Kansas Wheat Alliance • Top Yielding Wheat Varieties

2022 Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings are Here!

Variety selection is one of the most important decisions a wheat grower makes. This choice profoundly influences the potential wheat crop’s productivity. Agronomic characteristics, such as height, acid soil tolerance, and maturity, determine how well a variety is adapted for a region or desired cropping system. Selecting a good variety also influences how well the crop tolerates drought or resists diseases and insects. The ratings are intended to help producers...

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Potential New Releases for 2022 Three new wheat varieties are being considered for release in fall 2022. This includes two hard red winter wheat varieties, one for central Kansas and one for western Kansas, and a new hard white winter wheat variety that is an improvement over Joe.... Read Story K-State Breeding Program Announces New Hard Red Wheat Variety “We’re extremely excited to announce the advancement of the KS13DH0041-35 line for release as an official variety,” Fritz said. “It’s thanks to divine providence and constant vigilance that this still-to-be-named HRW variety is now ready to go to work for Kansas wheat producers.”... Read Story Research project advances two lines for potential 2022 release The wheat research team at Kansas State University collected enough data to advance two breeding lines to seed production ahead of a potential variety release in 2022. ... Read Story

I like Zenda because of its strong disease package, making fungicides optional. It was early maturing with tremendous yields and heavy test weights. I plan to plant more of it again this year.

Scott V - Grower, Sumner County KS

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Variety ratings in http://WheatTrials.com have been updated based on these new data. Most varieties that already had coleoptile ratings did not change, but a few did, though not by much. Well done @KSUWheat!

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