2008 Nebraska Certified Seed Wheat for Sale

§        Cleaned and tested for germination and purity

§        Treated with Dividend Extreme for disease protection

§        Screened with larger bottom screen and maximum air to remove “scabby” kernels

         LIMITED SUPPLY SO ORDER EARLY…… 

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

Overland    $16.50/bu treated
    Click here for Overland Seed Wheat Tech Sheet

In 2007 UNL (Husker Genetics) released a new wheat variety for South Central Nebraska.  Overland (NE01643) was available to seed growers in 2007 and will be available for general sale in 2008.  We planted Overland this year and hope to have good seed availability in 2008.  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.

• Excellent dryland performance

• Medium height semi-dwarf

• Very good straw strength

• Very good winter hardiness

• Good test weight

• Medium Maturity

• Above average Fusarium head blight tolerance

Fuller    $14.50/bu treated      
Click here for Fuller Seed Wheat Tech Sheet

Fuller is an early maturing (about one day later than Jagger), bronze chaffed line hard red winter wheat developed by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Fuller has had a yield advantage over Jagalene and Jagger in south central Nebraska and similar yields to Overley throughout its testing.  Fuller also has superior test weight and thousand kernel weight compared to Jagger.

Strengths:

• Resistant to soil-borne mosaic virus, spindle streak mosaic virus, leaf rust and stripe rust.

• Resists shattering

• Higher than average yield over Jagger

Weaknesses:

• Susceptible to hessian fly, greenbug and Russian wheat aphid.

2145   $14.50/bu treated  
Click here for 2145 Seed Wheat Tech Sheet

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 public variety (75.3 bu/acre)*.

§         Out-yielded Jagalene at ’07, ‘06 and ’05 Clay Co. dryland wheat trials

§         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   $14.50/bu treated

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.

§         #3 yielding public variety (71.7 bu/acre)*.

§         UNL recommended for irrigated or high intensity wheat.

§         #1 in straw strength and lodging score  at the ’06 Clay Co. tests

§         Excellent tolerance to stripe rust.

§         Moderately short height, Moderately early maturing

Millennium    $14.50/bu treated

Millenium has rapidly become the second most popular variety grown in Nebraska. 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.

§         #2 yielding public variety (71.8 bu/acre)*

§         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 No-Till Drilling

We can no-till your wheat directly into corn, bean, milo, or wheat stubble!

 §         John Deere 1560  30’ No-till drill with hydraulic down pressure for accurate seeding in the heaviest of stubble. 

§         10-34-0 starter fertilizer for quick early growth

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