Jason Cook and Hwa young Heo
Updated February 2026)

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Descriptions are based on performance in multi-year/location yield trials that were grown using recommended conventional wheat farming practices. Actual variety performance may vary, depending on local growing conditions and farming methods. All varieties listed are PVP protected. 

 

DAGMAR (MAES release, 2019): 

Moderately sawfly resistant, high yielding, high protein, good test weight, early maturing hard red spring wheat variety. Dagmar has performed well in diverse dryland growing environments and has excellent end-use quality. Susceptible to plant available aluminum in low pH soil. 

MT 21074 (MAES release, 2026): 

Variety name is pending. Medium - late maturing hard red spring wheat variety that has better sawfly resistance than Dagmar and has good yield potential. Grain protein content and test weight are similar to Dagmar. End-use quality is good. Susceptible to plant available aluminum in low pH soils. Released for rain-fed environments that have high sawfly pressure. Susceptible to scab (fusarium head blight). 

MT CARLSON (MAES release, 2023): 

Overall, one of the top yielding hard red spring wheat varieties in dryland growing environments, especially in drought conditions. Early maturing variety with grain protein content slightly higher than Vida, good test weight and better end-use quality than Vida. More susceptible to sawfly cutting compared to Vida and Dagmar. Tolerant of plant available aluminum in low pH soils. Susceptible to scab (fusarium head blight). 

MT DUTTON (MAES release, 2023): 

One of the top yielding hard red spring wheat varieties in Montana’s dryland growing environments. MT Dutton is a medium maturity variety with grain protein content that is higher than MT Carlson and Vida but slightly lower than Dagmar and MT 21074. Test weight ranges from being similar – slightly lower than MT Carlson and Vida. Some resistance to scab (fusarium head blight). Moderately susceptible to sawfly. End-use quality is similar to Vida.  

MT UBET (MAES release, 2024): 

High yielding variety adapted to Montana rainfed growing environments. It has done especially well in the Sidney, MT yield trials. Has good grain protein content and good test weight. MT UBET has good gluten strength compared to Reeder and Vida and has an upright plant architecture. MT UBET is susceptible to wheat stem sawfly. 

VIDA (MAES release, 2005): 

High yielding, good test weight, medium-late maturing hard red spring wheat variety for Montana’s dryland growing environments. Vida has good drought tolerance and moderate sawfly resistance; however, Vida’s sawfly resistance is not as good as Dagmar or Duclair. Grain protein content and end-use quality are average. Vida does not have tolerance to plant available aluminum in low pH soils. 

 

Table 1. Agronomic Performance for Selected Varieties in the Advanced Spring Wheat Nursery (2022-2025)

Variety/Line
Bozeman, Conrad, Fort Benton, Havre, Hingham, Moccasin, Sidney-dry, Kalispell, Bozeman-irri, Sidney-irri
Fort Benton
Yield (bu/ac)
Test weight (lb/bu)
Protein (%)
Plant height (in)
Heading (Julian Days)
Heading date
Sawfly cutting (%)
Location years 41 41 42 38 24 24 3
MT Dutton
 76.0 60.4 14.2 31.1 175.7 25-Jun 52.2
MT Carlson
 75.8 61.2 13.9 30.4 174.2 23-Jun 49.3
MT Ubet
 75.1 61.1 14.1 30.1 174.2 23-Jun 86.1
DAGMAR
 75.0 61.6 14.5 31.5 173.2 22-Jun 31.7
LCS ASCENT
 74.3 62.1 13.5 30.4 172.4 21-Jun 72.8
VIDA
 74.2 60.6 13.8 31.2 176.1 25-Jun 30.5
ROCKER
 72.8 61.8 14.0 30.7 176.9 26-Jun 22.1
MT 21074
 72.5 61.8 14.5 30.6 176.8 26-Jun 18.8
DUCLAIR
 71.6 60.4 14.1 31.1 173.4 22-Jun 37.7
NS PRESSER CLP
 70.9 59.7 13.7 32.7 178.1 27-Jun 56.7
LANNING
 70.8 61.2 14.6 30.2 173.4 22-Jun 77.2
SY LONGMIRE
 70.7 61.7 14.3 29.6 175.0 24-Jun 38.8
WB 9879 CLP
 70.0 60.8 14.4 30.1 175.8 25-Jun 17.8
SY ROCKFORD
 69.9 60.3 13.8 30.8 177.0 26-Jun 77.8
REEDER
 68.7 61.3 14.4 32.3 175.5 25-Jun 78.3
WB BUNNISON
 68.4 61.4 13.6 29.2 175.2 24-Jun 20.4
AP GUNSMOKE CL2
 68.4 61.0 14.8 29.8 174.8 24-Jun 81.7
AP SMITH
 67.2 61.6 14.4 27.8 176.4 25-Jun 65.0
McNEAL
 66.9 60.4 14.2 32.0 176.9 26-Jun 70.5
AAC CONCORD
 63.9 60.6 14.5 35.4 176.8 26-Jun 30.0
THATCHER
 56.3 59.9 14.3 39.5 178.0 27-Jun 70.5
LSD (0.05) 3.7 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.6   23.2
  • bold-italics indicates highest value within a column
  • bold indicates varieties with values equal to highest variety within a column based on Fisher's Protected LSD (p = 0.05)

