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Top Yielding Winter Wheat Varieties for Chouteau County

MSU Agricultural Research Centers have one test plot for winter wheat in Chouteau County which is managed by MSU Northern Agricultural Research Center (NARC) north of Loma. A special thanks to Peggy Lamb (NARC agronomist) for establishing and maintaining the Chouteau County test plot. The Extension office would also like to thank the McKeever family for donating the use of their land for MSU research.

NARC (Loma area) top three yielding winter wheat varieties (10-year average yield) from 2011-2022 include Bobcat at 55.5 bushels per acre, Brawl CLP at 52.6 bushels per acre and SY Monument at 51.2 bushels per acre. Bobcat is also the top yielding solid stem sawfly-tolerant variety followed by Judee at 46.9 bushels per acre and Warhorse at 42.4 bushels per acre.

Nutrien Ag Solutions has a plot near Carter Montana. The top three yielding winter wheat varieties for multiple years ( three-year data) were Milestone at 52.3 bushels per acre, Ramsay at 50.8 bushels per acre and WB4483 at 49.8 bushels per acre. The top yielding solid stem variety was WB4483 followed by Bobcat at 48.1 bushels per acre and Warhorse at 45.5 bushels per acre. Please contact the Chouteau County Extension office at 622-3751 for additional information.

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