{"id":461,"date":"2026-08-03T16:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T22:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/wheat\/?page_id=461"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T22:17:43","slug":"varieties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/wheat\/varieties\/","title":{"rendered":"Varieties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- block -->\n<div class=\"custom-block-wrapper media-object-block stylized lite top-spacing-default bottom-spacing-default\">\n\n    <!-- component -->\n    <div class=\"media-object left\">\n\n        <!-- image container -->\n        <div class=\"object-container left half\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/labs.agsci.colostate.edu\/wheat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/08\/water-resource-river-irrigation.jpg);\">\n\n            \n\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- END image container -->\n\n        <!-- text -->\n        <p class=\"object-text half\">\n\n            Since inception of the CSU Wheat Breeding Program in 1963, over 40 improved wheat varieties have been developed and released by our program. Over the years, CSU wheat variety releases have provided continuous improvements in grain yield and yield stability, disease and insect resistance, and end-use quality. Producers in Colorado continue to see advantages in growing CSU varieties, as demonstrated by the 2016 wheat variety survey (see links to surveys below) showing that nearly 70% of the Colorado wheat acreage is planted to CSU-developed wheat varieties.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSince 1994, all varieties from our program have been released through a unique partnership between CSU, the <a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.colostate.edu\/seeds\/seed-growers\/\">Colorado Seed Growers Association (CSGA)<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradowheat.org\/colorado-wheat-research-foundation\/\">Colorado Wheat Research Foundation (CWRF)<\/a>. Under this agreement, ownership and marketing rights to the varieties are transferred to the CWRF who then works together with CSGA member growers to produce and distribute registered and certified seed. Since 2012, CWRF varieties are marketed under <a href=\"https:\/\/plainsgold.com\/\">the PlainsGold Brand<\/a>. A small royalty collected on the sale of certified seed of the varieties is returned to CSU to further wheat breeding and wheat-related research. Since inception of the program, over $5 million has been returned to CSU under the CWRF royalty program.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>Click on highlighted links below for information on CSU-developed hard red winter, hard white winter, and Clearfield wheat varieties. Some of these documents are PlainsGold promotional brochures and others are reprints of the publications in Crop Science or the Journal of Plant Registrations. More current information on these and other varieties is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/ramwheatdb.com\/database.php\">the Colorado Wheat Trials Database<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/plainsgold.com\/\">PlainsGold <\/a>.<\/strong>\n        <\/p>\n        <!-- END text -->\n\n    <\/div>\n    <!-- END component -->\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- END block -->\n\n\n<!-- block -->\n<div class=\"custom-block-wrapper accordion-block stacked dark top-spacing-default bottom-spacing-default\">\n\n    <!-- component -->\n    <ul class=\"accordion panel-component\" data-accordion data-multi-expand=\"false\" data-allow-all-closed=\"true\" data-deep-link=\"true\" data-deep-link-smudge=\"true\" data-deep-link-smudge-delay=\"600\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        <!-- accordion.item -->\n        <li class=\"accordion-item \" data-accordion-item>\n\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Hard Red Winter Wheat Varieties<\/a>\n\n            <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content >\n\n                <p>Guardian (2019)<br \/>\nFortify SF (2019)<br \/>\nCanvas (2018)<br \/>\nWhistler (2018)<br \/>\nLangin (2016)<br \/>\nAvery (2015)<br \/>\nByrd (2011)<br \/>\nDenali (2011)<br \/>\nCowboy (2011)<br \/>\nBill Brown (2007)<br \/>\nRipper (2006)<br \/>\nHatcher (2004)<br \/>\nAnkor (2002)<br \/>\nProwers 99 (1999)<br \/>\nPrairie Red (1998)<br \/>\nProwers (1997)<br \/>\nYumar (1997)<br \/>\nAkron (1994)<br \/>\nHalt (1994)<br \/>\nJules (1993)<br \/>\nYuma (1991)<br \/>\nLamar (1988)<br \/>\nCarson (1986)<br \/>\nHail (1982)<br \/>\nSandy (1981)<br \/>\nDuke (1981)<br \/>\nWings (1977)<br \/>\nVona (1976)<br \/>\nLindon (1975)<br \/>\nBaca (1973)<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/li>\n        <!