Table 2. Grain Yield (bu/ac) for Selected Varieties in Advanced Spring Wheat Nursery Across Montana (11 environments, 2022-2025)

Variety/Line
Bozeman rain fed
Conrad rain fed
Fort Benton rain fed
Havre rain fed
Hingham rain fed
Huntley rain fed
Moccasin rain fed
Sidney rain fed
Kalispell wet
Bozeman irrigated
Sidney irrigated
Dry locations (8)
All locations

Location years

 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 29 41
MT DUTTON
 100.2 40.4 49.7 50.2 42.6 82.9 36.9 74.0 108.4 114.3 107.9 58.9 76.0
MT CARLSON
 97.8 41.1 50.5 51.4 41.0 81.3 36.4 72.2 112.5 113.7 107.1 58.2 75.8
MT UBET
 102.5 35.8 46.8 49.7 41.2 79.8 40.5 74.4 102.2 109.1 109.6 59.2 75.1
DAGMAR
 95.3 41.2 49.9 51.9 37.7 81.9 42.0 69.9 112.0 109.4 106.8 57.8 75.0
LCS ASCENT
 98.1 34.6 41.0 50.8 37.7 78.8 35.9 71.8 107.8 116.5 109.3 55.9 74.3
VIDA
 95.8 37.6 54.8 51.1 41.4 80.9 41.2 70.8 100.6 107.6 104.3 59.2 74.2
ROCKER
 96.1 40.6 54.0 49.2 39.7 80.6 36.7 67.9 98.6 105.6 107.4 57.3 72.8
MT 21074
 95.7 40.0 53.8 50.0 37.6 80.3 37.2 64.9 101.4 111.9 99.9 56.5 72.5
DUCLAIR
 94.4 36.7 49.5 46.8 38.2 76.3 36.8 61.2 103.3 109.5 104.9 54.5 71.6
NS PRESSER CLP
 92.8 38.3 51.2 47.1 40.3 77.2 36.5 69.4 96.6 102.6 102.0 56.2 70.9
LANNING
 94.0 33.6 44.1 47.9 37.6 75.4 35.5 71.5 99.3 102.4 104.8 55.1 70.8
SY LONGMIRE
 91.7 36.2 48.7 45.5 36.9 79.3 28.9 65.1 102.9 108.2 108.4 52.8 70.7
WB 9879 CLP
 88.5 35.1 48.2 46.0 36.5 75.1 34.1 63.2 102.1 105.9 105.4 52.8 70.0
SY ROCKFORD
 98.0 33.1 37.4 49.7 33.3 77.5 34.0 68.4 95.9 109.4 102.9 53.5 69.9
REEDER
 92.9 35.7 39.1 46.6 38.9 70.7 32.5 66.7 98.7 100.5 102.7 52.8 68.7
WB GUNNISON
 84.6 38.6 52.4 49.6 41.6 68.1 33.5 60.0 101.1 102.0 91.2 53.6 68.4
AP GUNSMOKE CL2
 87.1 34.7 37.6 46.1 33.3 75.3 30.4 67.6 98.4 104.9 109.9 50.4 68.4
AP SMITH
 88.4 33.2 35.7 46.7 33.7 74.7 30.7 66.2 100.4 100.7 102.6 50.2 67.2
McNEAL
 83.0 32.7 42.3 45.4 40.4 74.1 35.5 66.1 92.2 97.1 100.4 52.1 66.9
AAC CONCORD
 80.8 35.7 44.3 42.4 37.7 62.0 34.9 58.6 94.2 91.1 91.1 49.8 63.9
THATCHER
 68.5 25.9 34.3 37.3 36.3 55.8 29.0 50.8 81.7 81.6 86.8 42.7 56.3

