Winter barley harvest outcomes from AHDB trial websites

The Agricultural and Horticultural Improvement Board (AHDB) is confirming that 202220/23 winter barley yield outcomes are actually accessible from 4 websites.

These comprise three fungicide-treated and one untreated trials at areas in Devon, Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire.

The present common handled yield of management varieties within the handled trials (10.10t/ha) is above the five-year common (9.76t/ha), nevertheless it’s very early within the season to attract any conclusions based mostly on this.

Winter barley

Based on AHDB analysts, it has been season for winter barley trials. Autumn was very gentle with enough moisture that means all trials had been drilled and crops established effectively earlier than the winter.

December was the coldest since 2010 with extreme frosts, serving to test illness progress. However from late December by January and February there have been each chilly and gentle moist durations, although February was very dry, with lower than 20% of the typical rainfall over a lot of England.

Spring began with a really moist March, with double the standard rainfall in a lot of England, adopted by a median April, giving illnesses an opportunity to get going.

Drought by Might and June, with excessive temperatures within the second half of June, helped test illness however in all probability restricted yield potential.

The present 2023 values solely present yields based mostly on three websites so must be handled with warning, significantly because the earliest harvested trials can generally be ones most impacted by drought.

Varieties

The six-row hybrid varieties are the best yielding in these early trials. SY Kingsbarn (111%) is highest yielding, simply forward of SY Kingston (110%).  

SY Canyon and SY Thunderbolt (108%) are simply behind that, with the older hybrids, Belfry (107%) and Bazooka (106%) once more just a little additional again.

Newly beneficial SY Nephin yielded poorly on the Lincolnshire web site and this has introduced its total common yield down (105%).

Nonetheless, it was beneficial on account of good illness resistance and untreated yield and it was the best yielding selection within the single untreated trial to report again so far.

Within the two-row feed varieties, Lightning and newly beneficial LG Caravelle are equal highest yielding (104%), simply forward of LG Dazzle (103%), with KWS Tardis on 101% and KWS Hawking and Valarie on 100%.

Newly beneficial Bolivia has upset so far (96%), however yielded effectively within the single untreated trial and will enhance when extra trials are in.

Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) tolerant six-row typical KWS Feeris at 102% has yielded consistent with its five-year common.