Several second wheat sites included in latest harvest results
21st September 2018
Winter wheat treated yield results are now available from 27 AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) trial sites. The results include a relatively high number of second wheat crops. These results have contributed
Winter wheat treated yield results are now available from 27 AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) trial sites. The results include a relatively high number of second wheat crops. These results have contributed to a reduced average yield, reports AHDB. Based on the UK trial results to date, the average yield of control varieties is 10.56t/ha. This average is 0.67t/ha below the five-year average of 11.23t/ha.
2018 results
Yields are represented as a percentage of the control varieties. In 2018, JB Diego, KWS Santiago, Skyfall, KWS Siskin and Zulu are the control varieties. The yield average from these varieties is represented as 100%.
Results to date show that Group 4 hard feed varieties lead the way, with Gleam and KWS Kerrin at 104%. The highest-yielding soft Group 4 feed variety is Bennington with a yield of 103%.
Yield isn’t everything with quality wheats but the top-yielding nabim Group 1 bread varieties are KWS Zyatt and Skyfall (99%). KWS Siskin is the highest-yielding nabim Group 2 bread wheat (102%), while KWS Basset and KWS Barrel (100%) lead the nabim Group 3 biscuit yields.
Five-year averages
Based on five-year average yields, current good performers include the hard feed varieties RGT Gravity (104%), KWS Kerrin (104%) and Gleam (104%). The soft Group 4 variety KWS Jackal has performed particularly well (103%), as has the Group 3 variety KWS Barrel (102%), the Group 2 variety KWS Siskin (102%) and the Group 1 variety KWS Zyatt (101%).
The AHDB Recommended Lists, which are based on results from UK trials over several seasons, provide the best indication of variety performance.
2018 Candidates
Looking at the five-year averages, the soft feed candidates are performing well on yield: LG Skyscraper (106%), LG Interstellar (104%), LG Spotlight (103%), LG Sabertooth (103%) and SY Loki (102%). The hard feed candidate LG Jigsaw (102%) and the potential biscuit-making variety KWS Firefly (102%) and LG Rhythm (101%) are also performing well. Quality bread-making wheat candidate varieties in trial are KWS Extase (101%), LG Detroit (100%) and SY Medea (97%).
Full trial results can be accessed via the AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds website: cereals.ahdb.org.uk/harvestresults
