Two new barley and wheat varieties recommended

The new Department recommended cereal lists for 2015 contain information on two new wheat and barley varieties that are available for planting this spring.

Andy Doyle

14 January 2015

Two new barley and wheat varieties recommended

The new spring wheat variety Quintus is an awned type with a yield rating of 109 and good milling and baking quality.

The new spring cereal recommended lists from the Department of Agriculture contain two new provisionally recommended barley and wheat varieties.

The new spring barley varieties are Paustian and Shada with relative yield ratings of 101 and 104 respectively.

The two new spring wheat varieties are RGT Doubleshot and Quintus, with yield ratings of 107 and 109 respectively. Sparrow and Trappe are the other two recommended varieties.

Cropton has been discontinued on the feed barley list and both KWS Irina and Sanette are now fully recommended. KWS Irina has been added to the new malting barley list. Granary has been discontinued on the spring wheat list.

There are no new spring oats varieties recommended and Circle has been discontinued.