Wheat Varieties

The selection of adapted and complementary varieties is one of the most important decisions a wheat grower will make in any given season.

By choosing varieties that complement each other  you will improve yield stability on your farm and maximize protection from disasters brought on by diseases, insects, or drought.

When visiting the many varieties on this site, consider:

• What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?
• How will it fit your farming practices?
• How will it fit with varieties you are currently using?

Each new variety you select will likely replace an existing variety, so it needs to fit the entire package for your farm.

• Use the UNL Winter Wheat Variety Selection Tool to screen varieties for the traits you are interested in, or,
• Read about the variety characteristics and view images in the Virtual Tour.
  
• Check Wheat Variety Testing results from UNL.
  After locating a few varieties that sound good to you, check to see how your selected varieties performed in trials near you. Select the crop year and a list of available spreadsheet tables will show by county or region.
  

UNL Extension Publications

• 2011 Fall Seed Guide (*PDF, 17.2 MB; 50 pages)
• Winter Wheat Variety Characteristics (*PDF, 44 KB; 1 page)
• Using Winter Wheat Yield Data to Improve Variety Selection (*PDF, 224 KB; 8 pages)
• USDA Most Popular Varieties Newsletter - 2011 (*PDF, 142 KB; 4 pages)

*PDF documents require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading or printing.