ne-press-release -*-*-*- NEWS RELEASE -*-*-*- ISSUED: February 28, 2005 by: NEBRASKA Agricultural Statistics Service P.O. Box 81069 Location: 298 Federal Bldg Lincoln, NE 68501 Phone: (402) 437-5541 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ USDA National Ag Statistics Service Mark Harris, State Statistician ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E-mail: nass-ne@nass.usda.gov Web: www.usda.gov/nass/ Jagalene Most Popular Variety Planted for 2005 Highlights For the first time, Jagalene was the most popular winter wheat variety planted in Nebraska, replacing Alliance, which was the top planted variety the previous four years. Jagalene first appeared in the state in 2003 and quickly rose in popularity. Pronghorn, introduced in 1997, increased to become the second most popular variety, with Millennium slipping to third. For the 2005 crop, Jagalene accounted for 16.8 percent of the acreage while Pronghorn was planted on 11.4 percent. Millennium was planted on 10.7 percent with Alliance dropping to fourth place at 10.1 percent. Wesley improved to finish fifth with 5.5 percent. District Highlights Jagalene was the most popular wheat variety in the South, Southwest, East and Southeast. Pronghorn came in first in the Northwest, helping it become the second most popular variety planted in the state. Arapahoe was the most popular in the North district. Wesley was ranked first in the Central District, helping it improve to fifth overall. Hard White Winter Wheat: Percent of Planted Acreage, Nebraska, 2001-2005 Variety 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Percent All White Varieties 0.6 0.2 2.0 1.7 1.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Of the total hard white winter wheat acreage reported for 2005, 86 percent was planted to Platte, 9 percent to NuFrontier, and 2 percent to Trego. The remaining 3 percent was unspecified or too small to publish. Funding Supporting funds for this report, "Nebraska Wheat Varieties", were provided by Nebraska Wheat Board from wheat producer check off funds. Data Source This wheat variety data was provided by the voluntary reports of nearly twelve hundred Nebraska wheat producers who responded to the 2004 Fall Agricultural Report. The summary included reports representing sixteen percent of the state's total planted acreage estimate. Variety Descriptions Jagalene is a medium maturing variety with excellent straw strength. This variety has very good winter hardiness and excellent milling and baking qualities. It is resistant to stem rust, leaf rust and soilborne wheat mosaic virus. It is moderately resistant to wheat streak mosaic virus and is susceptible to Hessian fly. Jagalene is widely adapted and demonstrates good disease resistance and drought tolerance. Jagalene was selected from the cross Abilene/Jagger. 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 a good test weight, high grain yield, fair to good winter hardiness, shorter length coleoptile, very good tillering ability, and moderately strong straw. It is resistant to Hessian fly; moderately resistant to stem leaf and stripe rust; susceptible to soilborne mosaic and barley yellow dwarf viruses. It has average protein and good end-use quality characteristics for milling and baking. Millennium was developed by Nebraska and the USDA-ARS from the cross Arapahoe/Abilene//NE86488. Pronghorn, a tall variety of moderately early maturity, has good tillering ability and moderately strong straw. It has good yield stability in the Nebraska panhandle and dryland production in adjacent states. Yield is comparable to Buckskin with superior stem rust resistance. It has a long coleoptile and good early spring regrowth along with good winter hardiness. The grain has very good test weight patterns and milling/baking qualities. It was developed by Nebraska and the USDA-ARS from the cross Centura/Dawn/Colt sib. Winter Wheat: Percent Planted to Each Variety Nebraska, 1997-2005 