When it comes to Spring Seeding, we could see a shift in some acres this year.

Saskatchewan typically produces about 300,000 acres of Canaryseed each year, most of which moves into the export birdseed market.

Earlier this year, Chuck Penner with Leftfield Commodity was talking about a slight drop in acreage this year:

"Based on average yields, it will produce enough crop for the export markets, and what we hope to see over the next few years is other uses, the food use coming into play, to start to boost that demand and open up more potential."

Bill May, a Research Scientist with AAFC’s Indian Head Research Station is doing a trial with the crop looking at the impact of micro and macro nutrients:

"We were wondering since Canaryseed responds to chloride at a higher level, will it respond to micro-nutrients like zinc, boron, magnesium and copper?," he said. "And so we've set up a trial where we're applying in the soil, these micro-nutrients side-banded to see if Canaryseed will respond to this."

Last year, novel food approval for de-hulled hairless Canaryseed was given for both Canada and the United States.

Industry officials say a spin off from this is that it now opens the doors for companies to set up de-hulling operations.