SEED TECHNOLOGY SPRING CEREAL’S
BREAKFAST BRIEFING 2017
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Agenda
• Introduction – Nigel Whyte
• Seed Technology Sales & Logistics - Nigel Whyte
• Spring Cereal Variety Update – Nigel Whyte
• Spring Crop Agronomy – Tim O’Donovan
• Spring Oil Seed Rape Seed Production – Marianne Jordan
• Hybrid Barley Spring Agronomy Update – Tim O’Donovan
• Conclusion & Finish for 10 am - Nigel Whyte
Introduction
• Brexit / Trump
• Grain Prices for 2017 – Reported grain stocks remain high –
expect normal harvest for 2017 (Sentiment!!)
• Profitability of tillage sector for 2017
• Crop selection
• Input costs;
• Reduced Fertiliser Costs - €100/ tonne reduction in N =
• €20/acre saving SB
• €25/acre saving in WB
• €35/ acre saving in WW
• Potential to increase!!
• Are Spring Cereal Plantings going to be higher
Seedtech Sales & Logistics Team
Nigel Whyte – Commercial Director
Tim O’Donovan – Technical Director
Brett Wesley – Technical Sales Manager
Marianne Jordan – Business Manager
Tony Byrne – Logistics Manager
Grace O’Dwyer – Head of Marketing
National Cereal Acreage
2015/2016/2017 (Forecast)
Crop
BPS 2017
(Seedtech EST)
BPS 2016 BPS 2015
Winter Wheat
63,000
59,491
53,782
Spring Wheat
8,000
7,425
9,602
Winter barley
74,000
73,762
67,987
Spring barley
108,000
112,874
128,751
Oats
22,000
22,810
22,587
700
710
780
275,700
277,072
283,491
Triticale
Total Cereal- Ha
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Seedtech 2017 Spring Barley Varieties
Variety
Main Market
Key points
Mickle
Feed Only
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•
•
Excellent straw and high yielding
Best bushel on DAFM RL 2017
Early ripening
KWS Irina
Feed & (Malting)
•
Best overall disease resistance and
excellent straw strength
Sanette
Feed & Malting
•
•
High yielding
Suits Continuous Tillage ground
Propino
Feed & Malting
•
Dual purpose with lowest screenings
Laureate
Malting / Distilling
•
Zero GN Variety, High Yielding, Straw
Management required
Olympus
Distilling
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Specially selected for Distilling Industry, Non
GN Variety.
RGT Planet
Feed & Malting
•
Provisionally recommended 2017, High
yielding.
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Seedtech 2017 Spring Wheat,
Beans & Oat Varieties
Variety
Key points
Spring Wheat:
1. Quintus
Feed or Milling
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Highest Yielding Spring Wheat on DAFM RL
2017
Spring Beans:
Fanfare
Sold Out
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Highest Yielding variety on DAFM
Fuego
Stock Available
•
Tried & Trusted variety delivering consistent
yields & straw strength.
Spring Oats:
Husky
Sold Out
•
Early Demand in Husky due to combination
of quality grain, high yields and best straw
strength score on DAFM 2017 RL
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Seedtech 2017 Spring OSR Varieties
Variety
Key points
Spring Oil Seed
Rape:
Mirakel
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Hybrid
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•
Ability
Conventional
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High Oil content, earliness to mature & very
good resistance to lodging.
Top Yielding on HGCA descriptive list 2017
Tried and tested variety grown in Ireland for
a number of years
High Oil content and good yields
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IN SUMMARY …
Spring Cereals:
Seed Tech Barley Varieties – Strongest Straw Varieties on the RL
important from a Risk management perspective.
Spring Beans:
Benefit in rotation improve profitability.
Certified Irish Quality Seed – Stem Nematode free
Spring Oil Seed Rape:
Crop if planned and sowed correctly can do very well and be
profitable
Now is the time to plan and worth having discussion with farmers
Seed may be scarce this year!!
