durum varieties

[farmaholic]

One word..."Fusarium".

I better stick with hard red.

[Daylate]

We're really out of tradition growing area, so have found way different results. Bridge not great. To this day, our transcend out yields any variety I've tried over the last 6 years. But protein is lower, and due to its longer maturity, usually end up with a lower hvk. I like growing the 2 spectrums of durum. Fortitude is shorter, way earlier, lower yield, but has been ready to go and dry, and higher quality than anything else in the same year. So like to grow 1/3 of that then at least a 1/3 transcend then experiment in a 1/3.
Unfortunately none are leaps and bounds ahead of old faithful strong field. HRSW genetics are gonna start stealing acres from durum. Which is ok in my mind too. Durum used to consistently out yield HRSW variety's around here by 10 to 15% but seems those days are gone now.

[bigzee]

One word..."Fusarium".

I better stick with hard red.

Come on farma put some excitement in the ghetto ..... half the farm to durum other half to chickpeas. Guaranteed we shouldn’t have a drought. 😁

[rumrocks]

I've had good luck with Transcend over the years, yields well and holds it's color and grade after a rain . . . . eliminates getting cross checked in the grading room, although discounts have narrowed considerably between grades.

[farmaholic]

Come on farma put some excitement in the ghetto ..... half the farm to durum other half to chickpeas. Guaranteed we shouldn’t have a drought. 😁

So you expect me to take one for the team?

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[jazz]

So you expect me to take one for the team?

Don't worry about fusarium, if you bin it for one year, it sells for a dollar a bushel higher than the good stuff.


But seriously, I think the risk has gone down quite a bit with the past couple dry years.

[farmaholic]

Jazz, the innoculum load in the soil may be reduced but I bet if conditions were ripe and the host was susceptible....BAMMM "#5 to commercial salvage" all day.

If the one word, "fusarium" didn't scare you maybe the two words "commercial salvage" will!

Spooked yet?

[jazz]

Spooked yet?

It spooks me but I have land that's been out of wheat for almost 10 yrs so my risk on the lower side for a while.


I am loving wheat again. Yeilds are higher, easy to grow, clean fields.

[bucket]

Jazz, the innoculum load in the soil may be reduced but I bet if conditions were ripe and the host was susceptible....BAMMM "#5 to commercial salvage" all day.

If the one word, "fusarium" didn't scare you maybe the two words "commercial salvage" will!

Spooked yet?

Nope .store it for two years and double your money.....2016 5cwad with fuzz...3.25


2018 ...5cwad with fuzz....6.40

[iceman]

I have been using fortitude for a few yrs and have been have been happy with it. A good yielder, we got about 55 with it this yr and 50 last yr with pretty average fertility. It was my first wheat in probably 10 yrs so I didn't throw too much money at it.

I don’t know of anymore cleaning spitfire who also grew transend or fortitude or any other types against it. Spitfire was at least a grade less after the snow and more frost in the sample.

Another pump and dump seed company variety. Lots of hype when it first came out