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Download PDF With two decades of breeding behind it, there’s a new contender on the feed barley market. CPM reviews KWS Hawking. It could easily become the leading two-row variety in the short to mid-term. By Charlotte Cunningham It’s been nearly 20 years since Cassia broke the winter barley mould, but now, four generations later, there’s a new horse from the same stable: KWS Hawking, the firm’s latest high yielding two-row feed barley. KWS Hawking is the progeny of a three-way cross between quarter parents, 11-12 and LG California and half parent, Tower. This combination comes as a result of the old breeders’ adage of mixing the best with the best and hoping for the best, says David Harrap, breeder at KWS. “11-12 was almost an entry for us in 2012. It was a Cassia cross type and if we’d had an extra slot it would have been our next variety. LG California was quite a nice new thing too; with good traits such as yield and earliness. “Tower, at the time, was the number one variety and had proved to be a good parent, to it was all about mixing up this good pool of genetics.” With 30 years…
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