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Your wheat at a glance
Group 4
Quality - 4
RGT BAIRSTOW
Strong disease profile & approved for distilling
Strengths
Flexible drilling window
Excellent extraction rates for distilling
Good disease profile
Testimonials
Richard Darlington - Pembrokeshire
“It was our best yield on the farm and I suspect the 2ha or so we also planted with RGT Bairstow around the trial plots would have yielded a similar amount,” says Richard. “It looked a lovely crop with big bold heads.”
2022-09-20
Stephen Mason - Yorkshire
“We’re very pleased with how the Bairstow turned out. We’ll definitely be ordering more for next season.”
2022-08-23
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
RGT Bairstow is the joint highest yielding soft wheat with full UK recommendation. Delivering excellent results in all regions, it also has one of the highest second wheat yields of any recommended soft wheat. RGT Bairstow has a very flexible sowing window from end of September to the end of February performing particularly well in the late drilled slot. The variety is rated good for distilling.
RGT Bairstow has a strong disease resistance package, with an impressive rating for Septoria tritici, solid yellow rust (including juvenile resistance) and mildew scores. It also has OWBM resistance.
AGRONOMICS
Lodging -PGR 6 (1-9)
Lodging +PGR 6 (1-9)
Height 91 cm
Spec Weight 77 kg/hl
Disease
1 = very sensitive / 9 = very tolerant
Mildew 6
Yellow rust 8
Brown rust 6
Septoria Tritici 6
Eyespot (4)
Fusarium 6
OWBM Resistant
FARM SUITABILITY
RGT Bairstow has a very flexible sowing window from end of september to the end of february performing partuclary well in the late drilled slot.
soil type suitability
RGT Bairstow performs consistently well on all soil types and regions in the UK
Sowing date suitability
September to February
recommended sowing density
Pre September 15th 150-200 seeds/m2
Late September to Early October 200-300 seeds/m2
Mid to Late October 250-350 seeds/m2
VARIETY ATTRIBUTES
Other caracteristics*
the lowest = 1 – the best = 9
Blackgrass competitivity
88.88%
Alcohol production
77.77%
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