SEED MANITOBA

The Manitoba Crop Variety Evaluation Trials (MCVET) serves as an independent third party crop variety evaluation program for producers and the seed industry in Manitoba. MCVET strives to provide producers with the most recent yield data available not only in their own growing region but throughout the whole province. MCVET collects data on an average of 23 major/minor crops types over numerous locations annually.

The number of locations is dependent upon the crop type’s adaptation to areas of Manitoba. All sites use a standardized protocol and are inspected by MCVET. Agronomic, disease and some of the quality data presented in Seed Manitoba is not collected annually as part of the MCVET program. This data is from the variety registration trials tested regionally across western Canada and is included in Seed Manitoba guide to complete the data package for each variety.

Funding for the MCVET program is provided by Manitoba Agriculture, advertising profits from Seed Manitoba, sponsorships and in-kind trials provided by the seed industry. There is no entry fee for the MCVET crop variety evaluation program.