German wheat gives premium gains

摘要

Berkshire wheat grower Nick Philp is growing the German top-quality milling wheat variety Nelson, as it gives him a good price premium over most other breadmakers at a lower fungicide cost.It is Mr Philp's third year of growing the elite or E-wheat for major flour miller Heygates at a E15/t premium over Group 1 iriilling varieties. This year, he is growing 80ha to produce 14% protein wheat on his Thames Valley farm."Nelson doesn't present spectacular yields, but with a premium of ￡15/t over Group one milling wheats, and a strong disease-resistance profile, the returns on the variety and the low input costs are the reason we are growing it for the third year now,"he says.