August 12 – A subset of barley varieties was selected for quality testing.  Quality testing results are now available on the variety selection platform (under the qualtiy tab).  

July 18 – Final data for the On-Farm Wheat trials are available.  A link to the PDF report is at the bottom of the page.

June 29 – Yield data is available for the wheat, oat, and triticale trials at the Sand Mountain Research and Extension Center (SMREC) in Crossville.

June 27

  • Black Belt Research and Extension Center (BBREC) in Marion Junction
    • Yield data is available for the wheat and oat trials

June 16

  • Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center (TVREC) in Belle Mina
    • Yield data is available for the wheat, oat, barley, and triticale trials
  • Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center (GCREC) in Fairhope
    • Yield data is available for the wheat and oat trials
  • EV Smith Research Center (EVSRC) in Tallassee
    • Yield data is available for the barley trial
    • Please note that some varieties in the trial received significant cold damage.

June 13

  • Wiregrass Research and Extension Center (WREC) in Headland
    • Yield data is available from the wheat trial
    • On March 13, the minimum recorded temperature at the WREC was 26.5 degrees Fahrenheit. This caused significant cold damage to some wheat varieties.
  • Brewton Agricultural Research Unit (BARU) in Brewton
    • Some general trial images have been added
    • Yield data is available for the wheat and oat OVT trials
    • Yield data is available for the wheat, oat, and triticale Disease Screening trials
  • Prattville Agricultural Research Unit (PARU) in Prattville
    • Yield data is available for the wheat and oat trials

June 8

  • EV Smith Research Center (EVSRC) in Tallassee
    • Yield, test weight, height, and lodging are available for the wheat and oat trials
    • When conducting data analysis on this trial, it was noted that percent lodging and crown rust ratings were correlated.
  • Wiregrass Research and Extension Center (WREC) in Headland
    • Yield and test weight are available for the oat trial
    • The triticale trial received extreme cold damage during reproduction, and yield data is omitted.
  • Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center (TVREC) in Belle Mina
    • Head dates are available for the wheat, oat, triticale, and barley trials.

May 24

  • EV Smith Research Center (EVSRC) in Tallassee
    • An error was found in the barley head dates and variety images.  The error has been corrected, and updated data and images are available.
    • Disease ratings have been added for:
      • Wheat and oats
      • Barley
        • Visual freeze damage ratings are available
        • BYD and spot blotch were only rated on plots with less than 50% freeze damage.
  • Variety-specific images have been uploaded for the subsequent trials and locations:
    • Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center (TVREC) in Belle Mina
      • Wheat, triticale, barley, oat
    • Sand Mountain Research and Extension Center (SMREC) in Crossville
      • Wheat, triticale, oat
    • Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center (GCREC) in Fairhope
      • Wheat

May 17 – The following is now available:

  • Prattville Agricultural Research Unit (PARU) in Prattville
    • Wheat and Oat head dates are available
  • Brewton Agricultural Research Unit (BARU) in Brewton
    • Disease ratings are available for the wheat and oat OVAs.
    • Disease ratings are available for the wheat, oat, and triticale disease screening trials (BARU other screenings)
  • EV Smith Research Center (EVSRC) in Tallassee
    • Variety-specific images have been uploaded for the wheat and barley.  Scroll through the photos and take a virtual tour of one trial replication.  The images can be viewed on the platform under trial images or in the trial spreadsheet.  Please be reminded that some barley varieties received significant cold damage from a mid-March freeze.

May 5 – The following is now available:

  • EV Smith Research Center (EVSRC) in Tallassee
    • Wheat, Oat, and Barley head dates
    • Barley seed/pound at planting
  • Wiregrass Research and Extension Center (WREC) Headland
    • Wheat and Oat head dates
  • Brewton Agricultural Research Unit (BARU) in Brewton
    • Wheat and Oat head dates
  • Gulf Coast Research and Extension Center (GCREC) in Fairhope
    • Wheat and Oat head dates
  • Wheat and triticale seed/pound is available under the BARU disease screening trials on the platform

Variety Selection Platform Demonstration Videos

North Region OVT

TVREC Wheat

TVREC Oat

TVREC Triticale

TVREC Barley

SMREC Wheat

SMREC Oat

SMREC Triticale

Central Region OVT

EVSRC Wheat

EVSRC Oat

EVSRC Barley

PARU Wheat

PARU Oat

BBREC Wheat

BBREC Oat

South Region OVT

WREC Wheat

WREC Oat

WREC Triticale

BARU Wheat

BARU Oat

GCREC Wheat

GCREC Oat

BARU Disease Screenings

Wheat

Oat

Triticale