FAIRING | Syngenta

Variety Overview

End-use group: Grain Distilling

Market options: UK, Full Special Use MBC Approval for Grain Distilling

Regional positioning: Bred for Scotland with contracts available with individual maltsters

Soil preference: Suitable for all soil types

Agronomics: The earliest maturing variety on the AHDB RL 2024

Parentage: 409-201 x 144-02-4

Key features: FAIRING is a spring malting barley with Full Special Use MBC Approval for Grain Distilling. It was specifically bred for this market and has high grain nitrogen content required for the end use. Agronomically, it has excellent resistance to wet weather diseases and is the earliest spring barley to mature on the AHDB Recommended List 2024.

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Key Performance Statistics

We've shared the AHDB Recommended List 2024 statistics we think you might be interested in.

Agronomic features

	Resistance to lodging (1-9)	Straw height without PGR	Ripening (days +/- RGT Planet, -ve = earlier)	Resistance to brackling (1-9)
FAIRING	8	72	-2	8

Resistance to lodging

(1-9)

Straw height without PGR

Ripening

(days +/- RGT Planet, -ve = earlier)

Resistance to brackling

(1-9)

FAIRING

-2

Yield

	Untreated Yield*	Treated Yield*	Eastern Yield*	Western Yield*	Northern Yield*
FAIRING	82	91	90	93	90

* % treated control

Grain quality

	Specific Weight (kg/hl)	Screenings (% through 2.25mm)	Screenings (% through 2.5mm)
FAIRING	68.8	1.0	2.7

Specific Weight

(kg/hl)

Screenings

(% through 2.25mm)

Screenings

(% through 2.5mm)

FAIRING

68.8

1.0

2.7

[ ] = limited data

Disease profile

	Mildew (1-9)	Brown rust (1-9)	Rhynchosporium (1-9)
FAIRING	7	5	9

Mildew

(1-9)

Brown rust

(1-9)

Rhynchosporium

(1-9)

FAIRING

Breeding Insight

FAIRING was specifically bred for the Scottish grain distilling market. It is now a popular variety in England, due to significant contracts available. It has very high grain N and big bold grain, with low screenings and high specific weight.

Kathryn Hamlen