The following are highlights from the Carrington Research Extension Center’s 2014 spring wheat variety trials:

• CREC Dryland: Trial had an average yield of 91.7 bu/acre and 60.5 lb/bushel (test weight) among 48 commercial varieties. Varieties yielding over 100 bu/acre (range of 100.0-110.9 bu/acre) in the 2014 trial included Croplan HRS3361, Croplan HRS3419, Faller, Jenna, LCS Albany, LCS Nitro, MS Stingray, MS Chevelle, Prosper and WB9507. Among varieties tested during the past 3 years, the variety reaching an average over 70 bu/acre was Faller at 72.4 bu/acre.

• CREC Irrigated: Trial had an average yield of 65.9 bu/acre and 60.1 lb/bushel among 47 commercial varieties. Varieties yielding over 80 bu/acre (range of 82.8-85.8 bu/acre) in the 2014 trial included Faller, MS Stingray and Samson. Among varieties tested during the past 3 years, those varieties reaching an average of over 70 bu/acre (range of 70.3-75.2 bu/acre) included Elgin-ND, Faller, Jenna, LCS Powerplay, MS Stingray, Prosper and Samson.

• Barnes County (Dazey): Trial had an average yield of 90.5 bu/acre and 60.6 lb/bushel among 34 commercial varieties. Varieties yielding over 100 bu/acre (range of 101.7-109.7 bu/acre) in the 2014 trial included Faller, MS Chevelle and Prosper. Among varieties tested during the past 3 years, the variety reaching an average of over 80 bu/acre was Prosper at 80.3 bu/acre.

• Tri-county (Wishek area): Trial had an average yield of 70.3 bu/acre and 53.8 lb/bushel among 34 commercial varieties. Varieties yielding over 80 bu/acre (range of 80.5-83.2 bu/acre) in the 2014 trial included Barlow, MS Stingray and Prosper. Among varieties tested during the past 3 years, those varieties reaching an average over 55 bu/acre (range of 55.0-56.1 bu/acre) included Jenna, Prosper and Select.

Complete databases for the above trials can be found at the following website: www.ag.ndsu.edu/varietytrials/carrington-rec/2014-trial-results.

Greg Endres
Area Specialist, Cropping Systems