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Spring Crop Agronomy
Tim O’ Donovan
Agronomy Covering …
• Spring Cereal Seeding Rates
• Spring Bean Agronomy
• Hybrid Barley early season agronomy
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1100 shoots/m2
Grain number/m2 accounted for most of the variation in
yield and ear number/ m2 accounted for most of the
variation in grain number/m2
– Kennedy et al., 2017
Aim for high shoot numbers of
adequate size and weight at gs 30
Plant Counts
Influenced by:
Target plant counts at gs 12
• Sowing date – Target plants/m²
Mid March
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1.Leaves driven by accumulated
temperature (120 day degrees/leaf)
Late March/Early
April
300
Late April
325
2.No. of leaves < gs 30
3.Early drilling =
tillers – why?
4.Late drilling increase seeding rate to
compensate for less day degrees
kg of Seed per ha = (TGW) x (target plant population / m²)
% Establishment
IRINA (49.9 g)
Mickle (52.3 g)
49.9 X 300
52.3 X 300
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85
=
=
176 kgs/Ha
185 kgs/Ha
11.2 st/acre
11.7 st/acre
Plant Counts Helped Identify Issues in 2013
Spring Bean Agronomy
Spring Beans
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7
12000
10000
Yield (t/ha)
6
5
4
3
8000
6000
4000
2
1
0
2000
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Year
Source: Teagasc Harvest Reports
Soil Suitability
• Medium to heavy soils are most suitable –
moisture in stem extension VIP
• A pH of 6.5 to 7 is ideal. Beans will not yield in
acid conditions.
• Apply P & K to soil samples – big effect of P index
on yield (Teagasc & PGRO research). Aim for
index 3 P – not practical so place P and lime.
• Watch - Magnesium, Zinc, and Manganese &
Sulphur
Variety Choice
Fanfare
Fuego
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97
(144)
(136)
(101)
(101)
Chocolate Spot
(6)
(6)
Downy Mildew
(9)
(7)
Rust
(7)
(4)
Yield (100 = 8.21 t/ha)
Plant Height (cm)
% Crude Protein
(100= 25.4%)
Seeding Rate
• Bean seeding rate trials are very variable
however…
• The optimum plant density for beans is 25 to 35
plants/m2.
• Aim for 30 to 35 plants/m2 (wind shear)
Target Plant Population X
TGW
Estimated plant establishment %
seed rate in kg/ha
Planting Beans
• Bird attack is a big threat
• Plant to a depth of 100-125 cm (4-5”)
• Less coulters or direct drills (Claydon)
• Direct drills – watch lime and P and stubble
on top of ground can reduce herbicides
Establishment
Min-Till
Plough
Ensure a level, fine seedbed to aid residual herbicides efficacy
Crows
The biggest risk to early drilling is damage from crows
Stem Nematode
• Seed-borne (desiccated) or carried by
infested soil
• Soil-borne for up to 10 years
• Species studied in UK, not in Irl so oats ?
• All Seedtech seed is DAFM certified as
Stem Nematode free
Stem
Nematode
• Seed
• Avoid close
rotations
• Avoid infested
fields for 10 years
Bean Weevil
• U-shaped notch
• Always near ditch
• Treat if damage is
• Across all field
• Repeat 3 weeks later
• ‘Normal aphid
spray’
• Check labels + rate
• Pyrethroid
• ‘Bee safety’
Stem Weevil Damage
Pheromone Traps … #CatchTheWeevil
Campaign to highlight the need to monitor disease.
Weekly update on 5 pheromone traps, available on
www.seedtech.ie and Twitter @seedtechnology.
Running from beginning of March – Mid Apr. We’re currently
searching for a farmer to participate on Twitter.
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Stem Ascochyta
• Always seen in
volunteers so
remove!
• Seed borne so use
certified seed
• All Seedtech beans
are DAFM certified
free from Ascochyta
• Chemical control is
variable
Seedtech Hybrid Spring
Oilseed Rape
Seed Production 2017
Marianne Jordan
Spring OSR Field Selection
1.
Clean virgin land that has never had OSR previously
2.
If it has had OSR previously, must be 12 years since last grown in the
field
3.
