KWS Extase

[bankrupt]

losing certain sprays.

Good point.

The terrible significance of this has yet to be widely realized, for it means that all the existing comparative varietal data painstakingly built up over the years will, from this autumn, have to be scrapped.

And for the HGCA this means some extremely challenging, but very exciting, times ahead!

 

[teslacoils]

Must admit that we never got on with Skyfall. Gleam and Costello here.

 

[Devon Gurfallo]

Good point.

The terrible significance of this has yet to be widely realized, for it means that all the existing comparative varietal data painstakingly built up over the years will, from this autumn, have to be scrapped.

And for the HGCA this means some extremely challenging, but very exciting, times ahead!

It would be good if trial site stop using chemistry a year before it was banned. We would have a better idea of how variety will performed.

 

[bankrupt]

Update

Extase I Exsept

 

[ajd132]

Cut 40ha of extase yesterday. It was no tilled into clay end of October and has looked rubbish all year. I was expecting 7t/ha but it has done a pleasing 8.35

 

[Hindsight]

I was expecting 7t/ha but it has done a pleasing 8.35

Hi, well done. This sentence in your post made me smile. Perfect wording for the Farmers Weekly. Any chance you could put the numeral 1 in front of the amounts, to really give it that FW bounce!

It is that Hanslope soil again. We must get you some Ragdale/Denchworth to farm.

Best wishes,

 

[ajd132]

Hi, well done. This sentence in your post made me smile. Perfect wording for the Farmers Weekly. Any chance you could put the numeral 1 in front of the amounts, to really give it that FW bounce!

It is that Hanslope soil again. We must get you some Ragdale/Denchworth to farm.

Best wishes,

If I added last years harvest to this one then I may be worthy. Yes on hanslope. Although 10ha of what we cut yesterday is on some lighter soils running down to the valley bottom which yielded more like 4t/ha.
you can keep your denchworth I can’t afford to farm that stuff!

 

[bankrupt]

We must get you some Ragdale/Denchworth to farm.

If that's too expensive, Halstow/Tedburn might suffice.

 

[bankrupt]

Update

Extase I Exsept

7.2t/ha I 7.8t/ha
78kg/hl I 78kg/hl

 

[teslacoils]

So the 17 year old wheat did better.....

 

[ollie989898]

So the 17 year old wheat did better.....

And the one everyone complained never yielded well...

 

[watfordfrosty]

how are peoples samples testing this year ours is low in protein between 12 and 12.5

 

[PSQ]

What is the grain set like on everyones Extase?

It might be because it was planted too late followed by a shite season, but mine is only set 3 across, some poorer heads are only set 2 across, and the grains feel really loose as if they're ready to shed out.
The Grafton beside it is 4 across, and the grains are set solid in the glume.
I'm not convinced that Extase is all that it's cut up to be...

 

[Renaultman]

What is the grain set like on everyones Extase?

It might be because it was planted too late followed by a shite season, but mine is only set 3 across, some poorer heads are only set 2 across, and the grains feel really loose as if they're ready to shed out.
The Grafton beside it is 4 across, and the grains are set solid in the glume.
I'm not convinced that Extase is all that it's cut up to be...

My beloved Grafton has done well, but hate to say it, Kerrin may have done better, I didn't combine the Gleam so don't know how it has yet.

 

[snarling bee]

What is the grain set like on everyones Extase?

Seemed okay. Did 10.34 t/ha.

 

[Green oak]

Extase is 7 years in the making like most variety's. First real year on commercial farms. And farmers are dropping it. Due to a bad autumn. I’m giving it a chance.

 

[super4]

I grew extase this year, although it was my lowest yielding variety I don't think it would be fair to write it off just yet, if we get a wet growing season next year it could really come into it's own.

 

[snarling bee]

I had Illustrious do 2 t/ha less than the Skyfall in the next drill width. Last year Illustrious was my best variety, doing better as a second wheat than Elicit as a first.. I shall still grow it again.

 

[California]

Looks like it's holding it's own in the early AHDB results. Thought about trying some but our agronomist said to wait another year as he'd had some customers who found it disappointing. It could be very valuable variety to have in a high septoria year.

 

[Gong Farmer]

It could be very valuable variety to have in a high septoria year.

But you don't know if it's that sort of year until long after you've planted it. That's why it's been questioned this year, it's potential hasn't been realised.