Key Points
- Five barley cultivars were sown over 5 months from June to October at two mid Canterbury sites.
- At the dryland Highbank site, yields were much higher from the June sowing, declining rapidly as sowing was delayed.
- By contrast, yields increased with sowing time at the irrigated Dorie site and this may have been the result of insufficient available in the spring for the earlier sown cultivars.
- County was the highest yielding cultivar from June sowing at Highbank with County and Tavern equal at Dorie.
- Dash was the highest yielding August sown cultivar at Highbank with Tavern highest at Dorie.