Rated "VG" for sprouting
Exceptional standability
Strong disease tolerance
[NEW 2028] - The new benchmark for durum acres
AAC Burton is a standout durum variety that checks boxes growers care about - top-end yield, very strong standability, strong disease package. Boasting stronger straw than all checks and a shorter plant height than nearly all checks, giving unmatched resilience in the field. In the brown and dark brown soil zones, it consistently delivers higher grain yields than all competitors, while offering grain protein that surpasses the previous top-yielding check, AAC Weyburn.
- Stronger straw – short in height.
- Grain yield in the brown/dark brown soil zones.
- A similar level of resistance to Fusarium-damaged kernels as the intermediate rating durum cultivar.
- Low grain cadmium content.
| Maturity: | equal vs AAC Weyburn |
| Height: | – 1 cm vs AAC Weyburn |
| Lodging Resistance: | Very Good (1.9) |
| FHB Rating: | MS |
| Stem Rust Rating: | R |
| Leaf Rust Rating: | R |
| Stripe Rust Rating: | R |
| Bunt Rating: | R |
AAC Donlow, AC Strongfield, AC Transcend
Galvin Noble Burton
Royal Cdn Eng was born on 15 July 1920, in Minto Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada, his father, Noble Burton, was 32 and his mother, Stella Matilda Orr, was 26. He married Sibyl Mary Yerex on 16 July 1949, in Springhill, Rosedale Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada. He lived in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 14 April 2002, in Minnedosa, at age 81.
