s down quite a bit, as there were more than 10 lines considered for registration in 2015. Changes are in store for the flax and mustard-breeding sector, Rex noted. Multiple breeding organizations used to be involved, but “we’re basically ending up with one breeding entity for each now,” Rex says. Flax used to be bred by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Crop Production Services, but both are winding down their flax breeding programs and leaving just the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan to do the work. Viterra used to breed mustard along with AAFC, but he noted that just AAFC will be left in the mustard breeding ring. In fact, the PRCO discussed alterations to its operating pro- cedures which would see the committee split into two separate bodies, one that deals with flax and the other dealing with condiment mustard. Both the flax and mustard groups decided to maintain the status quo for another year. The mustard group will have a small subcommittee formed to explore what options may be available to them and report back to the group later in the year. “In a way it’s nothing new for us — at one point in time the oilseeds committee handled four or five crop types including sunflower and safflower,” he says. Five years ago its mandate was changed to just dealing with flax and condiment mustard, he adds. Breeding Barley for Beer Four barley and four oat lines were recommended for registra- tion by the oat and barley committee, according to committee secretary Pat Juskiw. Out of the four oat lines, three were milling oats and one was bred for equine feed. All four barley lines were for malting barley, with two recommended for full registration and two for interim registration. As usual, malt quality for brewing was a big topic of discussion, according to committee chair Rich Joy. “In regard to what brewers want, they all want something dif- ferent,” he says. “The big growth in the brewing industry right now is the craft market, and it’s looking for different things depending who you talk to. Realistically, it’s something the North American varieties are having difficulty delivering. Very low protein, low enzymes, high extract-type barley. What that does is it provides a different type of malt quality profile compared to higher protein varieties we currently offer. Our breeders are doing a great job to ensure those types of varieties are being bred if they can be.” Current barleys commonly used by brewers are getting old, he added, and it’s time for some new ones to take over and replace those time-honoured malting barley varieties. “We’ve had AC Metcalfe and CDC Copeland since the late 1990s. Some of those new ones coming up now are looking positive. I’m happy to say we’re getting new varieties that will probably fill some of the niches left by Metcalfe and Copeland when they eventually go away.” WCC/RRCResults It’snotapartofthePGDC,butanadditional97lines ofcanola/rapeseedarebeingrecommendedfor registrationbytheWesternCanadaCanola/Rapeseed RecommendingCommittee,accordingtochair RaymondGadoua. Twenty-sixlineswererecommendedforinterim registrationatthegroup’smeetinginFebruary—four Clearfield,twoGlyphosateTrulflexRoundupReady,two Liberty/Roundup,and18Rounduplines.Theremaining 71weregivenfullrecommendation—fiveClearfield, fourGlufosinateAmmonium-RF3,fiveGlyphosate- OptimumGLY,sixGlyphosateTruflexRoundupReady, 13Liberty,twoLiberty/Roundupand36Rounduplines. Daryl Rex, chair of the PGDC oilseeds committee, says the committee could one day split into two separate ones dealing with flax and condiment mustard. World-renowned Canadian wheat breeder Ron DePauw spoke out against government-imposed limits on how many voting members can sit on the PGDC’s four recommending committees