KWS Ultimatum

✚ Offers further diversification on-farm away from KWS Extase
✚ Excellent agronomic profile

Variety Positioning

• A new addition to the UK Recommended List last with a similar yield level (99.3% treated, 92% untreated) to KWS Palladium and equally good agronomic characteristics.

• Accepted as a Group 2 wheat with outstanding bold grain (79.6 kg/hl) coming from its Costello parentage, Hagberg Falling Number 287, average protein (12.3%) and provisionally approved for ukp export.

• Suitable for all regions and it performs well across a range of soil types including lighter soils and show acceptable second wheat performance.

• Average length straw which looks stiff enough, treated (7.0) (7.0), average grassweed competitiveness and slightly later maturity (+1) (+2). 

• A good package for disease with mildew (6.4), yellow rust (8.8) (7.7), brown rust (5.5) (3.9), Septoria tritici (6.5) (6.7) and moderately resistant to fusarium ear blight (6.2).

• It frequently shows significant leaf stress spotting during grain fill but appears to yield well in spite of this.

• Not resistant to orange wheat blossom midge.

NOTE:
Numbers in bold – Agrii Advisory List data.
Numbers in standard text – AHDB Recommended List.