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AgriPro wheat debuts PostRockBy Larry Dreiling "If you've got post rocks within 50 miles of your farm, you can grow PostRock." So says Rollie Sears, breeder for AgriPro Wheat, which recently held a briefing for their certified seed producers and media at Salina, Kan. "PostRock will be an outstanding variety for central Nebraska and north central and west central Kansas. For the years we've been testing it, in the years with above-average yield potential, Post Rock has been right at the top of our trials." PostRock is an awned, medium maturity, medium semidwarf variety with a medium coleoptile and excellent straw strength. It is rated as having average emergence and fall cover. It is rated good for winter survival. The seed size is rated medium with very good shatter tolerance. Winning an excellent rating at the 2006 wheat Quality Council test, AgriPro wheat says PostRock has shown to have high test weights and high protein potential. It claims to have an excellent leaf disease package and excellent milling and baking qualities. "I don't see it in areas with heavy soils east of I-35 without supplemental treatment with some sort of insecticide because it is fairly sensitive to barley yellow dwarf," Sears said. "We are trying limit PostRock production to the Post Rock country because of that." PostRock will be available as certified seed through its dealer network by July. Sears also gave the growers a preview of Art and Hawken, which will be produced for registered seed in the 2008 crop year and slated for release as certified seed for the 2009 crop year. Named for the late Art Armbrust, longtime Sharp Brothers Seed Co. executive and president of the American Seed Trade Association, Sears said Art's target area will be south central Kansas. In tests leading to registered seed production, Art is seen to have excellent qualities for continuous or rotation adaptation, test weight patterns and leaf disease resistance. It has good milling and baking qualities and very good green leaf duration. Hawken is targeted for northern portions of the hard winter wheat belt, including Nebraska, northern Kansas and western South Dakota. It is seen to have excellent in dryland or irrigated adaptations, with excellent test weight patterns, an excellent leaf disease package and excellent milling and baking qualities with very good green leaf duration. "Both Art and Hawken will be in test plots all over their target areas this spring," Sears said. "That way, everyone can sort of kick the tires and have a look at them." AgriPro Wheat's Central Plains research headquarters near Junction City, Kan., will be holding its field day May 31. All wheat growers are welcome. For further details, contact the local AgriPro wheat sales representative or visit agriprowheat.com. Larry Dreiling can be reached by phone at 785-628-1117 or by e-mail at ldreiling@aol.com. C 5 5/14/07 None Date: 5/8/07
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