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Leading Grain Varieties in Montana
McNeal was the leading spring wheat variety seeded for the seventh consecutive year, accounting for nearly 32% of
the spring wheat acreage in Montana, or about 903,900 acres. That’s followed by Reeder, Ernest, and Conan. These four varieties accounted for just over 70% of Montana’s spring wheat acreage in 2004.
Rampart was the leading winter wheat variety, with 516,100 acres seeded this year, compared to last year’s acreage of 463,400. Neeley, Tiber, and Morgan
accounted for just over 60% of Montana’s winter wheat acreage seeded for harvest in 2004.
Mountrail displaced Kyle this year to become the top durum wheat variety in the state, on about 41% of the durum wheat acreage. These two varieties, along with AC Avonlea and Ward accounted
for 85% of the total durum wheat acreage in the state for 2004.
Harrington remained the top malting barley variety planted in the state for the eleventh year in a row, seeded on about 40% of Montana’s barley acreage.
The rest of the top four (all two-row varieties) were AC Metcalfe, Merit, B 1202.
Haybet remained the most popular forage barley for the fifth year in a row, followed by Westford. Baronesse was the most popular feed barley again in 2004, followed by Gallatin.
Spring Wheat, dryland fallow, Sidney
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Yield
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TW
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Protein
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- bus/a -
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lb/b
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-- % --
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Cultivar
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2004
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3 yr
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2004
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2004
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3 yr
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Reeder
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66.5
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62.2
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62.2
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14.7
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15.0
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Norpro
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70.7
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60.8
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61.7
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16.1
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14.9
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Outlook
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67.0
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60.2
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61.3
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13.3
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13.5
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Knudson
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68.4
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59.1
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61.8
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15.3
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14.7
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MTHW9420*
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69.1
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58.2
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60.7
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13.2
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13.4
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McNeal
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68.6
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57.7
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60.0
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13.7
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14.0
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Explorer*
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65.6
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57.0
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61.5
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13.7
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14.6
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Westbred 926
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67.4
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56.9
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61.5
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14.3
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14.4
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Hank
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67.5
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56.7
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61.0
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13.8
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14.3
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Scholar
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67.0
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56.4
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61.0
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15.0
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15.2
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Hi-Line
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64.8
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55.8
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60.2
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15.4
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14.7
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Choteau
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61.0
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54.8
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61.7
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15.0
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14.5
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Newana
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74.1
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54.6
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60.7
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13.3
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13.7
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Amidon
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61.4
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53.0
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60.5
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12.9
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14.1
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Ernest
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61.3
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52.2
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61.3
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14.8
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15.1
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Conan
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61.0
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52.1
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61.8
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14.2
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14.4
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Fortuna
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58.2
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50.6
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61.8
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14.1
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14.3
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Thatcher
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54.5
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45.8
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58.0
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16.0
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15.5
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Alsen
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67.2
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--
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62.2
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16.5
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--
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Granite
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65.4
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--
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63.3
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15.6
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--
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Freyr
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63.9
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--
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62.0
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15.6
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--
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Steele ND
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61.7
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--
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62.7
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14.2
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--
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Hanna
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60.8
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--
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62.2
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14.6
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--
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Dapps
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49.5
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--
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61.0
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15.2
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--
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LSD 5%
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6.8
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1.2
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2.0
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Planted: Apr 12 Harvested: Aug 13
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*hard white wheat
Statewide durum, dryland fallow, Sidney, MT
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Yield
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TW
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Protein
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- bus/a -
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lb/b
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-- % --
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Cultivar
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2004
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3 yr
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2004
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2004
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3 yr
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McNeal*
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69.6
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54.9
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60.0
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12.8
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13.3
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Maier
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59.4
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50.6
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61.2
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13.8
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13.8
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AC Avonlea
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61.8
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50.0
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61.2
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13.7
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13.8
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Plaza
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56.3
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48.2
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60.7
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13.5
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13.9
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Kyle
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54.8
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47.9
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61.3
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13.2
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13.5
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Munich
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58.9
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47.8
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60.3
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13.9
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13.7
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Mountrail
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52.4
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47.7
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60.8
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14.1
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14.0
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Lebsock
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50.8
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47.4
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61.0
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14.0
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13.6
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Ben
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53.7
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47.1
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61.2
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14.4
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14.1
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Monroe
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52.7
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45.5
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60.8
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14.0
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14.3
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Vic
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48.8
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44.9
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61.0
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14.7
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14.3
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Pierce
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54.0
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--
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61.0
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13.5
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--
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Dilse
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53.8
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--
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61.0
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14.6
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--
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LSD 5%
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9.1
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0.7
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0.9
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Planted: Apr 9 Harvested: Aug 12
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*hard red spring wheat
Barley, dryland fallow, Sidney
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Yield
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plump
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TW
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Protein
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- bus/a -
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-%-
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lb/b
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-- % --
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Cultivar
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2004
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3 yr
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2004
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2004
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2004
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3 yr
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Haxby
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111.5
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82.7
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90
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53.0
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12.5
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12.3
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Tradition
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102.5
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82.5
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88
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49.7
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12.5
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12.0
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Baronesse
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103.0
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80.0
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81
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49.7
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12.6
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12.4
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Legacy
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109.3
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79.6
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77
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48.7
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11.4
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11.6
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Gallatin
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97.0
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79.4
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88
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51.5
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12.7
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12.5
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Eslick
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99.4
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78.2
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88
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50.8
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10.8
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11.2
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Xena
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101.1
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77.3
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72
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