Nebraska Wheat Varieties

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Nebraska Wheat Varieties
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Released February 2008

Jagalene Most Popular Winter Wheat Variety Planted for 2008

Highlights

Hard White Winter Wheat:
Percent of Planted Acreage, Nebraska, 2004-2008

For the fourth consecutive year, Jagalene was the most popular
winter wheat variety planted in Nebraska, according to
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska
Field Office. Although Jagalene’s numbers are down sharply
from 2007, it continued to be the variety with the largest
number of acres. Jagalene first appeared in the state in 2003
and has held a prominent share of the state’s seedings each of
the last four years. Pronghorn remained the second most
popular variety planted with Millenium beating out Wesley
and Alliance for third place.
For the 2008 crop, Jagalene accounted for 20.9 percent of the
acreage. Pronghorn was planted on 10.6 percent of the acreage
and Millenium accounted for 9.4 percent of the acreage total.

Variety

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

1.0

1.5

1.9

Percent

All White Varieties

1.7

1.9

Of the total hard white winter wheat acreage for 2008, the two
most common varieties planted were NuGrain and NuDakota.
Funding
Supporting funds for this report, “Nebraska Wheat Varieties”,
were provided by the Nebraska Wheat Board from wheat
producer check off funds.

District Highlights

Data Source

Jagalene was the most popular wheat variety in the Central,
South, Southwest and Southeast Districts. Pronghorn had the
highest acreage in the Northwest District and third highest in
the Southwest. Millenium held strong with a second place
presence in the North, Central, South and Southwest Districts.
Wesley was the most popular variety in the North, Northeast,
and East Districts.

This wheat variety data was provided by the 1,800 voluntary
reports from Nebraska wheat producers who responded to the
2007 Fall Agricultural Report. This summary includes reports
representing eleven (11) percent of the state's total planted
acreage estimate.

Top Wheat Varieties for 2007

Top Wheat Varieties for 2008

Jagalene
20.9%

Other
29.2%

Jagalene
33.4%

Other
40.2%
Pronghorn
10.6%
Goodstreak
5.1%

Wesley
Alliance
7.7%
6.1%

Millenium
9.4%

Goodstreak
3.6%
Millenium
7.2%

Alliance
7.2%

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Wesley
7.2%

Pronghorn
12.2%

Variety Descriptions
Jagalene is a medium maturing variety with excellent straw
strength. This variety has very good winter hardiness and
excellent milling and baking qualities. It is resistant to stem rust,
leaf rust and soil borne wheat mosaic virus. It is moderately
resistant to wheat streak mosaic virus but susceptible to Hessian
fly. Jagalene is widely adapted and demonstrates good drought
tolerance. Jagalene was selected from the cross Abilene/Jagger.

Top Wheat Varieties for 2008
Historical Comparison by Year
Percent

Pronghorn, a tall variety of moderately early maturity, has good
tillering ability and moderately strong straw. It has good yield
stability in the Nebraska panhandle and dryland production in
adjacent states. Yield is comparable to Buckskin with superior
stem rust resistance. It has a long coleoptile and good early
spring regrowth along with good winter hardiness. The grain has
very good test weight patterns and milling/baking qualities. It
was developed by Nebraska and the USDA-ARS from the cross
Centura/Dawn/Colt sib.

40
35
30
25
20
15
10

Millennium is a medium maturing, medium height variety and is
well adapted throughout most of the Nebraska dryland wheat
production areas and adjacent states. It has a good test weight,
high grain yield, fair to good winter hardiness, shorter length
coleoptile, very good tillering ability, and moderately strong straw.
It is resistant to Hessian fly; moderately resistant to stem leaf and
stripe rust; susceptible to soil borne mosaic and barley yellow
dwarf viruses. It has average protein and good end-use quality
characteristics for milling and baking. Millennium was developed
by Nebraska and the USDA-ARS from the cross
Arapahoe/Abilene//NE86488.

5
0

2005

2006

Jagalene

2007

Pronghorn

2008

Millenium

Winter Wheat: Percent Planted to Each Variety
Nebraska, 2000-2008
Variety

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

23.8
10.1
9.5
5.8
10.1
3.7
2.9
5.0
1.2
2.7
1.9

33.4
12.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
3.6
2.0
3.5
1.6
1.6
2.0
1.2
1.4
1.7
1.1
1.4
1.0

Percent
2

4.5
10.4
11.1
5.9
13.6

19.8
2.9

13.4
4.7

13.0
6.2

8.7
7.3

6.8
4.9

16.8
11.4
10.7
5.5
10.1
1.7
5.2
3.7

4.4

4.1

3.3

3.8
2.0

3.3
3.0

2.7
1.9

1

1

7.8
2.8
1.7

4.3
3.1
1.8

1.0
3.5
2.5
1.8

2

2

2

1.4
1.9
7.4
3.8

1.0
1.3
4.6
3.8

20.9
10.6
9.4
7.7
6.1
5.1
3.4
3.4
3.2
2.9
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.1
1.5
1.5
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.0
5.7
4.1

Total Planted
1750
1,750
1,650
1,900
1,850
1,850
1,800
1
Less than one percent, included in Other Public. 2 Less than one percent, included in Other Private.

