Seed

Our portfolio includes cereals, oilseeds, pulses and an extensive range of grass and forage seed.

Working in partnership with plant breeders, growers and processors we supply all recommended varieties of seed, processed and treated to the highest standard.

Our 'buy back' contracts for combinable crops gives both supplier and consumer confidence that the crops have had the best start in life which is becoming increasingly important in food chain traceability.

Our range includes:-

Relay Winter Wheat.

Newly recommended Relay is a very high yielding feed wheat. Whilst its yield is 2% behind Santiago no other variety outyields Relay in the western region and it has several agronomic advantages which are likely to make Relay a very popular variety. It performs well when grown as a 1st wheat or a 2nd wheat. It has short, stiff straw, good disease resistance (including a 9 for Yellow Rust and 6 for Septoria Tritici) and has a good specific weight and a high Hagberg for a feed variety, so should produce a quality sample in good years and bad. As a Gladiator cross performance should be consistent and reliable across a range of conditions.

Most of the high yield feed alternatives have poor disease resistance, poor grain quality or both. We have seen how Diego has grown to become such a strong variety in our region because it has consistently produced good yields of quality feed wheat. Relay is a higher yielding alternative and will be a useful variety to grow alongside Diego, or one of the less robust high yielders like Santiago or Coqueror.