Hybrid Winter Rye Recommended Varieties.

Winter Rye has been recently reintroduced as a crop choice in Ireland as hybrid varieties are now available. 

Up to the 1960’s rye was grown mainly for thatching straw and its well known ability to produce grain in low fertility land.

Since 2016, Seedtech has been working with farmers, merchants and end-users with a view to establishing Hybrid Rye in the Irish market.

Hybrid Rye has potential to be a mainstream crop driven by its agronomics and performance in animal feed rations.

Rye is a sustainable crop, with low input costs (fertiliser and chemical) has excellent grain and straw yield and should be trialled by growers.