by Dr. Calvin Trostle, Extension Agronomy, Lubbock, 806-746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu; Dr. Jourdan Bell, Extension Agronomy, Amarillo, 806.677.5600, jourdan.bell@ag.tamu.edu Texas A&M AgriLife’s High Plains group has released our grain wheat variety “Picks” for the 2016-2017 cropping season. Our ongoing Picks criteria include a minimum of three years of data in AgriLife wheat variety trials across numerous annual locations within each region of Texas. For forthcoming Pick grain wheat varieties for other Texas regions see the note below. As we have noted before a “Pick” variety means this: given the data… Read More →

by Emi Kimura, Extension Specialist, Vernon, TX and Clark Neely, Small Grains Specialist, College Station, TX Variety selection is one of the most important decision that a producer needs to make before planting because it will affect yield, test weight, grain quality, and control of weeds, diseases, and insects. Therefore, unbiased and replicated variety trial results are critical to provide wheat producers comparative information of wheat varieties best suited for their wheat production region. The Uniform Wheat Variety Trial is a collaborative effort among AgriLife Research and Extension…. Read More →