Variety performance review
Everest Hard Red Winter Wheat in the Southern Plains.
- Good
- Kansas Wheat Alliance (public release)
- Medium-maturity hard red winter
- Organic-approved
Regional strengths
Everest is a public hard red winter wheat release from the Kansas Wheat Alliance — widely planted across the Southern Plains and consistently included in OSU and K-State variety trials. Strong stripe rust tolerance matters in years with significant rust pressure.
Regional weaknesses
Everest leaf rust tolerance is rated fair rather than excellent in some years — watch the current K-State / OSU rust ratings for shifts as new pathogen races emerge. On highly variable rainfall years, drought tolerance is good but not class-leading; newer varieties may outyield in stress years.
Yield data
Trial-verified performance.
Average yield
— bu/acre
Data quality
trial verified
Agronomic ratings
Drought tolerance
good
Standability
good
Emergence
good
Winter hardiness
good
Disease resistance
- Stripe rust:good
- Leaf rust:fair
- Wheat soilborne mosaic virus:good
- Fusarium head blight (head scab):fair
Best for
- dryland Oklahoma and Kansas hard red winter wheat acres
- wheat-fallow systems
Not recommended for
- high leaf rust pressure environments without fungicide
Best soil types
clay loam, Pullman clay loam, fine sandy loam
Seeding rate
60–90 lb/acre dryland; up to 120 lb/acre on irrigated
Data quality & sources
Quality: trial-verified · Last updated 2024.
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