LSD (0.05)

 9.8 6.0 8.5 5.5 4.5 9.4 5.1 3.6 9.9 9.0 5.7 4.3 3.7
  • bold-italics indicates highest value within a column
  • bold indicates varieties with values equal to highest variety within a column based on Fisher's Protected LSD (p = 0.05)

Table 3. Milling and Baking Quality for Selected Varieties in the Advanced Spring Wheat Nursery (2023-2025)

Variety/Line
Flour yield (%)
Flour Protein (%, 14% m.b.)
Mixing tolerance
Mixograph mixing time (min)
Mixograph water absorption (%)
Bake mix time (min)
Bake water absorption (%)
Loaf volume (cc)
WB GUNNISON
 67.1 12.7 4.7 7.7 66.7 17.9 77.4 1081
ND STAMPEDE
 68.7 14.1 4.3 5.5 72.2 13.4 82.4 1133
SY LONGMIRE
 69.7 14.0 4.3 5.0 68.4 12.5 78.4 1166
McNEAL
 67.8 13.8 4.2 7.5 70.2 16.9 79.7 1183
AAC CONCORD
 71.7 14.4 4.1 4.9 68.3 14.3 78.7 1099
AP SMITH
 69.6 14.3 4.1 7.4 69.7 19.1 79.5 1063
MT 21487
 70.6 13.7 4.0 5.4 68.2 15.0 78.2 1108
ROCKER
 68.3 13.6 3.8 6.5 68.2 14.8 78.2 1152
DAGMAR
 70.3 13.8 3.7 3.9 67.9 10.5 77.5 1146
DUCLAIR
 68.9 13.8 3.6 4.4 67.8 11.4 77.8 1159
AP GUNSMOKE CL2
 69.2 14.3 3.3 5.0 67.1 12.5 77.1 937
THATCHER
 68.9 14.0 2.9 4.1 67.6 10.8 77.5 1117
LCS ASCENT
 70.8 12.9 2.9 4.1 65.9 10.3 75.6 1072
LCS BOOM
 71.3 13.8 2.9 4.1 68.8 10.6 78.4 1144
LANNING
 69.4 14.1 2.9 4.0 68.7 10.4 78.6 1158
SY ROCKFORD
 69.5 13.1 2.8 4.0 67.7 9.7 77.5 1035
MT 21074
 68.7 14.0 2.7 3.8 66.8 7.6 76.2 1144
MT CARLSON
 67.5 13.6 2.7 3.3 66.4 7.8 76.2 1117
MT UBET
 71.1 13.6 2.6 3.8 66.0 9.5 75.7 1073
MT DUTTON
 70.1 13.4 1.9 2.6 66.2 5.4 75.6 1138
REEDER
 68.1 13.9 1.9 3.2 67.0 7.2 76.2 1122
NS PRESSER CLP
 71.0 13.5 1.4 3.4 65.7 9.7 74.8 1074
WB 9879 CLP
 67.5 14.0 1.4 1.9 65.5 3.8 73.5 1056
VIDA
 71.7 13.2 1.3 3.3 66.2 7.8 76.0 1138

MEAN (n = 26)

 69.5 13.7 3.1 4.5 67.6 11.0 77.4 1113

C.V.

 1.3 3.6 23.4 20.4 2.9 20.5 2.6 6.5

PROBABILITY

 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

LSD (0.05)

 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.8 2.1 1.9 67
  • bold-italics indicates highest value within a column
  • bold indicates varieties with values equal to highest variety within a column based on Fisher's Protected LSD (p = 0.05)