Winter Wheat Variety Test Results

2026

Panhandle

• All sites (Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Cheyenne-South, Deuel, and Kimball) lost to significant drought and multiple freeze events
• Growers should consult results from 2025 and multi-year/multi-location summaries to evaluate cultivar performance and make planting decisions
• For other questions, please reach out to Crops Testing personnel and local crop consultants

West Central

• Hitchcock County Rainfed
• Keith County Rainfed
• Lincoln County Rainfed
• Perkins County Rainfed - Lost to pre-harvest hail storm
• West Central Regional Average
• West Central Two-Year Average
• West Central Three-Year Average

South Central

• Clay County Limited Irrigated - Lost to hail 21 June
• Furnas County Rainfed
• Jefferson County Rainfed
• South Central Regional Average
• South Central Regional Two-Year Average
• South Central Regional Three-Year Average

East

• Lancaster County Rainfed
• Washington County Rainfed
• East Regional Average - protein, height, kernel weight data only
• East Regional Two-Year Average
• East Regional Three-Year Average

Irrigated

• Box Butte County Irrigated
• Scotts Bluff County Irrigated - Surface irrigation not available and terminated
• Perkins County Irrigated
• Irrigated Regional Average
• Irrigation Regional Two-Year Average
• Irrigation Regional Three-Year Average

2025

Panhandle

• Banner County - Hailed out
• Box Butte Rainfed
• Cheyenne County Rainfed
• Cheyenne County-South Rainfed
• Deuel County Rainfed
• Kimball County Rainfed
• Panhandle Regional Average
• Panhandle Regional Two-Year Average
• Panhandle Regional Three-Year Average

West Central

• Hitchcock County Rainfed
• Keith County Rainfed
• Lincoln County Rainfed
• Perkins County Rainfed
• West Central Regional Average
• West Central Two-Year Average
• West Central Three-Year Average

South Central

• Clay County Limited Irrigated
• Furnas County Rainfed
• Jefferson County Rainfed
• South Central Regional Average
• South Central Regional Two-Year Average

East

• Lancaster County Rainfed
• Saunders County Rainfed
• East Regional Average
• East Regional Three-Year Average

Irrigated

• Box Butte County Irrigated
• Scotts Bluff County Irrigated
• Perkins County Irrigated
• Irrigated Regional Average
• Irrigation Regional Two-Year Average
• Irrigation Regional Three-Year Average

Past Results

For older winter wheat variety trial results, visit the archive section.

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