Winter wheat
The above video was recorded on July 4, 2023 and the information below was updated on June 9, 2023.
BREEDER: Syngenta UK Ltd
PEDIGREE: Hereford x KWS Kielder
STATUS: AHDB Recommended List variety for UK (since 2018)
MARKET OPTIONS: Hard Group 4, Feed
CERTIFIED SEED SALES 2022 %: England & Wales: 7.7. Scotland: 1.8.
PROVISIONAL SEED AREA 2023 %: England & Wales: 3.3. Scotland: 0.0.
AHDB RL 2023 TREATED YIELD (UK): 103
AHDB RL 2023 TREATED YIELD (NORTH REGION): 103
AHDB RL 2023 UNTREATED YIELD (UK): 84
POSITIVES
- Very popular hard wheat variety, high yielding and consistent
- Excellent performance as a first and second wheat and on both light and heavy land
- Potentially suited to early drilling, but with wide flexible drilling window
- Decent resistance to mildew and orange wheat blossom midge resistant
- Relatively early to mature
- High tillering variety
NEGATIVES
- Susceptible to yellow rust and eyespot
- Potentially prone to sprouting in a bad year
- Low Hagberg for a hard wheat
- Now facing strong competition from Champion and KWS Dawsum in Hard Group 4 sector