Variety 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent Jagalene (AgriPro) 2/ 4.5 16.8 Pronghorn 1/ 4.6 7.8 6.9 10.9 10.8 10.3 10.4 11.4 Millennium 1/ 3.5 6.1 11.1 10.7 Alliance 7.3 8.4 10.4 15.1 16.0 16.6 11.5 13.6 10.1 Wesley 1/ 1.1 2.2 3.6 5.9 5.5 Arapahoe 30.1 28.3 25.0 19.8 13.4 13.0 8.7 6.8 5.2 2137 1/ 1.4 3.6 8.2 10.4 8.0 10.3 7.8 4.3 Buckskin 6.0 6.5 5.0 2.9 4.7 6.2 7.3 4.9 3.7 Jagger 1/ 1 1.1 2.9 2.4 3.4 3.9 2.8 3.1 Karl/Karl 92 6.9 6.6 5.5 4.4 4.1 3.3 3.8 3.3 2.7 Centura 9.8 7.7 7.7 6.9 3.7 3.4 1.8 2.1 2.4 Niobrara 6.5 7.5 11.4 10.3 9.3 6.9 5.4 3.5 2.2 Ogallala (AgriPro) 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.4 2.2 1.5 3.6 2.4 2.0 Thunderbolt (AgriPro) 2/ 2.0 3.0 1.9 Wahoo 1/ 1.8 1.7 1.8 Abilene (AgriPro) 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.5 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.7 Goodstreak 1/ 1.7 Platte (Incl Clearfield) 2/ 1.0 1.3 1.6 Other Public 18.4 17.0 11.2 12.7 14.0 14.2 12.3 8.8 7.2 Other Private 11.3 7.0 7.4 5.8 5.3 5.7 5.2 4.4 4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thousand Acres Total Planted 2,000 1,900 1,900 1,750 1,750 1,650 1,900 1,850 1,850 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Less than one percent, included in Other Public. 2/ Less than one percent, included in Other Private. Winter Wheat: Percent Planted to Each Variety by District, Nebraska, 2005 Variety NW N NE 1/ C E SW S SE State ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent Jagalene (AgriPro) 4.7 13.9 27.6 20.6 37.4 24.1 16.8 Pronghorn 24.4 5.9 0.3 11.4 Millennium 11.7 9.7 6.4 12.8 11.3 3.3 10.7 Alliance 12.0 28.5 0.8 16.8 0.1 10.1 Wesley 3.4 14.2 18.7 10.0 1.4 5.7 18.6 5.5 Arapahoe 5.5 29.8 13.0 8.1 4.5 4.4 3.6 5.2 2137 1.0 1.9 9.8 3.8 6.5 14.1 4.3 Buckskin 9.4 3.7 Jagger 0.6 1.0 0.4 2.5 6.8 3.1 2.5 3.1 Karl/Karl 92 3.0 1.2 5.6 16.1 2.7 Centura 5.7 0.8 0.6 2.4 Niobrara 2.7 4.9 3.2 0.3 2.2 Ogallala (AgriPro) 1.0 1.5 14.2 4.0 0.8 7.4 2.0 Thunderbolt (AgriPro) 0.1 5.8 4.0 3.8 0.1 1.9 Wahoo 0.2 3.2 19.3 1.3 0.5 4.9 1.8 Abilene (AgriPro) 1.6 1.8 3.2 1.3 1.7 Goodstreak 4.2 0.2 1.7 Platte(Incl Clearfield) 0.3 4.5 0.9 1.6 Other Public 7.0 1.1 7.8 7.4 8.2 5.8 7.7 7.2 Other Private 4.5 20.9 6.5 2.1 2.8 4.0 3.4 4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thousand Acres Total Planted 2/ 720 14.5 5.5 46 49 570 225 220 1,850 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Insufficient data to establish level. 2/ Preliminary. Winter Wheat: Acres Planted to Each Variety Nebraska, 1997-2005 Variety 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 1/ 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thousand Acres Jagalene (AgriPro) 84 310 Pronghorn 87 149 121 191 178 196 192 210 Millennium 57 116 205 197 Alliance 146 160 197 264 280 275 218 252 187 Wesley 19 36 68 109 102 Arapahoe 602 538 474 346 234 215 165 127 97 2137 27 68 143 182 132 196 144 80 Buckskin 120 123 94 51 82 103 139 91 68 Jagger 21 51 42 55 74 53 58 Karl/Karl 92 138 125 105 77 72 54 72 60 49 Centura 196 146 145 121 65 55 34 39 45 Niobrara 130 142 217 180 163 115 103 65 41 Ogallala (AgriPro) 30 30 23 25 38 25 68 45 37 Thunderbolt (AgriPro) 38 55 35 Wahoo 34 32 34 Abilene (AgriPro) 44 46 52 47 44 21 27 31 32 Goodstreak 31 Platte(Incl Clearfield) 19 24 30 Other Public 368 324 204 235 248 236 235 161 134 Other Private 226 152 151 89 90 93 98 81 73 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Planted 2,000 1,900 1,900 1,750 1,750 1,650 1,900 1,850 1,850 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised. Note: Historical variety reports for earlier years can be found on the web at: www.nass.usda.gov/ne/variety.htm We express our appreciation to the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association for variety descriptions and the UNL Agronomy Department for content review. For additional information on specific varieties, please contact the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association at (402)472-1444.