Jan 15, 2019
To: Montana Wheat and Barley Committee
From: Montana State University-Bozeman Agricultural Experiment Station Research Centers located at
Conrad, Havre, Huntley, Kalispell, Moccasin, and Sidney
Re: Final Report, Assessing agronomic practices to advance cereal production in Montana
Submitted is the 2018 research report conducted by the Montana Experiment Stations Research Centers
with funds received from the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee. Due in part to the resignation of
Dr. Bob Stouggard at NWARC the report is complete with the following exceptions.
Trial title
Center
Explanation
Western regional hard spring nursery
NWARC
Not established
Spring wheat off-station nursery
NWARC
Not established
Spring wheat seeding rate study
NWARC
Not established
Western regional soft spring wheat nursery
NWARC
Not established
Evaluation of Clearfield winter wheat experimental lines
NWARC
Added after contract
Itemization of expenditures can be obtained from OSP, Montana State University.
All off-station and interstate data for winter wheat, spring wheat, durum, and barley including this
report as well as all previous year’s reports can be found on the Southern Agricultural Research Center
website under “Research Results”. Additionally a database driven variety selection tool is available on
this website to help producers quickly find relevant data for choosing modern varieties that have
characteristics they feel are important to the success of their operations.
www.sarc.montana.edu
Respectively submitted,
Dr. Kent A McVay, Project Coordinator
Extension Cropping Systems Specialist
Southern Agricultural Research Center
Huntley, MT 59037
