KWS Cassia
14 years on, still the ever-dependable winter barley!
- Still the highest specific weight (72.4 kg/hl) on the 2023/24 Recommended List
- Stiff strawed
- Easy to grow and proven on farm
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An ever-popular, bold grained variety with great specific weight, KWS Cassia is still grown across large swathes of the UK winter barley area. KWS Cassia is free-tillering and easy to grow. Over the years, many growers have seen the benefits of the variety’s ability to hold onto green leaf right through the grain-fill period and provide good solid yields of marketable grain. KWS Cassia is medium height, stiff-strawed and requires only a basic PGR regime to ensure the security of grain through to harvest. 13 years on, it’s still depended upon to deliver grain for home feeding and the domestic feed market.
| UK | 97 |
| East | 97 |
| West | 97 |
| North | 95 |
| Untreated | 82 |
| MBC malting approval for brewing use | no |
| MBC malting approval for malt distilling use | no |
| MBC malting approval for grain distilling use | no |
| Specific weight | 72.4 |
| Screenings (% through 2.25mm) | 1.5 |
| Screenings (% through 2.5mm) | 4.1 |
| Mildew | 5 |
| Brown Rust | 7 |
| Rynchosporium | 5 |
| Net blotch | 5 |
| BaYMV | R |
| Height -PGR (cm) | 95 |
| Height +PGR (cm) | 90 |
| Ripening | 0 |
| brackling % | 8 |
KWS Cassia is no longer recommended. All data is taken from the 2023/24 Recommended List.
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