Table 3. Grain yield (percent of the mean) of hard red spring wheat varieties in Minnesota. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State North South On-Farm 1 ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- Variety 2000 1998-2000 2000 1998-2000 2000 1998-2000 2000 1998-2000 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BacUp 67 73 65 75 69 72 - - Forge 96 95 93 94 98 96 96 101 Ingot 98 103 94 96 101 108 99 105 Oxen 110 113 105 110 114 115 102 113 2375 101 103 103 109 99 98 98 104 Alsen 103 - 94 - 110 - 92 - Argent 94 96 92 90 96 99 89 - Dandy 108 - 108 - 108 - 102 - Ember 97 - 102 - 93 - 100 - McKenzie 94 - 91 - 96 - 88 - Parshall 98 100 100 100 97 100 93 - Russ 108 107 107 99 109 112 98 111 Mercury 112 113 111 109 112 115 109 - Reeder 106 - 104 - 108 - 103 - HJ98 106 106 109 110 103 104 111 109 Norm 99 104 99 103 99 105 - - NorPro 107 - 109 - 106 - 110 - AC Barrie 81 79 88 81 76 78 84 81 Aurora 102 - 101 - 103 - - - Verde 106 110 102 107 109 112 103 108 Ivan 106 113 108 114 105 112 110 - McVey 102 105 108 110 97 101 111 - Marshall 95 86 103 98 89 79 102 96 Gunner 82 86 89 87 76 86 89 90 LSD 10 7 13 11 14 9 - - Mean, Bu/A 57.4 51.7 58.7 52.5 56.5 51.2 72.4 61.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 On-farm tests were conducted at locations in eight northwestern Minnesota counties in 2000.