Seed Production
The Agronomy Seed Farm (ASF) manages extensive trials and production of foundation seed, utilizing modern processing equipment for the production, cleaning, conditioning and distribution of seed. Commercial-sized fields of old and new crop varieties and potential variety releases are grown and tested at the ASF. Hundreds of bushels of breeder seed are produced and distributed to other North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (NDAES) Research Extension Centers and foundation seed to other states.
ND Stampede HRSW
ND Stampede is a hard red spring wheat variety developed by North Dakota State University and was released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 2024 and distributed to seed growers in 2025. The variety is a short statured wheat with high yield potential and adaptation to a wide area of the Northern Plains. Compared with 'Faller', it has similar yield and improved straw strength, shorter height, greater rust resistance, and superior end use quality. It has good milling and baking quality.
ND Stampede has been tested extensively in the breeding program, statewide yield trials, Minnesota variety trial, and Uniform Regional Nursery. It is moderately resistant to FHB, moderately susceptible but similar to many commercial cultivars for BLS, and is moderately resistant to leaf and stem rust.
To help ensure genetic purity, 'ND Stampede' Hard Red Spring Wheat is protected under PVPA Title V (certificate no. pending) and must be sold as a class of certified seed.
ND Miller oat
ND Miller (ND170388) is a spring oat with good yield potential, good test weight, plump kernel with very low thins. It features unique resistance to crown rust, providing effective resistance against prevalent races of the disease. This crown rust resistance, identical to that of ND170376, was derived from the hexaploid Avena sterilis through the work of James Chong. Additionally, ND Miller has Beach in its background, which may contribute to its very good milling characteristics and consistently high test weight. In North Dakota Oat Variety Trials, ND Miller consistently demonstrated high grain yield, high test weight, low level of thins, and very good milling characteristics.
ND Williams oat
ND Williams (ND170376) is a spring oat with good yield potential, good test weight, and plump kernel with very low thins. ND Williams has unique crown rust resistance, which provides resistance to current prevalent races of crown rust. This crown rust resistance was derived from the hexaploid Avena sterilis through the work of James Chong. A parent of ND Williams is ND102000, a line with superior milling characteristics. In North Dakota Oat Variety Trials, ND Williams has produced consistently high grain yield, high test weight, low level of thins, and very good milling characteristics.
ND Thresher HRSW
ND Thresher is a hard red spring wheat variety developed by North Dakota State University and was released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 2023 and distributed in 2024. Resulting from a cross of Faller/Bolles, the variety is a shorter statured, high yielding wheat best adapted to high yield potential environments in Eastern and Central North Dakota. It has a height about 1” taller than SY Valda, and a heading date similar to Faller.
Relative to Faller, ND Thresher has improved straw strength by about 15%. Statewide yield potential is similar to SY Ingmar and Elgin-ND, with yield potential similar to Lang-MN and MN Torgy in the East (from NDSU breeding program data). In Central North Dakota, it has shown as similar yield potential as Barlow, and ND Frohberg. It has superior milling and baking quality with high grain protein content. While relatively later maturing, it is clean threshing and matures at an appropriate time.
ND Thresher is moderately resistant to FHB and bacterial leaf streak (BLS). In NDSU breeding program screening over multiple years, only Boost has shown superior BLS resistance.
To help ensure genetic purity, 'ND Thresher' Hard Red Spring Wheat is protected under PVPA Title V (certificate no. pending) and must be sold as a class of certified seed.
ND Victory Field Pea
ND Victory is the first semi-leafless, green cotyledon field pea developed by North Dakota State University and was released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 2023. It has white flowers, opaque seed coat, and smooth round seed. The variety matures in approximately 89 days and is resistant to lodging. Seed protein is high at 25.2% and ranged from 23.2% (Langdon) to 26.3% (Hettinger).
Seed yield for ND Victory is similar to the commercial cultivar CDC Striker. Outside North Dakota, the variety also performed well in yield trials in Montana with yields being similar to Hampton but significantly greater than Aragorn. It has good disease resistance characteristics and is resistant to powdery mildew. ND Victory has lower disease severity to Ascochyta blight than AC Agassiz and CDC Striker.
