Alternative Crop Performance on Fallow Williston, ND
    1998      
    Selling 3 Year Gross Gr. Ret./a
Crop Variety Price Average Return + or -
    lbs/a $/a Amidon
HRS Wheat* Amidon 3.40 39.8 $135.32 0.00
Oriental Must. Forge 0.11 1363 $149.89 14.57
Yellow Must. Tilney 0.12 1133 $135.96 0.64
Canola (B.napus) Hyola 401 0.114 1515 $172.75 37.43
(B.rapa) Parkland 0.114 994 $113.35 -21.97
Crambe BelAnn 0.10 2049 $204.93 69.61
Safflower (oleic) Montola 2000 0.14 1206 $168.84 33.52
(linoleic) S-541 0.12 1268 $152.20 16.88
Sunflower (oil) Proseed 140 0.09 1433 $129.00 -6.32
Millet (grain) Rise 0.03 1349 $40.47 -94.85
Buckwheat   0.115 478 $54.93 -80.39
Corn (grain)*   1.88 53.1 $99.83 -35.49
Lentils Richlea 0.10 1508 $150.80 15.48
Field Peas Profi - edible 0.05 1736 $86.78 -48.54
  Profi - feed 0.033 1736 $57.29 -78.03
  Trapper - feed 0.033 1663 $54.88 -80.44
Flax* Omega 5.10 16.6 $84.66 -50.66
Lupins Primorski 0.033 1084 $35.78 -99.54
Chickpeas Myles 0.12 1420 $170.44 35.12
  Dwelly 0.22 1028 $226.16 90.84
Soybeans* McCall 5.46 13.8 $75.35 -59.97
Pinto Beans Hatton 0.17 1072 $182.30 46.98
Navy Beans Norstar 0.18 1065 $191.76 56.44
Pink Beans UI 537 0.18 1320 $237.54 102.22
*Yields in bus / a

Dryland Dry Bean Varieties Williston, ND

 

Yield

TW
Cultivar   1998 3 yr 1998  
 

-lb/a-

lb/bu
           
Navy & Pink          
UI-537(pink)   669 1320 57.9  
Mayflower   574 1098 60.7  
Norstar   605 1065 62.7  
Agri-1   447 998 61.7  
Huron   534 891 60.3  
Mackinac   469 ------ 62.2  
LSD 5%   NS ------ ------  
           
Pinto          
Bill-Z   651 1214 54.1  
Topaz   505 1203 52.8  
Othello   658 1179 57.4  
Chase   684 1147 56.3  
Hatton   603 1072 56.8  
Maverick   637 ------ 55.6  
Frontier   368 ------ 59.2  
Burke   602 ------ 56.1  
UI-320   652 ------ 58.6  
LSD 5%   129 ------ ------  
Plant: May 20 Harvest: September 17

Dryland Fallow Lentils Sidney, MT

  Yield TW
Cultivar 1998 2 yr 1998
  - lb/a - lb/b
French Green 1710   63.5
Red Chief 2072 1516 59.9
Indianhead 1187 1366 65.6
Laird 1222   59.5
Pardina 1811 -- 64.1
Richlea 1754 -- 60.9
LSD 5% 151   0.6
Plant: April 21, multiple harvest dates

Lentil Variety Williston, ND

  --------------Grain Yield---------------
Cultivar 1996 1997 1998 3 yr  
  -------------------lbs/a-------------------
           
CDC Richlea 1729 1263 1532 1508  
Laird 1194 1791 1367 1451  
Crimson 1444 1328 1237 1336  
Eston 1388 1338 1275 1334  
Brewer 1217 681 1420 1106  
Red Chief 928 ------ 1223 ------  
Mason ------ ------ 1783 ------  
578-28 ------ ------ 1380 ------  
638-23 ------ ------ 1498 ------  
Milestone ------ ------ 1579 ------  
           
LSD 5% 245 276 220 ------  
Plant: April 29 Harvest: July 31

Irrigated Dry Bean Sidney, MT

    TW Yield
Cultivar Type 1997 1997 2-yr
    lb/bu cwt sacks/a
         
CELRK (L) 57.5 31.2 28.4
Isles (D) 57.6 24.9 27.6
Montcalm (D) 59.4 23.1 25.8
Nodak (P) 62.1 32.5 33.6
Vista (N) 64.3 25.7 28.5
Bill Z (P) 60.3 39.2 ------
Chase (P) 60.9 31.7 ------
Frontier (P) 63.0 31.1 ------
Huron (N) 62.8 33.3 ------
Maverick (P) 59.7 41.3 ------
Ole (P) 59.0 38.5 ------
US 110 (G) 60.8 36.2 ------
LSD 5%   1.29 6.56 ------
 
Plant: May 13 Harvest: Sept. 16

D=Dark Red Kidney;G=Great Northern;P=Pinto;L=Light Red Kidney;N=Navy/Small White.

 

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Last modified: August 04, 2003