The first winter wheat variety plot was seeded in fall 2014 at the Henry J. Stumpf International Wheat Center located about a mile east of Grant. The plot averaged 49 bu/ac with a top yield of 62 bu/ac with Antero. The locations in Nebraska variety evaluation tests with higher average yields in 2015 were Keith County at 64 bu/ac, Lincoln County at 57 bu/ac, and Hitchcock County with 50 bu/ac.
In 2016 the top winter wheat variety test was in Furnas County with a 91 bu/ac average yield followed by Perkins County with an 80 bu/ac average.
When you combined results from 2015 and 2016, the Wheat Center was tied with Furnas County for the top yield average of 64.5 bu/ac (Table 1) for winter wheat variety tests across Nebraska.
The 2017 winter wheat crop received hail on May 16 which greatly reduced yields. The plot averaged 43 bu/ac with a top yield of 60 bu/ac.
The plot average yields include Scout 66, Turkey and other low yielding varieties.
| 2015 Plot Average Bu/Acre (Top Yield) | 2016 Plot Average Bu/Acre (Top Yield) | 2015-2016 Plot Average (Bu/Acre) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith: 64 (74) | Furnas: 91 (107) | Perkins: 64.5 | ||
| Lincoln: 57 (78) | Perkins: 80 (91) | Furnas: 64.5 | ||
| Hitchcock: 50 (75) | Lincoln: 71 (96) | Lincoln: 64 | ||
| Perkins: 49 (62) | Saunders: 71 (92) | Keith: 61 | ||
| Kimball: 41 (50) | Saline: 67 (79) | Saunders: 51 | ||
| Furnas: 38 (57) | Lancaster: 60 (78) | Saline: 51 | ||
| Saline: 35 (60) | Keith: 58 (73) | Kimball/Banner: 46.5 | ||
| Saunders: 31 (54) | Cheyenne: 54 (64) | Lancaster: 43.5 | ||
| NE – WY Stateline: 17 (20) | Banner: 52 (63) | Box Butte: 41 | ||
| Box Butte: 31 (48) | Box Butte: 51 (69) | Cheyenne: 40 | ||
| Clay: 27 (42) | Clay: 44 (68) | Clay: 35.5 | ||
| Lancaster: 33 (42) | Deuel: 43 (63) | Deuel: 32.5 | ||
| Cheyenne: 26 (33) | — | — | ||
| Deuel: 22 (28) | — | — |
