Archive Article: 1997/09/20

20 September 1997

IN the present market with a developing two-tier price structure, the challenge crops should fare reasonably well now quality and yield results are through.

Riband on the 162ha (400 acres) on Bill Turneys Weybridge Farm at Alconbury, Cambridgeshire, yielded 8t/ha (3.25t/acre) at 13.1% moisture. Protein averaged 11.1%, hagberg at 231, and specific weight at 77.1 kg/hl.

Rialto returned 7.8t/ha (3.15t/acre) from a similar acreage at 13% moisture, with 11.4% proteins, 260 HFN, and specific weight at 76kg/hl. Mr Turneys oilseed rape yielded 3.7t/ha (1.5t/acre) from 162ha (400 acres).