Downtown Shell Knob MO Come Visit! | Yep bearded usually is referring to the fully awned varieties. Its actually not just awned and awnless. Some wheats have short awns while others have full awns. Neither yields better than the other, its kinda like horned vs polled cattle. I always liked awned wheat because I thought it might keep late season weeds down and give a little more photosynthesis for grain fill and catch scap fungicides better. But I won't lie, I really just like the way it blows in the wind better. Up until a couple years ago, the best varieties around here were usually awnless or short awned but now there are some awned varieties that seem to be better. Kinda like guys going back to there horned Hereford cattle.
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