Hitchcock County Rainfed 2026 Winter Wheat Variety Trial

Content

NameCompany

Yield 
(bu/ac)[1]

Test Weight 
(lb/bu)

Protein 
(%)[2]

Plant Height 
(in)

Grain Weight 
(1000 seeds/lb)

KS TraditionKansas Wheat Alliance90.956.210.028.319.24
NEB148-42UNL-Experimental88.356.610.426.019.70
CO20D108RCSU-Experimental82.856.48.226.120.25
OutlawPlainsGold82.757.210.323.818.62
RobidouxNu Horizon Genetics81.653.810.325.620.34
Valley *Frenchman Valley Co-Op81.556.610.826.818.56
WB4347WestBred80.959.110.525.117.24
NSF23324UNL-Experimental80.756.011.726.620.31
MilestoneDyna-Gro80.456.910.325.817.11
CO19410RCSU-Experimental79.857.310.524.819.60
NE21579UNL-Experimental79.257.911.328.918.04
KS Bill SnyderKansas Wheat Alliance79.257.410.923.316.76
NHH19651UNL-Experimental78.758.811.428.920.61
WB4422WestBred77.358.811.526.216.55
NE DaybreakNu Horizon Genetics76.852.711.526.420.81
KS TerritoryKansas Wheat Alliance76.756.810.624.917.65
NE22212 *UNL-Experimental76.756.010.925.316.38
High CountryPolansky Seed, Inc.76.556.69.824.621.30
NE20620UNL-Experimental75.957.411.525.716.04
WB4445CLPWestBred75.857.410.624.817.47
RamsayDyna-Gro75.456.810.126.315.78
NE22172UNL-Experimental75.056.411.927.021.77
NSF23323UNL-Experimental73.558.610.825.919.30
CP7017AXCroplan73.357.79.726.417.59
NE19455UNL-Experimental73.256.610.824.219.10
CP7869Croplan73.256.911.325.515.78
WB4595WestBred73.057.710.026.319.11
AP TangoAgriPro72.855.711.423.019.72
NE22252UNL-Experimental71.856.111.325.116.40
NSF22115UNL-Experimental71.458.010.127.618.96
NE Dunbar CLPNu Horizon Genetics70.355.711.024.617.56
AP SunbirdAgriPro69.857.210.223.814.69
NE22129UNL-Experimental67.656.611.626.417.33
NE Prism CLPNu Horizon Genetics67.554.312.027.419.93
WesleyCheck66.757.412.425.016.15
NE FensterNu Horizon Genetics66.256.411.728.518.52
KS Homesteader CL+Kansas Wheat Alliance65.556.611.825.316.48
RuthNu Horizon Genetics64.557.510.525.518.43
TurkeyCheck61.155.112.127.818.57
Scout 66Check52.656.512.726.218.52

 

Summary Statistics

Yield 

(bu/ac)

Test Weight 

(lb/bu)

Protein 

(%)

Plant Height 

(in)

Grain Weight 

(1000 seeds/lb)

Standard Error

4.61.50.51.11.41

LSD[3]

7.72.50.91.82.39

Mean[4]

74.756.710.925.918.31

CV[5]

6.22.74.94.17.7

Reps

44242

[1] Yield values corrected to 12% moisture content. Bolded values indicate highest LSD grouping. 

[2] Protein corrected to 14% moisture content, the correction factor used in analytical standards.Checks excluded from protein LSD groups due to known high protein contents.

[3] For differences between varieties that are equal to or greater than the LSD value, the chance that the difference is significant is 90%.

[4] Mean performance of all plots in the trial.

[5] Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a trial, and lower than 15 indicates a high-quality trial. For CV>15, there was higher than expected variability in the field or the data and the results should be used with caution.

 

Site InformationDetails
Collaborator:Peters Seed Farms
Planting Date:10/1/2025
Seeding Rate:1.0 million s/a
Harvest Date:7/6/2026
Fertility:50lbs/a 40 Rock applied at planting
Herbicides: 
Fungicides: 
Soil Type:Keith silt loam
GPS:40.156564, -100.805648
Planting Info: Drilled 1.5" into tilled corn fallow with great soil moisture
Notes on Trial:Drought conditions in 2025 impacted early stand establishment, but field managed to catch some timely rains in the spring that maintained yield potential, but lower than ideal test weights were observed and kernel size very small. No disease pressure noted. Valley and NE22212 are white wheats (denoted with an asterisk), otherwise all other varieties are HRWW.

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For more information, contact: 

Amanda Easterly
Research Associate Professor
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Email: aeasterly2@unl.edu
Phone: 308-254-3918
High Plains Agricultural Lab
3257 Road 109 
Sidney NE 69162-3129

Cody Creech
Extension Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Email: ccreech2@unl.edu
Phone: 308-632-1266
Panhandle Research and Extension Center
4502 Ave I
Scottsbluff NE 69361-4939

 

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