Seed Directory

Agri Pro Branson Soft Red Winter Wheat

BRANSON (Protected Variety) is a high yielding, white chaffed soft red wheat variety from AgriPro. Branson is moderately resistant to septoria leaf blotch, stripe rust and powdery mildew. Branson may only be sold as a class of certified seed.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Irrer Seed Farm Clinton ** 989-593-3453

**Please Contact Irrer Seed Farm for more information.

Agri Pro SY100 Soft Red Winter Wheat

SY100 (Protected Variety) is a soft red winter wheat with medium maturity, white chaff, awnletted, and high yielding ability. SY100 is moderately resistant to stripe rust, powdery mildew and BYD virus.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Irrer Seed Farm Clinton ** 989-593-3453

**Please Contact Irrer Seed Farm for more information.

Agri Pro SY547 Soft Red Winter Wheat

AGRI PRO SY547 (Protected Variety) is a soft red winter wheat bred and developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc. and released in 2014. It was selected for average height, earlier than average maturity, above average test weight, and is medium in height. It has tested above average resistance to powdery mildew, soilborne mosaic virus and Septoria nordorum. It has tested average tolerance to current races of strip & leaf rust and Fusarium head blight. It is known to be moderately susceptible to barley yellow dwarf virus. It may only be sold as a class of Certified Seed.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Irrer Seed Farm Clinton ** 989-593-3453

**Please Contact Irrer Seed Farm for more information.

Sunburst Soft Red Winter Wheat

SUNBURST (Protected Variety), is a soft red winter wheat developed by the Sunbeam Extract Co. Sunburst is an awnless, high yielding short stature variety with excellent straw strength. Sunburst was selected due to its excellent winter hardiness, excellent test weight, high yield potential, good scab resistance, and leaf stripe rust resistance.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 40 989-529-8829
Shaffer, Darwin Gratiot 45 989-763-5234
Steenbergh Farms Sanilac 40 810-837-0331
Voyce Farms Calhoun 42 269-729-5503
Witt Seed Farm Lenawee 35 517-443-5520
Zmitko Farms Shiawassee 66 989-723-1886


Quality Assurance Program for Wheat

The following wheat was inspected to insure that quality standards were met to produce high quality seed.

MCIA Flipper Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat

MCIA Flipper is a white chaffed, awnless, high yielding soft red winter wheat brand. It is an early line with an excellent disease package and wide adaptability. It has good resistance to stripe rust and scab. MCIA Flipper has a great sprouting score and short straw, stands well.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
A & K Seed Farms Washtenaw 32 734-662-8085
Eickholt Seed Farm Saginaw 117 989-277-7068
Hauck Seed Farm Isabella 30 989-506-6130
Wittstock Bros. St. Clair 35 810-334-7200

MCIA Harpoon Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat

MCIA Harpoon is a white chaffed, awnless, high yielding soft red winter wheat brand. It is an early line with an excellent disease package and wide adaptability. It has good resistance to stripe rust and scab

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 67 989-529-8829

MCIA Jonah Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat

MCIA Jonah is a new high yielding red wheat line. MCIA Jonah was the top yielding red wheat in the 2018 yield trials. It is non-bearded and medium maturity. MCIA Jonah is a taller line, which makes it a good candidate for those who are looking for straw production.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
A & K Seed Farm Washtenaw 29 734-323-1995
Zmitko Farms Shiawassee 164 989-723-1886

MCIA Marlin Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat

MCIA MARLIN is a medium maturity with shortstraw, non-bearded, soft red winter wheat. MCIA Marlin has a good disease package and is a consistently high yielding line. It has good adaptability and yields well on various soil types. It is a proven winner ranking #1 in MSU Yield Trials and highest three-year average in 2022 MSU Yield Trials.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
A & K Seed Farm Washtenaw 13 734-323-1995
Irrer Seed Farm Clinton 55 989-593-3453
Metz Seed Farm Monroe 60 734-755-8481
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 61 989-529-8829

