Post-registration variety trials, also known as Regional Variety Trials, produce important results that allow producers to make informed decisions about which crops perform well in given geographic areas, with specific soil types and under specific conditions.

A new project that will ultimately provide data from across Western Canada is currently underway.  Funded through grants from Agriculture and Agri Food Canada’s Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) program (administered by the Agriculture and Food Council of Alberta), the Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund, the Alberta Barley Commission, and Alberta Agriculture and Food, the project aims to coordinate variety testing trials of spring wheat, durum wheat, oat, barley, spring triticale, flax and pulse crops, and to collect the results for use by both industry and individual producers across western Canada.

Please note that as of April 1, 2009, coordination of the Regional Variety Trials Program will revert back to Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, and will no longer be the responsibility of ARECA.  The program will continue, however, and results for trials will still to be available to Alberta producers.  Read more here.

To access the new PVT website, please click here (website will open up in a new window).

View 2008 PVT results (posted February 2, 2009)

Cereals, Oilseeds and Pulses (PDF)



View 2007 PVT results for cereals & oilseeds and pulse crops:

Cereals and Oilseeds (PDF)
Pulse Crops (PDF)


If you are interested in additional information about variety trials and the PVT program specifics, please contact Alex Fedko by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by calling (780) 422-0887.
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