Consider
the following points when choosing a variety:
-
Quality
of grain and market (feed, milling or malting).
-
Stage
in rotation (i.e. 1st wheat or continuous cropping).
-
Previous
cropping history.
-
Husbandry
method (i.e. cost of Inputs and Husbandry).
-
Time
of drilling.
-
Disease
resistance.
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Disease
diversification to avoid specific disease pressure in large
areas of one variety.
-
Straw
strength and yield ability to suit soil type and climate.
-
Susceptibility
to chemicals.
It can be very worthwhile
growing the latest new varieties to assess their yield, disease
resistance, cultural method, grain quality and suitability to
your farming system and commercial planning.
Do not buy new C1 or
C2 seed varieties just because the seed is expensive. Price has
no relation to variety performance.
Do not
save a variety just because a clean, bold sample is harvested.
The time
factor between harvest and drilling to prepare the soil for the
next crop is very small and critical on some heavy land farms.
Because
home saved seed does not leave the farm, combined with the advantage
that Anglia Grain Services can process small quantities of seed
varieties with a comprehensive choice of seed treatments, it offers
the farmer complete flexibility in choosing specific varieties
and
treatments to precisely match his farming system.
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