Performance of Small Grain Varieties in Alabama, 2025-2026

Image of wheat variety trial located at the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center during the 2025-2026 growing season.

Most Recent Update

July 7 –  The following results are now available.

  • Tennessee Valley Research & Extension Center
    • Wheat & Triticale – quality results (variety selection tool only for quality)
  • Grain Quality Summaries have been updated

Previous Updates

July 1 –  Yield results are complete.  The following results are now available.

  • Yield summary tables have been added (variety selection tool)
  • Wiregrass Research & Extension Center
    • Wheat & Triticale – quality results (variety selection tool only for quality)
  • Gulf Coast Research & Extension Center
    • Wheat – yield & quality results (variety selection tool only for quality)
    • Oat – yield results are not reported for this location

June 25 –  Results for the following are available for the following:

  • Sand Mountain Research & Extension Center
    • Wheat & Triticale – yield & quality results (variety selection tool only for quality)
    • Oat & Barley – yield results
  • Tennessee Valley Research & Extension Center
    • Wheat, Oat, Triticale, Barley – yield results

June 17 –  Results for the following are available for the following:

  • EV Smith Research Center
    • Wheat – yield & quality results (variety selection tool only for quality)
    • Oat – yield not available, head dates provided
  • Wiregrass Research & Extension Center
    • Wheat & Triticale – yield results
  • Brewton Agricultural Research Unit
    • Wheat – yield not available; head dates, height, and lodging provided, quality results (variety selection tool only for quality)
    • Oat – yield not available; head dates, height, and lodging provided
    • Wheat & Triticale Disease Screening – yield results
    • Oat & Barley Disease Screenings – yield not available
  • Updated Oat disease results from: WREC, BARU, GCREC, and BARU Disease Screening

June 10 –  Results for the are available from the Black Belt Research & Extension Center.

  • Wheat – yield, quality (variety selection tool only)
  • Oats – Yield

June 2 –  Results for the first harvest of the season are available from the Prattville Agricultural Research Unit.

  • Wheat – yield, quality (variety selection tool only), and disease ratings
  • Oats – Yield and disease ratings

Additionally, disease ratings, compliments of Dr. Amanda Scherer’s Extension Plant Pathology Program, are available for all trials/locations/species.  Disease summaries are posted for each disease/species.

Due to the low number of triticale entries, triticale was evaluated alongside wheat for the 2025-2026 season.  As a result, they can be statistically compared to the wheat

MAP OF LOCATIONS

AAES-variety-form-turn-in-locations

Yield Summaries

Wheat

Oat

Barley

    Grain Quality (starch, moisture, fiber, ash, protein, fat)

    Samples from all replications were scanned on an NIR, and the results are available below.

    Wheat

    Starch

    Moisture

    Fiber

    Ash

    Protein

    Fat

    NORTH REGION

    TENNESSEE VALLEY  RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER (TVREC)

    Belle Mina, AL

    SAND MOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER (SMREC)

    Crossville, AL

    CENTRAL REGION

    BLACK BELT RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER (BBREC)

    Marion Junction, AL

    EV SMITH RESEARCH CENTER (EVRC)

    Tallassee, AL

    EVSRC Oat

    Due to excessive lodging, yield was not measurable.

    Trial Page

    Weather & Trial Management

    PRATTVILLE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH UNIT (PARU)

    Prattville, AL

    SOUTH REGION

    BREWTON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH UNIT (BARU)

    Brewton, AL

    BARU Oat

    Due to excessive lodging, yield was not measurable.

    Trial Page

    Weather & Trial Management

    BARU Wheat

    Due to an equipment malfunction, yields are not available.

    Trial Page

    Weather & Trial Management

    WIREGRASS RESEARCH  & EXTENSION CENTER (WREC)

    Headland, AL

    WREC Oat

    Due to excessive lodging, yield was not measurable.

    Trial Page

    Weather & Trial Management

    GULF COAST RESEARCH  & EXTENSION CENTER (GCREC)

    Fairhope, AL

    GCREC Oat

    Yield is not reported for this location.

    Trial Page

    Weather & Trial Management

    DISEASE SCREENING

    BREWTON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH UNIT (BARU)

    Brewton, AL

    BARU Barley

    Due to excessive lodging, yield was not measurable.

    Trial Page

    Weather & Trial Management

    BARU Oat

    Due to excessive lodging, yield was not measurable.

    Trial Page

    Weather & Trial Management

    BARU Triticale

    Due to a mechanical failure, only two replications are reported for yield.

    Trial Page

    Weather & Trial Management

    Location Summary

    BARU Wheat

    Due to a mechanical failure, only two replications are reported for yield.

    Trial Page

    Weather & Trial Management

    Location Summary

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    Field Stations

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    News & Events

    Contact

    AAES Directors Office
    5040 Haley Center
    Auburn Univ., AL 36849
    (334) 844-2345