Our large portfolio of arable crops offers an extensive choice to UK farmers of competitive varieties of cereals, oilseeds and pulses.
Wheat
Elsoms Wheat is a wheat breeding collaboration between European plant breeders, Nordsaat, ASUR and Elsoms Seeds. The breeding programme draws on genetics and skills from all three companies to breed new varieties of wheat specifically for the UK market's individual maritime climate. The responsive, innovative and forward-thinking approach from Elsoms Wheat presents a strong pipeline of promising new varieties, which have performed well in extensive trials and compete with major breeders in the UK wheat market.
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Milling Wheat (Hard)
Mayflower
When everything’s going up, it pays to bring your costs down. Mayflower is a lower input variety that could deliver a higher impact to your bottom line.
Mayflower
- Increased flexibility Mayflower has a wider, more flexible growing window than its competitors
- Increased income opportunities Consistently achieves the 13% contract specification of protein with a specific weight of 78.5kg
- Reduced fuel costs Less inputs and passes means fewer litres in the tank
- Reduced nitrogen costs When N levels are reduced, Mayflower’s relative yield increases
- Reduced chemistry costs Excellent disease package with a Septoria score of 8.4, as well as Soil Wheat Mosaic Virus and PCHI to Eyespot