Wheat Varieties South West

[Somerset Farmer]

As a seed grower in the SW I have to try and guess what farmers will be growing in the next 3/4 years. Am growing Graham and Extase for this autumn and cannot see any better replacements at the moment. Unless anybody knows better ??
TIA

 

[chester]

I think you are right about those two, it's what I'm growing plus some Wolverine.

 

[redsloe]

Diego and Graham this year and probably Graham and Extase next.

 

[DanniAgro]

Theodore looks as though it might be handy, but without seeing it in the flesh it's hard to say. Plus I still like Sundance and can't understand why it seems to be the forgotten variety - It's supposed poor specific weight isn't apparent here and the absence of Septoria in the field certainly makes it cheaper to grow.
Don't forget Gleam.

 

[Jerry]

Graham and skyfall here. Hard to beat Graham though.

 

[Somerset Farmer]

I think you are right about those two, it's what I'm growing plus some Wolverine.

Why Wolverine ?

 

[FarmerBruce]

Why Wolverine ?

It looked awful in some untreated trials I went to this week.

 

[An Gof]

Why Wolverine ?

I guess its the BYDV resistance that is the attraction of Wolverine. BUT it is sold under the BIPO royalty scheme and i will not grow any variety marketed under that scheme.

 

[robbie]

Sort for my ignorance but what's the BIPO royalty scheme? I always assumed it was just the BSPB rules that we all followed.

 

[cquick]

Mainlining on Extase this autumn, bought a small amount of Theodore and Nelson to try too.

 

[Brisel]

Growing SY Insitor for the first time. Good Septoria score, OBM resistance, likes light land but is tall and needs a good PGR programme. Graham and Gleam as usual too.

 

[CORK]

As a seed grower in the SW I have to try and guess what farmers will be growing in the next 3/4 years. Am growing Graham and Extase for this autumn and cannot see any better replacements at the moment. Unless anybody knows better ??
TIA

South coast of Ireland here so keeping an eye on some of the same wheat characteristics as yourself I’d imagine (Septoria, standing, sprouting)

The definitely been a lift in Septoria resistance of new varieties in the past short number of years.

Of the newer stuff coming along I’m planning towards growing LG Illuminate & KWS Dawsum for seed. Have Illuminate this year and aim to add Dawsum this autumn.
Both are in UK trials I think.

 

[An Gof]

Sort for my ignorance but what's the BIPO royalty scheme? I always assumed it was just the BSPB rules that we all followed.

All you need to know here.

http://www.bipo.org.uk/

It is a very different scheme to the BSPB scheme. Essentially you enter into a separate contract for the royalty and it is important to check when purchasing seed if it is under BIPO rules as you may be quoted just a price for the seed with an additional royalty rate to follow.
likewise there is no agreement, as there is with BSPB, for a reduced royalty rate for FSS.
More breeders are starting to use this to extract more money from growers, particularly where seed is farm saved. The agreement you sign confers significant rights to BIPO in demanding information from you and access to farm.

 

[An Gof]

South coast of Ireland here so keeping an eye on some of the same wheat characteristics as yourself I’d imagine (Septoria, standing, sprouting)

The definitely been a lift in Septoria resistance of new varieties in the past short number of years.

Of the newer stuff coming along I’m planning towards growing LG Illuminate & KWS Dawsum for seed. Have Illuminate this year and aim to add Dawsum this autumn.
Both are in UK trials I think.

That’s just like Cornwall. Sprouting resistance absolutely essential here, it’s a massive yield robber in a wet year.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Graham and skyfall here. Hard to beat Graham though.

Some of my graham got mega yellow rust this year. Totally took me by surpise

 

[Devon James]

Sundance does the job here. Graham looking well. Small area of our old favourite Avatar left. Have a massive four acres of Extase that pulled through the monsoon which will make some home saved seed
Any opinions on Saki?

 

[ajd132]

I guess its the BYDV resistance that is the attraction of Wolverine. BUT it is sold under the BIPO royalty scheme and i will not grow any variety marketed under that scheme.

What is BIPO?

 

[Cropper]

What is BIPO?

All you need to know here.

http://www.bipo.org.uk/

It is a very different scheme to the BSPB scheme. Essentially you enter into a separate contract for the royalty and it is important to check when purchasing seed if it is under BIPO rules as you may be quoted just a price for the seed with an additional royalty rate to follow.
likewise there is no agreement, as there is with BSPB, for a reduced royalty rate for FSS.
More breeders are starting to use this to extract more money from growers, particularly where seed is farm saved. The agreement you sign confers significant rights to BIPO in demanding information from you and access to farm.

 

[ajd132]

Thanks

 

[Cropper]

Imagine a world where you buy a pedigree bull from a breeder and then have to pay them again every year according to the number of calves produced at a rate that they decide. No doubt animal breeding would be concentrated into the hands of a few multi-nationals and they would remind us that without them doing their work livestock would be far more susceptible to diseases and have lower feed conversion efficiency and growth rates and we’d be in the dark ages. This is what has been allowed to happen with plant breeding somehow. I think it is very wrong.