Variety Overview
End-use group: Six-row feed, Hybrid
Market options: Livestock Feed
Soil preference: Suitable for all soil types and performs well even on marginal land
Regional positioning: Excellent performance in the West & North
Sowing rate: Approx 200 seeds/m2 in good conditions. Up to 250 seeds/m2 in grass weed situations
Key features: Currently on the 2026/27 AHDB Recommended List, SY QUANTOCK is easy to grow. It is robust and resilient, with great disease resistance and outstanding yields
Key Performance Statistics
The below data is taken from the AHDB Recommended List 2026/27.
Yield
Untreated Yield | Treated Yield | Eastern Yield | Western Yield | Northern Yield | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SY QUANTOCK | 91 | 107 | 106 | [108] | 107 |
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 QUANTOCK | 70.9 | 2.6 | 9.0 |
Disease profile
Mildew (1-9) | Brown rust (1-9) | Rhynchosporium (1-9) | Net blotch (1-9) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SY QUANTOCK | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
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 QUANTOCK | 7 | 113 | 106 | -1 |
Breeding Insight
SY QUANTOCK has shown exceptional adaptability & performance across different environments based on strong multi-year, multi-country results in Syngenta’s development trials.
Roberto Alvarez
