Cornish Wheat Demo 2011 results.

Here are the results for the demo plots down near Tregony. It cannot be described as a scientifically statistically replicated trial, however it's pretty representative of this seasons results seen elsewhere on farms. Its is interesting that when we had open evenings the three varieties that looked promising in the plots also yielded very well, with Invicta tops, Einstein next followed by Claire. We all forget about Claire these days with all the newer varieties being released and coming to the fore, but Claire still just does it year after year, I know of someone in Wiltshire whose average yield of Claire this year was well over 5ton/ac!

Cornish Wheat Demonstration Results 2011
Variety	Grain yield Kgs	Tons/ha	Moisture%	Specific Weight	Relative Yield
Xi 19	575	11.83	16	73.8	103
Exsept	555	11.42	16.4	75.2	99
Einstein	590	12.14	16	75.2	105
Panorama	575	11.83	16	75	103
Claire	580	11.93	16.4	75.6	104
Invicta	615	12.65	16.5	73.2	110
Alchemy	555	11.42	16.4	76.2	99
Edmunds	565	11.63	16.4	73.4	101
Istabraq	560	11.52	16.2	75.8	100
Cassius	510	10.49	16	74.5	91
Gravitas	565	11.63	16.2	74.8	101
Sahara	530	10.91	16.4	74	95
Stigg	565	11.63	15.8	74.4	101
JB Diego	575	11.83	16.3	74.2	103
Robigus	555	11.42	16.4	74.3	99
Deben	505	10.39	15.7	72.8	90
Oakley	545	11.21	16.2	70.2	97
Duxford	555	11.42	16.2	74.8	99
Total			10075
Average			560

These plots all have very similar levels of moisture content, I have not put the results down at exactly the same moisture contents, rather left them as found to show the differences. If anyone disagrees with my methodology, let me know. So Invicta is the one that looked good all the way through and has come out tops. Sahara looked thin, if you look at earlier videos, it did look weaker all the way through, likewise Cassius which was hit very badly by Septoria, losing virtually all it's leaf area fairly early on. Oakley was hit very badly by Yellow Rust. Xi19 has been surprising, I really was not expecting it to do as well as it did, whilst for all the percieved wisdom and previous experience Stigg has turned in a good performance with a specific weight better than JB Diego.

So, all in all, an interesting experience, the 2011/12 plots have now been drilled with a whole lot of new varieties in them as well as the older established ones and I look forward to seeing how the new ones stack up down here in the far Southwest.