PCVT trials cancelled

[Francksaskfarmer]

Furrow,
for myself I do not put much trust in Company side by side trials.
I cooperated for 3 years in side by side trials. And everytime the reported results were hand picked to their advantage. Now, I can't blame them for doing that but beware.
Also I always get a chukkle when I see the advertising from different companies, they tend to use checks that they like, like 140% of the oldest checks available (they tend to not report which check they use), makes it look good.
It is marketing and that is fine, it is just a good reason for unbiased results.

[furrowtickler]

I could never figure that one out either - no consistant check varieties it's a joke. I just rely on side by side data with new varieties. Plus we know the majority of farmers doing them and most are standing there when the plots are weighed. The last two years there has been little diff in the top varieties, systems in this area.
I would support the new PCVT setup if it was done properly, absolutely good idea - should have been done ten years ago.

[wd9]

One day the real story will come out why PCVT was cancelled.

[bgmb]

And what would that be wd9

[furrowtickler]

Yes wd, what would that be top secret?

[wd9]

Doesn't it seem odd that no official announcement came from the people that actually run the trial?

[wd9]

Have a look for yourself: http://www.canolacouncil.org/pcvt.aspx

What is PCVT, taken right from ACPC's website:

The Prairie Canola Variety Trials (PCVT) are conducted by the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) as a service to you, the grower. Entry by companies into PCVT is voluntary. The PCVT primarily features commercially available varieties, though some may not be widely available at time of printing.

The PCVT is all about comparing genetics under standard plots, a standardized protocol, and the same environmental conditions. The 2009 trials were conducted by seed companies, government researchers, and independent contractors in three growing season zones across the prairies – short, mid, and long season.

Two replicated tests were conducted at each trial site grouping varieties with similar days to maturity to ensure valid statistical comparisons.

Test plots were kept weed-free using conventional herbicides. Herbicide-tolerant varieties were not sprayed with their companion herbicides.

Note the last paragraph. Is it really still 1997? When is the last time any of you sprayed with a group 1, Muster, and Lontrel?

[parsley]

On April 11, on the organic thread I posted: "farmers have been cut off the testing projects,is this true for some of you AVers?,"

So, how come some of the Canola association executive/directors haven't addressed the test withdrawal openly and clearly? Calling a spade a spade? Isn't that the reason for their being?

Or is hinting and secrecy and "I've got a secret and I'm not telling, la la la la la la" the way the association operates?

[wd9]

i am not on any associations. my comment was simply an observation due to the strangeness of the whole situation.

[parsley]

wd,

I had originally addressed it as thus: "for some of you AVers?", and repeated the phrase once more on this string, NOT specifically at you.

Some canola elected reps prob will be reading AV and should be working for FARMERS, informing you...the average everday farmer, and keeping you in the current loop.

The gossip mill told me the Canola Association moved a motion frowning down the testing decision, first time ever. Is this true? What did the motion state?

So, I wondered why it wasn't transparent and posted? I thought it wasn't fair I should know while big acre canola growers are treated like mushrooms.

Yes, yes, I know, communication with ordinary farmers like me has been classified as a "non-essential activity".

Yes, well. Pars