Barley trial output fall
30 August 2002
Barley trial output fall
WITHall winter barleys in HGCA Recommended List trials managed by Crop Evaluation harvested, yields are 0.3t/ha (2.4cwt/acre) less than the 1998-2002 mean.
Only Pearl, Opal and six-row Muscat bettered their long term average, and then only slightly. Provisionally recommended types Leonie and Diamond suffered most falling 8% and 5% below their mean five-year performances respectively.
Candidate varieties Clara and Kestrel also failed to match their longer-term output, delivering 7% and 5% less than previously. *
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