2009 Nebraska Certified Seed Wheat for Sale
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§  Cleaned and tested for germination and purity

§  Double cleaned with large bottom screen and gravity table separation

Wheat is priced per 50# unit in bulk.  Add $0.50 per unit for 50# bags or $0.25 per unit in tote bags.  Semi-load discounts!
 Volume discounts:     500+ units - $0.50 per unit,  1,000+ units - $0.75 per unit
Available Varieties    *information from 2004-2009 Clay County Dryland Wheat Variety Test Results (UNL)

All pictures are of the actual wheat varieties growing in the field!.  Click on any picture for a larger view.

Overland    $8.25 per 50# unit
   

In 2007 UNL (Husker Genetics) released a new wheat variety for South Central Nebraska.  Overland (NE01643) was available to seed growers in 2007 and is now widely available for general sale.  We planted Overland for the past two years and have good seed availability in 2009.  Overland is a semi-dwarf with a short coleoptile similar to Millennium and Wesley. It has a mature plant height of about 33 inches, which is similar to Millennium. It is moderately late in maturity. Although Overland has performed well in University of Nebraska irrigated variety trials, it has moderate straw strength that may result in lodging problems in irrigated production where yield potential exceeds 100 bushels per acre. In addition, it may produce more straw residue than desired. Overland has good to very good winter hardiness that is comparable to other winter wheat varieties adapted and commonly grown in Nebraska and South Dakota. It is moderately resistant to leaf rust, stripe rust, and Hessian fly. It appears to have tolerance to wheat streak mosaic virus that is similar to Jagalene, 2137, and Millennium. It is moderately susceptible to stem rust. As a moderately late maturing variety, Overland should be considered as a possible replacement for Arapahoe, Culver, Millennium, and Wesley, although Millennium and Wesley have better stem rust resistance and end use quality. Overland is a hard red winter wheat developed cooperatively by the Nebraska Agriculture Experiment Station and the USDA-ARS and released in 2007 by the developing institutions and the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Noncomplementary varieties include: Arapahoe, Culver, Millennium, Wahoo, and Niobrara.

Overland was the #1 variety in both Lancaster and Saline County, and #6 at Clay County in 2007 variety trials.

*#2 yielding wheat at Clay Center (’04-’09)

·         Excellent dryland performance – outstanding yield

·         Medium height semi-dwarf

·         Very good straw strength

·         Very good winter hardiness

·         Medium Maturity

Above average Fusarium head scab tolerance

2145   $8.25 per 50# unit
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2145 is an awned, white chaffed, semi-dwarf wheat with good straw strength. It is similar to 2137 for maturity and is slightly shorter than Jagger. 2145 is a medium maturity variety with average winterhardiness. It has resistance to leaf rust, soil-borne mosaic virus and moderate resistance to stem rust. 2145 was developed cooperatively by Kansas State Research & Extension and the Agricultural Research Service.

  • #1 yielding wheat at Clay Center trials (’04-’09)

  • Good straw strength and lodging score

  • Similar to 2137 but with better disease resistance

  • Resistant to leaf rust, soil-borne mosaic virus and mod resistance to stem rust.

  • Medium height, medium maturity

We are Nebraska’s #1 producer of 2145!

Wesley   $7.75 per 50# unit

Wesley is a moderately early maturing, moderately short height variety with excellent straw strength. Wesley is bronze chaffed, similar in color to Jagger. Compared to 2137, it has similar adaptation and yield on optimum production soils and sites in the central and northern Great Plains. Wesley is more winterhardy, about 2 days later heading, slightly shorter, with similar protein and test weight patterns. As a result of its tolerance to stripe rust, it has become the most widely grown irrigated wheat in Nebraska. It was developed by the USDA-ARS in cooperation with Nebraska and co-released by those institutions with South Dakota. Noncomplementary varieties include: Heyne, Karl, Karl 92, Norman, and Plainsman V.

Millennium    $7.25 per 50# unit

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 been competitive in yield to Niobrara and Culver. Millennium has fair to good winterhardiness, a medium length coleoptile, very good tillering ability, and moderately strong straw (equal to 2137 and Windstar). Although Millennium has performed well in University of Nebraska irrigated variety trials, it has moderate straw strength that may result in lodging problems in irrigated production where yield potential exceeds 100 bushels per acre. In addition, it may produce more straw residue than desired. It is resistant to Hessian fly; moderately resistant to stem rust; moderately susceptible to leaf rust; susceptible to soilborne mosaic and barley yellow dwarf viruses. Millennium was developed by Nebraska and the USDA-ARS. Noncomplementary varieties include: Abilene, Jagalene, Ogallala, Nuplains, Rawhide, Rio Blanco, Siouxland, Thunderbolt, and Windstar.

§  Good straw strength and lodging score*

§  Highest test weight of any public hard red variety (top 25 varieties)*

§  Resistant to Hessian fly; mod resistant to stem rust

§  Medium-tall, medium maturity

  

Custom Drilling

We will once again be doing custom drilling.  We just purchased a John Deere 1890 air seeder so we can now save you money by applying dry fertilizer instead of liquid.  Custom drilling for this year will be $17 per acre with volume discounts available.   We are also planning on having a John Deere 15’ 1560 no-till drill with starter fertilizer available for rental this year for a cost of $10 per acre ($9 if not applying fertilizer).  Contact us for more details.

Rental Drill

We have a John Deere 15’ 1560 no-till drill with starter fertilizer available for rental this year for a cost of $10 per acre ($9 if not applying fertilizer).  Contact us for more details.

Seed Wheat Treatment  With all of the wheat disease problems this year, UNL recommends that all wheat seed be treated with a pre-plant fungicide such as Dividend Extreme.  We can provide you with a professional seed treatment of Dividend on your seed wheat purchased from Providence Farms.  Contact us for more information!

 Dividend provides protection against the following wheat diseases:    ▪ Common Bunt,  ▪ Common Root Rot, Dwarf Bunt, ▪ Seedborne Fusarium scab,  ▪ Early season Fusarium root rot, ▪ Fusarium Crown Rot,  ▪ Loose smut, ▪ Stinking smut, ▪ Flag smut, ▪ Early season Septoria disease complex, ▪General seed rots, ▪ Pythium damping-off, ▪ Early season Rhizoctonia root rot, ▪ Early season common root rot,  ▪ Early season suppression of powdery mildew,  ▪ Early season suppression of wheat leaf rust, Take-all

Keith Berns  402-756-1094,  469-6784

Brian Berns  402-756-1090,  469-6780

 932 Road X     Bladen, NE  68928
 keith@providencefarms.com