Main Season Wheat Varieties
Catapult – NEW!
- Higher yielding choice for April sowing (as an alternative to longer season spring types e.g Trojan and Cutlass)
- Provides a very flexible sowing window and is a safer option for sowing dry when germination date is unknown
- Mid to late maturing variety with a wide adaptation and a good physical grain package
- AH classifications in Southern NSW and VIC
- Available in the 2020 growing season
Catapult Wheat in production at Baker Farms, Howlong NSW (2019)
Hellfire – NEW!
- Spitfire replacement with increased yield potential
- Offering the same superior grain quality and protein accumulation abilities as Spitfire
- Early to mid maturing variety for main season planting
- APH in South Eastern Zone and AH in Southern Zone
- Available for the 2020 growing season
Nighthawk – NEW!
- Slow maturing Spring wheat with a unique set of maturity holds that allow it to be planted earlier in areas that don’t suit the traditional winter wheat types
- Good early prostrate growth habit with high tiller numbers
- AH quality classification in South Eastern Zone and Southern Zone
- Available for the 2020 growing season
Mustang
- Quick maturity for main season planting like Spitfire
- Yield increase of 6-12% over Spitfire
- APH quality in NSW to suit all main season growing areas
- Outstanding shorter canopy to make on farm management and stubble handling easier
DS Faraday
- High yielding, well adapted milling wheat variety for northern NSW & QLD
- Class leading pre-harvesting sprouting tolerance
- Suited to very early and main season sowing window
- Feed quality classification for Southern and South Eastern Zones
- Good triple rust resistance
Coolah
- AH in Southern Zone and APH in South Eastern Zone
- Mid-Season variety similar to EGA Gregory
- Suited to end of April beginning of May plantings
- Improved lodging tolerance over EGA Gregory
- Tolerant of acid soils
- Low screenings and high test weights
James Whiteley with Coolah in our Baker Seed Co cereal and time of sowing trial site (2016)
DS Pascal
- High yielding, early season line
- Pre-harvest sprouting tolerance
- Shows standability with strong disease and grain package
- Good yields under irrigation
- APW classification in Southern and South Eastern Zones
Lancer
- APH in South Eastern Zone and and AH in Southern Zone
- Solid grain package with good protein delivery, good grain size low screenings
- Shorter canopy height with good resistance to lodging
- Performs well under crown rot pressure
Kittyhawk
- APH (NSW) and AH (VIC/SA) Long Season high yielding dual purpose wheat variety suited to all areas that grow Wedgetail. Ideal to winter grazing
- Slow maturity with three winter genes so suited to early planting
- Significant test weights with solid grain package
- Improved Stripe, Stem and Leaf rust over Wedgetail
Trojan
- APW High yielding Mid-Long season
- Ideally suited to the medium to high rainfall areas
- Excellent grain package with large grain. Low screenings and high test weight
- Very good overall disease package
Beckom
- AH, Mid-Season variety
- Boron and Acid soil tolerance
- Short conservative plant type
Beckom 2016
Cutlass
- Yipti replacement with superior YLS tolerance (MSS)
- CCN resistance
- Mid to late season variety
- Boron tolerant