To help ensure genetic purity, 'ND Victory' green field pea has been protected under PVPA Title V (certificate no. pending) and must be sold as a class of certified seed.
ND HERON - a new hard spring wheat variety from Dr. Andrew Green’s wheat breeding program at North Dakota State University (NDSU). ND Heron has a competitive yield package coupled with high test weight and protein. It has excellent end-use quality that processors expect from a NDSU variety. ND Heron has good disease resistance to fusarium head blight (FHB),bacterial blight, and common rust races. ND Heron is a wheat variety that is targeted for the western 1/2of ND and SD, and a large portion of Montana. ND Heron spring wheat would be a good fit for any spring wheat producer in that area.
ND TREASURE - a high yielding semi-dwarf six-rowed barley that is intended for the non-malting market. Potential markets are those for pet food, pearling for human food, or livestock feed. The short strong straw of ND Treasure may make it more amenable to higher rates of N fertilizer to increase yield without the fear of increased lodging
ND SPILDE – a spring oat with good yield potential, low proportion of thin kernels, unique crown rust resistance, and good test weight. ND Spilde exhibited very good grain yield (110%) of Leggett and usually the highest yielding genotype in North Dakota Oat Variety Trials. The large white kernels with a low proportion of thin kernels should be attractive to the oat milling industry. The milling industry requested large kernels and low thin proportion to improve milling efficiency. ND Spilde has good lodging resistance and is relatively late flowering.
ND CARSON – a spring oat with good yield potential, good test weight, and good lodging resistance. ND CARSON exhibits crown rust resistance similar to 'Leggett". The crown rust resistance of ND CARSON was derived from the diploid Avena strigosa by Rines. Rines derived the crown rust resistance used in ND CARSON from A. strigosa independently of the derivation (Pc 94) for Leggett, but the resistance in ND1241338 is inhibited by Pc38 as it is in Leggett. ND CARSON does not likely have crown rust resistance that exceeds Leggett. Milling characteristics of ND CARSON are considered good, but it produces slightly more thin kernels than ND Spilde. ND141138 produced consistently high grain yield and test weight in ND Oat Variety Trials.
ND FROHBERG
ND Frohberg is a hard-red spring wheat variety developed by North Dakota State University Spring Wheat Breeding Program and approved for release by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. ND Frohberg is a wheat variety with good yield potential, strong end-use quality and very good disease resistance. The pedigree of the line is (ND709-9/ND2902). ND709-9 was an experimental line with the pedigree (ND 2709/3/GRANDIN*3//RAMSEY/ND 622). ND2902 was an experimental line with the pedigree (ND674//ND2710/ND688). The line was both crossed and derived by Dr. Richard Frohberg. It is medium-tall, similar to Barlow with straw strength most similar to Glenn. ND Frohberg carries the leaf rust gene Lr34 and has shown moderate resistance in adult plants. It has also shown high levels of resistance to bacterial leaf streak. The Fusarium head blight resistance is Sumai-3 derived, with resistance similar to Elgin-ND and Barlow. It has shown strong milling and baking quality during its testing, with mixograph scores similar to Glenn. In drill strip plots in 2018, its Farinograph stability was most similar to Glenn and Farinograph absorption most similar to Barlow. It has been yield tested in over 60 environments in the past four years, and has had a yield similar to SY Ingmar in western locations, and similar to Barlow in eastern locations.
ND21008GT20
ND21008GT20 is a soybean variety developed by North Dakota State University Soybean Breeding Program and approved for release by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.
Tested as (ND14-6120), ND21008GT20 a 00.8 maturity glyphosate tolerant (GT) soybean with a good yield potential similar to ‘ND17009GT’, but has an improved tolerance to IDC with a score of 1.8. ND21008GT20 has competitive yield package similar to many company RR2 types. ND21008GT20 is resistant to Race 4 of phytophthora root rot. It should be noted that ND21008GT20 is susceptible to Soybean Cyst Nematode. The pedigree of ND21008GT20 is ‘Dual x RG607RR’. ND21008GT20 has purple flower color, tawny pubescence, brown pod with gray hila and dull seed coat luster. ND21008GT20 is a genetically modified organism with an off patent RR1 gene.
