Montana Wheat Varieties 2008 Cooperating with the Montana Department of Agriculture 10 W 15th Street, Suite 3100 · Helena, MT 59626 Released: July 11, 2008 WINTER WHEAT SPRING WHEAT Montana farmers seeded 2.6 million acres of winter wheat in 2008, up from the 2.24 million acres seeded the previous year. Montana In 2008, there were 2.5 million acres of spring wheat planted in ranks fourth in the United States for seeded winter wheat acreage, Montana, keeping the state ranked at second for highest acres up from the fifth spot in 2007. The top four winter wheat varieties planted. In 2007, 2.45 million acres were planted. The top four account for 48.9 percent of the state’s total acreage. spring wheat varieties account for 63.3 percent of all Montana’s spring wheat acreage. Genou is the top winter wheat variety planted in Montana for the second year in a row. Farmers planted 513,200 acres of the Reeder is the top spring wheat variety planted this year variety or 19.7 percent of the total winter wheat acreage. The with 620,100 acres planted or 24.8 percent of all spring wheat variety was released by Montana State University in 2004. Genou planted in Montana. This is the third year in a row this variety has is a solid-stem, hard red winter wheat with enhanced yield been at the top of the list. Reeder was developed by the North potential and cold tolerance in comparison to Rampart. Test Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and released in 1999. weight, maturity, height, and protein qualities are similar to Reeder is an awned, semi-dwarf, hard red spring wheat resistant to Rampart and Vanguard varieties. Genou is resistant to the wheat upper Midwest stem and leaf rust. It was developed from a cross of stem sawfly. a relative of Stoa and germplasm from Brazil. Its stay-green trait allows for a longer grain-fill period and a higher yield. CDC Falcon is the second most planted variety this year for the third year in a row. A total of 348,800 acres were planted to Choteau is the second most common variety this year the variety or 13.4 percent of the state’s total acreage. CDC Falcon with 564,700 acres planted or 22.6 percent of Montana’s spring is a semi-dwarf, hard red winter wheat developed by the Crop wheat acres. It was the second most common variety last year also. Development Center in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and was Choteau was developed by the Montana Agricultural Experiment registered in 1998. It is a high yielding wheat with a short strong Station in 2003. It is a semi-dwarf, hard red spring wheat with straw, good winter-hardiness, and a resistance to stem and leaf solid stems which lends tolerance to the wheat stem sawfly. The rust. This variety has shown average to above average yields on spike is lax and tapered with white awns and glumes. Kernels are dryland and good performance for irrigated fields. red ovate with a medium crease and brush. Choteau is resistant to the prevalent stem rust in Montana and is tolerant to the Hessian Yellowstone rises from the eleventh most popular winter fly. Yields are similar to McNeal in Montana. wheat variety last year to the third most common variety in 2008. It accounts for 8.4 percent of the state’s planted acreage with McNeal is ranked third for the second year in a row with 218,400 acres seeded. Yellowstone is a hard red winter wheat 294,300 acres planted or 11.8 percent of all acres seeded. McNeal developed by the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station and was developed by the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station released in 2005. The variety is very high yielding with medium and released in March 1995. It is a semi-dwarf, hard red spring test weight, maturity, height, and grain