This is the first year since I have worked at Stateline that we have facilitated a Great Northern variety trial. There are some new varieties on the market and we wanted to see how they stacked up against the varieties that have been widely used for a while. Varieties included are Coyne, Ivory, Marquis, Beryl-R, Aries & 3138. At our tour on August 29th, all varieties were starting to turn. Ivory was the earliest in the trial and 3138 appeared to be the longest in maturity. We will provide the yield data once the trial has been harvested and the data analyzed. Thank you all who came to the field tour and to the Bayard American Legion for a DELICIOUS lunch! We hope to do another Great Northern trial next season. We also want to thank Craig & Corey Henkel - Henkel Farms for their patience & hard work in putting a variety trial in their field!
Dr. Carlos Urrea from the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research & Extension Center also tested his new lines in the same field alongside our trial. He plans to release one of them soon and the yield potential, disease resistance, plant structure and maturity in his lines all look to be something that will work extremely well in our area. We greatly appreciate his cooperation with us on our variety trials. 
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