Barley

Variety Descriptions

New Varieties 2026

Variety	Type	Code	Breeder	Distributor	Seed Availability
CDC Harness (2) PBR 91	Food and Feed	FB21106	Crop Develoment Centre	FP Genetics	2028
CDC Pristine (2) PBR 91	Hulless	HB21355	Crop Develoment Centre	SeCan	2027
CDC Armstrong (2) PBR 91	Hulless	HB20351	Crop Develoment Centre	SeCan	2027
WCI Fortify (6)	Food and Feed	FB22816	Field Crop Development Centre	SeedNet	2026

Malting barley varieties are classified into two groups. The “Malting: Acceptance – Recommended” group are varieties with recommended market acceptance as listed in the Canadian Malt Barley Technical Centre.
(CMBTC) publication “2025/26 Recommended Malting Barley Varieties”. The category of “Malting: Other” includes varieties not currently recommended by the CMBTC but markets may exist.
SY Stanza is a non-GN (glycosidic nitrile) two-row malting variety.
The two-row malting variety CDC PlatinumStar is available through a closed loop identity preserved program.
It is strongly recommended for producers to use a combination of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s List of Registered Varieties (www.inspection.gc.ca) and the Canadian Grain Commission’s Variety Designation Lists.
(www.grainscanada.gc.ca) to determine the registration and grade eligibility status of varieties.
A number of new varieties are participating in a Variety Use Agreement (VUA) . If producers purchase a VUA variety and divert some of that grain at harvest for seed use, they will be invoiced a Variety Use Fee for use of the seed. Ask your retailer about your obligations to the Variety Use Agreement (VUA) when purchasing seed.

