PNW Research Program

Jay Rubin & Kaitlin CalvertSpring Grower Meeting 2019Pacific Northwest Farmers Cooperative

Executing Our Vision

Seed boxes

Obtaining Seed

Seed Treat

Seed Counts

Trial Maps

Seed packets

Organizing boxes

Field Work

Planting

Taking notes

Prepping for Field days

Flying the drone and making in season

reports

Harvest

2 combines

Weighing each sample and saving it for harvest testing

Performing quality tests

Presenting the Data

Compendium

Field Days

Agronomy Blog

Grower Meetings

Seed Boxes

Seed boxes

Obtaining Seed

Seed Treat

Trial Maps✓ Target → 25 plants/

ft² or 3500 seeds per package

✓ Weigh out 1-4 pounds of seed

✓ Convert pounds to CC’s

454 𝑔

2.88 𝑙𝑏𝑠.= 157.5 𝑔/𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡

10,089 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠/𝑙𝑏

3500 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠= 2.88 lbs.

300 𝑆𝐸𝐸𝐷𝑆

13.5 𝐺x454 𝑔

1 𝑙𝑏.= 10,089 seeds/lb.

Seed

Seed boxes

Seed Counts

Seed packets

Organizing boxes

Trial Maps

Obtaining Seed

Seed Treat

- 4’ wide with 7.5” spacing- Great Plains 606NT- No-till 3pt with coulter ahead

of opener- Wintersteiger cone seeder- Cone tank – Starter Fertilizer

Plot Drill

Plot Drill

Field Work

Field Work

Planting

Taking notes

Prepping for Field days

Flying the drone and making in season

reports

Harvest

1987 & 1994 Heges

Presenting the Data

Presenting the Data

Agronomy Blog

- This is a screen shot I took directly from our website to show you how to access it if you haven’t seen this before.

- Our Agronomy blog is where we post all in season notes, pics and updates. So if you guys are looking for in season information this is a tool that you have access to on our website.

Compendium

- This winter we released our first ever compendium. It was a lot of work for our agronomy staff but we wanted to put all our data together as a tool for you guys to use on your farm to ultimately help you be more successful in your operation. We will be putting together and releasing a compendium every winter.

Presenting the Data

Presenting the Data

Compendium

Field Days

Agronomy Blog

Grower Meetings

- You don’t want to miss our field days. We have 2 every summer – one in Genesee and the other up North. We will be alternating our Northern field day from Fairfield to Oakesdale every other year, so this year it will be in Oakesdale.

- We will also be applying for pesticide credits at our field days starting this year so if anything come for those and of course Jake Gelineau’s Delicious steak lunch

- Our goal is to eventually have enough years of data to make our whole grower meeting be revolved around our compendium.

- We will be alternating our grower meetings from North to South every other year so next year plan for it to be at the Coeur D’ Alene Casino.

Seeding Strip Trials

▪Shoot for 1 - 1.5 acre strips

▪Roughly 200 pounds of seed is needed per strip

Genesee Hard Red Spring Wheat Strip Trial

Variety Yield bu/A TW (lbs.) Protein (%) Price (9/10/18) Gross $/Acre

WB 7202 CL+ 130.27 60.6 11.73 5.51$ 717.79$

WB 9350 123.37 59 11.7 5.80$ 715.55$

X9290 120.87 61.5 11.0 5.76$ 696.21$

X9591 106.75 61 11.2 5.76$ 614.88$

WB 9668 89.08 61.6 13.4 5.94$ 529.14$

WB 9717 74.98 61.4 12.1 5.84$ 437.88$

WB 9662 67.92 60.9 12.8 5.90$ 400.73$

Trial Mean: 92.98 60.9 12.14 5.90$ 565.73$

2018 Genesee Spring Wheat Strip Trial

Dry Yield Map

WB 9290WB 9662

Thank you Rimrock Ranches!

