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CEREALS AND TRIALS DAY: TRIALS DAY
TRIALS DAY: MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN EVER Fram Farmers are delighted to be collaborating with BASF, Walnes Seeds, Apex Agronomy and Prime Agriculture to stage the 2019 Trials Day on 25 June. The event will provide an excellent opportunity to compare 32 winter wheat varieties, there will be a dedicated machinery area where you can see some of the latest farm equipment and a test area to try out certain vehicles and cars. You’ll also be able to meet our Arable Inputs Team, electricity specialists and npower, Fram Farmers Insurance and suppliers. A new attraction will be two panel discussions, ‘Life After Brexit’ and ‘Life After Neonicotinoids’. Chaired by Fram Farmers’ Chief Executive Richard Anscombe they will include panellists Carl Atkin of international agribusiness management and consultancy Terravost and Dr Alan Dewar of Dewar Crop Protection. Exhibitors are donating to four charities: the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI), You Are Not Alone (YANA), East Anglian Air Ambulance and Farm Safety Foundation - Yellow Wellies.
Amanda Owen, Fram Farmers’ Seed Specialist
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WHEAT
"Choosing which wheat varieties to grow always requires careful consideration, but this autumn will be even more challenging", says Amanda Owen. With the loss of Deter as an insecticide seed treatment for winter-drilled seed in 2018, farmers have a very limited choice outside Single Purpose Dressings. Therefore, the only control available for BYDV this season will be through crop protection sprays and this new challenge will be covered in the panel discussion, with experts available to answer your questions. With the revocation of Chlorthalonil, members considering new varieties this autumn with the view to home-saving seed for the 2020 drilling season should consider strongly Recommended List Septoria resistance ratings.
“Choosing which wheat varieties to grow always requires careful consideration, but this autumn will be even more challenging.”
Last year’s Trials Day at Mowness Hall Farm
There are no new additions to Group 1 this autumn, and for our members the biggest-selling variety in this category for 2018 was RAGT Skyfall - the only one with OWBM resistance and a respectable disease package.
“Members should consider strongly Recommended List Septoria resistance ratings” New to the RL, KWS Extase (Group 2) has generated much interest and by mid-April most suppliers had sold out. KWS Extase has the highest score on the AHDB List for Septoria resistance and a good rating on Yellow Rust. However, it has no OWBM resistance, which in recent years has been a key consideration. KWS Firefly has taken its place at the top of the Group 3 wheats, with the highest treated yield, OWBM resistance, a respectable 7 on Septoria and good all-round disease resistance. There are two new faces to the RL in the Soft (Group 4) category, LG Skyscraper and LG Spotlight. Both are at the top of the list and both have OWBM resistance, but are lower (5.2) on Septoria resistance. Skyscraper and Spotlight have good overall disease packages. These are a brief selection of the varieties at our Trials Day. Choosing which to grow is a very personal decision, but we suggest that you seek the advice of your agronomist because they know your land, cropping and conditions.
Winter Wheat Varieties at the Trials Day
Variety Breeder Group
Crusoe Limagrain 1 Skyfall RAGT 1 Zyatt KWS 1 Lili KWS 2 Siskin KWS 2 Detroit Limagrain 2 Extase KWS 2 Barrel KWS 3 Basset KWS 3 Elicit Elsoms 3 Rhythm Limagrain 3 (s) Firefly KWS 3 (s) Leeds KWS 4 (s) Revelation Limagrain 4 (s) Elation Elsoms 4 (s) Sundance Limagrain 4 (s) Motown Limagrain 4 (s) Skyscraper Limagrain 4 (s) Jackal KWS 4 (s) Spotlight Limagrain 4 (s) Santiago KWS 4 (h) Diego Senova 4 (h) Evolution Limagrain 4 (h) Costello Senova 4 (h) Crispin KWS 4 (h) Kerrin KWS 4 (h) Graham Syngenta 4 (h) Gleam Syngenta 4 (h) Dunston Elsoms 4 (h) Shabras Syngenta 4 (h) Gravity RAGT 4 (h) Jigsaw Limagrain 4 (h)
