Variety Overview
Market options: Full MBC Approval for Brewing
Soil preference: Suitable for all soil types
Regional positioning: Performs well in all regions
Agronomics: Robust disease profile with good straw
Parentage: SY 208-56 x SY Venture
Key features: CRAFT is a very high-yielding winter malting barley which received Full MBC Approval for Brewing in May 2018. It brings improved agronomics and outstanding grain quality and is in strong demand from end users.
Latest harvest results 2024
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Key Performance Statistics
We've compared a few varieties on the AHDB Recommended List 2024/25 and shared some key statistics we think you'll be interested in.
Agronomic features
| Resistance to lodging with PGR (1-9) | Height without PGR (cm) | Height with PGR (cm) | Ripening (days +/- KWS Orwell, -ve = earlier) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAFT | 8 | 99 | 91 | 0 |
| ELECTRUM | 7 | 102 | 92 | -1 |
Yield
| Untreated yield* | Treated yield UK* | Eastern yield* | Western yield* | Northern yield* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAFT | 80 | 92.9 | 93 | 93 | 93 |
| ELECTRUM | 80 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 |
* % treated control
Grain quality
| Specific Weight (kg/hl) | Screenings (% through 2.25 mm) | Screenings (% through 2.5 mm) | Nitrogen content (%) | Hot water extract (l deg/kg) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAFT | 69.9 | 2.3 | 6.8 | 1.68 | 308.2 |
| ELECTRUM | 69.7 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 1.71 | 306.9 |
Disease profile
| Mildew (1-9) | Brown rust (1-9) | Rhynchosporium (1-9) | Net blotch (1-9) | BaYMV1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAFT | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | R |
| ELECTRUM | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | R |
Breeding Insight
CRAFT is a high yielding winter malting barley with big, bold grain, stiff straw, and a very strong disease profile. CRAFT has Full MBC Approval for Brewing and has strong support from end users. Contracts are widely available.
Kathryn Hamlen
Agronomy Insights
CRAFT has consistent yields across all regions and can be grown anywhere in the UK
CRAFT has red pigmentation and the awns and grain will appear red at and after flowering
CRAFT leads the winter malting barleys in resistance to lodging. It has relatively short untreated straw and responds well to PGRs
It has a resistance rating of at least 6 for all major foliar diseases