2,050

1,950

Jagalene (AgriPro)
Pronghorn
Millennium
Wesley
Alliance
Goodstreak
Arapahoe
Buckskin
TAM 111
Karl (all)
Thunderbolt (AgriPro)
Infinity CL
2145
2137
Jagger
Wahoo
Dumas (AgriPro)
Overly
Postrock (AgriPro)
Ogallala (AgriPro)
Centura
Other Public
Other Private

6.9

10.9
1

1

15.1

1.1
16.0

10.8
3.5
2.2
16.6

10.3
6.1
3.6
11.5

1

1

2

1

8.2
2.9

10.4
2.4

8.0
3.4
1

10.3
3.9
1.8

1

2

1.4
6.9
23.0
8.5

2.2
3.7
23.3
7.8

1.5
3.4
21.1
7.0

3.6
1.8
18.7
6.6

2.4
2.1
13.6
6.1

2.0
2.4
11.2
5.5

Thousand Acres

Winter Wheat: Percent Planted to Each Variety
by District, Nebraska, 2008
Variety

Northwest

North

Northeast

Central

East

Southwest

South

Southeast

34.8
8.2
8.3
2.9
4.9
1.2
3.7
0.2
6.3

27.0

24.5

13.1
5.9

4.3
12.5
0.3
0.3
1.5

State

Percent

Jagalene (AgriPro)
Pronghorn
Millennium
Wesley
Alliance
Goodstreak
Arapahoe
Buckskin
TAM 111
Karl (all)
Thunderbolt (AgriPro)
Infinity CL
2145
2137
Jagger
Wahoo
Dumas (AgriPro)
Overly
Postrock (AgriPro)
Ogallala (AgriPro)
Centura
Other Public
Other Private

7.5
22.2
9.1
2.7
12.0
12.6
2.5
9.1
0.2
0.3
0.1
3.6
0.7
0.1
1.2

15.0

16.1

15.2
42.9
5.2

11.1
60.1

13.0

2.3

0.8
0.2

6.3

28.0
0.9
22.3
22.6
3.3
9.6
0.6
7.5
0.5

2.4

0.4
2.3
8.7
3.7

4.7
3.0
2.0

0.6
1.8

17.6
10.7
25.7
0.1
2.3
3.2
0.6
4.2
0.7
0.3
3.6
0.6
10.9
3.6
2.4
2.3

2.0
0.7

0.3

5.7
5.5

5.2
3.1
0.2
0.6
2.6
2.7
0.5
0.3
0.7
1.2
0.7
6.2
5.5

1.5
4.5

2.9
2.3

20.9
10.6
9.4
7.7
6.1
5.1
3.4
3.4
3.2
2.9
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.1
1.5
1.5
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.0
5.7
4.1

235

235

1,950

0.3
4.5
11.2
5.2
4.0
3.3
2.1
2.1
0.8
3.3
1.7
5.3
4.2

16.8
0.7
0.6
12.4
11.6
0.3
1.5
0.5
5.8
1.2

Thousand Acres

Total Planted
Preliminary.

1

1

720

45

31

63

76

545

Winter Wheat: Acres Planted to Each Variety
Nebraska, 2000-2008
Variety

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Thousand Acres

Jagalene (AgriPro)
Pronghorn
121
191
1
Millennium
1
Wesley
19
Alliance
264
280
Goodstreak
Arapahoe
346
234
Buckskin
51
82
TAM 111
Karl (all)
77
72
Thunderbolt (AgriPro)
Infinity CL
2145
2137
143
182
Jagger
51
42
Wahoo
Dumas (AgriPro)
Overly
Postrock (AgriPro)
Ogallala (AgriPro)
25
38
Centura
121
65
Other Public
415
411
Other Private
136
134
Total Planted
1,750
1,750
1
Less than one percent, included in Other Public.

2

178
57
36
275

196
116
68
218

84
192
205
109
252
1

215
103

165
139

127
91

310
210
197
102
187
31
97
68

429
182
172
104
182
67
52
91
22
49
34

1

54
2

72
38

60
55

49
35

685
250
148
148
148
74
41
72
33
33
41
1

132
55
1

196
74
34

1

1

144
53
32

80
58
34

18
64
45
32
2
1

24
29
35
22
29
20
2

25
68
45
37
25
34
55
39
45
35
351
370
264
222
129
114
112
98
88
68
1,650
1,900
1,850
1,850
1,800
2
Less than one percent, included in Other Private.

20
27
94
77
2,050

408
206
184
150
118
100
67
66
63
57
46
45
43
40
30
30
24
22
21
21
20
111
78
1,950

Note: Historical variety reports for earlier years can be found on the web at:
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Nebraska/Publications/Crop_Variety_Reports/index.asp
We express our appreciation to the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association for variety descriptions. For additional information on
specific varieties, please contact the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association at (402) 472-1444.

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