Cope Seeds are a sales and marketing company of agricultural seeds and grain, built
on thirty eight years of experience within the UK seeds industry. We process a
wide range of species both conventionally and organically, which are marketed
to wholesale and farmer customers throughout the UK.
One of the key parts of our business is the
development of new varieties that bring benefits to both the UK farmer and end
user. To date we have successfully commercialised a number of varieties
including Atego, Rozmar and Vok Spring Oats, Sokrates and Magister Winter
Wheat, Amaretto Spring Wheat and Armada Spring Barley and we are constantly
trialling new material each year in both AHDB Recommended List trials and
independent trials.
This autumn we are marketing a number of winter wheat varieties
including Costello, RGT Illustrious and our exclusive variety, Nelson. Costello
has the highest untreated yields of any variety from our portfolio and also
boasts the best grain specification of any feed wheat. Costello is a short, stiff
variety which suits both heavy and light soils. RGT Illustrious is a group 1
milling wheat with the highest untreated yields of any of the group 1’s. This
variety has long straw but with excellent standing power and fantastic all
round disease resistance. Our own variety Nelson is a German Milling E quality.
Nelson is a dual purpose variety which is useful for feed and milling and is
currently being grown on a buyback into Heygates at a group 1 premium. Heygates
love the variety so much; they are offering it on the old Hereward tolerance
contract. Nelson is a tall, stiff
variety which keeps its green retention well. In 2 years of National Agrii
trials, Nelson has the best resistance to Septoria, even beating the variety
Graham.
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| Nelson winter wheat |
Our seed portfolio features the winter barleys Cassia and
Talisman. Cassia is a popular high
yielding, 2 row feed accounting for nearly a 3rd of the winter barley market.
It has good specific weights and resistance to lodging. Cassia performed
consistently over the last 3 years and is resistant to BaYMV but susceptible to
Rhyncosporium and Mildew. Talisman is an early to mature 2 row malting barley
with very good disease resistance, especially Rhynchosporium and has a moderate
straw length with good resistance to lodging.
Our new winter oat Eagle, is now in recommended
list trials and is looking like an extremely promising variety, offering both
yield and quality. One of our seed growers in Scotland has reported that the
crop harvested on 22 August 2016 were coming off the combine at a moisture of 13.4% and an
estimated yield of 10.6t/ha, demonstrating the varieties earliness and yield
potential.
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| Eagle winter oats |
Cope Seeds are offering the winter bean varieties Tundra and
Wizard to growers this autumn. Tundra is a popular variety with a sowing window
running from October to December. Tundra is suitable and adaptable to a wide
range of soil types. Wizard can help spread the workload and are more suitable
to heavy soils where establishment of spring beans can be a problem. However
due to their relatively short straw compared to other winter beans growers
should ensure that seed beds are level to avoid harvesting problems. Wizard
takes approximately 98% of the winter bean market as it suits both growers and
end users for domestic and export use.
Should you be interested in hearing more information on any of the
listed varieties, or would like to hear about our wider variety portfolio,
please contact us on 01529 421081 or visit us at Croptec stand 151.
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