KWS Dawsum

The above video was recorded on July 4, 2023 and the information below was updated on June 12, 2024.

BREEDER: KWS UK Ltd
PEDIGREE: KWS Kerrin x Costello
STATUS: AHDB Recommended List variety for UK (since 2022)

MARKET OPTIONS: Hard Group 4, Feed

CERTIFIED SEED SALES 2023 %: England & Wales: 20.2 Scotland: 14.9.
PROVISIONAL SEED AREA 2024 %: England & Wales: 12.7. Scotland: 16.2.

AHDB RL 2024 TREATED YIELD (UK): 103
AHDB RL 2024 TREATED YIELD (NORTH REGION): 105
AHDB RL 2024 UNTREATED YIELD (UK): 91

POSITIVES

• Very high untreated (91%) and Northern yield (105%)
• Excellent as both a first and second wheat and on both heavy and especially lighter land
• Very good resistance to mildew, yellow rust and brown rust
• Well suited to early drilling
• Superb grain quality (inherited from Costello parentage), with very high Hagberg (299) & specific weight (79.9kg/hl)

NEGATIVES

• Average resistance to Septoria tritici compared to some other hard wheats (6.3)
• Susceptible to orange wheat blossom midge
• On farm performance has possibly not lived up to expectations