growing winter wheat
winter wheat varieties
Soil zones in Western Canada, variety options for soil zones, and Western Winter Wheat Initiative’s top variety picks for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
soil zones in western canada
variety options for soil zones
Soil Zone
- Variety
- Brown
- Dark Brown
- Black
where Plant Height isn’t a major concern - Black/Irrigation
where Fusarium or plant height is a concern
- Moats
- ●
- ●
- ●
- Radiant
- ●
- ●
- ●
- Buteo
- ●
- ●
- ●
- Emerson
- ●
- ●
- Gateway
- ●
- Flourish
- ●
Other varieties to consider (feed/industrial market):
Pintail, Ptarmigan, Falcon, and Chase
Elevate and Wildfire are under multiplication.
top varieties for manitoba
- Variety
- Traits given as a % of Falcon
- Overall
Yield - Height
(Inches) - Protein
( % ) - Maturity
(Days)
- Overall
-
- Winter
Survival - Bunt
- Stripe Rust
- Leaf Rust
- Stem Rust
- FHB
- Winter
- AAC Elevate
- 81
- 2
- 11.4
- M
- G
- MR
- MS
- I
- MR
- I
- AAC Gateway
- 80
- 1
- 12
- M
- F
- S
- MR
- I
- MR
- I
- CDC Buteo
- 79
- 4
- 11.3
- M
- VG
- S
- S
- I
- I
- MR
- CDC Chase
- 83
- 7
- 11.5
- M
- F
- S
- MR
- R
- R
- MS
- Emerson
- 82
- 4
- 12.2
- M
- G
- S
- MR
- I
- R
- R
- Flourish
- 81
- 2
- 11.7
- E
- F
- MR
- I
- I
- I
- S
- McClintock
- 76
- 7
- 11.6
- L
- F
- S
- –
- MR
- R
- S
- Moats
- 82
- 6
- 11.7
- E
- G
- MS
- MR
- R
- R
- S
Canada Western General Purpose
- Accipiter
- 83
- 3
- 11.1
- M
- G
- S
- S
- MR
- R
- MS
- Broadview
- 81
- 2
- 11.1
- E
- G
- S
- S
- R
- R
- S
- CDC Falcon
- 78
- 0
- 11.5
- E
- F
- S
- S
- MR
- MR
- S
- CDC Ptarmigan
- 81
- 8
- 9.8
- M
- G
- S
- S
- S
- S
- I
- Peregrine
- 84
- 10
- 11
- M
- VG
- S
- MR
- MR
- I
- I
- Sunrise
- 85
- 6
- 10.5
- M
- G
- S
- MR
- MR
- MR
- –
- Swainson
- 87
- 8
- 10.9
- M
- F
- S
- MR
- R
- R
- –
Legend:
VG – Very Good, G – Good, F – Fair, P – Poor, VP – Very Poor
E – Early, M – Mid, L – Late
R – Resistant, MR – Moderately Resistant, I – Intermediate, MS – Moderately Susceptible, S – Susceptible
VG – Very Good, G – Good, F – Fair, P – Poor, VP – Very Poor
E – Early, M – Mid, L – Late
R – Resistant, MR – Moderately Resistant, I – Intermediate, MS – Moderately Susceptible, S – Susceptible
top varieties for saskatchewan
- Variety
- Overall Yield (% of CDC Buteo)
- Yield Area
1 & 2 - Yield Area
3 & 4
- Yield Area
-
- Winter
Survival - Maturity
Rating - Protein
(%) - Height
(cm) - Bunt
- Stripe
Rust - Leaf Rust
- Stem Rust
- FHB
- Winter
Canada Western Red Winter
- CDC Buteo
- 100
- 100
- VG
- M
- 12.3
- 91
- S
- S
- I
- I
- MR
- CDC Chase
- 105
- 110
- F
- M
- +0.3
- +3
- S
- MR
- R
- R
- MS
- AAC Elevate
- 110
- 104
- G
- M
- 0.0
- -8
- MR
- MS
- I
- MR
- I
- Emerson
- 100
- –
- G
- M
- +0.4
- -5
- S
- MR
- I
- R
- R
- AAC Gateway
- 97
- 101
- F
- M
- +0.5
- -14
- S
- MR
- I
- MR
- I
- Moats
- 105
- 101
- G
- M
- +0.4
- +1
- MS
- MR
- R
- R
- S