Genesee Hard Red Winter Wheat Strip Trial

Variety Yield bu/A TW (lbs.) Protein (%) Price (9/10/18) Gross $/Acre

REDROCK BLEND* 136.2 63.5 10.7 5.57$ 758.63$

LCS JET* 135.9 63.2 10.6 5.57$ 756.96$

WB 4303* 134.6 63.1 10.0 5.50$ 740.30$

WB KELDIN 134.4 64.0 10.1 5.50$ 739.20$

SY TOUCHSTONE* 123.4 64.5 10.7 5.57$ 687.34$

PNW HAILEY* 127.9 64.1 9.9 5.25$ 671.48$

WB 4311 114.5 64.9 10.7 5.57$ 637.77$

XB 4542 112.7 64.7 10.7 5.57$ 627.74$

CLEARSTONE CLP 110.9 63.8 10.9 5.57$ 617.71$

WB 4623 CLP 107.6 64.1 11.7 5.71$ 614.40$

Trial Mean: 123.36 64.0 10.68 5.57$ 686.67$

2018 Genesee Hard Red Winter Wheat Strip Trial

Genesee Soft White Winter Wheat Strip Trial

Variety Yield bu/A Falling Number TW (lbs.) Protein (%)

PNW HAILEY* 162.2 328 64.3 8.0

MAGIC CL2* 160.3 310 63 8.3

WB 1532 154.0 355 63.8 9.4

TROOPER (old) 157.8 309 63.7 8.5

SY ASSURE* 157.7 302 63.1 9.0

WB 1783* 151.1 382 65.5 8.5

IMPACT* 162.3 329 63.4 8.8

Average 157.91 330.71 63.83 8.64

Genesee Soft White Winter Wheat Strip Trial

Fairfield Soft White Winter Wheat Strip Trial

Variety

Yield

bu/A

Falling

Number

TW

(lbs.)

Protein

(%)

Seeding

Rate (lbs.)

ORCF 102 82.7 387 63.1 9.5 90

WB 1783 77.36 433 64.5 9.4 90

PUMA 73.9 376 62.4 9.8 90

UCIF BRUNDAGE 76.5 335 61.7 8.6 90

XB 1104 78.43 378 64.3 9.7 90

OVATION 80.86 371 62.6 9.0 90

BRUNEAU 80.36 436 62.1 8.8 90

HAILEY 86.9 391 63.9 9.0 120

WB 1783 83.4 433 64.5 9.4 120

TRIDENT(OLD) 83.3 369 63.4 9.6 90

Average 80.37 390.9 63.25 9.3

Fairfield Soft White Winter Wheat Strip Trial

Where We are Headed

Burgundy FlagsRegional Marketing TrialsBlue FlagsLarge TrialsOrange StarsStrip Trials

2019 Research Program

CoAxiumWheat

Variety Trials

Dry Beans

Fungicide Trials

Seed Rate

Studies

Seed Treat

Specialty Crops

2019 Winter Wheat Trial Maps

2019 PNW WW TEST PLOTS

SMALL TRIALS (6)

