TRICAL® Forage Triticale: Introduction to Varieties for the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain Regions

TRICAL® triticale varieties adapted for Pacific Northwest and Intermountain regions of the U.S. are the result of over twenty years of plant breeding and testing there. A rigorous screening and selection program has produced the following TRICAL® varieties that are ideally suited to the needs and growing conditions of the region.

Beware of Unidentified or Untested Triticale. Worldwide there are hundreds of triticale varieties. They differ widely in important traits such as winter hardiness, growth habit, maturity, and yield. Some varieties are for grazing, some for silage, others for grain. Major problems and losses can occur when a variety is sold for the wrong use or brought into an area for which it is not adapted. Lack of knowledge about the identity or characteristics of a triticale variety can lead to crop failure and costly losses. Choosing the right variety is the key to successful, profitable use of triticale.

Consult your seed suppliers concerning specific recommendations for your growing conditions and objectives.

Variety Name	Variety Highlights
TRICAL® 815 and TRICAL® 336	For fall planting. High forage yield and quality. Earlier maturity than TRICAL® 102, which facilitates double crop with corn silage.
TRICAL® 2700	For spring planting for silage – alone, with peas, and as a nurse crop for alfalfa. Late summer or early fall planted in grazing blends, or alone where winters are not too severe. Versatile and widely adapted. Better cold tolerance and feed quality than most other spring cereals.
TRICAL® Merlin	Awnless spring forage triticale, ideal for hay as well as silage. Awnless trait gives added versatility. Used alone and in blends with forage peas and other forages.
TRICAL® 102	For fall planting. Very high forage yield. Very hardy and widely adapted. Awnleted (short awns).
TRICAL® 103BB	For fall planting. “Beardless”; patented awn-inhibitor genes results in far less awn than any other commercial triticale varieties. Very high forage yield. More early growth for grazing than TRICAL® 102.

TRICAL® Brand triticale varieties are protected under the U.S. Plant Variety protection (PVP) Act and/or the U.S. Patent Act. Unauthorized seed multiplication and sale are prohibited. Violators deprive plant breeders of revenue needed to support the development of new, improved varieties, and risk prosecution and substantial penalties. RSI grants to the seed buyer of patented varieties a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the purchased seed for the sole purpose of producing grain and/or forage for processing or feeding.