Blackstone

A group 4 soft variety that offers flexibility on drilling date due to it's low vernilisation requirement

101%

UK treated yield

2026 AHDB RL

103%

UK late sown yield

2026 AHDB RL

78.5kg/hl

Specific weight

2026 AHDB RL

Available in these regions only:

Varieties may differ within regions

Europe
Rest of world

Key Characteristics

  • Blackstone has a wide sowing window offering growers flexibility in wet autumns
  • Excellent Hagberg at 295 - the highest of any recommended soft
  • Tall, stiff strawed variety with good tillering ability, producing lots of straw
  • Blackstone performs exceptionally in the north at 104%
  • Well equiped to handle late season disease pressures.
  • Suited to a maize rotation due to Fusarium resistance

Recommended for

  • Early & Late sowing
  • Feed
  • Distilling

Speak to our specialists

Kurtis Scarboro

Crop Manager - Agriculture

kurtis.scarboro@elsoms.com

Toby Reich

Head of Agriculture

toby.reich@elsoms.com

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