Logo with the text "SY Amity" and smaller text "Spring Barley" beneath, with three arrow-like symbols pointing downward to the right of "Amity."

SY Amity Spring Barley

A true multi-purpose spring barley due to its grain characteristics (Zero-GN and size) and agronomic scores

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Strengths

  • A spring barley with both feed and malting potential

  • A zero-GN Malt Barley

  • Now going into large scale malting production in 2024

Agronomy Characteristics

  • High yielding Spring Barley

  • Excellent straw

  • Excellent disease resistance

  • Low levels of shedding and head disease in 2021-2023

  • Largest grain on the market so very suitable for rolling and roasting

A seed packet for Sy Amity Spring Barley with green barley plants in the background and information about the grain's characteristics, strengths, and agronomic traits.
Table titled 'Agronomic & Quality Characteristics' comparing three maize varieties: SY Amity, Skyway, and Geraldine, including data on yield, resistance to lodging, straw breakdown, Rhynchosporium, net blotch, grain weight, hectolitre weight, and screenings.

‘‘SY Amity gives growers a step-change in yield and straw strength compared to current standards.’’

                                                                                                                                              —  Dr. Tim O'Donovan, Technical Director
2025 Spring Drilling Guide infographic with schedule of seed planting and drilling dates for various grains from January to May, including beans, oats, organic oats, spring wheat, malting barley, feeding barley, and oilseed rape. It shows recommended seed rates, seedling periods, and additional planting instructions.
Two large round hay bales in a harvested field with straw on the ground, a few in the background, trees, and a partly cloudy sky.

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