Variety Descriptions

Crop Type	Category / Variety¹	Site Years Tested	Yield (bu/acre)	Protein %	Maturity +/- 88 days	Height +/- 89 cm	Test Wt +/- 48.7 lb/bu	Awns²	Lodging	Loose Smut	Surface-borne Smut	Root Rot	Netted Net Blotch	Spotted Net Blotch	Spot Blotch	Stem Rust³	Fusarium Head Blight⁴
	Malting: Acceptance - Recommended
Malting: Acceptance - Recommended	AAC Connect (2) PBR 91	46	109	12.4	0	-3	-0.5	R	G	S	R	MS	I	MR	MR	MR	MR
Malting: Acceptance - Recommended	AAC Synergy (2) PBR 78	105	114	12.2	0	-2	-0.4	R	G	S	I	I	MR	R	R	MR	I
Malting: Acceptance - Recommended	CDC Churchill (2) PBR 91	46	114	12.3	1	-5	-0.2	R	G	MS	MR	-	MR	MR	I	MR	MS
Malting: Acceptance - Recommended	CDC Copeland (2)	46	103	12.3	0	5	-0.5	R	G	MS	I	I	I	I	S	MR	MR
Malting: Acceptance - Recommended	CDC Fraser (2) PBR 91	43	110	12.1	1	0	-0.7	R	G	R	MR	MS	MR	MR	R	MR	I
	Malting: Other
Malting: Other	AAC Goldman (2)	56	109	12.6	1	3	-0.4	R	F	MS	I	S	I	R	I	I	MR
Malting: Other	AAC Prairie (2) PBR 91	34	108	12.4	0	-2	-0.3	R	F	S	MR	-	MR	I	I	MR	I
Malting: Other	AB Brewnet (2) PBR 91	39	107	13.0	3	5	0	R	G	MS	MR	-	MS	I	I	MR	MR
Malting: Other	AB Dram (2) PBR 91	34	103	13.1	-1	0	0	R	G	MR	R	-	MS	MR	MS	S	I
Malting: Other	AB Foothills (2) PBR 91	34	111	12.3	0	-2	-0.8	-	G	R	MR	-	I	I	MS	MR	I
Malting: Other	AC Metcalfe (2)	206	99	13.0	0	0	0	R	F	R	I	I	S	I	I	MR	I
Malting: Other	CDC Bow (2) PBR 91	55	107	12.1	1	3	0.5	R	G	S	I	MS	S	MR	I	MR	I
Malting: Other	CDC Copper (2) PBR 91	36	109	12.4	1	-5	-0.7	R	G	I	MR	MR	MR	MR	I	I	MS
Malting: Other	CDC Kindersley (2) PBR 78	34	105	12.7	-1	-3	0	R	G	S	R	I	MS	MR	I	MR	I
Malting: Other	CDC PlatinumStar (2) PBR 91	18	102	12.2	0	3	-0.5	R	F	S	R	S	I	MR	S	I	MR
Malting: Other	Celebration (6W) PBR 78	35	107	13.4	-1	5	0	S	G	R	R	MS	S	MR	MR	I	MS
Malting: Other	Newdale (2)	18	114	12.6	0	-3	-0.5	R	F	S	MR	MR	I	MR	I	MR	I
Malting: Other	SY Stanza (2) PBR 91	19	112	11.9	1	-10	-1.6	R	VG	S	MR	-	I	MS	MS	S	MS
Malting: Other	Torbellino (2)	29	98	12.5	1	-11	-0.4	R	G	-	R	-	MS	MS	MS	MS	S
Malting: Other	Tradition (6W)	19	106	13.0	2	10	0.8	S	F	S	MR	MR	S	I	MR	MR	S
	Food and Feed
Food and Feed	AAC Lariat (2) PBR 91	29	116	12.4	1	-3	-0.3	R	G	R	R	-	R	MR	I	R	MS
Food and Feed	AAC Stockton (2) PBR 91	31	118	12.3	1	-2	0	R	G	R	R	-	I	I	I	R	MR
Food and Feed	AB Advantage (6F) PBR 91	30	109	13.2	1	15	0	S	VG	MR	I	-	MS	I	I	I	S
Food and Feed	AB Cattlelac (6) PBR 91	31	112	12.8	1	11	1.3	SS	VG	I	R	-	MS	MR	R	I	S
Food and Feed	AB Hague (2) PBR 91	42	106	12.2	1	4	0	R	G	MR	R	-	I	I	I	MR	MR
Food and Feed	AB Maximizer (2) PBR 91	29	111	12.3	0	3	1.2	R	VG	I	R	-	I	I	I	MR	I
Food and Feed	AB Prime (2) PBR 91	42	116	12.6	0	4	-0.4	-	G	S	R	-	MR	I	I	R	I
Food and Feed	AB Standswell (6) PBR 91	31	114	12.4	2	-4	0.3	S	G	MS	R	-	MR	I	MR	MR	S
Food and Feed	AB Tofield (6) PBR 91	29	111	12.1	1	5	1	S	VG	MR	MR	-	MS	I	I	R	S
Food and Feed	AB Wrangler (2) PBR 91	29	110	12.4	0	1	-0.2	R	F	MS	MR	-	I	I	MR	R	MR
Food and Feed	Altorado PBR 91	32	114	12.3	0	-5	0.7	R	G	MR	MR	MR	S	I	S	MR	I
Food and Feed	AS Lafleur (2) PBR 91	31	103	13.3	-3	0	1.7	R	VG	R	NT	NT	MS	I	MS	NT	MR
