QUALITY TESTING FOR MARKETING SPECIALTY AND ORGANIC GRAINS

Date: November 13, 2024, 2:00 pm eastern time. Speakers: Michelle Dang (SeedChange), Robert Beauchemin (La Milanaise), Ward Middleton (Midmore Farm), Chris Wooding (Ironwood Organics)

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Wondering how end-use quality testing can help you better grow and sell your grains? This webinar will outline the end-use quality testing process and why it’s so useful for organic, specialty, and regional or farmer-bred grains. Using test results from a 2023 crop of farmer-bred wheat cultivars, we’ll discuss the indicators, technologies, and how to use test results to find marketing channels.

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Where to access end-use quality testing
Information sheet: Wheat quality tests and interpretation
Slides by Michelle Dang, "Why Test Your Wheat?"  
Participatory Plant Breeding Value Chain Discovery - Research Brief
Julie Anne Wilkinson's work with CTAB on using varietal mixtures to increase biodiversity in your fields

Labs that offer various end-use quality testing services in Canada:
Canadian Grain Commission (Harvest Sample Program)
SGS
20/20 Seed Labs Inc. 
Central Testing Laboratory Ltd.
Canadian International Grains Institute
University labs
La Milanaise
Grains et Semences RDR