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Reeder Most Planted in Montana in ‘06
Reeder became the most planted hard red spring wheat variety in Montana this year, rising to first with 768,500 acres seeded, compared with 685,900 acres in 2005, according to the Montana
Agricultural Statistics Service. Reeder accounted for 26.5% of the total acres seeded.
McNeal dropped to second after eight consecutive years at the top, accounting for 21.7% of the HRS acreage in Montana, or 628,000 acres, which is down 125,500 acres from 2005. Choteau
accounted for 17.3% of Montana’s spring wheat acres, and Conan 7.2%.
Rampart was the most popular winter wheat variety, followed by CDC Falcon, Neeley, and Morgan. Mountrail, Kyle, Lebsock, and Alzada were the most planted durum varieties.
Harrington, AC Metcalfe, B Merit, and Tradition were the most planted malting barley varieties in Montana.
Haybet and Westford were the leading forage varieties, and Bowman and Valier the most planted feed varieties.
The following spring wheat data on dryland fallow and irrigated trials is from Joyce Eckhoff, agronomist, MSU Sidney.
Find more varietal performance data from the Montana State University Eastern Ag Research Center in Sidney, including barley and durum, online at www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/state.
Table 1. Spring wheat, dryland fallow, Sidney
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Yield (bu/A)
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TW (lbs/bu)
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Protein (%)
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Cultivar
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2006
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3 yr
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2006
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2006
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3 yr
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Vida
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60.6
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60.5
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59.3
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14.0
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13.8
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Norpro
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57.2
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60.2
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59.7
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13.7
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14.1
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Reeder
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59.7
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58.8
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59.5
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14.6
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14.7
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Outlook
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57.4
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57.0
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57.8
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12.9
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13.2
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Hank
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55.0
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56.9
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58.5
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12.5
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12.8
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Knudson
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52.1
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55.7
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60.3
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13.6
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13.6
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McNeal
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52.7
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55.7
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57.0
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13.5
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13.1
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Freyr
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55.0
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55.6
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61.0
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13.4
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14.2
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Explorer*
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53.2
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55.0
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60.2
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14.4
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14.1
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Scholar
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51.5
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54.2
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59.7
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14.1
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14.0
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Agawam**
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54.2
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53.8
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62.3
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13.4
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12.9
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Corbin
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54.4
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53.7
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59.8
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14.2
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13.5
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Choteau
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52.3
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53.2
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59.5
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13.8
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13.8
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Steele ND
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51.7
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53.0
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59.2
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13.7
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13.5
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Granite
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46.6
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52.4
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61.8
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15.0
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14.7
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Hanna
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49.8
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52.0
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60.2
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13.2
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13.4
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Ernest
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48.9
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51.4
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59.3
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14.0
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13.9
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Conan
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46.0
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50.6
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59.8
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13.8
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13.6
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Fortuna
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49.0
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49.8
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59.5
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13.4
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13.5
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Dapps
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48.0
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47.2
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58.5
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14.4
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14.3
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Thatcher
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37.6
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42.9
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54.3
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14.1
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14.2
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Howard
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55.8
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--
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60.8
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13.0
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--
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Glenn
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54.9
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--
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62.7
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14.2
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--
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Trooper
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53.8
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--
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62.0
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12.8
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--
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Kelby
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50.4
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--
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61.2
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15.1
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--
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LSD 5%
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6.7
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0.9
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1.0
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Planted: April 14 Harvested: July 27
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*hard white wheat **hard white wheat, solid stemmed
Table 2. Spring wheat flood irrigation, Sidney
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Yield (bu/A)
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TW (lbs/bu)
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Protein (%)
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Cultivar
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2006
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3 yr
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2006
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2006
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3 yr
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Reede
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84.7
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80.7
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60.8
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14.5
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14.9
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Knudson
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76.5
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80.1
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60.3
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14.1
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13.5
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Norpro
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73.5
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79.1
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60.0
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14.2
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14.1
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Hank
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69.6
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78.2
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56.5
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14.9
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14.0
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Outlook
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69.9
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77.3
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58.3
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13.9
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13.5
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Freyr
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76.6
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75.9
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59.7
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14.6
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14.6
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Steele ND
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81.4
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74.9
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59.8
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14.8
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13.9
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McNeal
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69.0
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73.5
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57.3
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14.2
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13.0
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Granite
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69.1
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73.1
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61.2
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16.7
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15.7
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Vida
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77.5
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72.2
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58.8
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15.4
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14.4
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Hanna
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69.3
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69.3
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59.7
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14.6
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13.8
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Ernest
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69.2
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68.8
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59.0
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15.3
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14.4
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Conan
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71.9
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68.8
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56.7
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14.6
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14.3
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Agawam**
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64.9
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68.7
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60.7
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14.3
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14.4
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Dapps
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67.3
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67.5
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58.7
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16.6
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15.8
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Explorer*
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57.4
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67.4
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57.0
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15.5
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14.9
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Choteau
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70.3
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67.1
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58.2
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14.5
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13.9
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Scholar
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68.6
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66.9
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58.0
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15.2
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14.9
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Corbin
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67.4
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64.6
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59.0
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14.6
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14.2
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Fortuna
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60.5
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62.3
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59.5
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15.0
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14.3
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Thatcher
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49.2
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59.3
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57.3
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15.5
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14.0
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Howard
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84.1
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--
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60.0
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14.2
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--
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Trooper
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81.3
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--
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60.0
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13.7
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--
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Glenn
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76.3
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--
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61.5
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15.4
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--
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Kelby
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68.3
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--
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60.5
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15.2
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--
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LSD 5%
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6.9
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1.9
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1.0
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Planted: May 1 Harvested: August 11
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* hard white **hard white, solid stemmed Previous crop: safflower
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