Food and Feed	Bighorn (2) PBR 91	29	114	12.2	0	4	0.4	-	F	I	R		I	I	I	I	I
Food and Feed	Canmore (2) PBR 91	33	111	12.4	1	0	0.7	R	G	R	R	I	MS	MR	I	MS	I
Food and Feed	Cantu (2) PBR 91	29	116	11.9	2	5	0.2	-	F	I	R	-	I	I	I	R	I
Food and Feed	Carleton (2) PBR 91	31	107	11.9	-1	-7	0.2	R	G	MS	R	-	MS	MS	MS	R	MR
Food and Feed	CDC Austenson (2) PBR 78	105	116	12.2	1	0	0.5	R	G	S	R	I	MS	R	R	I	I
Food and Feed	CDC Cowboy (2F) PBR 78	38	99	13.1	1	15	1.3	R	F	MS	MR	I	I	MR	I	MR	MR
Food and Feed	CDC Durango (2) PBR 91	29	114	12.4	2	-3	0.1	R	VG	S	R	-	MR	MS	I	I	I
Food and Feed	CDC Harness (2) PBR 91	31	117	12.4	1	0	1.3	R	G	MR	MR	-	I	I	I	MR	I
Food and Feed	CDC Maverick (2F) PBR 78	29	98	13.4	1	10	5.4	S	F	S	R	I	I	MR	I	MR	MR
Food and Feed	CDC Renegade (2F) PBR 91	29	107	12.6	1	7	-0.3	S	F	I	MR	-	MS	MR	MS	MR	MR
Food and Feed	Claymore (2) PBR 91	44	119	12.1	0	0	-0.2	R	G	S	R	I	S	I	MS	MR	MR
Food and Feed	CONLON (2)	36	100	12.8	-1	-3	0.8	S	G	I	I	I	I	MR	S	MR	MR
Food and Feed	Desperado (6F)	44	109	12.7	1	5	2.5	S	G	MS	R	MR	S	MR	MR	MR	S
Food and Feed	Esma (2) PBR 91 VUA	30	115	12.1	1	-10	-0.4	-	G	R	NT	NT	MS	MS	MS	NT	I
Food and Feed	Ferguson (2) PBR 91	29	113	12.0	1	-2	-0.2	R	G	S	R	-	MS	MS	S	I	I
Food and Feed	Ibex (2) PBR 91	29	115	12.2	1	2	0.2	-	F	S	R	-	I	I	I	R	I
Food and Feed	KWS Kellie (2) PBR 91 VUA	29	107	12.0	1	-11	-1.5	-	P	R	NT	NT	MS	MS	MS	NT	I
Food and Feed	Oreana (2) PBR 91	44	114	11.9	2	-13	0.2	R	G	S	R	I	S	MR	I	I	S
Food and Feed	RGT Planet (2) PBR 91 VUA	29	101	12.1	1	-10	-0.5	R	F	R	NT	NT	MS	MS	MS	NT	I
Food and Feed	Richer (6) PBR 91	29	115	12.6	-	14	-2.1	R	VG	R	NT	NT	I	MS	I	NT	I
Food and Feed	Sirish (2) PBR 91	48	105	12.4	1	-13	-0.3	R	VG	S	R	-	MS	MS	MS	S	MS
Food and Feed	WCI Fortify (6F)	19	117	12.9	1	4	-0.2	S	VG	R	R	-	MS	MR	MR	MR	S
	Hulless
Hulless	CDC Armstrong (2) PBR 91	9	88	12.3	0	1	9.8	R	G	R	MR	-	I	MR	MR	MR	I
Hulless	CDC Pristine (2) PBR 91	9	88	12.4	2	-2	8.9	R	G	R	MR	-	I	I	MR	I	MR
	Varieties being tested for adaptability in Western Canada
Varieties being tested for adaptability in Western Canada	AS Manon (2) PBR 91	31	107	12.6	-2	4	0.4	R	VG	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT
Varieties being tested for adaptability in Western Canada	Waterloo (6)	5	115	12.9	-	12	-2.1	R	G	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT
	Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB
	Malting: Other
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Malting: Other	TR21665 (2)	5	115	12.1	1	-3	-0.4	R	G	S	R	-	I	I	I	R	MS
	Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Food and Feed
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Food and Feed	FB21704 (2)	6	116	12.4	-1	2	0		G	R	MR	-	MS	MS	I	I	I
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Food and Feed	FB23113 (2)	6	120	12.4	1	-3	0.5	R	VG	S	MR	-	I	I	I	MR	I
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Food and Feed	FB23618 (2)	6	117	12.0	1	-3	1	R	VG	I	R	-	I	I	I	R	I
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Malting: Other	TR22669 (2)	6	114	12.5	1	-8	1.1	R	G	R	R		MS	I	MS	R	I
	GRAND MEAN (bu/acre and %)		114	12.4
	LSD (0.05)		5	0.3

