Caussade Semences have started a detailed evaluation of their wheat varieties - in parallel with the company's maize trials programme in the UK - to select varieties from their portfolio that will perform well for UK growers.
“We have a number of varieties in our 2013 UK wheat evaluations and they enable us to select the ones that will be best suited to the UK,” says Didier Faure, Caussade’s International Sales Manager.
“There are two we have focused on this growing season - one is certainly interesting as being very early, while the other is later and has nice ears but, subject to yield results, is unlikely to marketed by us in the UK this season.
“However, the real point of these evaluations is that they are the kick-off point for Caussade in the UK wheat market. As such, they push along our objective of bringing farmers here new varieties that have worthwhile agronomic benefits, widen the genetic background of UK wheats, and give growers a wider choice.”
