LG Typhoon

The above video was recorded on June 18, 2024. 

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 2023 %: England & Wales: 4.7. Scotland: 3.1.
PROVISIONAL SEED AREA 2024 %: England & Wales: 4.7. Scotland: 3.6.

AHDB RL 2024 TREATED YIELD (UK): 100
AHDB RL 2024 TREATED YIELD (NORTH REGION): 101
AHDB RL 2024 UNTREATED YIELD (UK): 89

POSITIVES

• Performs better in the north over other areas in the UK
• Good combined disease resistance gives it a strong untreated yield (89%)
• Slow speed of development in the autumn makes it ideally suited to early sowing

NEGATIVES

• Average northern yield (101%) compared to other hard feed varieties
• Late maturing