Essex arable farming business I J Macauley and Sons is the winner of CROPCO's Hybrid Wheat competition, held at the Lamma show in January.
Sufficient Hybrid Wheat seed will be supplied for 5 ha, available for autumn sowing this year. The farm, based near Colchester has not previously grown Hybrid Wheat.
Independent agricultural merchants CROPCO have introduced a Spray Store Spill Kit, developed specifically for on-farm stores.
The kit comprises everything needed to deal safely with spills and leaks. It is contained within a 100 litre wheelie bin – which in the event of a spillage can be used for contaminated material – and includes eye wash, a first aid kit, a 20 kg sack of absorbent granules, a broom, shovel and heavy duty rubble sacks with ties.
The complete kit costs just £99 + VAT and delivery.
See how Hybrid Wheats have fared across the UK in our Harvest Newsletter.
Will Hybrid Wheat outperform conventional varieties for yield and quality this season, as demonstrated in UK trials last year? This was the obvious question on the minds of visitors to the Hybrid Wheat Open Day at breeder Saaten Union's Rosalie Field Station, Cowlinge near Newmarket.
Trials include comparisons of low input, medium 'farm' input and high input plots of Hybrid Wheat varieties Hybery, Hystar, Hyteck, marketed in the UK by national distributor CROPCO. Hybery, which offers bread making potential in the UK, is currently in National List trials.
A seed rate trial is also underway with drilling rates of 150, 180, 210, 240, 300 seeds/m2 for each of the main varieties. The recommended rate is currently around 210 seeds/m2, although some adjustment can be made to take account of drilling date or soil type. Early drilling, for example, may allow a reduction in seed rate as hybrids tend to produce a larger number of viable tillers.
Visitors were also able to see Hybrid Wheat varieties alongside their parental lines. The direct comparison provided a clear visual indication of the differences between each hybrid and its parents and of the effects of heterosis.
Due to the late season most untreated trial plots were exhibiting relatively low levels of disease but the Hybrid Wheat varieties currently marketed in the UK have low susceptibility to most major UK disease threats.
"The variety Hystar is now in its fifth season and is once again thriving in many locations at this stage. It is particularly interesting for its ability to 'travel', being grown successfully from Denmark to Portugal, Ireland to Hungary. In France, where some 7% of winter wheat grown from registered seed is Hybrid Wheat, Hystar represents 80% of the Hybrid market.
Contact George Maule, Acorn Seeds 01366 388915 for more details and to register.
From 10 am – 5 pm each day at Low Walworth Farm, Walworth, Darlington.
Hybrid Wheat varieties Hystar, Hyteck and Hybery are on display as 2nd wheats and are said to "look well compared to the rest". There are also 52 varieties of winter wheat, barley and OSR in total.
Contact Vernon Spinks 01325 489848 for more details.
In addition to three Hybrid Wheat varieties the event includes 10 OSR varieties, six of winter barley and 14 winter wheat, plus a fungicide performance trial showcasing SDHI chemistry.
Contact Sion Price, 01630 655 722 sion.price@bcwagric.co.uk for more details.
Contact Cam Murray, 07528 117937 cam@wallaceofkelso.co.uk for more details.
Contact Paul Taylor, 01935 389226 for further details.
Don't miss our Hybrid Wheat Open Day, 3rd July 2013.
See how the new Hybrid Wheat varieties Hybery and Hyteck are performing at the Rosalie Field Station, Bradley Road, Cowlinge, near Newmarket CB8 9HU.
Tours begin from 10.30 am and a BBQ lunch will be provided.
To register or for more details call 01787 238200 or complete the short Contact form (click CONTACT in the top menu).
Aberdeenshire farmer Douglas Gammie is the winner of CROPCO's Hybrid Wheat competition, launched at the Lamma show in January.
Mr Gammie wins sufficient Hybrid Wheat seed for 5 ha, available for autumn sowing this year.
Douglas Gammie will receive his prize from local Hybrid Wheat distributor, Wallace of Kelso.
Our Autumn Newsletter includes on-farm and trial harvest results for Hystar Hybrid Wheat, along with grower guidelines, from site selection to disease control.
Hybrid Wheat can help grow your margin on marginal land. New variety HYTECK is looking extremely promising in French trials. See the HYTECK brochure here.