• Preface
• Contract Between Montana Agricultural Experiment Station Research Centers and the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee
• Map of MAES Agricultural Research Center Locations.

Climatic Summaries for 1996-1997 Cropping Year

• Central Agricultural Research Center at Moccasin.
• Eastern Agricultural Research Center at Sidney.
• Northern Agricultural Research Center at Havre.
• Northwestern Agricultural Research Center at Kalispell.
• Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center at Conrad.

I. Cropping System investigations

• Evaluation of Spring Wheat, Durum, Barley, and Oat Varieties under Minimum-Till, Continuous Cropping Conditions - 1997. (EARC)
• Evaluation of Continuous Cropping With Tall Wheatgrass Barriers. (EARC)
• Evaluation of Winter and Spring Cereals under a No-Till Recrop Environment. (CARC)
• Small Grain Variety Performance under No-Till Cropping Conditions. (WTARC)

II. Grain Variety Performance investigations

• Long-Term Small Grain Variety Performance Evaluations under Mechanical or Chemical Fallow Conditions Off-Station in Five Northern Montana Counties. (NARC)
• Winter and Spring Wheat Variety Performance Evaluation under Northern Montana Conditions on the Basis of Gross Production Value as influenced by Yield, Protein and Market. (NARC)
• Western Regional Hard Red Winter Wheat Evaluations. (NWARC)
• Soft White Winter Wheat Evaluation. (NWARC)
• Evaluation of Winter Wheat Variety Performance in Off-Station Trials at Denton, Fort Benton, Moore & Winifred. (CARC)
• Evaluation of Spring Wheat Variety Performance in Off-Station Trials Near Denton and Fort Benton. (CARC)
• Evaluation of Spring Barley Variety Performance in Off-Station Trials at Denton and Fort Benton. (CARC)
• Evaluation of Winter Wheat Variety Performance in Trials Near Broadview. (SARC)
• Evaluation of Spring Wheat and Barley Variety Performance in Trials Near Broadview. (SARC)
• Off-Station Winter Wheat Variety Evaluations in the Western Triangle Area. (WTARC)
• Off-Station Spring Wheat Variety Evaluations in the Western Triangle Area. (WTARC)
• Off-Station Barley Variety Evaluations in the Western Triangle Area. (WTARC)
• Evaluation of Regional Spring Wheat, Durum, and Oat Yield Trials. (EARC)
• Evaluation of Durum Variety Performance in Irrigated and Dryland Trials in Three Eastern Montana Counties. (EARC)
• Evaluation of Spring Wheat Variety Performance in Irrigated and Dryland Trials in Six Eastern Montana Counties. (EARC)

III. Oilsed, Pulse and Miscellaneous Crop investigations

• Dryland Evaluation of Standard and Specialty Oil Safflower Varieties. (NARC)
• 1997 Safflower Lines and Variety Performance Evaluation under Dryland Recrop Environments at Geraldine and Moccasin. (CARC)
• Evaluation of Winter Spelt for Yield, Quality and Adaptation to Montana. (CARC)
• Evaluation of Winter Triticale for Grain Yield and Quality under Dryland Cropping in Montana. (CARC)
• Evaluation of Winter Triticale Lines for Grain Yield and Adaptation to Central Montana. (CARC)
• Evaluation of Spring Einkorn for Yield and Resistance to Lodging. (CARC)
• Evaluation of Spring Emmer Selections for Yield and Agronomic Traits Grown under Dryland Cropping in Montana. (CARC)
• Evaluation of Spring Spelt for Yield and Quality and Adaptation to Montana. (CARC)

IV. Crop Fertility investigatons

• Comparison of Spring Wheat and Barley Varietal Response under Conditions of Low Versus Optimum Fertility Off-Station at Turner. (NARC)
• Effects of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, and Chloride on Grain Yield and Quality of Spring Barley. (WTARC)
• Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Yield and Quality of Spring Wheat and Durum. (WTARC)

V. Disease Management investigatons

• Intrastate Winter Wheat Evaluation: Lodging and Disease Resistance. (NWARC)
• Advanced Yield Winter Wheat Evaluation: Lodging and Disease Resistance. (NWARC)
• Preliminary Hard White Spring Wheat Evaluation. (NWARC)

VI. Weed Management investigatons

• Achieve Reduced Rate Study. (NWARC)
• Fidel Herbicide Tolerance Study. (NWARC)

VII. Uniform Statewide Small Grain Variety investigations

• (Uniform dryland and irrigated variety evaluation trials located on 6 research centers across Montana in cooperation with MSU/MAES-Plant Science & Plant Pathology Department cereal breeding programs)

• Intrastate Dryland Winter Wheat Trials.
• Advanced Yield Spring Wheat Trials.
• Intrastate Spring Barley Trials.
• Montana Spring Oat Trials.