MCIA Red Dragon Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat

MCIA RED DRAGON is awnless, white chaffed, soft red winter wheat brand. It is a mid-early line with an excellent disease package and wide adaptability. It has both good straw and grain yields.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
C3 Farms Berrien 20 269-362-2059
J&D Ellenberger Farm Presque Isle 22 989-619-4524
Onweller Farms Lenawee 63 517-458-7033
Zmitko Farms Shiawassee 97 989-723-1886

 

MCIA Whale Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat

MCIA WHALE is an awnless high yielding soft red winter wheat brand. It has resistance to leaf rust and stripe rust. MCIA Whale has large heads and good winter hardiness

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Metz Seed Farm Monroe 90 734-755-8481
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 40 989-529-8829
Wittstock Bros. St. Clair 33 810-334-7200

MCIA Wharf Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat

MCIA Wharf  is a non-bearded, high yielding red wheat variety. It is a very short variety, medium season maturity, with excellent yield and good standability. It had the highest two-year average in the 2022 MSU red wheat trials.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Irrer Seed Farm Clinton 142 989-593-3453
Metz Seed Farm Monroe 80 734-755-8481
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 82 989-529-8829
Witt Seed Farm Lenawee 29 517-443-5520
Wittstock Bros. St. Clair 26 810-334-7200
Zmitko Farms Shiawassee 85 989-723-1886

 

DF Seeds had the following red wheat brands inspected for quality assurance by MCIA.

  • DF 112R Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat
  • DF 119R Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat
  • DF 121R Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat
  • DF 131R Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat

Please contact DF Seeds for more information on these Brands at 517-623-6161.

Irrer Seed Farm had the following red wheat brands inspected for quality assurance by MCIA.

  • ISF 190 Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat
  • ISF 780 Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat
  • ISF 790 Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat
  • ISF 2319 Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat
  • ISF 6771 Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat

Please contact Irrer Seed Farm for more information on these Brands at 989-593-3453.

C3 Seeds had the following red wheat brands inspected for quality assurance by MCIA.

  • Spitfire Brand Soft Red Winter Wheat

Please contact C3 Seeds, Carl Wagner for more information on this Brand at 269-362-2059.

AC Mountain Soft White Winter Wheat

AC MOUNTAIN, is a soft white winter wheat developed in Canada and obtained through SECAN. AC Mountain is high yielding variety with good lodging resistance. It has moderate resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 18 989-529-8829

Ambassador Soft White Winter Wheat

AMBASSADOR (Patented Variety) is a short to medium, early maturing, white chaffed awnleted, high yielding soft white winter wheat with excellent winter hardiness.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
DF Seeds, Inc. Ingham ** 517-623-6161

**Ambassador is exclusively released and marketed by the above company and their distributors.

Jupiter Soft White Winter Wheat

JUPITER (Protected Variety) is an awnletted, bronze chaffed, high yielding soft white winter wheat with excellent winter hardiness. Jupiter is broadly adapted and has a great disease resistance package.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Cooperative Elevator Huron 75 989-453-4500
Houghtaling Farms Tuscola 77 989-233-6292
North Star Seeds Huron 42 989-738-7518
Star of The West Tuscola 50 989-868-4186
Zmitko Farms Shiawassee 104 989-723-1886

Moonlight Soft White Winter Wheat

Moonlight is a white wheat variety from MSU, which has been licensed by MCIA. Moonlight is non-bearded, has excellent yield, and responds very well to high management.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Cooperative Elevator Huron 59 989-453-4500
Garner Farms Tuscola 40 989-823-8814
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 15 989-529-8829
Star of The West/Richville Tuscola 39 989-868-4186

Whitetail Soft White Winter Wheat

Whitetail (Protected Variety) is an early maturing white wheat line with excellent yield potential. Whitetail is a short variety with very low DON scores. Whitetail also exhibits excellent milling and baking scores.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Cooperative Elevator Huron 314 989-453-4500
Dreher Farms Sanilac 73 989-917-0058
Harrington Seeds, Inc Tuscola 101 989-868-4750
Harrington, Brent Tuscola 20 989-670-1190
Hauck Seed Farm Isabella 46 989-506-6130
Irrer Seed Farm Clinton 134 989-593-3453
North Star Seeds Huron 33 989-738-7518
Schumacher Farms Bay 11 989-415-0513
Shaffer, Darwin Gratiot 18 989-763-5234
Zmitko Farms Shiawassee 80 989-723-1886

Quality Assurance Program for White Wheat

The following companies had wheat lines inspected for quality assurance my MCIA. Please contact the companies listed below for information on the brand listed under their name.

