Millennium

Millenium has rapidly become the second most popular variety grown in Nebraska. Millennium is a medium maturing, medium height variety and is well adapted throughout most of the Nebraska dryland wheat production areas and adjacent states. It has been competitive in yield to Niobrara and Culver. Millennium has fair to good winterhardiness, a medium length coleoptile, very good tillering ability, and moderately strong straw (equal to 2137 and Windstar). Although Millennium has performed well in University of Nebraska irrigated variety trials, it has moderate straw strength that may result in lodging problems in irrigated production where yield potential exceeds 100 bushels per acre. In addition, it may produce more straw residue than desired. It is resistant to Hessian fly; moderately resistant to stem rust; moderately susceptible to leaf rust; susceptible to soilborne mosaic and barley yellow dwarf viruses. Millennium was developed by Nebraska and the USDA-ARS. Noncomplementary varieties include: Abilene, Jagalene, Ogallala, Nuplains, Rawhide, Rio Blanco, Siouxland, Thunderbolt, and Windstar.

Contact the following certified seed growers for this variety:

• Cullan Farms, Hemingford, 308-487-5288
• D&S Hansen Farms, Hemingford, 308-760-0189
• Luhrs Cert Seed & Cond., Enders, 308-882-5917 
• Kriesel Certified Seed, Gurley, 308-884-2424
• Arrow Seed Company, Broken Bow, 308-872-6826
• Ag Operations Group, Big Springs, 308-889-3429
• Carter Certified Seed, Chappell, 308-874-2892 
• Dale/Henry Wicke, Wauneta, 308-394-5777 
• Dunbar Seed, Eustis, 308-486-5590 
• John W. Scharf, Curtis, 308-367-4174
• Petersen Land & Cattle, Cambridge, 308-697-4370 
• Thimm Farms Inc., Beatrice, 402-228-2222
• J.M. Kuehn Inc., Heartwell, 4308-563-2101
• Peters Seed Farms Inc., McCook, 308-345-5170
• Roberts Seed, Axtell, 308-743-2565
• Spurgin Inc., Paxton, 308-239-4539
• Campstool Farms, Kimball, 308-235-7284
• Nelson Certified Seed, Wallace, 308-387-4698
• James J. Dolezal, Julesburg, CO, 970-885-3365 
• Stanley Pavelka, Bladen, 402-756-3010 
• Providence Farms, Bladen, 402-756-1094

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