¹ Values in brackets indicate row and type: 2 = two-row; 6 = six-row; W = white aleurone (all others yellow); F = fodder.
² R = Rough, S = Smooth, SS = Semi-Smooth.
³ Reactions given for old races of stem rust. All cultivars are susceptible to new race QCCJ. However, to date this has not caused widespread damage. Early seeding will generally reduce the likelihood of severe infection.
⁴ Fusarium head blight (FHB) infection is highly influenced by environment and heading date. Under high levels of the disease all varieties will sustain damage.
NT = Not tested for disease, until a full rating is generated assume that the variety is susceptible to the disease.

Yield Comparions

Crop Type	Variety	Arborg	Beausejour	Brandon	Carberry	Dauphin	Hamiota	Melita	Roblin	Rosebank	Souris	Ste. Adolphe	Stonewall	Thornhill
	Malting: Acceptance - Recommended
Malting: Acceptance - Recommended	AAC Synergy (2) PBR 78	83	136	125	103	161	104	111	119	168	126	168	76	107
Malting: Acceptance - Recommended	CDC Copeland (2)	-	-	-	111	-	94	107	-	147	120	-	-	-
	Malting: Other
Malting: Other	AAC Prairie (2) PBR 91	-	-	-	94	-	101	108	-	170	122	-	-	-
Malting: Other	AB Dram (2) PBR 91	75	110	131	120	148	102	108	112	132	122	152	78	99
Malting: Other	AB Foothills (2) PBR 91	78	128	121	100	154	115	113	122	146	129	159	72	96
Malting: Other	AC Metcalfe (2)	-	-	-	96	-	107	105	-	141	112	-	-	-
Malting: Other	SY Stanza (2) PBR 91	80	156	116	92	170	112	118	129	159	128	168	80	95
	Food and Feed
Food and Feed	AAC Stockton (2) PBR 91	84	138	133	121	170	115	129	123	166	124	156	84	119
Food and Feed	AS Lafleur (2) PBR 91	77	141	105	103	146	112	104	110	144	120	149	66	121
Food and Feed	Carleton (2) PBR 91	84	146	128	89	170	124	105	129	160	128	159	74	100
Food and Feed	CDC Austenson (2) PBR 78	85	136	129	96	163	113	116	126	170	129	166	79	117
Food and Feed	CDC Harness (2) PBR 91	89	133	132	110	171	132	123	136	169	142	175	86	71
Food and Feed	WCI Fortify (6F)	83	139	153	118	165	117	111	140	167	132	167	88	102
	Hulless
Hulless	CDC Armstrong (2) PBR 91	68	-	-	82	118	80	92	-	124	95	136	-	92
Hulless	CDC Pristine (2) PBR 91	70	-	-	101	121	80	87	-	110	94	123	-	90
	Varieties being tested for adaptability in Western Canada
Varieties being tested for adaptability in Western Canada	AS Manon (2) PBR 91	71	145	120	105	152	110	98	126	168	115	167	74	132
	Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB
	Food and Feed
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Food and Feed	FB21704 (2)	94	-	-	-	162	133	-	-	-	132	171	-	95
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Food and Feed	FB23113 (2)	95	-	-	-	177	115	-	-	-	145	187	-	96
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Food and Feed	FB23618 (2)	85	-	-	-	164	121	-	-	-	131	174	-	118
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Malting: Other	TR22669 (2)	81	-	-	-	167	124	-	-	-	132	162	-	95
	SITE GRAND MEAN (bu/acre)	81	137	127	103	158	111	108	125	153	124	161	78	103
	CV %	5.2	6.2	10	5	3.7	4.7	6.4	5	7.1	3.8	6.4	6.9	7.4
	LSD (bu/acre)	7	15	22	9	10	9	12	11	18	8	17	9	13
	Sign Diff	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Seeding Date	May 2	May 8	May 23	May 7	May 5	May 4	May 6	May 12	May 1	May 9	May 19	May 3	May 28
	Harvest Date	Aug 20	Aug 27	Aug 25	Aug 26	Aug 27	Aug 26	Aug 22	Sept 8	Aug 22	Aug 28	Aug 26	Aug 24	Sept 9

