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1999 South Dakota Wheat Varieties
INTRODUCTION
This report summarizes the results of a June 1999 survey of over 2,200 South Dakota wheat producers. Approximately 800 reported winter wheat and 1,400 reported spring wheat. Percents and acreage data are included at both the state and agricultural district levels for winter and spring wheat.

This survey is conducted on an intermittent basis. Comparable surveys were last completed in 1991 and 1996. Extra copies are available upon request. Thanks to all the producers who supplied data making this report possible.
HIGHLIGHTS
The most popular wheat variety in South Dakota in 1999 was Arapahoe, a winter wheat variety; while the most planted spring variety was Oxen.


Supporting funds for the Wheat Variety Survey
were provided by
The Agricultural Experiment Station,
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD



    
WINTER WHEAT The most popular winter wheat variety in 1999 was Arapahoe. It was planted on 501,200 acres, or 38.0 percent of the state's total winter wheat acres. Only minimally planted a few years ago, Nekota leaped to second place being planted on 317,800 acres, or 25.0
percent of the acres. Alliance ranked third with 6.3 percent, followed by Siouxland and Rose with 4.0 percent and 3.8 percent, respectively. These five varieties accounted for over 77 percent of the state's winter wheat acres.

WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES SEEDED,
SOUTH DAKOTA, 1991, 1996 & 1999
Variety 1991 1996 1999
Percent Percent Percent Acres Seeded
(000)
Arapahoe 6.8 46.7 38.0 501 .2
Nekota --- 0.4 25.0 317 .8
Alliance 0.0 3.3 6.3 82 .1
Siouxland 23.9 8.8 4.0 52 .5
Rose 7.3 8.6 3.8 49 .9
Scout 9.3 3.0 2.6 33 .9
Roughrider 6.5 1.8 2.0 25 .9
Quantum --- 0.3 1.9 25 .3
Seward 3.2 7.2 1.7 21 .5
Crimson --- --- 1.5 20 .0
Centura 2/ 0.4 1.0 12 .7
2137 --- 0.1 0.9 12 .1
Tandem --- --- 0.9 11 .2
Dawn 3.0 1.7 0.8 10 .2
Agripro 0.0 2.7 0.8 10 .0
Jagger --- 0.0 0.7 9 .1
Lancer 2/ 0.7 0.7 8 .6
Other Varieties 1/ 40.0 14.3 7.4 96 .0
State 100.0 100.0 100.0 1,300 .0
1/ Varieties with less than .6 percent of the acreage in 1999.
2/ Less than 2 percent, included in "Other Varieties".

                    


pie chart showing winter wheat leading varieties seeded in South Dakota in 1999


WINTER WHEAT (Continued)

