Harvest 2019: First RL wheat yields ahead of five-year average

Groups 4s

In 2019, the group 4 varieties LG Skyscraper (soft) and KWS Kerrin (hard) lead the way at 106%, followed by LG Spotlight (soft) and Graham (hard), both with a yield of 105%.

Yield isn’t everything with quality wheats but the top yielding nabim Group 1 bread variety is Crusoe (100%), KWS Siskin is the highest yielding nabim Group 2 bread wheat (102%) and KWS Firefly and KWS Barrel lead the nabim Group 3 biscuit yields (102%).

Average

Current good performers, based on five-year average yields alone, include the soft group 4 varieties LG Skyscraper (105%) and LG Spotlight (103%) as well as the hard group 4 varieties RGT Gravity (103%), Gleam (103%) and KWS Kerrin (103%).

Based on these figures, the highest yielding nabim Group 1 variety is KWS Zyatt (99%).

The nabim Group 2 varieties with the highest yields are KWS Siskin (100%) and KWS Extase (100%).

For nabim Group 3, KWS Firefly and KWS Barrel, both with a yield of 101%, have highest yields for the group.

Candidates

Looking at the five-year averages, the group 4 candidates are performing well on yield: KWS Kinetic (hard, 104%), LG Graduate (soft, 103%), KWS Parkin (hard, 102%), RGT Lantern (hard, 101%), Elysium (soft, 101%) and Theodore (hard, 100%).

The potential bread-making variety RGT Blossom (99%) is also performing well on yield.

As more information becomes available, a clearer pattern of variety performance in 2019 will develop.