KWS EXTASE
The complete package with Septoria protection built-in
- Second highest untreated yield on the RL
- The most complete package of disease resistance and grain quality on the market today
- Exceptional resistance to Septoria tritici - the first variety over an 8 on the market
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After 5 years at the top of the untreated tree, KWS Extase has now been bumped into second by its prodigy KWS Equipe. Its amazing combination of end-market potential, yield and disease resistance will make it a variety that every farmer will still want to grow in 2024 and beyond. The highest yielding breadmaking variety on the RL, KWS Extase is suited to a wide range of soil types and its regional performance is strong across the board.
| UK | 102 |
| East | 102 |
| West | 102 |
| North | 101 |
| Untreated | 91 |
| First cereal | 102 |
| Second cereal | 102 |
| Early sown | 102 |
| Late sown | 101 |
| Light soil | 102 |
| Heavy soil | 103 |
| Mildew | 6 |
| Yellow Rust | 7 |
| Brown Rust | 6 |
| Septoria Tritici | 7.0 |
| Eyespot | 3 |
| Fusarium | 6 |
| Resistance to lodging (+PGR) | 7 |
| Resistance to lodging (-PGR) | 7 |
| Height (cm) | 91 |
| Ripening (days +/- Control, -ve = earlier) | -1 |
| Latest safe sowing date | End Jan |
| ukp bread wheat for export | yes |
| uks soft wheat for export | no |
| Protein content (%) - Milling spec | 12.3 |
| Hagberg Falling Number | 287 |
| Specific weight (kg/hl) | 79.2 |
| Scotland | 20th September |
| North Lincolnshire & Yorkshire | 20th September |
| East Anglia & Midlands | 25th September |
| West & Midlands | 25th September |
| South | 30th September |
It just ticks so many boxes and, as the current mainstay variety, accounts for fifty per cent of our 650ha of wheat.
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