How new varieties’ yields may help offset cost rises

摘要

Cereal and oilseed rape growers have an improved selection of varieties to pick from in the new AHDB Recommended Lists. David Jones looks at the newcomers.Higher yielding cereal and oilseed rape varieties are being given the seal of approval for next season's drilling plans to help offset some of the inflationary pressures growers face from higher fertiliser, fuel and energy costs.In the new AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) for 2023-24 are a winter wheat variety showing a leap forward in yield, a high-yielding winter malting barley along with a winter feed two-row variety to match the yield of the hybrid barleys, and new oilseed rapes with improved yields, especially in the North.