Armour is a hard red winter wheat variety developed by WestBred and licensed to AGSECO in 2008. Armour is broadly adapted to the central Great Plains and features early maturity and excelletn yield potential. This variety offers exceptional straw strenght, very good leaf rust resistaince, and excellent tolerance to low pH soil conditions. Armour is an "Impact" variety and should grow in populartiy to dominate acres planted in eastern Colorado, all of Kansas, all of Nebraska and the northern 1/2 of Oklahoma.

Characteristics:

• Plant Height - Medium
• Maturity - Early
• Coleoptile Length - Medium
• Seed Size - Large
• Straw Strength - Excellent
• Test Weight - Good
• Winterhardiness - Very Good
• Milling & Baking - Acceptable
• Yield Potential - Excellent
• Grazing Potential - Good

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