Variety Selection and Testing

2026 PNW Crop Tour

The 2026 PNW Crop Tour provides opportunities to view field trials and interact with WSU personnel. Please check with the contact listed prior to the tour to verify the time, location, and agenda or reach out to your local county wheat growers association or other co-sponsor. Location maps for the WSU Extension Cereal Variety Trials are available online.

Thank you to the Washington Grain Commission for funding to support the trials and tours as well as the county wheat growers associations and co-sponsors for programs and meals associated with the field days. Finally, a big thank you to all the grower cooperators for their time and resources to host the variety trials. We truly appreciate all the continued support.

Dates and agendas are subject to change.

Schedule

Date (subject to change)	Start Time	Tour	Starting Location	GPS	Contact
May 29	4 p.m.	Wilbur (WSU/PNWCA) Canola Tour	WC VT: 47°47'54.5"N 118°54'58.4"W	47°47'54.5"N 118°54'58.4"W	Jesse Ford, 509-990-6316
June 4	8 a.m.	Western Wheat Workers Meeting Field Tour	Holiday Inn Express 1433 West Pine Street, Walla Walla, WA	46°04'03.3"N 118°22'04.6"W	Kim Campbell, 208-310-9876
June 4	8 a.m.	Horse Heaven	Horse Heaven Community Hall 37301 County Well Rd, Prosser, WA	46°11'12.2"N 119°34'29.6"W	Mike Pumphrey, 509-592-5234
June 5	10 a.m.	Walla Walla* with Western Wheat Workers	VT Winter Wheat Site: 46°06'56.3"N 118°14'14.2"W	46°06'56.3"N 118°14'14.2"W	Rachel Wieme, 320-250-7224
June 5	1:30 p.m.	Eureka*	VT Winter Wheat Site: 46°19'31.2"N 118°35'58.0"W	46°19'31.2"N 118°35'58.0"W	Rachel Wieme, 320-250-7224
June 9	7:45 a.m.	Pendleton, OR (OSU/ARS)	CBARC Station 48037 Tubbs Ranch Rd, Adams, OR 97810	45°43'06.0"N 118°37'31.6"W	Debbie Sutor, 541-278-4405
June 10	7:45 a.m.	Moro, OR (OSU/ARS)	Sherman Station 66365 Lone Rock Rd, Moro, OR 97039	45°28'56.6"N 120°43'34.3"W	Debbie Sutor, 541-278-4405
June 10	7:45 a.m.	U of I Weed Science Field Day	Parker Farm 1025 Plant Science Rd, Moscow, ID 83843	46°43'23.5"N 116°57'32.7"W	Joan Campbell, 208-885-7730
June 11	8:30 a.m.	Lind Field Day	Lind Research Station 781 E. Experiment Station Road, Lind, WA	47°00'04.3"N 118°34'05.0"W	Samantha Crow, 509-677-3671
June 12	10 a.m.	Harrington*	VT Winter Site: 47°23'57.6"N 118°24'02.7"W	47°23'57.6"N 118°24'02.7"W	Aaron Esser, 509-659-3210
June 16	10 a.m.	Douglas County*	VT Winter Site: 47°35'04.2"N 119°37'07.3"W	47°35'04.2"N 119°37'07.3"W	Kim Campbell, 208-310-9876
June 17	8:30 a.m.	Mayview: Spring Canola	SC VT Plots: 46°37'04.0"N 117°24'40.7"W	46°37'04.0"N 117°24'40.7"W	Jesse Ford, 509-990-6316
June 17	9:30 a.m.	Mayview (WSU/NWGG): Spring and Winter Cereals*	NWGG Spring Wheat Plots: 46°37'05.6"N 117°26'31.7"W	46°32'26.2"N 117°22'24.5"W	Morgan Menaker, 704-989-3752
June 18	9 a.m.	Dayton	VT Winter Site 46°23'00.6"N 117°51'02.0"W	46°23'00.6"N 117°51'02.0"W	Rachel Wieme, 320-250-7224
June 18	7:30 a.m.	Fairfield	FredNeck's 130 W Emma St, Rockford, WA	47°23'27.4"N 117°02'24.0"W	Ken Fuchs, 509-220-0891
June 22	8:30 a.m.	Spillman Farm Field Day*	Spillman Research Farm 1452 Johnson Road Pullman, WA	46°41'44.0"N 117°07'44.4"W	Morgan Menaker, 704-989-3752
June 23	8:30 a.m.	Wilke Farm Field Day	Wilke Research Farm 39440 State Hwy 2 E, Davenport, WA 99122	47°39'23.1"N 118°07'54.4"W	Aaron Esser, 509-659-3210
June 23	1:30 p.m.	Reardan*	VT Winter Site: 47°41'22.0"N 117°55'34.0"W	47°41'22.0"N 117°55'34.0"W	Aaron Esser, 509-659-3210
June 23	TBD -- Afternoon	Rosalia	TBD	TBD	TBD
June 24	TBD -- Morning	Davenport	TBD	TBD	TBD
June 25	8:30 a.m.	WSU Potato Field Day	Othello Research Station 1471 W. Cox Rd Othello, WA	46°47'42.7"N 119°02'52.5"W	Mark Pavek, 509-335-6861
June 25	TBD -- Afternoon	Almira*	McKay Seed Almira 39355 Sorensen Rd. N, Almira, WA 99103	47°45'46.7"N 118°56'18.9"W	Aaron Esser, 509-659-3210
July 3	10 a.m.	Bickleton Spring Wheat	VT Spring Site: 46°01'07.9"N 120°17'17.0"W	46°01'07.9"N 120°17'17.0"W	Mike Pumphrey, 509-592-5234

