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Barley
Approx 50,000 Ha’s of winter barley is grown each year, feed is the biggest sector although new varieties suitable for malting are coming through the trial programme with Non GN varieties suitable for distilling now being commercially available.Â
Spring barley has the largest arable area in Scotland accounting for around 50% of the arable land available with the vast majority destined for malt distilling.
SCOTGRAIN RECOMMENDED SPRING BARLEY VARIATIONS
KWS SASSY
KWS SASSY is a fantastic choice for the Scottish grower. It is early to mature and robust enough to deliver outstanding performance, even in years of extreme weather. We like it because it has proven to return a fantastic yield of bold grain and has very good resistance to skinning. We have been contracting this since 2017 and is has proven to be our most reliable Low Nitrogen barley. The official 6 rating for brackling is not representative of commercial performance; in our experience it is a solid 7. KWS Sassy is fully MBC approved for distilling.
SY TENNESON
A high yielding spring malting barley with
full approval for both Brewing & Malt Distilling.
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LAUREATE
LAUREATE is a very high yielding spring malting barley with an excellent disease and agronomic profile. Slightly below average specific weight, but short with stiff straw. It has been a mainstream Low Nitrogen variety of ours since 2016. It is a non-GN variety with Full MBC Approval for brewing and distilling.
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MARONIS
Details to follow. Please contact us for more information.
Winston
Details to follow. Please contact us for more information.
SCOTGRAIN RECOMMENDED winter BARLEY VARIATIONS
SY Vessel
The flexible winter malt variety with multiple end-use options, Sy Vesel is the only non-GN winter malting barley on the UK market and is a special quality variety with potential for malt distilling.
KWS Tardis
KWS Tardis, the 2-row winter feed variety that has become a firm favourite. Alongisde its superb yield consistency over very different trialling years, it performs particularly well on heavy soil (106%) and has excellent straw strength with twin 8’s for resistance to lodging (with and without PGR)
LG Caravelle
The highest yielding 2-row winter barley on the AHDB Recommended List 24/25.
Need seed?
Our team of Farm Traders are able to offer advise on the range of products that Scotgrain can offer.
You can use the contact form to contact Scotgrain, or find details for your local farm trader below.