protein. It has excellent wheat with red chaff and tan straw. The variety is moderately baking quality and good noodle quality. It is moderately resistant resistant to lodging and to prevalent races of stem rust and wheat to dwarf smut and stripe rust but is susceptible to stem rust. streak mosaic virus. It is somewhat susceptible to leaf rust and stripe rust, and is also fairly vulnerable to Russian wheat aphid and Rampart falls from the third most common winter wheat variety the wheat stem sawfly. McNeal has shown above average yields planted in 2007 to the fourth most common seeded in 2008 with similar to Reeder and Choteau. 189,900 acres. It accounts for 7.3 percent of the state’s planted acreage. Rampart is a hard red winter wheat developed by the Fortuna rises from being the fifth most planted variety in Montana Agricultural Experiment Station and released in 1996. It 2007 to being the fourth most common in 2008. A total of 103,000 is an awned, red-chaffed, solid-stemmed variety. Kernels are hard acres or 4.1 percent of Montana’s spring wheat crop is seeded to red, with a mid-sized germ. Rampart is resistant to the wheat stem the variety. Fortuna was developed by the North Dakota sawfly and to prevalent races of stem rust. It is susceptible to stripe Agricultural Experiment Station and the USDA’s Crops Research rust, leaf rust, dwarf smut, and the Russian wheat aphid. Rampart Division. It is beardless with white chaff and straw. It has a solid has excellent milling and baking qualities. stem which is resistant to the wheat stem sawfly, but it is susceptible to Septoria and black chaff fungus. The variety is high yielding and has superior milling and acceptable baking properties. DURUM WHEAT Strongfield rises from the tenth most common durum variety last year to the third most common in 2008. A total of Durum wheat acreage increased from 480,000 acres planted in 51,100 acres or 8.4 percent of Montana’s durum acreage is planted 2007 to 610,000 acres planted in 2008. Montana is still ranked the to the variety. Strongfield was released by Ag Canada in 2004. It is second highest in durum wheat acreage in the nation. The top four medium in height and maturity. It has good resistance to leaf and durum wheat varieties make up 69.8 percent of Montana’s durum stem rusts but is only moderately resistant to common bunt. The wheat acreage. variety exhibits good end use qualities by having high protein, low grain cadmium concentration, high yellow pigment, and a Mountrail remains the top durum wheat variety in the moderately strong gluten content. state for the fifth year in a row with 239,600 acres seeded, or 39.3 percent of the durum wheat acreage. Mountrail was developed Alzada is the fourth leading durum wheat variety seeded from the cross of D8479 and Renville by the North Dakota for the third year in a row with 48,800 acres planted or 8.0 percent Agricultural Experiment Station and was released in 1999. The of Montana’s durum wheat acreage. Developed by WestBred, variety has a high semolina extract with strong gluten. It is LLC and released in 2004, Alzada is a semi-dwarf, sawfly tolerant, resistant to both leaf and stem rusts. Mountrail has an above non day-length sensitive variety. It produces a bright yellow average yield, an average test weight, medium to large kernels, and semolina from which high quality durum products can be made. average protein. This variety has an early maturity date and shows high yields with average test weights. Kyle is in second place again this year for the fifth year in a row. There were 86,000 acres seeded in the state, accounting for 14.1 percent of the state’s total acres. Kyle was developed by the Agriculture Canada Research Station in Swift Current, Saskatchewan and released in 