DF Seeds, Inc. had the following white wheat inspected for quality assurance by MCIA.

  • DF261W, DF271W Brands, Soft White Winter Wheat

Please contact DF Seeds, Inc. for more information on these Brands at 517-623-6161.

Irrer Seed Farm had the following white wheat brands inspected for quality assurance by MCIA.

  • 9242W, 9313W, AM2050W, ISF1115, Soft White Winter Wheat

Please contact Irrer Seed Farm for more information on these Brands at 989-593-3453.

Star of the West, Richville had the following white wheat brands inspected for quality assurance by MCIA.

  • AM Mackinaw and AM Piston, Soft White Winter Wheat

Please contact Star of the West, Richville for more information on these Brands at 989-868-4186.

Star of the West, Bad Axe had the following white wheat brands inspected for quality assurance by MCIA.

  • AM2050W, Soft White Winter Wheat

Please contact Star of the West, Bad Axe for more information on these Brands at 989-269-5735.

Wheeler Rye

Wheeler is a tetraploid rye variety released from the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. It is a later maturing than Balboa, is leafier, and produces more forage. Wheeler performs very well in other states.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Moore Seed Farm Clinton 231 989-862-4686

841446398 Triticale

841446398 is an awnletted triticale developed by Northern Agri-Brands. 841446398 was selected for its lodging resistance, substantially higher seed yields, and high silage forage yield.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Moore Seed Farm Clinton 387 989-862-4686

946802617 Triticale

946802617 is a winter triticale developed by Northern Agri-Brands. 946802617 was selected for its winter-hardiness, high vegetative forage yield, high boot stage silage yield and early maturity.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Moore Seed Farm Clinton 140 989-862-4686
Quarterline Farms Allegan 92 616-836-8478
Timmer Family Farms Allegan 20 616-218-2210

CS Camden

(Protected Variety)
CS Camden is a high yielding white oat with excellent lodging resistance. It is short stature, full season variety.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 17 989-529-8829

Esker 2020

(Protected Variety)
Esker is a mid-season yellow oat with consistently high grain yields. Esker is resistant to disease.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Garner Farms Tuscola 8 989-823-8814
King Farms Schoolcraft 23 906-341-5837

George Oats

(PVP Applied For)
George is a high forage yielding oat with high forage quality. It has an intermediate to late flowering date. It has high levels of disease resistance to crown rust.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
King Farms Schoolcraft 14 906-341-5837

Hayden Oats

(Protected Variety)
Hayden is a mid to late maturing white oat variety with excellent yield potential and high test weight. Hayden is resistant to smut, moderately resistant to barley yellow dwarf virus and moderately susceptible to crown rust.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Harrington Seeds, Inc. Tuscola 38 989-868-4750
King Farms Schoolcraft 15 906-341-5837
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 60 989-529-8829
Zmitko Farms Shiawassee 125 989-723-1886

Horsepower White Oats

(Protected Variety)
Horsepower is an early to mid-season white oat variety. Horsepower has exceptionally high yield potential and outstanding strong straw strength. It is moderately resistant to crown rust, smut, and BYDV.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
A & K Seed Washtenaw 35 734-323-1995
Penzien, David Lapeer 40 810-724-0021

Ida White Oats

Ida, a white oat released from Michigan State University, is a medium-height oat with good test weight, lodging resistance, resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus and some resistance to rust.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Arkwood, Todd Presque Isle 19 989-306-0749
Dreher Farms Sanilac 26 989-917-0058
Hauck Seed Farm Isabella 49 989-506-6130
J & D Ellenberger Farms Presque Isle 34 989-619-4524
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 87 989-529-8829
Shaffer, Darwin Gratiot 41 989-763-5234
Zmitko, George Shiawassee 134 989-723-1886

