Variety Overview
End-use group: Hybrid barley, now with BYDV tolerance
Market options: Livestock Feed
Soil preference: Suitable for all soil types and performs well even on marginal land
Regional positioning: Excellent performance in the East & North
Sowing rate: Approx 200 seeds/m2 in good conditions. Up to 250 seeds/m2 in grass weed situations
Key features: Newly recommended for 2023, SY BUZZARD brings BYDV tolerant genetics in a hybrid background for the first time. SY BUZZARD brings high yield, excellent performance in the EAST and good all round disease resistance in combination with BYDV tolerance, a significant benefit on farm.
Key Performance Statistics
We've compared SY BUZZARD and KWS Feeris on the AHDB Recommended List 2024/25 and shared some key statistics we think you'll be interested in.
Yield
Untreated Yield | Fungicide Treated Yield | Eastern Yield | Western Yield | Northern Yield | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SY BUZZARD | 82 | 102.7 | 104 | 101 | 102 |
KWS Feeris | 84 | 101.7 | 102 | 102 | 100 |
Yields shown are expressed as a percentage of control means
Grain quality
Specific Weight (kg/hl) | Screenings (% through 2.25mm) | Screenings (% through 2.5mm) | |
|---|---|---|---|
SY BUZZARD | 69.0 | 3.2 | 13.1 |
KWS Feeris | 69.2 | 1.4 | 5.6 |
Disease profile
Mildew (1-9) | Brown rust (1-9) | Rhynchosporium (1-9) | Net blotch (1-9) | BaYMV | BYDV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SY BUZZARD | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | R | Tolerant |
KWS Feeris | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | R | Tolerant |
Agronomic features
Resistance to lodging with PGR (1-9) | Straw height without PGR (cm) | Straw height with PGR (cm) | Ripening (days +/- Orwell, -ve = earlier) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SY BUZZARD | 7 | 115 | 107 | -1 |
KWS Feeris | 7 | 102 | 97 | 0 |
Breeding Insight
SY BUZZARD is an exciting step in hybrid barley breeding. Putting BYDV tolerance in a hybrid background for the first time means we can offer growers all of the benefits they have come to expect from hybrid barley as well as a variety that will mitigate the impact of BYDV.
Ben Urquhart - Seeds Technical Expert