Practical Farmers of Iowa recently released the results from the 2023 Cereal Rye and Triticale Variety Trial conducted at four Iowa State University Research Farms.
Funded by USDA-NIFA, Walton Family Foundation, Albert Lea Seed House, Green Cover, North Dakota State University and KWS, the project is in it’s fifth year and will expand with the establishment of the recent National Conservation Innovation Grant project involving relay intercropping.
Key Findings:
- Across all sites and varieties, the average yield was 42.6 bu/ac in 2023.
- Lower than the yield averages of 2022 and 2021 but similar to those in 2020 and 2019 despite precipitation falling far below the 10-year average for all sites.
- Hybrid cereal rye varieties Bono, Receptor, Serafino and Tayo were the top yielding varieties across all sites except Greenfield, where Tulus (triticale) was the highest yielding.
- Over the five years of variety trials, hybrid varieties have out-yielded open-pollinated varieties by about 30 bu/ac and are consistently shorter in stature and far less prone to lodging.
- Hazlet, Danko and Aroostook were the top yielding open-pollinated varieties across all sites.
Be sure to check out the full report on the rye and triticale variety trial and look for the oat variety trial results to be available soon.
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