IN BRIEF
IN BRIEF
uRISING market demand for growth regulator free winter oats could spell trouble for growers, warns the SACs David Cranstoun. Noting Quakers niche market for pgr-free oats to supply Danish baby food makers, he suspects other firms will soon follow suit. "But growing oats without growth regulator worries me." Drilling the crop later to minimise lodging is dangerous, he explains. "There is no doubt that if you delay sowing you risk winter kill."
uBEWARE of growing Xi19 and Claire in Scotland. Although bread-maker Xi19 outyields Option over the whole of the UK, it is several points adrift north of the border, says the SACs David Cranstoun. Claire is "only for the brave or foolhardy" because of its poor sprouting resistance. *