101PNW HAILEY 201WB1604 301SONIC

102PNW TROOPER 2 202WB1783 302WB1604

103PNW TRIDENT 2 203ASSURE 303ASSURE

104JASPER 204HULK 304RESILIENCE

105HAILEY/ WB1783 205MAGIC 305HAILEY/ WB1783

106ASSURE 206PNW TRIDENT 2 306JASPER

107TANDEM 207JASPER 307PNW TROOPER 2

108OVATION 208CARA 308WB1783

109WB1604 209OVATION 309OVATION

110WB1783 210RESILIENCE 310PALOUSE

111HULK 211PALOUSE 311PNW TRIDENT 2

112SONIC 212SONIC 312PNW HAILEY

113MAGIC 213PNW HAILEY 313MAGIC

114RESILIENCE 214PNW TROOPER 2 314TANDEM

115PALOUSE 215HAILEY/ WB1783 315CARA

116CARA 216TANDEM 316HULK

117ROCKET 217YETI 317PNW REDROCK

118JET 218WB9662 318JET

119PNW REDROCK 219JET 319YETI

120KELDIN 220PNW REDROCK 320ROCKET

121WB9662 221ROCKET 321KELDIN

122YETI 222KELDIN 322WB9662

BORDERS - PALOUSE

PLOT LEGEND

SWWW

CLUB

HRWW

HWW

DNS

BARLEY

LARGE TRIALS (3)101PNW HAILEY 201MAGIC 301ART DECO

102PNW TROOPER 2 202IMPACT 30206PN212-25

103PNW TROOPER 1 203WB1529 303ROSALYN

104PNW TRIDENT 2 204WB1532 304COMMAND

105PNW TRIDENT 1 205MADSEN 305CARA

106JASPER 206SHINE 30611PN044#84

107MPRESS 207DAYTON 30711PN050#3

108MADSEN 208WB1604 308DAYTON

109ASSURE 20911PN044#84 309PALOUSE

110OVATION 210MPRESS 310MPRESS

111RAPTOR 21106PN212-25 311PNW TROOPER 1

112DAYTON 212PNW TROOPER 2 312RAPTOR

113COMMAND 213HULK 313PNW TROOPER 2

114BANKS 214RESILIENCE 314WB1532

11506PN212-25 21511PNO42#64 315WB1529

11608PN030-3 21608PN030-3 316MAGIC

11711PNO42#64 217TANDEM 317RESILIENCE

11811PN044#84 218COMMAND 318SHINE

11911PN050#3 219PNW TROOPER 1 319SONIC

120HULK 220OVATION 320WB1604

121SONIC 221ASSURE 321MADSEN

122GHOST 222PNW TRIDENT 2 322GHOST

123SHINE 223ROSALYN 323PNW TRIDENT 1

124ART DECO 224ART DECO 324PNW TRIDENT 2

125TANDEM 225PNW HAILEY 325IMPACT

126ROSALYN 226GHOST 326DUET

127DUET 227WB1783 327OVATION

128MAGIC 228RAPTOR 328WB1783

129RESILIENCE 229DUET 329TANDEM

130PALOUSE 23011PN050#3 330BANKS

131IMPACT 231JASPER 33108PN030-3

132WB1604 232PNW TRIDENT 1 332HULK

133WB1783 233CARA 333PNW HAILEY

134WB 523 234SONIC 334ASSURE

135WB1529 235HAILEY/ WB1783 335JASPER

136WB1532 236BANKS 336WB 523

137HAILEY/ WB1783 237WB 523 33711PNO42#64

138CARA 238PALOUSE 338HAILEY/ WB1783

139KELDIN 239WB4303 339JET

140WB4311 240WB4623 CLP 340CLEARSTONE CLP

141WB4303 241SY COHO 341KELDIN

142WB4394 242JET 34205PN044-20

143XC4116 243ROCKET 343SY COHO

144XC4308 244JOE 344XC4116

145WB4623 CLP 245TOUCHSTONE 34505ARS748-270

146ROCKET 246WB4394 346XC4308

147JET 247WB9662 347VENADA

148ZOOM 248NUGRAIN 348TOUCHSTONE

149PNW REDROCK 24905ARS748-270 349JOE

150TOUCHSTONE 250PNW REDROCK 350WB9662

151CLEARSTONE CLP 251KELDIN 351ZOOM

15205PN044-20 252YETI 352WB4394

153YETI 253ZOOM 353YETI

154JOE 25405PN044-20 354PNW REDROCK

155VENADA 255WB4311 355NUGRAIN

156NUGRAIN 256VENADA 356WB4623 CLP

157SY COHO 257CLEARSTONE CLP 357WB 4311

158WB9662 258XC4116 358WB 4303

15905ARS748-270 259XC4308 359ROCKET

Weather Stations

➢ Genesee, Colfax, and Fairfield

➢ Creating Weather Reports on our website

Weather Stations

➢ Volumetric Water Content: Water volume/ soil volume

➢ Vapour Pressure Deficit: Amount of moisture air can hold – amount of moisture in air

➢ Wet Bulb: Measures temperature read by thermometer covered in water-soaked cloth over which air is passed.

➢ Delta T: Air Temperature – wet bulbThe lower the Delta T the higher the humidity

➢ Relative Humidity: Amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of amount needed for saturation at same temperature

➢ Dew Point: Atmospheric temperature below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form

Advisory Board

Thank you Growers!

Kaitlin CalvertSoutheast Area Agronomist(208)816-1070kaitlin@pnw.coop

Jay RubinColfax Area Agronomist

(509)595-8265jay@pnw.coop