Unstable weather conditions in autumn significantly affect the winter cereal performance. Soil droughts often prevent sowing winter crops within the optimal timeframe. Alternate triticale gives a promising advantage, because it can be sown on later dates, when it is no longer feasible to sow wheat and other winter crops. High ecological plasticity of modern alternate triticale varieties ensures good overwintering and yield capacity. At the same time, triticale is characterized by high bread-making properties.