LG Typhoon

The above video was recorded on June 18, 2024 and the information below was updated on May 19, 2025.

BREEDER: Limagrain Europe
PEDIGREE: Garrus x LGW88
STATUS: AHDB Recommended List variety for UK (since 2022)

MARKET OPTIONS: Hard Group 4, Feed 

CERTIFIED SEED SALES 2024 %: England & Wales: 5.3. Scotland: 4.6.
PROVISIONAL SEED AREA 2025 %: England & Wales: 4.5. Scotland: 3.6.

AHDB RL 2025 TREATED YIELD (UK): 101
AHDB RL 2025 TREATED YIELD (NORTH REGION): 103
AHDB RL 2025 UNTREATED YIELD (UK): 87

POSITIVES

• Very slow speed of development in the autumn makes it ideally suited to early sowing and it can be used as a tool to spread workload
• Performs better in the north over other areas in the UK
• Good combined disease resistance gives it a strong untreated yield (87%)

NEGATIVES

• Average Northern yield (103%) compared to other hard feed varieties
• Very slow to get going in the spring and late maturing (+2)