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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

March 10, 2006

In a nutshell: Nebraska winter wheat

The following statistics are compiled by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service Nebraska Field Office. See the NASS Nebraska Web site at for additional statistics on Nebraska agriculture.

Hard white winter wheat

Of the total hard white winter wheat acreage reported for 2006, the two most common varieties planted were Platte and Trego.

Hard White Winter Wheat -- Percent of Planted Acreage, Nebraska, 2002-2006:

2002: 0.2
2003: 2.0
2004: 1.7
2005: 1.9
2006: 1.0

Winter Wheat: Acres Planted to Each Variety, Nebraska, 1998-2006

Variety 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Thousand Acres

Jagalene (AgriPro) /2 84 310 417

Pronghorn 87 149 121 191 178 196 192 210 177

Alliance 160 197 264 280 275 218 252 187 176

Millennium /1 57 116 205 197 167

Wesley /1 19 36 68 109 102 101

Buckskin 123 94 51 82 103 139 91 68 88

Goodstreak /1 31 65

2137 27 68 143 182 132 196 144 80 62

Arapahoe 538 474 346 234 215 165 127 97 51

Karl/Karl 92 125 105 77 72 54 72 60 49 47

Jagger 21 51 42 55 74 53 58 44

Centura 146 145 121 65 55 34 39 45 34

Thunderbolt (AgriPro) /2 38 55 35 33

Wahoo /1 34 32 34 31

Ogallala (AgriPro) 30 23 25 38 25 68 45 37 24

Above /1 18 /1 22

TAM 111 /1 21

2145 /1 /1 17

Other Public 466 421 415 411 351 370 246 222 107

Other Private 198 203 136 134 114 112 98 88 66

Total Planted 1,900 1,900 1,750 1,750 1,650 1,900 1,850 1,850 1,750

/1 Less than one percent, included in Other Public.
/2 Less than one percent, included in Other Private.
Source: USDA NASS Nebraska Wheat Varieties, Feburary 2006

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Copyright 2006 by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. All rights reserved.

Published by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperating with the counties and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, race, color, religion, marital status, veteran's status, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.