Furrow...more interest to u than me ... :)

[LWeber]

A new ****seed variety developed by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has been widely planted in Meishan City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, reporting a significant increase in yield per unit, further enhancing China's food security. In 2024, China launched a national initiative aiming to improve per-unit yield for grain and oil crops. According to the annual statistics, the average food yield per hectare in 2024 has increased by 76.5 kilograms compared with 2023. Compared with ordinary ****seed plant varieties, whose best plant density is around 225,000 plants per hectare, the new variety requires a tighter row spacing from 33 to 35 centimeters to 27, thus nearly doubling the density, raising the number to 450,000. The oil content of its seeds also reached over 50 percent, ranking among the top compared with major ****seed varieties planted across China. (BASTILLE POST)
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[furrowtickler]

That is interesting.
The focus in Canada the past 10 years has been clubroot and pod shatter mostly
Other countries definitely catching up on canola breeding .

[furrowtickler]

From what I have seen in upcoming canola genetics here in Canada , canola yield should make a new leg up substantially over the next two years from a few companies. All dependant on weather of course which has not been favourable in 80% of the canola growing area for 4 years now.
Should be first jump in something significant with canola yields in a decade to be honest.
it’s been a long lag in western Canada . But issues like clubroot , schlero , Verticillium and pod shatter have been a deterrent to significant yield advancement .

[goalieguy847]

Furrow. Which companies are you referring to?

i havent seen much that jumps out at me.. but i have a friend who is in the genetics with pioneer and he said they have a big one comin..
But. Hes been telling me that for 15 yrs already... lol.

[furrowtickler]

Furrow. Which companies are you referring to?

i havent seen much that jumps out at me.. but i have a friend who is in the genetics with pioneer and he said they have a big one comin..
But. Hes been telling me that for 15 yrs already... lol.

Time will tell , will see , we have all been told promises for a long time
Best yielding canola on average last year was 5 years old.
Much like HRSW , yields hit a plateau for a bit .
but yes Pioneer is one

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Perhaps one could argue that the effort put into disease resistance and pod shatter kept yields from going backwards in recent years? Still a gain in relative terms. At the very least, they allowed the short rotations to persist, keeping acres from dropping as fast as they would have otherwise?
I'm not convinced that is the case, just throwing it out there.

How much of the tech that the Chinese use to increase their yields and oil content was stolen from Canada, paid for with our check offs and tax dollars?

[blackpowder]

Or sold to highest bidder, or given away by some agency yup.
The big companies have been invested over there forever.

[furrowtickler]

Perhaps one could argue that the effort put into disease resistance and pod shatter kept yields from going backwards in recent years? Still a gain in relative terms. At the very least, they allowed the short rotations to persist, keeping acres from dropping as fast as they would have otherwise?
I'm not convinced that is the case, just throwing it out there.

How much of the tech that the Chinese use to increase their yields and oil content was stolen from Canada, paid for with our check offs and tax dollars?

Your first sentence is very accurate yup
no idea if China “borrowed” breeding tech or developing their own germ-plasm

[furrowtickler]

Yield is still mostly climate driven , especially Canola , and the past 4 years have not been kind in general
what we have noticed is how remarkably well some canola varieties have done in areas with sustained soil moisture regardless of the heat and lack of rain at flowering to pod/seed set . But also how quickly some varieties hit a wall when soil moisture becomes depleted
access to on the go yield maps sure showed this in recent years .
Always been that way but seems more variable now ?

[LEP]

The article talks about an increase in average yield which equates to 1.4 bu per acre.

Wouldn't year to year growing conditions account for most of that?