Jerry Oats

Jerry is a medium tall with very good straw strength. It is a very good yield and medium maturing oat.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Stoltzfus, Stephen Osceola 20 231-734-9745

Rushmore Oats

(Protected Variety)
Rushmore is a medium-late maturing white oat. It has a high yield potential and is resistant to moderately resistant to crown rust, BYDV and smut.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Penzien, David Lapeer 19 810-724-0021

Quality Assurance Field Inspection Program

The following companies have produced seed under the Quality Assurance Program providing an unbiased quality control system of field inspection, laboratory testing for brands. Seed carrying the green “QA” tag has met the minimum genetic standards of not more than 0.5% off-type plants or seeds based on the breeder’s agronomic description.

Participation in this program is voluntary and illustrates these companies’ efforts to use effective quality control in seed production, conditioning and marketing. The services and records generated under this system provide quality assurance for every customer.

For more information regarding specific products produced under the Quality Assurance program, please contact the participating company.

LCS Calypso Winter Barley

LCS Calypso is a two rowed winter barley variety with high yielding ability. It has good lodging resistance and test weight. LCS Calypso has a very good disease package with powdery mildew resistance and tolerance to net blotch and scab. It has good winter hardiness.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
C3 Seeds Berrien 13 269-362-2059

Bowers Spring Barley

Bowers is a high yielding spring feed barley with medium maturing variety and good lodging resistance. Bowers is resistant to mildew, stem rust, spot blotch and net blotch.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Harrington Seeds Tuscola 56 989-868-4750
Hauck Seed Farm Isabella 55 989-506-6130
J & D Ellenberger Farms Presque Isle 28 989-619-4524
Svec Farms Wexford 109 231-409-3308

LCS Odyssey Spring Barley

LCS Odyssey is a two-rowed spring barley with late maturity, good lodging resistance, and an excellent disease package. LCS Odyssey has very high grain yields. Odyssey has good grain characteristics and is approved for brewing and distilling.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
C3 Seeds Berrien 15 269-362-2059

Rasmusson Spring Barley

(Protected Variety)
Rasmusson is a short six-rowed spring barley variety with good lodging resistance and very high grain yields. Rasmusson has medium maturity and an excellent disease package and is approved for malting.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 18 989-529-8829

Snowdon White Kidney Beans

(Protected Variety)

Snowdon is a new high yielding, early season white kidney bean variety developed by Michigan State University’s dry bean breeding program. Snowdon exhibits uniform maturity along with good dry down. It is resistant to strains of Anthracnose, rust and mosaic virus common in Michigan. Snowdon has large white seed size with acceptable canning quality.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Blanchard Bean Co. Isabella 136 989-561-2510

Cayenne Small Red Bean

(Protected Variety)
Cayenne is a new upright high yielding small red bean developed by Michigan State University’s dry bean breeding program. Cayenne matures in 97 days, has excellent dry down and is suited for direct harvest. It has good white mold avoidance and is resistant to strains of bean common mosaic virus and common bacterial blight. Cayenne has excellent canning quality and retains its red color following canning.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Penzien, David Lapeer 24 810-724-0021

Adams Black Beans

(PVP Applied For)
Adams has been consistently one of the top yielding black varieties in Michigan yield trials.It is an upright plant and exhibits favorable high canopy pod placement. Adams is resistant to anthracnose races 73 and 109 as part of an excellent disease package.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Ableidinger, Todd Montmorency 35 989-350-5637
Garner Farms Tuscola 39 989-823-8814
Harrington Seeds, Inc Tuscola 119 989-868-4750
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 147 989-529-8829
Sumerix Farms Alpena 59 989-657-4073

