Elsoms’ Virtual Cereals – Plot Tour by Elsoms Seeds Tuesday, June 9th 2020 Share This Story by Elsoms Seeds Tuesday, June 9th 2020 Share This Story Welcome, and thank you for visiting our virtual Cereals plot tour. We’re sorry to not see you all face-to-face this year but we hope that you find the information here useful to your varietal choices this coming season. You will be able to take a look at some of our top varieties at the moment, across wheat, barley and hybrid rye. Each variety has its own technical sheet that you can download for future reference. If you’d like more information on any of the varieties here, or on our website, please contact the crop specialists below. For more information on the varieties not mentioned, click here Winter Wheat Merit – Download tech sheet A new Winter Wheat from Elsoms Wheat that offers growers a variety with an outstanding disease package and leading to impressive untreated yields. WOBM resistancePerformed well in untreated trialsPerforms well in later drilled situationsAverage speed of developmentFor more information, contact our specialist George at George.goodwin@elsoms.com Astound – Download tech sheet High performing hard Group 4 variety with late drilling potential. With quick Spring development and a strong disease package, this variety is able to produce an outstanding untreated yield. High yielding hard group 4Good performance in untreated trialsPerforms well in later drilled situationsQuick spring developmentFor more information, contact our specialist George at George.goodwin@elsoms.com Dunston and Bennington Download Dunston tech sheet or Download Bennington tech sheet Two established varieties from Elsoms Wheat. Dunston offers highly attractive combinations of yield and disease resistance, along with a good specific weight. Competitive with blackgrass, Bennington is a UKS approved variety with an outstanding resistance to Septoria tritici. Dunston Robust, aggressive, high performing hard wheatOutstanding untreated yieldExcellent specific weightImpressive resistance to yellow rustStrong resistance to Septoria tritici Bennington Delivers consistent very high high yields of exportQuality grainHigh specific weight and impressive untreated yieldRobust resistance to Septoria triticiHighly competitive against black grassExcellent straw strength For more information, contact our specialist George at George.goodwin@elsoms.com If you’d like to know more about our other wheat varieties click here Winter Barley Jordan – Download tech sheet The first winter barley from the Elsoms Ackermann programme, Jordan is well-suited to growers looking for a high yielding variety that can be drilled later in the season. Jordan’s robust disease package boasts good resistance to brown rust and net blotch, as well as being having the highest untreated yield of the conventioanl two crow winter feed varieties. Highest untreated yield of the conventional 2 row winter barleys (AHDB RL)Excellent brown rust and net blotch resistanceExcellent specific weightFor more information, contact our specialist George at George.goodwin@elsoms.com Bolton – Download tech sheet Bolton is an RL Candidate up for Recomendation in November 2020. Bolton has an exceptionally high yield in the east on par with most Hybrid Barleys. Bolton also has an excellent disease package with srtong resistance to Net Blotch Very high yieldingGood specific weightExcellent net blotch resistanceFor more information, contact our specialist George at George.goodwin@elsoms.com SU Laubella – Download tech sheet SU Laubella has a superior disease package, particular focus on Rhycosporium with consistant high yields across the UK. The variety has good stand power from its stem stiffness which provides a good staw yield. High yielding consistent varietyExcellent disease packageGood straw strength and heightFor more information, contact our specialist George at George.goodwin@elsoms.com If you’d like to know more about our other barley varieties click here Hybrid Rye SU Bendix – Download tech sheet SU Bendix provides stable grain quality, this variety has been tried and tested in pig feed, and also presents a good agronomic package with excellent brown rust resistance. High yielding in treated and untreated trialsBest for brown rust resistance Good resistance to lodgingVery good yield stability across a range of soil types and situationsHighest protein contentHighest yielding on poor sitesLonger grain fillFor more information, contact our specialist Henrietta at Henrietta.wells@elsoms.com SU Arvid – Download tech sheet SU Arvid is a high yielding wholecrop variety with an outstanding disease package and high tolerance to drought conditions Very high yieldingGood agronomic packageStrong ability in drought conditionsFor more information, contact our specialist Henrietta at Henrietta.wells@elsoms.com If you’d like to know more about our other rye varieties click here