-- END accordion.item -->\n\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        <!-- accordion.item -->\n        <li class=\"accordion-item \" data-accordion-item>\n\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Hard White Winter Wheat Varieties<\/a>\n\n            <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content >\n\n                <p>Snowmass 2.0 (2018)<br \/>\nMonarch (2018)<br \/>\nBreck (2017)<br \/>\nSunshine (2014)<br \/>\nAntero (2012)<br \/>\nSnowmass (2009)<br \/>\nAvalanche (2001)<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/li>\n        <!-- END accordion.item -->\n\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        <!-- accordion.item -->\n        <li class=\"accordion-item \" data-accordion-item>\n\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Herbicide-Tolerant Wheat Varieties<\/a>\n\n            <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content >\n\n                <p>Crescent AX (2018)<br \/>\nByrd CL Plus (2018)<br \/>\nIncline AX (2017)<br \/>\nBrawl CL Plus (2011)<br \/>\nThunder CL (hard white, 2008)<br \/>\nBond CL (2004)<br \/>\nProtection (2004)<br \/>\nAP502 CL (2001)<br \/>\nAbove (2001)<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/li>\n        <!-- END accordion.item -->\n\n        \n    <\/ul>\n    <!-- END component -->\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- END block -->\n\n\n<!-- block -->\n<div class=\"custom-block-wrappper text-block stylized lite top-spacing-default bottom-spacing-default\">\n\n    <p>Click on highlighted links below for current and past Colorado wheat variety surveys.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- END block -->\n\n\n<!-- block -->\n<div class=\"custom-block-wrapper accordion-block stylized lite top-spacing-default bottom-spacing-default\">\n\n    <!-- component -->\n    <ul class=\"accordion panel-component\" data-accordion data-multi-expand=\"false\" data-allow-all-closed=\"true\" data-deep-link=\"true\" data-deep-link-smudge=\"true\" data-deep-link-smudge-delay=\"600\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        <!-- accordion.item -->\n        <li class=\"accordion-item \" data-accordion-item>\n\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">2011-present<\/a>\n\n            <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content >\n\n                <p>2021<br \/>\n2020<br \/>\n2019<br \/>\n2018<br \/>\n2017<br \/>\n2016<br \/>\n2015<br \/>\n2014<br \/>\n2013<br \/>\n2012<br \/>\n2011<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/li>\n        <!-- END accordion.item -->\n\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        <!-- accordion.item -->\n        <li class=\"accordion-item \" data-accordion-item>\n\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">2001-2010<\/a>\n\n            <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content >\n\n                <p>2010<br \/>\n2009<br \/>\n2008<br \/>\n2007<br \/>\n2006<br \/>\n2005<br \/>\n2004<br \/>\n2003<br \/>\n2002<br \/>\n2001<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/li>\n        <!-- END accordion.item -->\n\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        <!-- accordion.item -->\n        <li class=\"accordion-item \" data-accordion-item>\n\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">1991-2000<\/a>\n\n            <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content >\n\n                <p>2000<br \/>\n1999<br \/>\n1998<br \/>\n1997<br \/>\n1996 \u2013 in 1997 survey<br \/>\n1995<br \/>\n1994<br \/>\n1993<br \/>\n1992<br \/>\n1991<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/li>\n        <!-- END accordion.item -->\n\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        <!-- accordion.item -->\n        <li class=\"accordion-item \" data-accordion-item>\n\n            <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">1981-1990<\/a>\n\n            <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content >\n\n                <p>1990<br \/>\n1989<br \/>\n1988<br \/>\n1987<br \/>\n1986<br \/>\n1985<br \/>\n1984 \u2013 in 1985 survey<br \/>\n1983<br \/>\n1982<br \/>\n1981<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/li>\n        <!-- END accordion.item -->\n\n        \n    <\/ul>\n    <!-- END component -->\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- END block 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