Issue 32
November/
December 2000

Prairie Grains is the official publication of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers, North Dakota Grain Growers Association, South Dakota Wheat, Inc. and the Minnesota Barley Growers Assocation.

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November/
December 2000

SDSU 2001 Small Grain Recommmendations

South Dakota State University has released its list of small grain varieties recommended for production in South Dakota for 2001:

Spring wheat — Recommended: Forge, Ingot, Oxen, Reeder, and Russ. Acceptable: Butte 86, Ember, Ivan, Parshall, and Sharp.

Oats — Recommended: Don, Jerry, Loyal, and Troy. Acceptable: Riser and Settler.

Barley — Recommended: Excel, Foster, Logan, Robust, and Stander. Acceptable: Conlon and Lacey.

Durum — Recommended: Ben, Maier, Mountrail, and Munich.

Winter wheat — Recommended: Alliance, Arapahoe, Crimson, Harding, Nekota, Tandem, and Wesley. Acceptable: Millennium, Rose, Tam 107, Windstar, and 2137.

Recommendations are based on data obtained from the SDSU Crop Performance Testing program and regional land-grant university nurseries.

Robert G. Hall, Extension agronomist; Clair Stymiest, West River Extension agronomist; Kevin K. Kirby, agricultural research manager; and John Rickertsen, research associate, compiled the 2001 recommendations and 2000 crop performance results.

The publication (EC 774) can be used to identify varieties suggested for your crop adaptation area (CAA), evaluate the varieties selected for desirable characteristics, and evaluate each variety selected for yield performance.

For a full report, including field peas and the crop adaptation area where the varieties are most suitable, the publication (EC 774) is available on the Internet at www.abs. sdstate.edu/abs/PDF/EC774_2001.pdf or through South Dakota county extension offices.

TABLE 1: Agronomic performance averages for hard red spring wheat entries tested in South Dakota, 2000.

		Three-Year Bushel
	Relative Heading Day	Protein %	Weight Lb.	Height Inch	Yield (bu/a) '00    3-yr		Top Yield + '00        3-yr
Variety
Ingot	-1	15.2	61	32	41	43	11	63
Forge	-1	14.6	59	31	42	46	22	100
Butte 86	0	15.0	58	31	40	41	11	38
Sharp	0	15.1	59	32	41	42	22	38
Ember	1	14.2	58	30	43	45	33	88
2375	2	15.2	58	29	37	39	0	0
Oxen	2	15.5	58	28	42	44	33	88
Russ	2	15.2	58	32	43	46	44	88
Argent~(W)	3	15.8	57	31	37	38	11	0
Reeder	3	15.7	58	29	43	44	44	63
Alsen	3	16.1	59	30	40	39	0	.
Chris,CK	3	16.1	55	35	31	29	0	0
Parshal	4	15.6	59	33	43	43	56	50
HJ98	4	15.1	57	28	40	39	22	25
Ivan	5	13.9	58	27	43	44	33	63
Hamer	5	15.3	58	28	40	42	11	25
Norpro	5	15.0	57	30	43	41	44	.
Saxon	5	15.2	56	29	42	41	22	38
McVey	6	14.1	56	31	42	40	11	.
SD test avg.:		15.2	58	30	40	42

^~ A hard white (W) spring wheat.
⁺ Percentage of time a variety appears in the top-yield group across nine (2000) or eight (1998-2000) valid test sites. A variety with a high yield percentage will appear in the top yield group at many locations, but not necessarily at all locations. For example, a variety with a top yield percentage of 50% or more exhibits good yield stability. In contrast, a variety with a top yield percentage of 20% or less exhibits poor yield stability. Varieties with a high top yield percentage have the ability to adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions across many locations. In contrast, varieties with a low top yield percentage typically adapt to a narrow range of environments. Look for varieties with a relatively high top yield percentage of 50% or higher if possible.

(Table courtesy Robert Hall, extension agronomist, South Dakota State University)