New Issue of the Cereal Sentinel with Barley Variety Information

Volume 53 of the Cereal Sentinel
Volume 53 of the Idaho Cereal Sentinel is now available. The Sentinel is the newsletter of the Southwest Idaho Cereals program of Brad Brown. Brad is the extension cereal specialist at the Parma Research and Extension Center.

This issue includes data on cereal performance. Brad found the Millennium a USU variety which had been evaluated in his environment for 9 years to out yield Steptoe and be 2-3 inches shorter. In two-row barleys, IdaGold, a Coors feed barley, is 6-7 inches shorter than Baroness and has out yielded Steptoe in most trials. For a complete evaluation, follow the link at the bottom of this article.

Dr. Brown also continued research on increasing protein content of hard red spring wheat. They did not find any advantages to using “enhance” nitrogen products to boost protein. Check out the full story by following the link below.

Finally, trials were done to look at the impact of seed-band N on winter wheat. “Enhanced” nitrogen products did not seem to affect stand and emergence as much as conventional N products. Late plant stands were less affected by both types of products. See the Sentinel for the full scoop!

Volume 53 of the Cereal Sentinel