Don’t get caught out by the unexpected

 
 

Strengths

  • Protection & resilience through hybrid vigour

  • Don't get caught out by the unexpected!

 

Agronomy Characteristics

Protection & Resilience through hybrid vigour

  • Vigour

    • Strong straw, providing brackling and lodging resistance

    • Proven to suppress sterile brome numbers by 70%, reducing dependency on sprays as a management tool

    • Suitable for all rotations

  • Superior Disease Resistance

    • It offers a wide drilling window taking the risk out of weather variations

    • Helps with rotation planning, managing workload and disease management

  • Consistency in Yield

    • Belfry is the only winter barley to beat control yields in 30 out of 36 DAFM winter barley trials (2016-2022).

    • Excellent specific weight

DAFM Recommended List Winter Barley Trials 2016 - 2020. Belfry Winter Barley - Yield benefits v control varieties

“BELFRY is Ireland’s most consistent winter barley on DAFM RL, making it more profitable and the No. 1 choice in any rotation.”
— Dr. Tim O'Donovan, Technical Director

Getting the most from Belfry

  • Drill 200 seeds/m2 (100 kg/ha)

  • Apply fertiliser early in spring (gs 25)

  • Apply plant growth regulator early in spring (gs 30)

  • Drill in continuous barley slot to overcome stubble borne disease like rhyncho etc.

Hybrid Barley Videos.

Looking back on Harvest '22 and why Belfry Hybrid Barley works for James English

Importance of applying early plant growth regulator (PGR)

Seeding rates for Hybrid Barley with Tim O'Donovan

Sowing Belfry Hybrid Barley No.1 option for 2022 from Seedtech

Getting the best from your Hybrid Barley with David Quinlan glanbia 2022

Straw is one of the hidden benefits of Hybrid Barley

Farmers around the country noting the benefits of growing Belfry or Bazooka hybrid winter barley

Hybrid winter barley in April with Tim O'Donovan

Farmers need a good reason not to grow Hybrid Barley

Why farmer Ger Leahy grows Belfry Hybrid winter barley

Planning your fertiliser programme for Hybrid Barley with Teagasc Richie Hackett

Why do farmers love growing Hybrid Barley

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