Lea ground or continuous cereal ground
4.
Free of Volunteer Rape, Charlock, Wild Mustard, Wild turnip and
Wild Radish.
5.
No Wild Oats
6.
No potatoes, beet or root crops for 5 years previously
7.
An isolation distance of 1km from all winter & spring OSR crops
SOSR Seed Summary
1. Minimum field size of 20 acres required
2. Conscientious growers with an attention to detail
3. No experience growing OSR necessary
Spring OSR Seed Production Margins
Yield t/acre
Land Payment (€500/ha)
Bonus per tonne
Est. OSR price
Low
0.5
€202.35
€300
€380
Medium
0.6
€202.35
€300
€380
High
0.7
€202.35
€300
€380
Total
€542.35
€610.35
€678.35
Cost of Growing
€433.50
€433.50
€433.50
Margin/acre
€108.85
€176.85
€244.85
Spring OSR Commercial Margins
Yield t/acre
Est. OSR price
1.0
€380
1.2
€380
1.3
€380
Total
€380
€456
€494
Cost of Growing
€350
€350
€350
Margin/acre
€30
€106
€144
Margin in Comparison to Commercial
How is it Sown in the Field
Individual male and female lines, sown with a beet seeder
Responsibilities
• Agronomy – Seedtech staff walk crops on a weekly basis offering advice on the
unique aspects of the seed crops. Otherwise it is general agronomy.
• Drilling – Seedtech have a beet sower used to sow all OSR crops at a cost of
€25/acre
• Rogueing – Seedtech organise and carry out all rogueing of the OSR at our cost.
All crops are rogued twice.
• Synchronization – The trimming of the male plant to ensure sufficient throughout
the season. Seedtech pay this cost of €20/acre
Responsibilities
• Mulching – Grower is responsible for this cost of €20/acre. As there is male and
female in the field typically one third is male and this cost applies to that area.
• Haulage – Seedtech pay the grower a subsidy on 50% of the haulage on a pro
rata basis subject to tonnage delivered.
• Bees – Seedtech organise for beehives to be placed in fields at no charge to
the grower aiding pollination
• Other – All other aspects the grower is responsible for.
Benefits to the Grower
• Excellent break crop for land
• Possible entry for a seed cereal crop for autumn 2017
• Additional on farm income from seed crops in a tight margin industry
Potential Issues for the Grower
• Pollination largely dependent on weather conditions – light gentle
breeze aids good pollination affecting yield
• Fields need to be free of weeds as this is a seed crop that DAFM need
to certify
Thank you!
For more Information contact:
Marianne Jordan
(086 - 0224090)
Hybrid Barley
Early Season Agronomy
Tim O’ Donovan
Shoot Number is The Most Important
Determinant of Yield in Barley
Challenges on Shoot Number
Over winter
survival
Wet weather diseases such
as Rhyncho
What’s out there in 2017?
2015 (Feb)
Shoots/m2
2016 (Feb)
Shoots/m2
2017 (Jan)
Shoots/m2
2 rows
1300-1400 shoots
<1100 shoots
1300
6 rows
>1000 shoots
900 shoots
1000
Hybrids
800 – 1000 shoots
700 - 900 shoots
1000
Avg 8 crops/category, limited in 2017
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Quadra 150 seeds
Quadra 200 seeds
Seedtech Trial Site in Jan ‘17
Hybrid Nitrogen Advice
• Mid to End Feb - GS 25-30
Apply 20 to 30% of total nitrogen at or before gs 30
Hybrids have a high nitrogen demand in early
season
Delaying nitrogen increases tiller retention, increases
the no. of small ears and reduces KPH
• End March - GS 30-32
Apply remainder of planned nitrogen, adjusting
rates depending on crop development, no later
than the middle of March.
Thank You!
Seedtech Conclusion
• Sales team delighted to work with you to meet your
requirements for the spring
• Technical Perspective – Spring Crops / Hybrid Barley
• Spring Oil Seed Rape Production
• Save the date : 6th July 2017 – Open day in
Ballymountain
• Thank you for your business and support
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Thank You