Harvest 2021: The 5 top-yielding winter barley varieties map
© Tim Scrivener Throughout the harvest season, we are updating our handy map with the latest data from 2021’s AHDB winter barley Recommended List harvest results.
Use the map below to find the five highest-yielding winter barley varieties at your nearest trials site.
See also: Last year’s 5 top-yielding winter barley varieties
See also: Last year’s 5 top-yielding winter oilseed rape varieties
Winter barley summary
Results are in from 18 Recommended List trial sites and the control varieties are currently averaging 9.36 t/ha, which is nearly 0.5t/ha below the five-year average (9.81 t/ha).
There is no clear pattern in the results, with high-yielding and low-yielding trials spread across the country, drilling dates and soil types. Although most of the high-yielding trials are in the North, the average of the controls in the Devon trial was high (10.47 t/ha).
Varieties
Pole position on 2021 treated yield is jointly held by the newly recommended six-row hybrid variety Thunderbolt along with Kingsbarn (both on 108%).
Control six-row hybrid Bazooka is at 107%, with six-row hybrids Kingston and Belmont on 106%. The six-row conventional feed variety Funky is at 103%.
The two-row feed varieties have been left somewhat behind in 2021. Tardis has performed well (105%), but the best of the rest, newly recommended variety Bolton, Surge and Creswell (North recommendation) are further behind on 102%. Newly recommend variety Bordeaux is on 101%.
Two-row malting varieties Electrum and Craft are as expected, in terms of yield, 97% and 95%, respectively.