Spotlight to shine bright on crop trials at Arable Event

Winter cereal trial plots will be under scrutiny when more than 1,500 visitors attend the Arable Event on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border next month.

Organised by Wynnstay and Graintrial plots of wheat, barley, oats, hybrid rye and triticale. It takes place on 19 June at Woodlands Farm, which is part of Bradford Estates, close to Junction 3 of the M54.

The plots have been expanded this year to showcase a range of fertiliser and bio-stimulant demonstrations. Experts will be on hand to advise on product ranges from fertiliser manufacturers Yara, ICL, LKAB and Omex.

Opportunity

Winter wheats will include newly recommended provisional group one milling wheat SY Cheer, Elsoms soft wheat Bamford, and new hard feed wheat LG Beowulf from Limagrain.

Barley will include conventional variety LG Capitol and hybrid variety SY Buzzard with BYDV tolerance.

In terms of winter oats, Cromwell will make its debut as it looks to rival Mascani in the milling sector.

Wynnstay combinable seed product specialist Danny Richardson said: “The Arable Event demonstration trials will enable farmers to find out about the latest varieties of cereal seeds and will give them an opportunity to compare key varieties.”

Seminars

A range of seminars will include experts on hand to answer questions. Farm consultant Charlie Ireland, who features regularly on hit TV show Clarkson’s Farm, will also be making a return to the show.

He will be joined by farmer and contractor Olly Harrison, who became an “accidental YouTuber” at the start of lockdown and now has 118,000 subscribers to his channel, which showcases life on his farm and his contracting business near Liverpool.

Free fast track tickets are available to book and those booking an advance ticket will be entered into a prize draw sponsored by Mornflake. BASIS and NroSO points will be available.

For full details and tickets, visit www.thearableevent.co.uk