Zenith Black Beans

(Protected Variety)
Zenith is an upright, full season cultivar with anthracnose resistance and excellent canning quality. Zenith combines very high yield potential with erect architecture with high pod placement and resistance to lodging. Zenith is suitable for direct harvesting under narrow row production systems. Zenith carries the single dominant hypersensitive I gene for resistance to Bean Common Mosaic Virus (BCMV). Zenith retains its black color when canned and was rated highest in canned bean color in the black bean seed class.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Dreher Farms Sanilac 56 989-917-0058
Lutz Farms Huron 39 989-553-4787

Zorro Black Beans

(Protected Variety)
Zorro is a mid-season variety with upright indeterminate growth habit and excellent yielding ability. Zorro is resistant to BCMV and bacterial blight, while having some tolerance to white mold.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Schmidt Farms of Auburn Bay 30 9989-529-8829

Summit Soybeans

Summit is a high yielding conventional variety released by the Ohio State University. Summit has a 2.6 relative maturity and has multiple Rps genes to give it broad resistance to Phytophthora root rot.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
C3 Seeds Berrien 6 269-362-2059

Vinton 81 Soybeans

Vinton 81, a Group 1 maturity, with purple flowers, gray pubescence, tan pods at maturity, and yellow hila. Vinton 81 is a large seeded specialty soybean cultivar with high protein, used in edible soybean products.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
Kimerer Farms Lenawee 25 517-451-2021

Wyandot 14 Soybeans

Wyandot 14 is an indeterminate late group II variety released by the Ohio State University with high yield and good lodging resistance. Wyandot 14 possess the Rps3a allele for resistance to phytophthora root rot. Wyandot 14 has white flowers, gray pubescence, brown pods and yellow hila.

GROWER COUNTY ACRES PHONE
C3 Seeds Berrien 4 269-362-2059

Quality Assurance Field Inspection Program

The following companies have produced seed under the Quality Assurance Program providing an unbiased quality control system of field inspection, laboratory testing for brands. Seed carrying the green “QA” tag has met the minimum genetic standards of not more than 0.5% off-type plants or seeds based on the breeder’s agronomic description.

Participation in this program is voluntary and illustrates these companies’ efforts to use effective quality control in seed production, conditioning and marketing. The services and records generated under this system provide quality assurance for every customer.

For more information regarding specific products produced under the Quality Assurance program, please contact the participating company.

Quality Assurance Producers and a List of Soybean Brands in the Quality Assurance Program

Farmer Phone
Ag Armour Seeds 989-640-7814
AA 1923E3;  AA 2021E3
C3 Seeds 269-362-2059
E12076T; E14077
Cobb, Kurt 989-871-2314
IA1029
D.F. Seeds, Inc 517-623-6161
See DF Seeds for their complete line up
Garner Farms 989-823-8814
Denmark Diamond
Hauck Seed Farm 989-506-6130
Bio Gene – BG9200E3
Irrer Seed Farm 989-593-3453
See Irrer Seed Farm for their complete line up
Shaffer, Darwin 989-763-5234
Bio Gene – BG9200E3
Star of the West – Charlotte 517-541-1449
NG9430
Witt Seed Farm 517-443-5520
WS2702; MCIA 2319LLGT; MCIA 2520LLGT; MCIA 2820LLGT
Wittstock Brothers 810-395-2465
MCIA 2119LLGT; MCIA 2121LLGT
Zeeland Farm Services 616-748-1835
Call ZFS for their complete line up
Zmitko Farms 989-723-1886
Bio Gene – BG9150 E3; BG9200 E3; GZ22; MSU 14077

The following producers have met minimum NAISMA weed free standards for freedom of noxious weed seed in crops used as mulch.

GROWER PHONE
Murphy Farms, LLC 517-230-7377
Hecht, Darwin 989-239-4402
Prusakiewicz Farms 989-732-2808

The following companies have certified hybrid corn in 2022. They can be contacted for further information about the availability of their production.

GROWER PHONE
Bayer 269-483-1300
Corteva 269-435-2855
Mendon Seed Growers 269-720-9913
Moore Seed Farm 989-862-4686
Remington Hybrids 269-651-1290
Saginaw Valley Seed 989-673-6268

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