2025 Spring Cereals Grain Yield Demo - Durum

Our largest demo of the season was harvested a few weeks ago and results are in. What I love about this, is the yield is not as important as the relative yield to another variety, under the same management.
These are not scientific or replicated, but we do have bookmark varieties on each end of the plots to make sure the plot is somewhat even.

This demo was seeded April 28th and harvested Sept 8th. Plant stand targets were 35 plants on the durum, 40 on the spring wheat and 25 plants on the barley with 10% mortality built into all of those.
40 lbs of 11-52 was placed in seed row & 175 lbs of 46-0-0 was banded before seeding. Crop rotation was potatoes last year. A PGR was used on half the plot to try and showcase lodging and a fungicide was applied at the start of flowering on the whole plot.

2025 Durum
If you had not heard of AAC Brigham VB before that's ok because I hadn't one year ago either :) A surprise yield from AAC Brigham VB durum led the durum this year.
For standability Stronghold was the best, followed by Succeed VB / Brigham VB, then Frontier , then Schrader.
Maturity was all very similar.

Sales lineup for 2026 season:
AAC Brigham VB - replaces AAC Succeed VB
AAC Stronghold - can be amazing for yields and standability but can risk bacterial blight
AAC Schrader - I rating for FHB
AAC Grainland - solid stem with yield stability when its dry

Next season (fall of 2026) AAC Frontier launches - it is the first variety with ergot resistance and it also has a I rating for FHB (hollow stem though)