*Includes Falling Numbers presentation from Dr. Alison Thompson and Dr. Amber Hauvermale.

The WSU Weed Tour will not take place in 2026.

Accommodations

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication or program information or reasonable accommodations need to contact the coordination person listed under Contact above at the telephone number listed at least two weeks prior to the event. Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local Extension office.

Winter Variety Trial Maps

The WSU Variety Testing Program’s (VTP) 2026 winter variety trial maps are available online. The website includes links to Google Maps pins for each of the locations, as well as driving directions and plot schematics. Paper copies of plot maps are available in the PVC tubes attached to the Variety Testing signs at each location.

There were some changes made to locations planted for the 2026 harvest year. The previously named “CLOAX” is now called Traited Soft White Wheat. Fall planted DNS and winter barley trials have been put on an indefinite pause. VTP’s current bandwidth is limited, and we have made the difficult decision to discontinue these trials for the time being. Additionally, based on an analysis of VTP data from 2012-2023, we have chosen to re-organize our dryland trials into two mega-environments to improve data analysis and delivery, low rainfall (<16”) and high rainfall (>16”), in addition to irrigated trials. We dropped the winter Farmington location but added Dayton and Kahlotus locations back to the trials. The Kahlotus location is a replacement for the Connell location dropped in 2025. Due to difficult planting conditions this fall, the Douglas and Moses Lake sites were moved to new locations so please be aware that some sites are not in their “usual” spots.

Spring Variety Trial Maps

The spring variety trial plot maps and GPS coordinates are now available. The soft white spring and hard red spring nurseries are planted at all 11 locations. The spring barley trials are planted at Almira, Dayton, Pullman, Reardan, and Walla Walla.

There are a few changes to the spring variety trials this year. The total number of locations planted has been cut from 18 down to 11. We have cut the trials down to two replications, instead of three, and most of the spring sites are planted in conjunction with the WSU Spring Wheat Breeding Program. This means some of the locations will be in different places than usual. We teamed up with McKay Seeds for the trial at Almira. The Horse Heaven and Bickleton spring sites are still stand-alone sites planted on our usual cooperators’ grounds, and the Lind and Pullman trials are still at the WSU Lind Dryland Research Station and Spillman Farm respectively.

2025 Variety Trial Data

The 2025 variety trial data, including multi-location summaries is available.

Thank you to the Washington Grain Commission for funding that supports the trials and tours as well as the county wheat growers associations and co-sponsors for programs and meals associated with the field days. Finally, a big thank you to the grower cooperators for their time and resources to host the variety trials. We truly appreciate all the continued support.

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Mission

The WSU Extension Cereal Variety Testing Program provides growers and the agribusiness industry with comprehensive information on the adaptation and performance of winter and spring wheat and barley varieties across the different climatic regions of eastern Washington.