PERCENT AND ACREAGE SEEDED BY AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DISTRICT, SOUTH DAKOTA, 1999
Variety Northwe st North
Central 		Northea st West
Central 		Central East
Central 		Southwe st South
Central 		Southea st State
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Percent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Arapahoe 13.4 22.5 50.4 48.1 30.2 47.1 57.7 33.3 69.7 38.0
Nekota 3.1 49.9 14.0 24.9 31.9 34.6 4.6 15.6 15.8 25.0
Alliance 36.8 --- --- 2.9 2.2 9.2 7.5 10.4 0.3 6.3
Siouxland 1.1 3.6 --- 2.3 11.1 1.7 --- 2.8 1.7 4.0
Rose 17.9 1.0 2.0 3.3 7.0 2.6 --- 0.2 1.8 3.8
Scout --- --- --- 4.9 --- --- --- 7.5 --- 2.6
Roughrider 4.5 6.8 --- --- 2.7 --- --- 2.4 --- 2.0
Quantum 0.0 --- --- 2.7 --- --- --- 6.9 --- 1.9
Seward 8.1 6.2 8.4 --- 1.4 0.9 --- --- --- 1.7
Crimson 3.6 0.7 12.4 0.5 4.0 0.2 0.1 --- 0.2 1.5
Centura --- --- --- 3.4 --- --- 1.4 --- --- 1.0
2137 --- 0.3 2.8 0.4 2.4 --- 1.5 0.8 --- 0.9
Tandem --- 0.1 --- 1.9 0.3 0.8 --- 1.4 --- 0.9
Dawn --- --- --- --- 0.4 0.5 --- 3.7 0.2 0.8
Agripro --- 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.3 1.5 --- 0.3 8.3 0.8
Jagger --- --- --- 0.4 1.1 --- --- 2.0 --- 0.7
Lancer --- --- --- 1.6 --- --- 4.0 --- --- 0.7
Other Varieties 1/ 11.5 8.7 9.2 2.3 5.0 0.9 23.2 12.7 2.0 7.4
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Acres - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Arapahoe 10,700 30,400 12,600 161,300 83,000 30,600 49,000 78,300 45,300 501,200
Nekota 2,500 67,200 3,500 83,500 87,800 22,500 3,900 36,600 10,300 317,800
Alliance 29,400 --- --- 9,700 6,000 6,000 6,400 24,400 200 82,100
Siouxland 900 4,900 --- 7,600 30,400 1,100 --- 6,500 1,100 52,500
Rose 14,300 1,300 500 11,100 19,300 1,700 --- 500 1,200 49,900
Scout --- --- --- 16,300 --- --- --- 17,600 --- 33,900
Roughrider 3,600 9,200 --- --- 7,400 --- --- 5,700 --- 25,900
Quantum --- --- --- 9,000 --- --- --- 16,300 --- 25,300
Seward 6,500 8,400 2,100 --- 3,900 600 --- --- --- 21,500
Crimson 2,900 1,000 3,100 1,700 11,000 100 100 --- 100 20,000
Centura --- --- --- 11,500 --- --- 1,200 --- --- 12,700
2137 --- 400 700 1,400 6,500 --- 1,300 1,800 --- 12,100
Tandem --- 100 --- 6,300 900 500 --- 3,400 --- 11,200
Dawn --- --- --- --- 1,200 300 --- 8,600 100 10,200
Agripro --- 300 200 1,400 900 1,000 --- 800 5,400 10,000
Jagger --- --- --- 1,400 3,000 --- --- 4,700 --- 9,100
Lancer --- --- --- 5,200 --- --- 3,400 --- --- 8,600
Other Varieties 1/ 9,200 11,800 2,300 7,600 13,700 600 19,700 29,800 1,300 96,000
Total 80,000 135,000 25,000 335,000 275,000 65,000 85,000 235,000 65,000 1,300,000
1/ District estimates were not made for varieties with less than .6 percent of the state's winter wheat acreage in 1999.


    
SPRING WHEAT The most popular spring wheat variety in 1999 was Oxen which was new a few years ago. It was planted on 488,600 acres, or 28.6 percent of the state's total spring wheat acres. Following closely was Russ which also increased dramatically from 1996. It was planted on 454,900 acres, or 26.8 percent of the acres. Ranking third was Butte 86 with 12.8 percent. Forge came in fourth with 11.6 percent followed by 2375 with 9.9 percent. These five accounted for nearly 90 percent of the state's spring wheat acres.
SPRING WHEAT VARIETIES SEEDED,
SOUTH DAKOTA, 1991, 1996 & 1999
Variety 1991 1996 1999
Percent Percent Percent Acres Seeded
(000)
Oxen --- 0.1 28 .6 488 .6
Russ --- 1.5 26 .8 454 .9
Butte 86/Butte 49.9 35.5 12 .8 217 .4
Forge --- --- 11 .6 197 .4
2375 6.3 18.2 9 .9 167 .7
Sharp 2/ 12.7 4 .7 80 .1
Amidon 2/ 1.2 1 .4 23 .6
Ingot --- --- 0 .8 13 .1
2398 --- 0.4 0 .7 11 .4
Other 1/ 43.8 30.4 2 .7 45 .8
Total 100.0 100.0 100 .0 1,700 .0
1/ Varieties with less than .6 percent of the acreage in 1999.
2/ Less than 2 percent, included in "Other Varieties".

        

pie chart showing spring wheat leading varieties seeded in South Dakota in 1999


SPRING WHEAT (Continued)

