Farm Director KC Sheperd caught up with Bayer WestBred’s Marketing Manager Carrie Mitchell Roach to discuss this year’s National Wheat Yield Contest winners, as 12 of the 26 winners are WestBred varieties.
“It really shows that when you take high-performing growers and pair them with high-performing products, a lot can happen in the field,” Roach said. “Really, it’s about their management practices in their area, and planting the right variety for their area.”
She said that the best way to find the correct variety is to talk to a local seed supplier about challenges in the field and management practices.
“WestBred takes great pride in making sure that we are helping you find the right variety for the right acre,” Roach stated.
Choosing the right variety can be challenging, even for the experts, considering Oklahoma’s widely variable weather patterns. Roach described how some wheat fields that were shaping up very well this year were destroyed by torrential rain.
In Lincoln County Oklahoma, David Ebers, of Wellston, produced a 350.52% increase over the county average with the WB4422 variety to win first place in the Hard Red Winter Wheat Dryland category.
“He’s a second-time winner, so we are excited for him, and for Oklahoma,” Roach said.
She emphasized, again, the importance of working with a seed supplier on choosing the right variety and making management decisions as well.
She said, “They are happy to help you figure out what you need to get through some of the challenges when it comes to weather or just some of those management decisions to make sure that you are getting the highest performance possible out of those WestBred varieties.”
In addition to talking to a local seed supplier, more information about WestBred’s high-performing varieties can be found at westbred.com.
