Kansas Wheat Variety Guide 2022 now available
The Kansas Wheat Variety Guide 2022, formerly called Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings, has now been released for this year. Agronomic characteristics, disease, and pest resistance information is included, as well as profiles that highlight some more common or new varieties for Kansas.
New Wheat Rx publication: Coleoptile length of winter wheat varieties 2022
Wheat varieties with long coleoptiles are more likely to emerge when planted deep enough to reach soil moisture from past rainfall. To help guide variety selection for deep sowing, a new publication provides growers with an estimate of average coleoptile length of different winter wheat varieties common to Kansas and the Great Plains.
Coleoptile length of winter wheat varieties 2023
Wheat varieties with long coleoptiles are more likely to emerge when planted deep enough to reach soil moisture from past rainfall. An updated publication is now available in the Wheat Rx series that examines the coleoptiles lengths of many Kansas wheat varieties.
Kansas Wheat Variety Guide 2023 is now available
Variety selection is one of the most important decisions that a grower can make to ensure success. The Kansas Wheat Variety Guide 2023 (formerly called Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings), from K-State Research and Extension, has now been released for this year. Agronomic characteristics, disease, and pest resistance information are included, as well as profiles for some common or new varieties for Kansas.
Dual-purpose wheat variety performance 2024
An updated publication is now available in the Wheat Rx series that examines the performance of several wheat varieties grown for use in a dual-purpose system (grazing and grain). It evaluates fall forage yield, date of first hollow stem, plant height, grain yield, and test weight of current varieties in a dual-purpose system versus a grain-only system.
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