W-301 is resistant to stripe rust and moderately resistant to leaf rust. Weatherford Released by Oregon AES, USDA in 1998. It is resistant to stripe rust, foot rot, and common bunt. It is moderately resistant to leaf rust and moderately susceptible to dwarf bunt and Cephalosporium Stripe. Heading date is similar to Madsen and later than Stephens.
Height is taller than most common soft white varieties and winterhardiness is similar to Stephens.
Yields in southern Idaho have been similar to Malcolm and slightly better than Stephens. Westbred 470 Released by Western Plant Breeders in 1997. Yields have been somewhat variable but over all locations tested in U of I trials, they've only been near the average of the trials. Test weight is very high, plant height is shorter, and date head is earlier than Stephens. Straw strength appears to be good.