1984. Kyle is resistant to leaf and stem rust. It is moderately susceptible to tan spot and Septoria leaf spot and susceptible to loose smut. Kyle has the highest tolerance to color-loss from rainfall. Winter Wheat: 2008 Seeded Acreage and Percent of Total Seeded by Districts Northwest North Central Northeast Central Southwest South Central Southeast State Total Variety 1/ (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % Genou 0.0 0.0 478.7 31.6 2.6 1.1 17.6 3.9 8.4 28.1 5.9 2.7 0.0 0.0 513.2 19.7 CDC Falcon 0.0 0.0 233.3 15.4 10.3 4.3 98.6 21.9 1.8 5.9 2.9 1.3 1.9 1.5 348.8 13.4 Yellowstone 1.7 9.8 80.3 5.3 29.3 12.2 33.8 7.5 9.0 29.9 61.6 28.0 2.7 2.1 218.4 8.4 Rampart 0.0 0.0 160.6 10.6 5.8 2.4 16.2 3.6 0.0 0.0 7.3 3.3 0.0 0.0 189.9 7.3 Ledger 0.0 0.0 147.0 9.7 0.2 0.1 25.7 5.7 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.9 174.4 6.7 Jaqalene 0.3 2.0 28.8 1.9 4.1 1.7 72.5 16.1 0.0 0.0 28.8 13.1 5.2 4.1 139.7 5.4 Tiber 0.0 0.0 27.3 1.8 37.0 15.4 11.3 2.5 1.1 3.6 25.7 11.7 34.9 27.3 137.3 5.3 Morgan 0.0 0.0 95.4 6.3 24.5 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.5 7.4 129.4 5.0 Neeley 0.0 0.0 15.2 1.0 2.4 1.0 56.3 12.5 5.6 18.6 23.8 10.8 3.8 3.0 107.1 4.1 Pryor 0.7 4.3 30.3 2.0 0.7 0.3 47.7 10.6 0.3 1.1 8.8 4.0 3.2 2.5 91.7 3.5 Jerry 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 49.4 20.6 2.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.4 16.7 73.1 2.8 Rocky 0.0 0.0 42.4 2.8 5.0 2.1 3.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.6 1.9 Vanguard 0.0 0.0 25.8 1.7 2.9 1.2 16.2 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.9 1.7 Big Sky 0.0 0.0 25.8 1.7 1.2 0.5 5.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.4 1.2 Judith 0.0 0.0 24.2 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.2 1.0 Redwin 0.0 0.0 10.6 0.7 1.7 0.7 2.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.6 6.3 4.9 22.2 0.9 Promontory 5.2 30.5 3.0 0.2 1.7 0.7 6.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 4.8 2.2 0.0 0.0 21.5 0.8 Roughrider 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.4 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.1 7.1 17.5 0.7 Big Horn 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.3 2.4 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 4.2 1.9 1.7 1.3 14.6 0.6 Carlisle 3.9 22.8 4.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 5.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.3 0.6 Tomahawk 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8 4.9 0.0 0.0 10.8 0.4 Winalta 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.8 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.0 9.6 0.4 Norris 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 5.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 9.6 0.4 Other & Unknown 5.2 30.6 74.3 4.9 43.6 18.2 20.5 4.7 3.5 11.8 33.4 15.2 23.3 18.2 203.8 7.8 All Varieties 17.0 100.0 1,515.0 100.0 240.0 100.0 450.0 100.0 30.0 100.0 220.0 100.0 128.0 100.0 2,600.0 100.0 1/ Hard red variety. Winter Wheat: Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 2002-2008 & Seeded Acreage 2007-2008 Percent of Total Seeded Acreage Seeded Acres (000) Variety 1/ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2/ 2008 2007 2/ 2008 Genou -- -- -- -- 2.2 15.8 19.7 353.6 513.2 CDC Falcon -- -- 1.8 3.9 10.9 13.3 13.4 298.4 348.8 Yellowstone -- -- -- -- -- 3.7 8.4 83.1 218.4 Rampart 19.6 25.7 28.6 24.8 19.2 9.6 7.3 214.1 189.9 Ledger -- -- -- -- 2.4 5.8 6.7 129.3 174.4 Jaqalene -- -- -- 1.5 6.2 5.6 5.4 124.7 139.7 Tiber 11.2 9.5 9.3 10.0 7.1 5.0 5.3 112.6 137.3 Morgan 7.3 7.3 7.6 7.4 7.1 5.3 5.0 118.5 129.4 Neeley 19.9 16.8 15.4 12.6 9.3 7.8 4.1 175.6 107.1 Pryor -- -- 0.6 1.7 3.3 4.6 3.5 103.3 91.7 Jerry -- -- -- -- -- 0.7 2.8 15.7 73.1 Rocky 11.1 8.0 6.0 7.6 7.1 4.4 1.9 