Spring Oilseed Rape
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Spring Oilseed Rape Variety Guide 2024 - 25 Innovation for your growth

Clearfield® Oilseed Rape The Clearfield® Production System was designed as a risk management tool for oilseed rape that combines hybrid seed varieties and high quality BASF herbicides to combat many of the key issues OSR growers face. The system allows you to adopt a ‘wait and see’ approach. The post emergence timings for the Clearfield® product range (Cleravo®) allow you to wait and see if you have a healthy established crop before applying your herbicide programme, enabling you to manage establishment risk. Crucially, Clearfield® is highly effective at controlling those difficult weeds...

Spring oilseed rape crops deliver excellent gross margin opportunities allowing flexibility in the rotation following a late harvest - which often means poor weather conditions and, in general, allows growers an excellent opportunity to sort out pernicious weed problems, such as black-grass, while fields lie fallow through the winter. This is a key benefit compared to winter oilseed rape crops, which offer few cultural control measures to reduce grass weed numbers and rely heavily on agrochemistry. Drilling spring oilseed rape at the end of March/early April means less pressure is put on...

LAKRITZ Spring Oilseed Rape Superior Primary Response Status: AHDB Descriptive List 2024 DSV are thrilled that LAKRITZ is now the highest yielding variety on the spring oilseed rape Descriptive List. This will be the second year that LAKRITZ will be grown on UK farms and it is looking to be a promising variety for 2024. This variety boasts a high oil content [43.7]% which is supplemented by a very high seed yield [106]%, which makes it a reliable choice for farmers to ensure strong returns post-harvest. LAKRITZ’s agronomic features include early flowering ([7]), a medium maturity rate ([5])...

LUMEN Spring Oilseed Rape Status: AHDB Descriptive List 2024 LUMEN is one of the top performing varieties on the new Descriptive List. It offers high Gross Output [100]% ensuring maximum return for growers. LUMEN was grown commercially for the first time in 2018. It took a significant market share in 2022 producing some impressive yields, for many who were new to growing spring oilseed rape. LUMEN has a high Seed Yield of [99]% combined with a high Oil Content of [44.3]% but by far its strongest asset is its early vigour in the spring, quickly establishing a strong rooting system and early...

DSV United Kingdom Ltd. Top Dawkins Barn, Wardington, Banbury OX17 1FE @DSVUKSeeds instagram dsvukseeds Facebook-square DSV UK info@dsv-uk.co.uk www.dsv-uk.co.uk Sarah Hawthorne UK Sales and Marketing Manager 07789 888703 sarah.hawthorne@dsv-uk.co.uk Dr. Alexander Döring Managing Director alexander.doering@dsv-uk.co.uk All data is sourced from UK AHDB Published Lists 2024 for spring oilseeds. On the 1 – 9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree. Note: Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this variety guide is accurate...