- CDC Osprey
- 97
- 101
- VG
- M
- -0.2
- +2
- S
- S
- MS
- MS
- MS
- Radiant
- 101
- 101
- VG
- L
- -0.3
- -2
- S
- MS
- S
- S
- S
- AAC Wildfire
- 115
- 117
- VG
- VL
- 0.0
- -6
- MR
- R
- I
- S
- MR
Canada Western General Purpose
- Accipiter
- 110
- 106
- G
- M
- -0.9
- -7
- S
- S
- I
- R
- MS
- Broadview
- 96
- 100
- G
- E
- -0.8
- -10
- S
- S
- R
- R
- S
- CDC Falcon
- 102
- 98
- F
- E
- -0.8
- -16
- S
- S
- MR
- MR
- S
- Peregrine
- 114
- 110
- VG
- M
- -1
- +6
- S
- MR
- MR
- I
- I
- Pintail
- 105
- –
- VG
- M
- -1.7
- -3
- S
- MR
- MS
- MS
- S
- CDC Ptarmigan
- 113
- 113
- G
- M
- -2
- +2
- S
- S
- S
- S
- I
- Sunrise
- 111
- 119
- G
- M
- -1.2
- -2
- S
- MR
- MR
- MR
- –
- Swainson
- 114
- 116
- F
- M
- -0.5
- +5
- S
- MR
- R
- R
- –
Legend:
VG – Very Good, G – Good, F – Fair, P – Poor, VP – Very Poor
E – Early, M – Mid, L – Late
R – Resistant, MR – Moderately Resistant, I – Intermediate, MS – Moderately Susceptible, S – Susceptible
VG – Very Good, G – Good, F – Fair, P – Poor, VP – Very Poor
E – Early, M – Mid, L – Late
R – Resistant, MR – Moderately Resistant, I – Intermediate, MS – Moderately Susceptible, S – Susceptible
top varieties for alberta
Traits given as a % of Radiant
- Variety
- Overall
Yield - Winter
Survival - Maturity
Rating - Protein
( % ) - Height
(cm) - LDG
- Bunt
- Stripe
Rust - Leaf Rust
- Stem Rust
- FHB
Canada Western Red Winter
- Radiant
- 100
- VG
- L
- 12
- 90
- VG
- S
- S
- S
- S
- S
- CDC Chase
- 102
- F
- M
- +0.6
- 94
- F
- S
- MR
- R
- R
- MS
- Emerson
- 98
- G
- M
- +0.7
- 86
- G
- S
- MR
- I
- R
- R
- Flourish
- 100
- F
- E
- +0.6
- 80
- VG
- MR
- I
- I
- I
- S
- *AAC Wildfire
- 115+
- VG
- VL
- +0.3
- 86
- G
- MR
- R
- I
- S
- MR
- AAC Elevate
- 106+
- G
- M
- +0.3
- 83
- VG
- MR
- MS
- I
- MR
- I
- AAC Gateway
- 100
- F
- M
- +0.9
- 77
- VG
- S
- MR
- I
- MR
- I
- *AAC Goldrush
- 101
- VG
- M
- +0.5
- 86
- G
- S
- I
- R
- MR
- I
- Moats
- 104+
- G
- M
- +0.7
- 91
- F
- MS
- MR
- R
- R
- S
Canada Western General Purpose
- CDC Falcon
- 100
- F
- E
- -0.5
- 75
- VG
- S
- S
- MR
- MR
- S
- CDC Ptarmigan
- 106+
- G
- M
- -1.7
- 93
- F
- S
- S
- S
- S
- I
- Pintail
- 108+
- VG
- L
- -1.4
- 88
- G
- S
- MR
- MS
- MS
- S
- *AAC Icefield
- 104
- F
- M
- -0.6
- 82
- VG
- S
- R
- R
- MR
- MS
*AAC Icefield – is a hard white winter
*AAC Icefield, AAC Goldrush and AAC Wildlife are in multiplication
Legend:
VG – Very Good, G – Good, F – Fair, P – Poor, VP – Very Poor
E – Early, M – Mid, L – Late
R – Resistant, MR – Moderately Resistant, I – Intermediate, MS – Moderately Susceptible, S – Susceptible
*AAC Icefield, AAC Goldrush and AAC Wildlife are in multiplication
Legend:
VG – Very Good, G – Good, F – Fair, P – Poor, VP – Very Poor
E – Early, M – Mid, L – Late
R – Resistant, MR – Moderately Resistant, I – Intermediate, MS – Moderately Susceptible, S – Susceptible
source: Alberta Seed Guide