98.4 50.6 Vanguard 9.1 6.8 7.6 6.8 2.9 1.4 1.7 31.1 44.9 Big Sky -- -- 0.9 0.7 2.7 1.3 1.2 29.1 32.4 Judith 0.5 -- 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.6 1.0 13.2 25.2 Redwin 5.0 3.0 2.4 2.5 1.7 1.4 0.9 31.4 22.2 Promontory -- 1.3 0.8 1.5 3.5 2.5 0.8 57.7 21.5 Roughrider 0.5 1.0 -- -- -- -- 0.7 -- 17.5 Big Horn 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.1 0.4 0.8 0.6 16.8 14.6 Carlisle -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.6 -- 14.3 Tomahawk 0.9 0.5 1.6 1.6 0.7 0.8 0.4 17.1 10.8 Norris -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.4 -- 9.6 Winalta 0.9 1.2 0.7 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.4 16.8 9.6 Nuwest** 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.8 -- 19.0 -- Warrior 0.6 0.6 -- -- -- 0.6 -- 14.4 -- Nufrontier** -- 1.5 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 -- 17.2 -- Other & Unknown 10.8 14.0 11.5 12.0 10.2 6.6 7.8 148.9 203.8 All Varieties 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2,240.0 2,600.0 1/ Hard red variety unless otherwise noted. 2/ Revised. **White wheat variety. –Data not published for the given year. Winter Wheat: 2007 Seeded Acreage and Percent of Total Seeded by Districts 2/ Northwest North Central Northeast Central Southwest South Central Southeast State Total Variety 1/ (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % Genou 0.0 0.0 303.2 22.9 3.9 2.6 36.4 8.7 2.8 12.1 7.3 3.8 0.0 0.0 353.6 15.8 CDC Falcon 0.3 2.1 227.7 17.2 3.3 2.2 55.6 13.3 1.3 5.4 7.7 4.0 2.5 2.1 298.4 13.3 Rampart 0.1 0.7 198.6 15.0 5.9 3.9 3.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 5.2 2.7 1.0 0.8 214.1 9.6 Neeley 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.4 6.3 4.2 100.7 24.1 8.7 37.1 46.5 24.2 8.1 6.8 175.6 7.8 Ledger 0.0 0.0 105.9 8.0 0.0 0.0 22.2 5.3 1.2 5.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 129.3 5.8 Jaqalene 0.0 0.0 29.1 2.2 1.8 1.2 58.1 13.9 0.0 0.0 28.2 14.7 7.5 6.3 124.7 5.6 Morgan 0.4 3.1 103.3 7.8 9.8 6.5 3.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.6 118.5 5.3 Tiber 0.0 0.0 31.8 2.4 21.7 14.4 7.5 1.8 0.8 3.2 8.3 4.3 42.5 35.7 112.6 5.0 Pryor 0.0 0.0 43.7 3.3 0.5 0.3 42.2 10.1 2.3 9.8 10.4 5.4 4.2 3.5 103.3 4.6 Rocky 0.0 0.0 87.4 6.6 3.5 2.3 7.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 98.4 4.4 Yellowstone 0.2 1.7 26.5 2.0 49.1 32.5 5.0 1.2 0.9 3.9 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 83.1 3.7 Promontory 5.8 46.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 2.0 32.2 7.7 0.5 2.1 15.4 8.0 0.8 0.7 57.7 2.5 Redwin 0.0 0.0 7.9 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 11.3 5.9 11.3 9.5 31.4 1.4 Vanguard 1.9 14.9 23.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 4.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 31.1 1.4 Big Sky 0.0 0.0 29.1 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.1 1.3 Nuwest** 0.0 0.0 14.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 3.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 19.0 0.8 Nufrontier** 0.0 0.0 15.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.2 0.8 Tomahawk 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 16.3 8.5 0.0 0.0 17.1 0.8 Big Horn 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.2 3.8 2.5 8.8 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.8 16.8 0.8 Winalta 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.3 6.8 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 5.0 16.8 0.8 Jerry 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.1 6.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.2 4.4 15.7 0.7 Warrior 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.4 7.5 0.0 0.0 14.4 0.6 Judith 0.0 0.0 13.