KWS KERRIN
The bankable barnfiller with proven performance
- Proven performance across contrasting seasons
- Good performance across a range of soil types and across the rotation
- High yielding when late sown
Characteristics
About
Like its parent, KWS Santiago, KWS Kerrin has made a strong name for itself in the Group 4 hard feed market. By providing consistent performance across regions, soil types and drilling dates; it is a variety that is reliable and has proven very popular with farmers across the UK. KWS Kerrin requires a good fungicide programme to fully harness its true yield potential and comes with resistance to OWBM. Later sowing varieties has the benefit of increasing Septoria resistance; by sowing KWS Kerrin mid-October onwards 0.5 to 1 point in resistance can be effectively added. Additionally, KWS Kerrin has a good specific weight at 76.1 kg/ hl and has a similar plant type and growth habit to KWS Santiago. Commercial experience supports our own data, suggesting that KWS Kerrin also has good resistance to sprouting (5).
Kerrin has topped my wheat trial for the last 3 yrs and performs well on farm. Its consistent high yield is exactly what I look for in a feed wheat
| UK | 102 |
| East | 102 |
| West | 103 |
| North | [101] |
| Untreated | 73 |
| First cereal | 102 |
| Second cereal | 102 |
| Early sown | [[102]] |
| Late sown | 103 |
| Light soil | 102 |
| Heavy soil | 101 |
| Mildew | 7 |
| Yellow Rust | 4 |
| Brown Rust | 7 |
| Septoria tritici (1 year) | 4.9 |
| Septoria Tritici | 4.6 |
| Eyespot | 4 |
| Fusarium | 5 |
| OWBM | R |
| Resistance to lodging (+PGR) | 7 |
| Resistance to lodging (-PGR) | 7 |
| Height (cm) | 88 |
| Ripening (days +/- Control, -ve = earlier) | +1 |
| Latest safe sowing date | End Jan |
| Tillering capacity (low/mod/high) | high |
| Growth habit overwinter | intermediate |
| Development (Time to GS32) | medium-slow |
| ukp bread wheat for export | no |
| uks soft wheat for export | no |
| Protein content (%) | 10.7 |
| Hagberg Falling Number | 149 |
| Specific weight (kg/hl) | 76.1 |
| Scotland | 10th September |
| North Lincolnshire & Yorkshire | 15th September |
| East Anglia & Midlands | 20th September |
| West & Midlands | 20th September |
| South | 27th September |
KWS Kerrin is no longer recommended. All data is taken from the 2022/23 Recommended List.
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