ST. LOUIS (September 9, 2024) — The first step to a successful crop is selecting the right variety to plant, and WestBred® Wheat offers a set of solid-performing varieties that land at the top of the National Wheat Yield Contest and regional yield trials year in and year out.
Growers are encouraged to seize the season by planting proven, consistent performing varieties designed with the agronomic traits growers in each region need to be successful and offering grain quality that end users desire.
Central Plains Region
“Central Plains growers looking for proven high-yield potential genetics with strong disease and insect tolerances should consider the WestBred Winter Wheat variety lineup first when making decisions,” said Mark Lubbers, WestBred technical product manager. “Each of these varieties can set the table for a successful season when planted in the right situation.”
- WB4401 is a medium-maturity Hard Red Winter Wheat with excellent yield potential and a very good disease tolerance package, including good Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) tolerance and very good Hessian fly tolerance.
- WB4422 is a medium-maturity Hard Red Winter Wheat with excellent drought tolerance and winter hardiness, offering high yield potential and protein content in broadly adapted genetics.
- WB4792 is a medium- to late-maturity Hard Red Winter Wheat with excellent yield potential, a very good disease tolerance package and good grazing potential that performs well under drought stress.
- WB4595 is a medium-maturity Hard Red Winter Wheat with broad adaptability and excellent yield potential and test weight that has performed well under harsh growing conditions.
Southern Region
“WestBred Wheat offers outstanding varieties for planting in the high-yield environments of the Southern Region, bred with solid disease and insect tolerances and for excellent standability,” said Lubbers. “Growers farming west of I-35 have an outstanding selection of proven-performing dryland varieties with disease, insect and herbicide tolerance to help with management.”
- WB4422 is a consistent-performing medium-maturity Hard Red Winter Wheat that is broadly adapted across the Plains from east to west and north to south with excellent yield potential, good drought tolerance and excellent standability.
- WB4401 is a medium-maturity Hard Red Winter Wheat adapted for the central and eastern portions of the southern Plains, offering excellent yield potential, a very good disease tolerance package with excellent Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) tolerance and good grazing potential.
- WB4792 is a medium- to late-maturity Hard Red Winter Wheat for the western portion of the southern Plains that offers excellent yield potential in low- and high-yield environments, contains a good disease tolerance package, and is a top-performing variety in the WestBred product lineup and a Texas A&M University top varieties pick.
- WB4739AX is a Hard Red Winter Wheat variety with the CoAXium® Herbicide trait for grass weed control that offers very good yield potential, drought tolerance and test weight as well as solid fall grazing potential.
Northwest Region
“For growers in the Northwest needing Soft White Winter with excellent grain quality desired by end users, coupled with good yield potential and disease tolerance packages, WestBred Wheat has the right variety,” said Justin Berg, WestBred technical product manager. “In the Hard Red Winter category, our varieties are top-end performers in yield potential, test weight and grain quality with solid disease tolerances.”
- WB1621 is a mid-to-late-maturity awnless Soft White Winter Wheat for dual purpose forage and grain use that was rated most desirable in the 2024
Preferred Wheat Varieties* report and offers high yield potential and moderate resistance to (Stripe) Rust.
- WB4640 is a Hard Red Winter Wheat with excellent yield potential and standability that provides excellent test weight, protein content, and milling and baking quality and offers very good Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) tolerance.
- WB4401 is a medium-maturity Hard Red Winter Wheat with excellent yield potential and a very good disease tolerance package, including very good Hessian fly tolerance and good Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) tolerance.
- KELDIN, a perennial winner in the National Wheat Yield Contest, is a broadly adapted medium- to late-maturity Hard Red Winter Wheat, offering high yield potential in both irrigated and dryland fields with excellent Powdery Mildew tolerance and baking quality.
Montana
“Montana growers have solid varieties to choose from that offer strong yield potential, good straw strength and winter hardiness,” said Berg. “Herbicide and disease tolerances in these varieties make these solid planting choices.”
- WB4727 is a Hard Red Winter Wheat with excellent yield potential along with excellent standability and very good winter hardiness, test weight and protein content.
- WB4733CLP is a Hard Red Winter Clearfield® Plus Wheat with excellent standability and wheat stem sawfly and Yellow (Stripe) Rust tolerance.
California
Solid, proven fall-planted Spring Wheat performers to help growers make the most of every acre.
- WB9990 is a late-maturity awnless Hard Red Spring Wheat for dual-purpose forage and grain use with excellent test weight and Yellow (Stripe) Rust and Leaf Rust tolerance.
- WB9727 is a medium- to late-maturity Hard Red Spring Wheat with excellent yield potential and very good protein content that is well-adapted for
California’s Sacramento Valley and has excellent milling and baking quality.
- PACHECO is a late-maturity Triticale variety with excellent yield potential and test weight and an excellent disease tolerance package and demonstrates good resistance to lodging.
About WestBred
WestBred Wheat provides seed suppliers and their growers access to a high-yield potential wheat seed as well as testing, education, resources and experienced representatives to help maximize their yield potential.
