Canada
July 1, 2009
Alliance Seed Corporation would
like to announce that it has successfully obtained the rights to
the Goodeve VB midge tolerant wheat variety developed by
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Under the terms of the
licensing deal, Alliance Seed Corporation has been awarded sole
marketing and distribution rights for the Goodeve VB variety in
Canada.
Alliance Seed Corporation plans to work with its own retail seed
locations as well as a network of authorized seed grower
partners to distribute the variety in midge susceptible areas of
the Canadian wheat growing regions. Alliance Seed Corporation
believes that this variety will offer farmers the opportunity to
see significantly improved results in areas where wheat midge
has historically been a problem. Both yield and grain quality
improvements are expected from growing Goodeve VB.
Commercial volumes of Goodeve VB seed are expected to be
available in the fall of 2009 and Alliance Seed Corporation
looks forward to bringing this important variety to the market.
Alliance Seed Corporation will be announcing the locations
authorized to sell GoodeveVB seed in the coming months.
Interested wheat growers are invited to send an email to
dalderson@patersongrain.com for more information on the Goodeve
VB variety.
About Alliance Seed Corporation
Paterson Grain,
Parrish & Heimbecker, Weyburn Inland Terminal, North West
Terminal, Prairie West Terminal and Great Sandhills Terminal
have established a joint venture company in the seed business.
The new seed business unit will be called Alliance Seed
Corporation. This newly formed company will work with local seed
growers to fulfill their objective of providing top performing
varieties to Western Canadian farmers. |
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