For anyone growing hybrid HYVIDO varieties, please see the recent mailshot below from Syngenta.

For more information, please visit www.syngenta.co.uk

To download a copy of our new Seed and Seed Dressings leaflet, please click here.

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New top-yielding milling wheat KWS Zyatt has been granted full group 1 milling approval by nabim following the successful milling and baking of commercial quantities from Harvest 2016.  Bred by KWS UK, KWS Zyatt is the highest yielding, Group 1 milling wheat on the AHDB 2017-18 Recommended List.  It is also an approved export variety, confirming that it will satisfy the needs of continental millers.

To download the AHDB Recommended Lists 2017/18 booklet (PDF format), please click here.

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To view or download the Recommended List 2017/18 tables for WINTER WHEAT, please click for PDF format or XLS format.

To view or download the Recommended List 2017/18 tables for WINTER BARLEY, please click for PDF format or XLS format.

To view or download the Recommended List 2017/18 tables for SPRING BARLEY, please click for PDF format or XLS format.

To view or download the Recommended List 2017/18 tables for WINTER OSR, please click for PDF format or XLS format.

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Please visit the AHDB website for more detailed information on current Recommended Lists.

KWS Kerrin is a new Group 4 hard wheat with outstanding yields.  It is a Santiago cross, but with better yield performance and disease resistance.  It has a good yellow rust score of 9, OWBM resistance and is a medium height variety with strong straw and maturity similar to other Group 4’s.

Mark Dodds, KWS wheat breeder says “It has a remarkably consistent across contrasting seasons proving to be the highest yielding winter wheat in National List trials over the past two years where it out-performed KWS Santiago in 24 sites”.

James Mortimer Ltd are growing KWS Kerrin seed – please contact the office for further information.

KWS Zyatt is a Group 1 milling wheat with a yield of 105% of controls, 8% ahead of Crusoe, and on par with high-yielding feed wheat KWS Santiago.  Unusually for a Group 1, KWS Zyatt manages to maintain its yield without sacrificing protein which, at 12.1%, is on a par with established milling variety Gallant.

“KWS Zyatt shows great promise. Over three years of testing, KWS Zyatt has shown itself to be a typical Group 1 with grain and flour characteristics similar to that of other varieties in this group and consistent bread-making performance”, says KWS wheat breeder Mark Dodds.

KWS Zyatt is a very flexible wheat, combining excellent yields and grain quality and strong disease resistance, with a 6 rating for septoria tritici, 8 for mildew, 6 for yellow rust and 7 for brown rust.

James Mortimer are growing KWS Zyatt seed – please contact the office for all of your requirements.

Syngenta have a new high yielding hard group 4 winter wheat with consistent yields across years, soil types and regional positions.  Shabras is early to mature with a good overall disease profile, a rating of 7 for Mildew, 8 for Yellow rust, 4 for brown rust and 6.2 for Septoria tritici.  It has a protein content of 10.9, a hagberg falling number of 200 and a specific weight of 75.5 kg/hl.

James Mortimer Ltd are growing Shabras seed.  For further information, please contact the office.