New wheat varieties to mitigate frost

Shannon Beattie
Updated October 14 2021 - 5:35pm, first published 3:00pm
The dual-purpose awnless wheat varieties from LongReach Plant Breeders have been bred to produce milling-grade grain, but if hit by damaging environmental factors they have the capacity to produce high quality hay.
The dual-purpose awnless wheat varieties from LongReach Plant Breeders have been bred to produce milling-grade grain, but if hit by damaging environmental factors they have the capacity to produce high quality hay.

WHEAT growers in Western Australia will soon have two new varieties to add to their frost mitigation toolboxes.

Shannon Beattie

Shannon Beattie

Journalist

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