Protein Comparisons

Crop Type	Variety	Arborg	Beausejour	Brandon	Carberry	Dauphin	Hamiota	Melita	Roblin	Rosebank	Souris	Stonewall	Ste. Adolphe	Thornhill
	Malting: Acceptance - Recommended
Malting: Acceptance - Recommended	AAC Synergy (2) PBR 78	11.2	11.9	12.2	11.5	11.6	11.9	12.6	11.7	12.6	11.6	11.9	11.9	12.7
Malting: Acceptance - Recommended	CDC Copeland (2)	-	-	-	11.8	-	12.7	12.2	-	12.8	11.1	-	-	-
	Malting: Other
Malting: Other	AAC Prairie (2) PBR 91	-	-	-	11.5	-	12.8	12.4	-	12.7	11.4	-	-	-
Malting: Other	AB Dram (2) PBR 91	11.1	13.0	13.3	12.4	11.8	13.1	13.4	11.9	15.1	11.5	12.2	12.7	14.6
Malting: Other	AB Foothills (2) PBR 91	11.4	12.0	12.7	12.7	10.9	12.2	12.7	11.8	12.8	11.0	12.2	11.9	13.3
Malting: Other	AC Metcalfe (2)	-	-	-	12.4	-	13.1	13.2	-	14.0	11.3	-	-	-
Malting: Other	SY Stanza (2) PBR 91	11.8	11.4	13.0	11.5	10.3	12.0	12.1	10.8	12.4	11.0	12.6	12.1	3.2
	Food and Feed
Food and Feed	AAC Stockton (2) PBR 91	11.6	11.7	12.6	11.3	11.3	12.9	12.6	11.6	13.0	11.8	12.2	11.9	12.8
Food and Feed	AS Lafleur (2) PBR 91	12.6	13.4	14.3	12.8	12.6	12.6	13.8	12.3	14.4	12.4	14.0	13.6	14.2
Food and Feed	Carleton (2) PBR 91	11.1	11.3	12.3	11.0	10.9	12.3	12.0	10.6	12.3	11.3	11.3	10.7	13.4
Food and Feed	CDC Austenson (2) PBR 78	11.4	12.0	12.4	11.7	11.3	12.8	13.1	11.7	13.1	11.4	12.1	11.2	14.0
Food and Feed	CDC Harness (2) PBR 91	11.5	12.3	12.8	11.6	11.4	12.5	13.1	11.6	13.1	11.0	12.4	12.2	13.9
Food and Feed	WCI Fortify (6F)	12.1	12.0	13.7	12.3	11.7	12.2	12.8	12.0	13.5	11.1	13.6	13.2	15.3
	Hulless
Hulless	CDC Armstrong (2) PBR 91	11.3	-	-	11.6	11.6	12.3	12.7	-	12.9	11.2	-	12.1	13.5
Hulless	CDC Pristine (2) PBR 91	11.4	-	-	11.6	11.5	12.4	13.0	-	13.8	11.0	-	11.8	13.9
	Varieties being tested for adaptability in Western Canada
Varieties being tested for adaptability in Western Canada	AS Manon (2) PBR 91	11.3	12.6	12.9	12.2	11.7	12.3	13.7	11.3	12.6	12.1	13.1	12.8	12.8
	Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB
	Food and Feed
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Food and Feed	FB21704 (2)	11.5	-	-	-	11.4	12.0	-	-	-	11.3	-	12.6	13.8
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Food and Feed	FB23113 (2)	11.0	-	-	-	11.2	12.7	-	-	-	11.3	-	12.5	13.5
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Food and Feed	FB23618 (2)	10.4	-	-	-	10.8	12.4	-	-	-	10.8	-	11.5	13.3
Varieties supported for registration by the PRCOB - Malting: Other	TR22669 (2)	12.0	-	-	-	11.3	12.6	-	-	-	10.9	-	12.4	13.5
	SITE GRAND MEAN (%)	11.5	12.1	12.9	11.9	11.4	12.5	12.8	11.6	13.2	11.3	12.5	12.2	13.6