The Wheat Breeder
@KertonMC
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DSV wheat breeder, Crop Physiologist, Somerset-bred farmer's son.
Joined April 2022
Just finished wheat harvest 2025 and found this on the stubble! The new Zurn160 worked really well as did all my colleagues! #wheatbreeding @DSVUKSEEDS @Zurn_Harvesting
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Ian Davy tells us why Agrii have added DSV Oxford to their portfolio of hard feed wheats
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Loxton 🌾 🍞 A top class milling wheat available on the Warbuton's contract 🚜 Excellent performance on farm with good proteins and high yields 💪 A strong disease package coupled with excellent lodging resistance Find out more here: https://t.co/IiBMlm4LxU
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Winter wheat harvest is underway at our breeding station in Oxfordshire! 🌾
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Breeders crop of Arlington, RL candidate just brought back to the barn. #wheatbreeding Very excited about this one. Nine years in the making, let's get baking! #wheatbreeding @DSVUKSEEDS @uk_flour
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Yields seem to be down. Wheat coming in at 13.5%. First outing for the Zurn160! Good luck everyone and stay safe.
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We would like to introduce our new variety, Arlington. High quality bread maker with impressive yields and a robust disease package. 🍞 Excellent proteins 🍞 OWBM resistance 🍞 Pch1 for Eyespot 🍞 High spec weight 🍞 Low vernalisation requirement
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When life gives you lemons...or 'poor establishment due to very wet drilling conditions', breed for vigour and waterlogging tolerance! Look at this plot growing through the wet patch! #wheatbreeding
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Our brand new variety guide is out now!!! 🚜 Hit the link below to download it 📚 https://t.co/FbIuU7ALpk
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Our brand new variety guide is out now!!! 🚜 Hit the link below to download it 📚 https://t.co/FbIuU7ALpk
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Our new plot combine will be at Cereals stand 804 @Zurn_Harvesting. Come and find out how it will enable us to breed improved varieties at stand 1122 @DSVUKSEEDS #wheatbreeding
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Very happy to see my varieties living up to their excellent septoria resistance ratings in Hampshire today. #Arlington #championwheat #Diamond @DSVUKSEEDS
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Our brand new variety guide is out now!!! 🚜 Hit the link below to download it 📚 https://t.co/FbIuU7ALpk
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DIAMOND - DSV’s Star baker 🌾💎🍞 🍞 High untreated yields 💎 Pch1 eyespot resistance & Sm1 for orange blossom midge resistance 🍞 High combined disease scores 💎 Flexible drilling window Find out more here: https://t.co/gxperAv1yO
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Watch to the end to see Arlington looking lush despite the rust pressure from next door! #wheatbreeding #yellowrust @DSVUKSEEDS @ClareLe47881123 @uk_flour @allohexaploid
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Wheat breeder sampling clover and grass in the sunshine!
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Seriously bad infestation of gout fly in the wheat trials. All I can do is score the damage and wait for the drop in yield. @allohexaploid @breederphil
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