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Very high yielding spring malting barley

Parentage: (NFC 497-12 x Cork ) x Vortex

Status: HGCA Recommended List 2007 and SAC Recommended List 2007

 

Yield Potential

NFC Tipple is a very high yielding spring malting barley, coupled with full IBD approval for Brewing. In UK treated situations – it consistently yields a massive 9% higher than Optic (equivalent to 0.61 tonnes per hectare, worth nearly £50/ha assuming constant growing costs and a malting barley price of £80/t).

Yield table

NFC Tipple has produced excellent yields across all regions of the UK , ensuring its status as a very consistent variety to grow.

Yield table

Disease Resistance

NFC Tipple has exceptional disease resistance to mildew and brown rust. However a managed fungicide programme is recommended.

Disease resistance

 

Fungicide Use

Getting early to mid season agronomy right is crucial to establishing a healthy crop.

 

T0 -   

   

The T0 spray prevents diseases gaining a foothold in long growing seasons or where disease
pressure is high. The use of Unix helps keep Rhynchosporium at bay.

 

T1-   

   

Timing is key for protecting the canopy during the plants' main burst of growth.
Kayak + Triazole provides broad spectrum disease control.

 

T2-  

   

Managing late season plant health is also vitally important to ensure a healthy harvest.
This is the key time to protect grain fill with awns and green leaf areas being the key targets.
Strobilurins protect against foliar diseases and Chlorothalonil has demonstrated control of biotic
and abiotic spotting.

 

 

CORE PROGRAMME

T0 -

Unix and Tern (should be used where disease pressure is high)

T1-

Kayak + Triazole

T2-  

Amistar Opti + Triazole

 

 

Agronomic Information

NFC Tipple is a relatively short and very stiff variety with excellent resistance to lodging and brackling. NFC Tipple is slightly earlier maturing than Optic.

Agronomic information

Growth Habit

Early Spring - Semi prostrateprostrate

Tillering ability - Medium-High

Maturity - Medium-Late (Optic type)


 

Drilling Dates

Suitability for early drilling - Good 

Suitability for late drilling (April) - Good

Optimum drilling date - February – March ( Scotland ).  January – February ( England )

 

Recommended Sowing Rates


Seed rates are dependent on soil conditions at the time of drilling, the more difficult the environment, the higher the seed rate must be to compensate for potential plant loss. The table below shows the suggested number of seeds per square metre that should be planted under good conditions. 

Sowing rates

The chart above should always be used in conjunction with the thousand-grain weight of the seed to
calculate the sowing rate.


 

Nitrogen Application

Higher nitrogen inputs increase yields and recent advice has been to lift rates for producing higher grain
nitrogen lager malt. However, end user requirements generally are shifting back towards <1.75N. Applying too much nitrogen pushes screenings and grain nitrogen too high – especially in seasons like 2002 and 2003 when weather conditions did not allow plants to fully utilise available nitrogen. Varieties have different optimum nitrogen rates, therefore balancing N inputs to end market, variety and season is key. While difficult to advise on exact nitrogen rates, many growers know how much to apply to Optic for a 1.65% grain nitrogen.

For NFC Tipple, the following is a rule of thumb.
NFC Tipple: 125-150 kg/ha N (in most situations)
Optic: 125 – 150 kg/ha N (in most situations) 

On heavier land, NFC Tipple is more robust than other varieties in terms of grain size and protein level, so residuals and bad weather patterns should not give excessive variability to end quality.

 

PGR's

Normally not required, however NFC advises their use on lush crops or very fertile sites. In these cases use low rate Moddus (0.1 – 0.2 l/ha) at GS 29-30 to stabilise tillers and promote root development.

 

Quality

NFC Tipple has full IBD approval for Brewing. NFC Tipple also has had success across Europe including provisional approval by the CBMO (French equivalent of the IBD), plus, successfully completing two years of European Brewing Convention trials in North and West Europe covering countries such as Holland, Belgium and Finland. NFC Tipple is also listed in Germany , Denmark , The Netherlands and Sweden which will offer export opportunities.

NFC Tipple appears to possess a very ‘balanced profile' in quality attributes required by European
customers, including good Hot Water Extract (HWE), good levels of DP and low beta glucan.

 

Grain Quality

NFC Tipple has big, bold grain leading to fewer sieving losses.

Specific Wt - 69 kg/hl 
Sieving % through - 2.25mm – 2.7%
Sieving % through - 2.5mm – 7.9% 
Nitrogen Content - 1.46N   
TGW - Good Source: HGCA Recommended List 2007

NFC Tipple is an inherently low nitrogen barley, producing 0.05-0.1 lower N levels than Optic and
Cocktail, therefore making it even easier to meet end user specifications. 

 

Harvesting

Normal priority – it is always advisable to harvest the crop in the best condition as soon as moisture is correct. As with all malting barleys, the variety should be kept separate to prevent contamination and obtain the maximum premium from the end product.

 

Storage Management

Storage of malting barley is a must priority to ensur e harvest brackling remains. Malting barley in storage should be regularly checked, with grain temperatures and moistures being monitored to ensure germination levels are maintained at 98% minimum.

The table below shows the importance of low moisture content and grain temperature for storing malting
barley, it also shows the approximate safe storage time in days.

Agronomic information

All information is a partial extraction from the New farm crops website and also the HGCA Recommended List 2007/8. See http://www.newfarmcrops.co.uk/ and also www.hgca.com for the full dataset