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.2 0.6 Other & Unknown 3.8 31.0 50.4 3.8 21.0 13.9 26.4 6.3 5.0 21.1 14.3 7.6 28.0 23.6 148.9 6.6 All Varieties 12.5 100.0 1,324.0 100.0 151.0 100.0 418.0 100.0 23.5 100.0 192.0 100.0 119.0 100.0 2,240.0 100.0 1/ Hard red variety unless otherwise noted. 2/ Revised. **White wheat variety. Top 2008 Winter Wheat Varieties Planted - Montana 100 90 80 70 60 nt e c 50 Per 40 30 20 10 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Genou CDC Falcon Yellowstone Rampart Ledger Spring Wheat: 2008 Seeded Acreage and Percent of Total Seeded by Districts Northwest North Central Northeast Central Southwest South Central Southeast State Total Variety 1/ (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % Reeder 0.4 2.1 8.9 1.1 540.6 43.6 31.1 16.8 0.0 0.0 15.0 17.0 24.1 21.5 620.1 24.8 Choteau 0.0 0.0 298.9 36.9 210.8 17.0 33.5 18.1 3.1 6.8 15.8 17.9 2.6 2.3 564.7 22.6 McNeal 0.0 0.0 43.7 5.4 192.2 15.5 20.7 11.2 11.3 25.2 14.4 16.4 12.0 10.7 294.3 11.8 Fortuna 0.0 0.0 84.2 10.4 3.7 0.3 9.6 5.2 0.0 0.0 5.5 6.3 0.0 0.0 103.0 4.1 Corbin 0.0 0.0 79.4 9.8 7.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 87.0 3.5 AC Lillian 0.0 0.0 48.6 6.0 18.6 1.5 5.2 2.8 0.0 0.0 2.5 2.8 0.0 0.0 74.9 3.0 Conan 0.0 0.0 61.6 7.6 7.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 69.2 2.7 Hank 6.8 33.9 9.7 1.2 6.2 0.5 25.5 13.8 2.2 4.9 11.0 12.5 0.4 0.4 61.8 2.5 Ernest 0.0 0.0 38.9 4.8 18.6 1.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 59.2 2.4 Amidon 0.0 0.0 6.5 0.8 37.2 3.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.5 44.5 1.8 Outlook 0.0 0.0 17.8 2.2 19.8 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 38.9 1.5 Kelby 0.7 3.7 2.4 0.3 11.2 0.9 5.4 2.9 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.4 3.7 3.3 24.6 1.0 Westbred 936 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 8.3 4.5 3.8 8.4 0.5 0.6 6.3 5.6 19.7 0.8 NorPro 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.9 8.2 7.3 18.9 0.8 Parshall 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.6 0.7 Scholar 0.0 0.0 4.1 0.5 7.4 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 5.0 18.0 0.7 Howard 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.1 0.6 Freyr 0.0 0.0 2.4 0.3 8.7 0.7 0.9 0.5 2.8 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.8 0.6 Newana 0.0 0.0 8.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.1 1.5 1.7 3.2 2.9 14.5 0.6 Westbred 926 4.4 22.2 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.6 1.4 0.1 0.3 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.4 12.9 0.5 Other & Unknown 7.7 38.1 92.4 11.4 105.6 8.5 38.0 20.5 21.1 46.7 17.3 19.7 42.2 37.7 324.3 13.0 All Varieties 20.0 100.0 810.0 100.0 1,240.0 100.0 185.0 100.0 45.0 100.0 88.0 100.0 112.0 100.0 2,500.0 100.0 1/ Hard red variety. Spring Wheat: Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 2002-2008 & Seeded Acreage 2007-2008 Percent of Total Seeded Acreage Seeded Acres (000) Variety 1/ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2/ 2008 2007 2/ 2008 Reeder 9.1 18.4 22.7 26.4 27.6 28.1 24.8 689.0 620.1 Choteau -- -- -- 1.5 16.5 22.4 22.6 547.9 564.7 McNeal 38.8 35.9 31.7 29.0 21.3 14.9 11.8 365.0 294.3 Fortuna 7.8 3.8 4.6 5.7 4.1 4.3 4.1 104.4 103.0 Corbin -- -- -- -- -- 2.2 3.5 55.3 87.0 AC Lillian -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.0 -- 74.9 Conan 5.0 3.7 7.1 7.1 6.8 5.0 2.7 123.0 69.2 Hank -- 1.2 1.7 2.2 2.3 1.9 2.5 45.7 61.8 Ernest 11.4 11.0 10.0 10.7 5.5 3.1 2.4 75.1 59.2 Amidon 6.2 4.0 3.0 2.5 1.8 1.7 1.8 41.2 44.5 Outlook -- -- -- -- 0.5 0.6 1.5 15.1 38.9 Kelby -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.0 -- 24.6 Westbred 936 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.8 21.3 19.7 NorPro -- -- -- -- -- 0.8 0.8 18.4 18.9 Parshall 1.4 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 