                                
PERCENT AND ACREAGE SEEDED BY AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DISTRICT, SOUTH DAKOTA, 1999
Variety Northwest North
Central 		Northeast West
Central 		Central East
Central 		Southwest South
Central 		Southeast State
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Percent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oxen 12.9 35.4 41.8 1.4 20.5 38.4 7.6 16.8 20.0 28.6
Russ 15.5 31.2 27.4 --- 41.2 11.3 0.8 14.5 46.4 26.8
Butte 86 26.1 5.7 6.0 58.7 13.8 8.9 16.0 21.5 11.6 12.8
Forge 1.2 14.0 10.0 30.6 12.0 24.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 11.6
2375 12.3 7.3 7.1 2.4 6.2 8.0 74.6 20.3 4.8 9.9
Sharp 7.5 3.7 3.5 5.5 4.6 6.5 --- 14.8 4.8 4.7
Amidon 10.4 0.5 --- 1.4 --- --- --- --- --- 1.4
Ingot 0.4 0.4 2.3 --- --- --- --- 2.6 --- 0.8
2398 5.4 --- 0.1 --- --- --- --- --- 4.4 0.7
Other Varieties1/ 8.3 1.8 1.8 --- 1.7 2.9 --- 8.0 6.0 2.7
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Acres - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oxen 23,800 229,400 142,200 1,100 51,300 21,100 3,800 10,900 5,000 488,600
Russ 28,600 202,700 93,000 --- 103,000 6,200 400 9,400 11,600 454,900
Butte 86 48,400 37,300 20,500 47,000 34,400 4,900 8,000 14,000 2,900 217,400
Forge 2,300 91,300 34,100 24,500 30,000 13,200 500 1,000 500 197,400
2375 22,800 47,300 24,100 1,900 15,500 4,400 37,300 13,200 1,200 167,700
Sharp 13,900 24,000 11,800 4,400 11,600 3,600 --- 9,600 1,200 80,100
Amidon 19,200 3,300 --- 1,100 --- --- --- --- --- 23,600
Ingot 800 2,700 7,900 --- --- --- --- 1,700 --- 13,100
2398 9,900 --- 400 --- --- --- --- --- 1,100 11,400
Other Varieties1/ 15,300 12,000 6,000 --- 4,200 1,600 --- 5,200 1,500 45,800
Total Acres 185,000 650,000 340,000 80,000 250,000 55,000 50,000 65,000 25,000 1,700,000
1/ District estimates were not made for varieties with less than .6 percent of the state's spring wheat acreage.



    
DURUM WHEAT

                                

Monroe remained the leading durum wheat variety in 1999 with 40.1 percent of the state's 40,000 acres. Renville maintained second place with 24.5 percent followed closely by Rugby at 20.3 percent, which did not show any use in 1996. Ben and Munich were the next leading varieties with 7.3 percent and 4.0 percent, respectively. These five varieties accounted for over 96 percent of the state's durum wheat acres.

DURUM WHEAT VARIETIES SEEDED,
SOUTH DAKOTA, 1991, 1996 & 1999
Variety 1991 1996 1999
Percent Percent Percent Acres Seeded
(000)
Monroe 34.3 51.6 40.1 16 .1
Renville 2.0 23.6 24.5 9 .8
Rugby 2/ 0.0 20.3 8 .1
Ben --- 0.0 7.3 2 .9
Munich --- 0.0 4.0 1 .6
Ward 2/ 4.4 1.5 0 .6
Rollette 3.4 0.4 1.3 0 .5
Vic 43.3 20.0 1.0 0 .4
Other Varieties1/ 17.0 0.0 0.0 0 .0
State 100.0 100.0 100.0 40 .0
1/ Varieties with less than .6 percent of the acreage in 1999. 2/ Less than 2 percent, included in "Other Varieties".
            

