Products - Wheat

Armour is a short, early maturing wheat developed by WestBred and released by AGSECO in 2008. It is broadly adapted to the Central Plains and should do well in all of Kansas, eastern Colorado, the northern half of Oklahoma, and all of Nebraska. It has excellent tolerance to low ph soil, exceptional straw strength, very good tillering, and very good leaf rust and stripe rust resistance. Armour has good drought tolerance and good test weight. It is susceptible to bacterial blight. Armour offers excellent yield potential to much of the Central Plains region.

AgriPro Art is a medium early variety with good tolerance to acid souls. It has excellent resistance to stripe rust and leaf rust, and moderate resistance to powdery mildew. Art has great straw strength and good grazing potential in the fall. It has become one of the top performing varieties. Art has good test weight and winterhardiness and has done very well in central and eastern Kansas as well as in northwest Kansas and Nebraska. This variety is showing moderate resistance to Hessian fly. Below average drought tolerance may limit how far west Art can go unless it is under irrigation, yet it seems to tolerate drought fairly well if the nights are cool in the spring. It is susceptible to barley yellow dwarf. Art should be planted in a timely fashion because if it is planted late it takes off slowly.

Everest is the new early maturing wheat from K-State, controlled by the Kansas Wheat Alliance. It is moderately resistant to Fusarium Head Blight (scab), barley yellow dwarf, and Hessian fly, and it has good acid soil tolerance. Everest has an excellent test weight pattern and good straw strength. It is susceptible to tan spot and only moderately resistant to leaf rust. Everest only has average drought tolerance, so that may limit how far west it can go without irrigation.

WB-Stout is a new early maturity release from WestBred/AGSECO. It is broadly adapted east to west in Kansas and northern Oklahoma. WB-Stout offers an excellent package of disease resistance along with outstanding yield potential. It has good winterhardiness, good grazing potential, and is acid soil tolerant. Straw strength is average. In eastern Kansas, in years which excessive rainfall occurs at or near harvest, test weights may become an issue.

AgriPro PostRock has good general adaptation across most of the state of Kansas and in southern Nebraska. It is a very consistent variety and has a solid yield record. It has very good test weight and good aluminum tolerance. PostRock has intermediate resistance to leaf rust and moderate resistance to stripe rust. It has excellent straw strength, good winterhardiness, and good grazing potential in the fall. PostRock does well when planted late, and late planting could help avoid infection from barley yellow dwarf.

Santa Fe is a WestBred/AGSECO hard red winter wheat. It continues to be one of the top variety selections for central and eastern Kansas, all of Nebraska and Oklahoma. Santa Fe withstands freeze injury better than most varieties and has good disease resistance. It offers exceptional grazing potential and is moderately tolerant to acid soils. It is a medium early maturity wheat, and with adequate moisture, Santa Fe has excellent yield potential. In western high plains environments, relative performance is best under irrigation. Straw strength is average.

AgriPro Jackpot is a new "plant late and harvest early" wheat with great yield potential for south central and southeast Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. It is ideally suited for double-crop situations. Jackpot grows rapidly in the fall and produces a tremendous number of tillers. It has very good grazing potential. Jackpot is an early maturing wheat (earlier than Jagger) and has great test weights, good winterhardiness, and good stripe rust resistance. Its ability to hold winter dormancy is poor because it gets going so quickly in the spring. When leaf rust comes in early, yields can be maximized with a fungicide treatment.

Shocker is a WestBred hard red winter wheat licensed to AGSECO. It is an early maturing wheat. Shocker is best adapted to the wheat growing areas south of I-70 in Kansas and all of Oklahoma. It possesses good soil borne, stripe rust, and leaf rust disease protection. Erect juvenile growth habit gives it excellent grazing potential. Cattle should be pulled off Shocker early in the spring. Shocker is tolerant to acid soil, has good test weight, very good straw strength, and a very good yield record where adapted.

Hitch is a WestBred variety licensed to AGSECO. It has consistently been among the best yielders in many locations in east and central Kansas, and has generally also done well in the western part of the state. Hitch is medium-short, has excellent straw strength, and terrific yield potential. It is a medium/medium late maturity, so that may determine how far south it can go. Hitch is later in heading but finishes grain fill quickly. It has good winterhardiness and holds winter dormancy well, making it a great selection for northeast Colorado and all of Nebraska. This variety offers very good levels of resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, and stem rust. Hitch is susceptible to acid soils.

This hard red winter wheat variety was developed by Colorado State University and licensed exclusively to AGSECO. It is the first ClearfieldTM variety with Jagger in its pedigree. Like Jagger, Protection does not have a good level of resistance to leaf rust, but will often escape damage due to its early maturity. Protection is moderately resistant to soil borne mosaic and intermediately tolerant to acid soils. Protection offers good drought tolerance and excellent grazing potential.

Centerfield is a ClearfieldTM variety from Oklahoma State University. Centerfield has good drought tolerance and very good forage production with the possibility of extended grazing in the spring. It is a medium maturity wheat with excellent straw strength. It is moderately resistant to stripe rust and soil-borne mosaic. Centerfield is intermediate on low-ph soils.

Fuller is a bronze-chaffed, semidwarf hard winter wheat from K-State, with much better shattering tolerance than Overley. It also tillers better than Overley and has smaller seed. It is medium in height with average straw strength, good drought tolerance, and good yield potential. Fuller is early maturing, heading a day later than Jagger. Fuller has fair to good winterhardiness. It has below average fall grazing. Fuller is moderately susceptible to acid soils.

Duster is licensed by Oklahoma Genetics and one of its main advantages is Hessian fly resistance. It has good fall grazing, for it emerges and covers the ground rapidly. Duster has very good tillering. It also has great yield recovery after grazing. Duster is tolerant to acid soils. It has very good drought tolerance and a good shattering reputation. Straw strength and sprouting tolerance are below average. It is resistant to leaf rust, and moderately resistant to stripe rust.

Overley is an early maturing variety from K-State, most closely resembling Jagger. It has good acid soil tolerance. It is resistant to stripe rust and has good test weight. Overley has fair winterhardiness and is characterized by large seed. It does not tiller well, shatters easily, and is very susceptible to head scab, freeze injury, and leaf rust. Overley is known for its exceptional milling and baking quality.

Endurance is a hard red winter wheat released by Oklahoma State University. It is a good dual purpose graze-plus-grain variety. Endurance seems to be able to tolerate all kinds of weather and is a top producer in Oklahoma and far southern Kansas. When stripe rust is severe, it may require spraying. It is susceptible to tan spot. Endurance has an extended spring grazing season because it is late to the first hollow stem stage. It needs a high seeding rate. Endurance can be planted early or late. It has good straw strength and good acid soil tolerance.

Jagger is a K-State release that is still popular in some areas of Oklahoma and Kansas. Jagger starts off fast both in the fall and in the spring, and so it can get hurt by late spring freezes. It has exceptional milling and baking qualities and very good drought tolerance. It has good performance on low pH soils. Jagger shatters easily, has below average straw strength, is susceptible to leaf rust and powdery mildew, and often test weights are below average.