FAIRING is a spring malting barley with Provisional IBD approval for Grain Distilling.
Variety summary
End-use group: Grain Distilling
Market options: UK, Provisional IBD approval (Grain Distilling)
Regional positioning: Scotland
Soil preference: Suitable for all soil types
Agronomics: The earliest maturing variety on the AHDB RL 2017
Parentage: 409-201 x 144-02-4
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Breeding insights
"This Spring Barley was specifically bred for the Scottish grain distilling market, and has the right quality and agronomics to fit the bill. For quality, FAIRING has inherently very high grain N and big grain, with low screenings and high specific weight. Agronomically, FAIRING is the earliest maturing variety on the AHDB Recommended List, and has the highest resistance to Rhynchosporium available, both very useful attributes for Scottish growers."
- Kathryn Hamlen
Variety overview
We've compared a few varieties on the AHDB Recommended List 2017 and shared some key statistics we think you might be interested in.
Agronomic features
|
|
Lodging (1-9) |
Straw height without PGR (1-9) |
Ripening (days +/- Concerto, -ve = earlier) |
Resistance to brackling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fairing |
7 |
74 |
-2 |
7 |
|
Olympus |
7 |
75 |
0 |
6 |
|
Belgravia |
6 |
80 |
0 |
7 |
[ ] = limited data
Yield
| Untreated Yield* | Treated Yield* | Eastern Yield* | Western Yield* | Northern Yield* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairing | 84 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 96 |
| Olympus | 86 | 102 | 101 | 102 | 103 |
| Belgravia | 79 | 93 | - | - | 91 |
* % treated control
Grain quality
|
|
Specific Weight (kg/hl) |
Screenings (% through 2.25mm) |
Screenings (% through 2.5mm) |
Nitrogen Content |
Hot Water Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fairing |
68.2 |
1.0 |
2.6 |
1.50 |
311.0 |
|
Olympus |
66.4 |
2.3 |
5.7 |
1.47 |
312.3 |
|
Belgravia |
68.2 |
2.1 |
5.1 |
- |
- |
Disease profile
|
|
Mildew (1-9) |
Yellow rust (1-9) |
Brown rust (1-9) |
Rhynchosporium (1-9) |
Ramularia (1-9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fairing |
[8] |
[9] |
[3] |
8 |
7 |
|
Olympus |
9 |
[8] |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
Belgravia |
[8] |
8 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
[ ] = limited data