ND2108GT73
ND2108GT73 is a soybean variety developed by North Dakota State University Soybean Breeding Program and approved for release by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.
Tested as (ND15-22873GT), a 0.8 maturity glyphosate (GT) tolerant soybean with high yield potential. ND2108GT73 is the first NDSU GT soybean released that has a maturity suitable for central and southern North Dakota. ND2108GT73 has moderate tolerance to IDC with a score of 2.7 and is resistant to lodging. It should be noted that ND2108GT73 is susceptible to Soybean Cyst Nematode. The pedigree of ND2108GT73 is MN1410 X Sheyenne X (Ashtabula X RG7008RR). ND2108GT73 has a white flower, tawny pubescence, brown pod color, dull seed coat, and yellow hila color. ND2108GT73 is a genetically modified organism with an off patent RR1 gene.
ND DICKEY
ND Dickey is a non-GMO soybean that is not resistant to glyphosate herbicide. In southeast North Dakota, ND Dickey yielded 3.4 bu/A more than ND Stutsman and matured the same day. ND Dickey is resistant to lodging and is tolerant to iron-deficiency chlorosis. ND Dickey is resistant to Race 3 of phytophthora root rot but is susceptible to Race 4. According to the phytophthora root rot screening results by Dr. Ann Dorance, ND Dickey is resistant to Dorrance Race 1a, 7, 17 and 25 of P. sojae. ND Dickey is not resistant to Soybean Cyst Nematode. In 2018-2019, ND Dickey yielded 1.6 bu/A less than Asgrow AG 0835 and matured one day earlier. Averaged across 2017-2019 data, when tested in North Dakota, Minnesota and Canadian test sites, ND Dickey had similar maturity and yield as ND Stutsman. ND Dickey is sensitive to metribuzin herbicide. The pedigree of ND Dickey is Pioneer 91M10 X Sheyenne. ND Dickey has a relative maturity of 0.7 with purple flower color, gray pubescence color, tan pods with yellow hila color and dull seed coat luster.
ND HEART
ND Heart is a conventional oat line with exceptionally high groat β-glucan and protein concentration which makes it desirable for specialty milling products in the human food market. ND Heart is similar to HiFi in grain yield and test weight but produces fewer thin kernels than HiFi. The demand for plant protein and the need to incorporate heart healthy foods in human diets should create a demand for commodities like ND Heart.
ND NOREEN
ND Noreen is the first release from the newly reestablished NDSU HRWW breeding program. ND Noreen was derived from a cross of Decade/Armour. ND Noreen has high yield potential, excellent winter hardiness similar to Jerry. It’s a conventional height variety with excellent straw strength similar to Jerry in ND growing conditions. Overall grain quality for ND Noreen is good. The variety consistently has high test weight and grain protein, and has satisfactory milling extractions. Its mixing tolerance and loaf volume are average and comparable to Jerry. ND Noreen also carries the 4DL gene for aluminum tolerance, which is absent in Jerry.
ND FROBERG
ND Frohberg is a hard red spring wheat line with good yield potential, strong end-use quality, and very good disease resistance. The pedigree of the line is (ND709-9/ND2902). ND709-9 was an experimental line with the pedigree (ND 2709/3/GRANDIN*3//RAMSEY/ND 622). ND2902 was an experimental line with the pedigree (ND674//ND2710/ND688). The line was both crossed and derived by Dr. Richard Frohberg. It is medium-tall, similar to Barlow with straw strength most similar to Glenn. It carries the leaf rust gene Lr34 and has shown moderate resistance in adult plants. It has also shown high levels of resistance to bacterial leaf streak. The Fusarium head blight resistance is Sumai-3 derived, with resistance similar to Elgin-ND and Barlow. It has shown strong milling and baking quality during its testing, with mixograph scores similar to Glenn. In drill strip plots in 2018, its Farinograph stability was most similar to Glenn and Farinograph absorption most similar to Barlow. It has been yield tested in over 60 environments in the past four years, and has had a yield similar to SY Ingmar in western locations, and similar to Barlow in eastern locations. Pre-harvest sprout has not been a concern with this line.
