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New feed wheat varieties aim to combine yield and disease resilience

New Group 4 varieties look to combine cleaner disease profiles and flexible drilling opportunities as growers look to reduce risk and input costs

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock • 4 min read
New feed wheat varieties aim to combine yield and disease resilience

With the Group 4 feed wheats still the most widely grown category across the UK, seed company Limagrain has launched two new hard wheats to the market, each with individual positionings. Arable technical...

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