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Drilling mixed barley varieties.....
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<blockquote data-quote="Barry" data-source="post: 6954429" data-attributes="member: 176"><p>We, and other seed companies, have tried principally wheat and barley blends, and have up until recently still offered them up in Scotland.</p><p></p><p>But because in a seed plant you have to certify each individual variety separately and then after that mix them together so that you get an even mix, the whole thing takes a lot more time and hassle to create. And not unsurprisingly people want different mixes of different varieties.</p><p></p><p>So it doesn't stack up to do it in a seed plant. </p><p></p><p>There is some good logic to do it at a farm level, either from a disease risk point of view or a standing ability point of view. However, as this year is demonstrating, disease resistances can change very quickly and what may start out as a good mix of varieties could end up not quite such a good choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barry, post: 6954429, member: 176"] We, and other seed companies, have tried principally wheat and barley blends, and have up until recently still offered them up in Scotland. But because in a seed plant you have to certify each individual variety separately and then after that mix them together so that you get an even mix, the whole thing takes a lot more time and hassle to create. And not unsurprisingly people want different mixes of different varieties. So it doesn't stack up to do it in a seed plant. There is some good logic to do it at a farm level, either from a disease risk point of view or a standing ability point of view. However, as this year is demonstrating, disease resistances can change very quickly and what may start out as a good mix of varieties could end up not quite such a good choice. [/QUOTE]
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