Beaverlodge and Fort St. John are part of a network of sites across Western Canada. Seed companies enter grass cultivars into the trials for a fee. The main objective of these trials is to determine the seed production potential and adaptability of grass varieties for contract seed production for the domestic and export market. All attempts have been made to ensure the success of these trials. However, at times weather and environmental conditions may adversely affect the yield results regardless of the management practices followed.

Henry Najda (Grass Seed and Forage Specialist, AAF, Brooks, AB) compiled all the data from the grass seed trials conducted under the Western Grass Seed Testing Program (WGST) up until 2006. It is available on this page or through Alberta Agriculture’s Ropin the Web site.

In 2007, the Peace Region Forage Seed Association took on the responsibility of coordinating and reporting on the WGST. For more information contact:

Sandra Burton, Coordinator PRFSA & WGST
Box 6135, Fort St. John, BC V1J 4H6
Telephone: 1 877 630 2198
Email: coordinator@peaceforageseed.ca

Western Canadian Grass Seed Testing Program

• WGST 2009 Report
• WGST 2008 Report
• WGST 2007 Report
• WGST 2006 Report
• WGST 2005 Report

Fertility

• Variety Specific Management for Seed Production of Creeping Red Fescue
• Nitrogen Fertility for Seed Production of Creeping Red Fescure
• Nitrogen Fertility for Seed Production of Tall Fescue

• Fertilizer management for seed production of perennial forages in Saskatchewan
• Effect of fertilizer on seed yield of alfalfa under irrigation in Saskatchewan


Crop Esablishment

• Plant Spacing for Seed Production of Creeping Red Fescure
• Plant Spacing for Seed Production of Tall Fescue
• Sowing Rate for Seed Crops of Perennial Ryegrass

• Tolerance of Fine Leaved Fescues to Herbicide
(1997 - 2000)

• Herbicides on Creeping Red Fescue

• Casebearer Larvae SARDA

• Clover Insect Pests - European Flare for Damage Poster

• Sex pheromone of female red clover casebearer Poster

• Western Canadian Grass Seed Testing Program

• Weed Control and Herbicide Tolerance Trials in Turf and Forage Seed Crops

• Herbicides Minor Use Registration Trials

• Stem Eyespot Control in Creeping Red Fescue

• Crop Rotation and Establishment Trials