22.0 18.6 Scholar 1.9 3.0 2.2 1.6 0.4 1.2 0.7 30.9 18.0 Howard -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.6 -- 16.1 Freyr -- -- -- -- -- 0.7 0.6 17.3 14.8 Newana 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 -- 0.6 -- 14.5 Westbred 926 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.5 10.0 12.9 Glenn -- -- -- -- -- 0.6 -- 15.6 -- Gunner 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.7 -- 0.5 -- 12.1 -- Lew 1.8 2.8 2.4 1.4 0.8 0.4 -- 9.2 -- Westbred Rambo 3.8 2.7 3.2 1.1 1.2 0.4 -- 10.3 -- Other & Unknown 9.5 8.6 7.5 7.1 8.6 9.0 13.0 221.2 324.3 All Varieties 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2,450.0 2,500.0 1/ Hard red variety. 2/ Revised. –Data not published for the given year. Spring Wheat: 2007 Seeded Acreage and Percent of Total Seeded by Districts 2/ Northwest North Central Northeast Central Southwest South Central Southeast State Total Variety 1/ (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % Reeder 1.5 6.7 28.1 3.4 602.7 50.1 25.0 16.0 0.0 0.0 10.8 14.6 20.9 18.3 689.0 28.1 Choteau 0.1 0.4 356.4 43.1 155.2 12.9 15.8 10.1 3.8 7.2 10.6 14.3 6.0 5.3 547.9 22.4 McNeal 0.4 1.8 45.5 5.5 199.7 16.6 35.4 22.7 11.2 21.1 30.8 41.6 42.0 36.8 365.0 14.9 Conan 0.0 0.0 117.4 14.2 4.8 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 123.0 5.0 Fortuna 0.0 0.0 81.0 9.8 9.6 0.8 10.9 7.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.9 0.0 0.0 104.4 4.3 Ernest 0.0 0.0 47.1 5.7 22.9 1.9 3.7 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.2 75.1 3.1 Corbin 0.0 0.0 50.4 6.1 0.0 0.0 4.7 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 55.3 2.2 Hank 6.7 29.3 4.1 0.5 6.0 0.5 12.0 7.7 6.4 12.0 10.4 14.0 0.1 0.1 45.7 1.9 Amidon 0.0 0.0 4.1 0.5 36.1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.9 41.2 1.7 Scholar 0.0 0.0 6.6 0.8 16.8 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.3 6.4 30.9 1.2 Parshall 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 20.5 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.3 22.0 0.9 Westbred 936 4.0 17.2 5.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 3.3 2.1 8.2 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.3 0.9 NorPro 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.4 6.6 5.8 18.4 0.8 Freyr 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 6.0 0.5 3.4 2.2 4.7 8.8 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.1 17.3 0.7 Glenn 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.6 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.6 0.6 Outlook 0.0 0.0 8.3 1.0 6.0 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.1 0.6 Gunner 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 12.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.1 0.5 Westbred Rambo 0.0 0.0 8.3 1.0 1.2 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 0.4 Westbred 926 0.6 2.6 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 5.3 3.4 1.6 3.0 0.3 0.4 1.4 1.2 10.0 0.4 Lew 0.0 0.0 8.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.4 9.2 0.4 Other & Unknown 9.6 41.5 54.0 6.5 77.1 6.4 33.6 21.6 16.9 32.1 7.1 9.6 22.9 20.2 221.2 9.0 All Varieties 23.0 100.0 827.0 100.0 1,203.0 100.0 156.0 100.0 53.0 100.0 74.0 100.0 114.0 100.0 2,450.0 100.0 1/ Hard red variety. 2/ Revised. Top 2008 Spring Wheat Varieties Planted - Montana 100 90 80 70 60 ent erc 50 P 40 30 20 10 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Reeder Choteau McNeal Fortuna Corbin Durum Wheat: 2008 Seeded Acreage and Percent of Total Seeded by Districts North Central Northeast Other Districts State Total Variety (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % Mountrail 0.0 0.0 239.6 45.2 0.0 0.0 239.6 39.3 Kyle 8.6 13.7 77.4 14.6 0.0 0.0 86.0 14.1 Strongfield 0.2 0.3 50.9 9.6 0.0 0.0 51.1 8.4 Alzada 39.4 62.6 6.9 1.3 2.5 14.7 48.8 8.0 Lebsock 0.0 0.0 35.