Your wheat at a glance

Awned variety
Quality - 1

RGT SKYFALL

The Nation’s favourite Group1
Strengths

Widest sowing window of any winter wheat

Short, stiff straw

Late-season security (strong on brown rust and fusarium)

Testimonials

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Saxon Agriculture

Group 1 milling wheat RGT Skyfall combines excellent sample quality and good growing characteristics including a flexible drilling window. Contact your Saxon representative for seed and our 2023 buyback options with an attractive min/max on Group 1’s.
2022-07-06
Will Oliver Skyfall Harvest

Will Oliver - Leicestershire

“This year we decided to push Skyfall for milling as we believed the premium could be a lot better, given the price of nitrogen which apparently caused quite a few growers to hold back” “I’m glad we went ahead, in the end our milling crop averaged 9.4t/ha and mostly 13% protein, with a little bit at 12.8%, and we achieved a £48/t premium.”
2022-08-19
Skyfall

Drummond Scrase - Agronomist

“Skyfall winter wheat on the flats of the fen looking great in the last of the sunshine before the weekend 🌧”
2020-11-14

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Skyfall remains one of the UK’s most widely grown varieties. Grown not just as atop class milling wheat, but for its other qualities, such as wide sowing window and ease of combining. Skyfall has the lowest vernalisation requirements of any recommended UK wheat. Making it suitable to drill into the beginning of March. Sown in early spring, Skyfall can often outperform true spring wheats.

Agronomics

Lodging -PGR 8 (1-9)

Lodging +PGR 7 (1-9)

Height with PGR 77 cm

Spec Weight 79.2 kg/hl

Protein 13.1 %

Sprouting 6 (1-9)

Hagberg 2.90

Sprouting 6

Disease

1 = very sensitive / 9 = very tolerant

Mildew 6

Yellow rust 3

Brown rust 9

Septoria Tritici 5.4

Eyespot (5) PcH1

Fusarium 7

OWBM Resistant

FARM SUITABILITY

soil type suitability

Skyfall is suitable for all kind of soil.

Sowing date suitability

From 25th September to 7th March.

recommended sowing density

Pre Sept 15th 150-200 seeds/m2

Late Sept to Early Oct 200-300 seeds/m2

Mid to Late October 250-350 seeds/m2

VARIETY ATTRIBUTES

Rotation & Sowing period*

the lowest = 1 – the best = 9

1st wheat
77.77%
2nd wheat
88.88%
Early sown
66.66%
Late sown
99.99%

Sowing window

January
First half
Second half
February
First half
Second half
March
First half
Second half
April
First half
Second half
May
First half
Second half
June
First half
Second half
July
First half
Second half
August
First half
Second half
September
First half
Second half
October
First half
Second half
November
First half
Second half
December
First half
Second half

Optimum

Adapted

HOW TO OPTIMISE THE USE OF YOUR VARIETY

Sowing

Skyfall is a variety which can be sown until 7th of March. It also could be sown in all types of soil.

Skyfall is vigorous and can put up with less-than-ideal conditions, resulting in a consistent performance wherever
it is grown.

End Market

Skyfall is the top milling wheat.

Skyfall loaves

results and recommendations

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