Our Northern Grains
CEREAL GRAINS GROWN IN NEW ENGLAND
The cereal grains listed below are varieties that farmers in Vermont and Maine are currently growing or have trialed on their farms. The comment column contains observations farmers have had growing a given cultivar. Seed selection should be based on your soil fertility, climate, and end use requirements.
Even better - save your own seed. Here is some experience with saving corn seed at Butterworks Farm
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Spring Wheat: |
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Orelans |
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AC Barrie |
Butterworks, Westfield VT |
Higher CP but not as tasty, Fusarium resistant |
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AC Mackenzie |
Semican, Plessisville, Qc |
More tasty but lower CP, stable bread flour, small grain |
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AC Brio |
Prograin |
stable bread flour |
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Glenn |
Albert Lea Seed House |
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Red Fife |
Butterworks Farm |
Heirloom variety, great flavor |
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Walton |
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Yellow in color, good for baguettes |
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Soft Winter Wheat: |
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Richland |
Lakeview Organic Grain |
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Geneva |
Oliver Seed, Milton, VT |
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Ticonderoga |
Oliver Seed, Milton, VT |
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Caledonia |
Oliver Seed, Milton, VT |
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Hard Winter Wheat: |
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AC Maxine |
Semican, Plessisville, Qc |
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AC Morley |
Crop Protection Services, Addison, VT |
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AC Zorro |
Butterworks Farm |
Good for pizza dough |
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AC Harvard |
Seedway, Shoreham, VT |
Good for biscuits |
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AC Warthog |
Semican, Plessisville, Qc |
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Oats: |
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Gerry |
Albert Lea Seed House |
Tall and yellow in color |
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Morton |
Albert Lea Seed House |
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Hulless Oats: |
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Buff Oats |
Albert Lea Seed House |
Hairy and itchy |
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Barley: |
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Nadia |
Semican, Plessisville, Qc |
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Benefit |
Lakeview Organic Grain |
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Lacey |
Albert Lea Seed House |
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Millet: |
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Japanese |
Beidler Farm, Randolph, VT |
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