pie chart showing durum wheat leading varieties seeded in South Dakota in 1999



FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE,
HARVESTED ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, SOUTH DAKOTA, 1994-1998
County
and
District 		Winter Wheat Other Spring Wheat
Harvested Yield
per acre 		Production Harvested Yield
per acre 		Production
Acres - - - - Bushels - - - - Acres - - - - Bushels - - - -
Butte 9,025 33 .2 299,875 7,800 24 .9 193,940
Corson 10,550 28 .0 295,200 87,640 22 .8 1,996,540
Dewey 16,960 32 .6 552,440 28,360 22 .8 645,960
Harding 1,767 27 .5 48,600 26,740 23 .3 623,480
Perkins 12,400 30 .6 379,060 79,700 25 .2 2,010,820
Ziebach 31,020 30 .7 953,780 20,460 22 .9 468,600
Northwest 79,960 30 .9 2,470,980 250,700 23 .7 5,939,340
Brown 8,080 42 .6 343,860 178,180 37 .1 6,608,340
Campbell 8,220 31 .6 259,380 72,320 26 .9 1,943,600
Edmunds 13,000 33 .8 439,900 107,340 31 .1 3,341,240
Faulk 18,920 35 .6 672,680 67,080 31 .2 2,091,380
Mcpherson 3,400 29 .4 100,000 61,400 24 .1 1,479,380
Potter 65,600 38 .9 2,554,940 71,980 30 .6 2,205,020
Spink 24,020 38 .3 919,400 126,440 33 .7 4,265,620
Walworth 9,300 37 .7 350,400 72,800 30 .1 2,190,080
North Central 150,540 37 .5 5,640,560 757,540 31 .8 24,124,660
Clark 10,280 33 .5 344,820 49,660 31 .1 1,545,440
Codington 2,300 36 .9 84,840 42,860 33 .7 1,444,160
Day 4,880 35 .4 172,860 85,440 33 .5 2,858,440
Deuel 1,425 30 .7 43,775 15,600 35 .3 550,780
Grant 1,067 28 .0 29,867 33,680 33 .8 1,137,280
Hamlin 2,700 37 .8 102,050 17,380 36 .5 635,200
Marshall 1,960 34 .4 67,500 53,800 35 .8 1,925,020
Roberts 967 35 .3 34,100 87,220 37 .6 3,277,420
Northeast 25,240 34 .4 869,280 385,640 34 .7 13,373,740
Haakon 101,780 33 .7 3,430,980 20,680 30 .5 630,120
Jackson 38,075 32 .7 1,243,475 14,575 27 .4 399,975
Lawrence 533 40 .2 21,400 1,080 29 .3 31,600
Meade 47,240 31 .4 1,484,000 23,780 24 .4 579,800
Pennington 52,380 35 .0 1,833,860 15,720 26 .8 420,880
Stanley 74,280 32 .5 2,411,440 29,000 21 .8 632,875
West Central 315,680 33 .2 10,472,040 97,420 25 .9 2,525,720
Aurora 17,740 38 .2 676,820 5,150 24 .9 128,250
Beadle 29,780 36 .6 1,090,780 45,260 32 .1 1,454,980
Brule 35,740 39 .8 1,423,820 10,120 30 .0 304,080
Buffalo 5,640 38 .2 215,560 3,760 32 .6 122,580
Hand 55,440 35 .6 1,973,280 59,420 30 .0 1,781,540
Hughes 55,220 37 .1 2,047,540 30,400 26 .5 805,600
Hyde 31,160 34 .6 1,078,460 22,440 28 .5 640,520
Jerauld 13,000 38 .8 505,020 11,225 30 .0 337,150
Sully 121,160 38 .5 4,661,280 81,600 26 .3 2,143,380
Central 364,880 37 .5 13,672,560 266,540 28 .6 7,633,960
Brookings 3,360 34 .5 116,080 11,020 35 .1 386,440
Davison 18,160 37 .7 683,760 2,400 29 .3 70,275
Hanson 12,060 39 .7 478,460 2,425 31 .8 77,125
Kingsbury 18,500 36 .5 674,460 22,000 33 .2 730,960
Lake 2,267 26 .7 60,600 2,900 31 .0 89,800
Mccook 2,300 33 .2 76,325 1,700 35 .4 60,225
Miner 5,800 33 .8 195,880 5,675 32 .8 185,875
Minnehaha 2,100 36 .0 75,600 1,520 35 .1 53,420
Moody 900 53 .0 47,700 2,220 34 .1 75,640
Sanborn 7,360 32 .0 235,260 4,100 28 .0 114,967
East Central 70,400 36 .3 2,557,980 54,080 33 .0 1,784,360
Bennett 35,380 33 .5 1,185,600 22,080 28 .0 618,200
Custer 2,900 31 .0 90,020 1,450 22 .4 32,550
Fall River 12,680 34 .0 431,060 1,200 22 .5 27,000
Shannon 18,440 34 .4 634,920 11,200 25 .3 283,100
Southwest 69,400 33 .7 2,341,600 32,100 27 .0 867,400
Gregory 14,780 37 .8 558,120 5,460 32 .8 179,160
Jones 49,680 32 .5 1,612,820 12,033 22 .5 271,100
Lyman 97,520 37 .8 3,684,120 7,980 31 .4 250,200
Mellette 26,080 35 .5 925,540 5,300 28 .1 148,667
Todd 6,740 35 .8 241,000 2,433 30 .6 74,333
Tripp 59,060 34 .2 2,021,560 10,880 27 .5 299,000
South Central 253,860 35 .6 9,043,160 38,500 28 .3 1,089,520
Bon Homme 4,720 39 .0 183,900 1,740 31 .9 55,460
Charles Mix 35,120 40 .5 1,421,040 13,720 32 .9 451,700
Clay 800 33 .8 27,000 1,000 38 .0 38,000
Douglas 17,340 40 .6 704,160 3,240 30 .0 97,200
Hutchinson 14,760 41 .0 604,600 2,440 33 .8 82,400
Lincoln 1,000 45 .0 45,000 1/
Turner 500 33 .4 16,700 800 34 .1 27,250
Union 500 33 .0 16,500 750 32 .7 24,500
Yankton 767 37 .3 28,600 750 34 .3 25,750
Southeast 74,040 40 .4 2,991,840 23,480 32 .7 767,300
State 1,404,000 35 .7 50,060,000 1,906,000 30 .5 58,106,000
1/ Less than 300 acres harvested, included in the district and state totals. All averages are derived from published data. District totals are calculated and are not equal to the sum of county averages.

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