The Best Wheat Seed Varieties for Montana Farmers

Posted: March 24, 2025

Let Valley Farmers Supply Guide You Through Popular Crop Seed Varieties.

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When you talk about the agricultural output of Montana, you need to talk about wheat. Our state’s farms may produce a wide variety of crops, including alfalfa, hay, lentils, barley, peas, chickpeas, canola and many others — but our wheat output is many times larger. Last year, Montana farmed as many acres of wheat as the acreage of those other commodities combined.

As we look forward to the spring growing season, let’s look at which wheat crop seeds are most popular — and high-yield — in Montana. We’ll also discuss how Valley Farmers Supply helps farms select the best seeds for their planting operations in Worden, Hysham, Mile City and across our service area.

What are common wheat varieties in Montana?

Montana’s wheat-growing capabilities are fantastic. We are the only state that commercially produces five of the six major classes of U.S. wheat. In Montana, we grow these varieties:

Hard Red Winter
Hard Red Spring
Hard White
Durum
Soft White

In 2024, our state produced over 172 million bushels of wheat, a market value of over one billion dollars. The overwhelming majority of this yield is from spring planting, including durum.

How is Montana wheat used?

Wheat has a wide range of uses, and because Montana is such a large producer, our wheat finds its way across the world. It’s especially popular in Asian countries along the Pacific Rim.

Here are some common products that come from our most popular varieties of wheat, according to Montana State University:

Wheat Type	Common Uses
Hard Red Winter Wheat	Asian noodles, hard rolls, flatbreads and flour
Hard Red Spring Wheat	Rolls, croissants, bagels and pizza crust
Hard White Wheat	Asian noodles and whole wheat goods
Durum	Pasta and Mediterranean breads
Soft White Wheat	Cakes, pastries, Asian noodles and Middle Eastern flatbreads

What Do You Need to Consider When Choosing Crop Seeds for Wheat?

Here are some of the crucial variables you need to consider when choosing crop seeds for your wheat planting:

How amenable is your soil to seed germination? Does it require nitrogen inputs or other amendments to ensure a decent yield?
What kind of snowfall and other precipitation have you experienced, and what kind of soil retention does your soil have?
What type of fungicide, pesticide and other crop protections are you likely to need?
What’s the recommended planting population of the wheat seeds you’re considering? Will that work for your acreage?

Come to Valley Farmers Supply for Crop Seeds and Agronomy Services.

For nearly 90 years, our farmer-owned cooperative has been assisting agricultural businesses throughout Montana to get the best, most sustainable crop yields. We sell CROPLAN’s wheat seeds, which are cultivated to maximize your return on investment. We also carry a range of other wheat seed varieties that grow well in our state.

Valley Farmers Supply also offers soil and leaf analysis using cutting-edge NutriScan® diagnostic technology. We do field scouting and can develop custom blends of both fertilizer and crop protection applications, which will be optimized to work in concert with your wheat seed varieties.

Do you want to discuss your wheat-growing plan with a team that lives and breathes Montana agriculture? Contact the Valley Farmers Supply team today.