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Variety Testing

Dipak Santra stands in a pea research field holding notes, with labeled plots and an irrigation pivot visible in the background.

January 23, 2026

Results for 2025 Nebraska Pea Variety Testing Released

By Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist

Close-up of cereal rye ‘Elbon’ on the left and winter wheat on the right growing in dry, cracked soil at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center as plants mature.

October 8, 2025

Selecting the Right Winter Small Grain Cover Crop This Fall

By Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, David Scoby - Laboratory Research Manager, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator, Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

side by side comparison of cover crop fields in summer

July 10, 2025

Summer Cover Crop Potential in Eastern Nebraska

By Grace E. Pacheco - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Vesh R. Thapa - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Bridget McKinley - Former MS student, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Andrea Basche – Associate Professor, Katja Koehler-Cole - Extension Educator, Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Paul Jasa - Former Extension Engineer, Retired

wheat field

February 18, 2025

Roots of Progress: The Hybrid Wheat Journey Continues

By Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Chabella Guzman - Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center Communications Specialist

UNL winter wheat variety trial in a farmer field

August 28, 2017

2017 Nebraska Winter Wheat Variety Testing and Overall Results

By Teshome Regassa - Research Assistant Professor

Winter wheat variety trials in Saline County (Photo by Randy Pryor)

August 15, 2019

Winter Wheat, Triticale and Barley Variety Tests Now Posted

By Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Field of sorghum

December 6, 2019

Variety Test Plot Results from Nebraska Sorghum Growers

Field pea variety trial plot in Lincoln County, summer 2019.

December 12, 2019

2019 Field Pea Variety Trial Results Available On-Line

combine harvesting crops

October 29, 2020

2020 Corn Hybrid Trial Data Available

By Amanda Easterly - Research Associate Professor, Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, Brian Maust - Agronomy Research Technologist

Dipak Santra

December 3, 2020

2020 Pea Variety Trial Results Available Online

By Dipak Santra - Alternative Crops Breeding Specialist, David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

Extension educators view winter wheat plots

April 8, 2021

With Transition to Panhandle, UNL Variety Testing Program Moves Beyond Winter Wheat

By Cody Creech - Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist

Wheat Variety App

November 16, 2021

UNL Researchers Debut New Interactive Wheat Variety App

By Katy Moore - CropWatch Editor