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OSU Bred Endurance is Most Planted Variety in Oklahoma This Crop Year
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:48:57 CDT
Oklahoma State University wheat breeding efforts have resulted in producing three of the top four wheat varieties that were planted last fall for the 2010 harvest season, according to a survey conducted by USDA's National Ag Statistics Service and funded by the Oklahoma Wheat Commission in cooperation with the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at Oklahoma State University. . After several years of increasing its share of Oklahoma's wheat acres, Endurance is now the number one wheat variety in Oklahoma. Jagger is now the second most common variety after twelve years at the top spot. Results were based on reports from Oklahoma wheat growers.
While Endurance was the most planted variety in the state for the 2010 crop with almost one in every five acres being planted to the variety- Duster and OK Bullet were the third and fourth most utilized varieties for 2010, coming in right behind Jagger.
In the north central and central districts, Endurance and Duster were easily the most common varieties planted, while Jagger remains the variety of choice in especially the southwestern district. To see the full report from the NASS field office in Oklahoma City, click on the PDF link below.
00337_ok_wheat_varieties_2010.pdf
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