KWS Dawsum

The above video was recorded on July 4, 2023 and the information below was updated on July 24, 2026.

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 2025 %: England & Wales: 8.3 Scotland: 8.0.
PROVISIONAL SEED AREA 2026 %: England & Wales: 3.6. Scotland: 7.4.

AHDB RL 2026 TREATED YIELD (UK): 102
AHDB RL 2026 TREATED YIELD (NORTH REGION): 105
AHDB RL 2026 UNTREATED YIELD (UK): 86

POSITIVES

• Reasonable untreated yield (86) & northern yield (105) 
• Flexible as both a first and second wheat and on both heavy and especially lighter land
• Good combined disease resistance
• Superb grain quality (inherited from Costello parentage), with very high Hagberg (312) & specific weight (79.6kg/hl)

NEGATIVES

• Starting to become outclassed by newer alternatives
• Average resistance to Septoria (6.2) and poor resistance to yellow rust (5)
• Susceptible to orange wheat blossom midge