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 35.0 5.7 Grenora 0.0 0.0 23.3 4.4 0.0 0.0 23.3 3.8 Divide 0.7 1.1 21.7 4.1 0.0 0.0 22.4 3.7 Pierce 0.0 0.0 14.3 2.7 0.0 0.0 14.3 2.3 Grande D'Oro 0.0 0.0 12.7 2.4 0.0 0.0 12.7 2.1 Monroe 0.0 0.0 9.5 1.8 2.7 16.1 12.2 2.0 Alkabo 0.0 0.0 9.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 9.0 1.5 AC Avonlea 0.8 1.3 5.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 6.6 1.1 Dilse 0.0 0.0 4.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 4.8 0.8 Maier 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 3.7 0.6 AC Morse 2.5 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.4 Other & Unknown 10.8 17.1 15.4 2.9 11.8 69.2 38.0 6.2 All Varieties 63.0 100.0 530.0 100.0 17.0 100.0 610.0 100.0 Durum Wheat: Percent of Total Seeded Acreage 2002-2008 & Seeded Acreage 2007-2008 Percent of Total Seeded Acreage Seeded Acres (000) Variety 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1/ 2008 2007 1/ 2008 Mountrail 26.9 35.7 42.1 52.9 52.6 44.8 39.3 215.1 239.6 Kyle 40.2 38.0 34.1 21.4 15.7 15.4 14.1 73.8 86.0 Strongfield -- -- -- -- -- 1.2 8.4 5.9 51.1 Alzada -- -- -- 1.3 4.8 5.1 8.0 24.4 48.8 Lebsock 0.3 3.4 2.3 5.4 10.1 12.3 5.7 59.0 35.0 Grenora -- -- -- -- -- 0.6 3.8 2.7 23.3 Divide -- -- -- -- -- 0.7 3.7 3.6 22.4 Pierce -- -- -- 1.3 5.6 5.3 2.3 25.2 14.3 Grande D'Oro -- -- -- -- -- 1.9 2.1 9.0 12.7 Monroe 1.2 3.4 1.7 1.9 0.6 1.3 2.0 6.3 12.2 Alkabo -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.5 -- 9.0 AC Avonlea 3.4 4.3 7.2 5.3 2.3 1.0 1.1 5.0 6.6 Dilse -- -- -- -- 0.8 2.8 0.8 13.5 4.8 Maier -- 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.4 3.7 AC Morse 2.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.4 -- 2.5 Vic 1.4 -- 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.4 -- 1.8 -- Ward 2.8 2.4 2.8 1.7 2.3 1.5 -- 7.2 -- Other & Unknown 21.7 12.5 8.7 7.3 3.5 5.4 6.2 26.1 38.0 All Varieties 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 480.0 610.0 1/ Revised. –Data not published for the given year. Durum Wheat: 2007 Seeded Acreage and Percent of Total Seeded by Districts 1/ North Central Northeast Other Districts State Total Variety (000) % (000) % (000) % (000) % Mountrail 0.0 0.0 215.1 47.8 0.0 0.0 215.1 44.8 Kyle 0.9 3.5 72.9 16.2 0.0 0.0 73.8 15.4 Lebsock 0.0 0.0 59.0 13.1 0.0 0.0 59.0 12.3 Pierce 0.0 0.0 25.2 5.6 0.0 0.0 25.2 5.3 Alzada 17.6 70.4 6.8 1.5 0.0 0.0 24.4 5.1 Dilse 0.0 0.0 13.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 2.8 Grande D'Oro 0.0 0.0 9.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 1.9 Ward 0.0 0.0 7.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 7.2 1.5 Monroe 0.0 0.0 6.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 6.3 1.3 Strongfield 0.0 0.0 5.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 5.9 1.2 AC Avonlea 0.0 0.0 5.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 5.0 1.0 Divide 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.7 Grenora 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.6 Vic 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.4 Maier 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.3 Other & Unknown 6.5 26.1 14.6 3.3 5.0 100.0 26.1 5.4 All Varieties 25.0 100.0 450.0 100.0 5.0 100.0 480.0 100.0 1/ Revised. Top 2008 Durum Wheat Varieties Planted - Montana 100 90 80 70 60 nt erce 50 P 40 30 20 10 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Mountrail Kyle Strongfield Alzada Lebsock This publication was made possible by funds provided by the Montana Wheat & Barley Committee. This survey was conducted by USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Montana Field Office. Peggy Stringer Lindsey Houska Director Mathematical Statistician