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BAKER'S ANN

A premium-quality wheat variety well suited for quality-based contracted production at a yield potential comparable to Green Hammer and Showdown.  Baker's Ann produces smaller seed than Gallagher (similar to Iba) at about one-half point higher wheat protein, and qualitatively stronger dough to the degree Wheat Quality Council has classified this variety as a good blending wheat to correct for poor strength elsewhere.  Baker's Ann exhibits very strong resistance to stripe rust across a wide geography, though resistance to leaf rust may need to be bolstered with a fungicide application.  It will fit best in the Oklahoma panhandle and north central Oklahoma, and originates from the cross, TAM 303 sister/Billings.  Owing to its Texas parentage, Baker's Ann will carry the brand of GrazenGrain® but will carve a greater reputation​ under the banner of premium quality.  GrazenGrain®, GoldnGrain® 

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BREAKTHROUGH

Good wheat streak mosaic resistance; best yield / test weight / quality package with WSM-R.

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Butler's Gold

High protein / functionality / test weight; suited for late planting and early harvest.

GoldnGrain®

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Doublestop CL Plus

Doublestop CL Plus was released in 2013. The wheat variety has a wide area of adaptation, is late to first hollow stem and possesses a late maturity that is about the same as Endurance. Strengths of Doublestop CL Plus include excellent test weight with good protein content and quality; yield stability across a wide range of environments, including drought-stressed and high-yield systems; good acid soil tolerance, and good milling and baking characteristics. The variety is resistant to wheat soilborne mosaic virus but exhibits inconsistent resistance to wheat spindle streak mosaic virus. It is moderately resistant to leaf rust, stripe rust and barley yellow dwarf.

Doublestop is a two-gene Clearfield wheat variety that offers improved control of problem weeds such as feral rye and jointed goatgrass. The Clearfield system is a non-genetically modified crop herbicide tolerance technology and not a genetically modified organism (GMO). As the name implies, two-gene Clearfield wheat varieties have two copies of the gene that confers resistance to imidazolinone herbicides. Two-gene technology in wheat provides the option of adding 1 percent v/v methylated seed oil (MSO) to the spray solution (1 gallon of oil per 100 gallons of water).  GrazenGrain®, GoldnGrain® 

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Gallagher

OSU’s Gallagher wheat variety boasts Duster parentage and forage production with improved yield and disease resistance. Gallagher is an early maturing variety with good grazing tolerance, and exhibits an approximate 15 percent increase in seed size over Duster. It is resistant to leaf rust and strip rust, wheat soilborne mosaic virus and wheat spindle streak mosaic virus. In addition, Gallagher is moderately resistant to tan spot and barley yellow dwarf. The variety is also septoria leaf blotch resistant for no-till and high-residue systems.

Gallagher exhibits an acid soil tolerance comparable to Duster, is Hessian fly resistant and has the ability to exceed 12 percent grain protein with adequate fertilization. It has good stay green and shattering tolerance characteristics, with above average baking and milling characteristics.

The wheat variety is well suited for Oklahoma operations, with the exception of those in the Panhandle, which is considered a secondary area of adaptation.  GrazenGrain® 

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GREEN HAMMER

Offers a critical yield protection advantage that could call for lower input costs.  It carries a highly effective level of dual resistance to leaf rust and stripe rust, thus often neutralizing the positive effect of a fungicide application based on trials in Oklahoma and Kansas.  Protein content has averaged about a point higher than Gallagher at a similar test weight level.  Altogether, Green Hammer is considered OSU's best offering at this time for combining disease and Hessian fly resistance, protein content (and protein quality), and test weight into one variety.  Its region of adaptation is centered on southwest, central and north central Oklahoma.  Green Hammer is a progeny of the three-way cross, OK Bullet/TAM 303 sister//Shocker.  Note that TAM 303 was one of the two parents of Bentley.  Green Hammer will be marketed under the GrazenGrain®, GoldnGrain® brand. 

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 IBA

Released by Oklahoma State University, Iba features a broad area of adaption with proven yielding ability reflected in performance tests from Kansas to Texas. Of Duster parentage, the variety has outstanding test weight and average to above average resistance to leaf rust, stripe rust, powdery mildew and soilborne mosaic virus.  GrazenGrain®, GoldnGrain® 

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LONERIDER

Ideal blend of genetics from Duster, Billings, Eastern Europe germplasm.  Widely fit for Western plains.  Standability and short stature good for maximizing irrigated yields.  Early maturity.  Acid-soil tolerant.  Very large kernel size.  Good end-use quality at target HRW protein levels.

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 OK CORRAL

OK Corral sets a new beardless standard by offering exceptional grain yield potential with excellent bread baking quality.  Due to its wide range of optimal economic uses and wide adaptability, OK Corral is positioned throughout the southern Plains, including situations subject to moderate aluminum toxicity and soil acidity (pH greater than 4.8) and to Hessian fly infestations.

Test weight on OK Corral may be optimized in more western locations including the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, though it is sensitive to stem rust and likely susceptible to wheat streak mosaic.

Strengths include:  Versatility from grain only to forage only; pasture establishment and grazing tolerance; and balance of dough strength/extensibility; low PPO.

Weaknesses include:  Recovery from multiple spring freezes; early, severe infections of leaf rust; and grain yield may benefit from higher seeding rate.  GrazenGrain®

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SHOWDOWN

Features a relatively high yield ceiling in a grain-only production system, and it offers complete adaptation to a dual-purpose management system with good canopy closure at adequate seeding density, outstanding forage regeneration and grazing recovery (related to its more prostrate growth habit), and Hessian fly resistance.  It will be marketed under the GrazenGrain® brand.  Test weight is in the Endurance range, and certainly not as high as Doublestop CL Plus.   Disease resistance is broad and strong, with the possible exception of leaf rust when present before heading at the level observed in 2017.  Adaptation is very wide, extending from the Rolling Plains of Texas to central Kansas, including the Oklahoma panhandle.  Its parentage includes an OK Bullet sister and an AgriPro experimental line.  GrazenGrain® 

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SKYDANCE

Will be licensed as a premium-quality wheat variety for highly desirable dual functionality in bread and tortilla manufacturing.  Its kernel size is similar to Gallagher, and test weight is at least one pound higher than Gallagher.  Protein levels exceed Gallagher by about one-half point.  Skydance also has been found to tolerate suboptimal nitrogen availability and appears to be suited for certified organic production in its normal area of adaptation, which includes southwest and central OK, but extending, albeit at greater risk, into northern OK.  Its disease package is outstanding, lacking only in barley yellow dwarf resistance (moderately susceptible).  Skydance's parentage includes a Fannin sister and Billings.  GoldnGrain®

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SMITH'S GOLD

First Gallagher progeny with better canopy hygiene, later pull-off, improved baking quality affirmed by Wheat Quality Council.  Hessian fly, greenbug resistance.  Improved resistance to stripe rust over Gallagher during juvenile stages.  Desirable flavor in whole-wheat products.  GrazenGrain®, GoldnGrain® 

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SPIRIT RIDER

First OK Bullet progeny with same standability, but shorter plant height.  Best fit for intensive management programs that depend on straw strength to elevate yields.  Resistant to stripe rust, moderate resistance to leaf spotting diseases, acid soils.  Excellent milling and baking quality verified by Wheat Quality Council.  GrazenGrain®, GoldnGrain® 

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STRAD CL PLUS

Doublestop CL Plus upgrade for straw strength, forage production, maturity. 

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UNCHARTED

Significant breakthrough in Barley Yellow Dwarf protection; unexplainable leaf rust resistance. 

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