Australia
November 14, 2008
Two wheat varieties, LongReach’s Crusader*
and InterGrain’s Magenta*, have been upgraded for the 2009-10
harvest.
AWBI Grain Quality Specialist Tremayne Watts said
Crusader*
has been upgraded to Australian Prime Hard (APH) in Queensland,
central and southern New South Wales, whilst Magenta*
has been upgraded to Australian Premium White (APW) for
Victoria.
“As the 2008–09 harvest has commenced across
Australia, the upgrades on both of these varieties has been
delayed until next harvest. However by announcing the upgrade
now it allows growers to consider their seed requirements for
next year,” Mr Watts said.
Information about Magenta* and Crusader* is
available from the NVT
website which provides independent and accurate results on
the performance of recently released grain and field crop
varieties from trials conducted across Australia.
The upgrade follows the final meeting of the AWB
International Variety Classification Panel, whose role is to
assess the quality attributes and milling characteristics of
wheat varieties.
Wheat classification is the categorisation of a
wheat variety into grades based on processing and end product
quality. The Classification Process aims to deliver grain of
consistent physical quality, processing performance and
end-product quality to customers and end-users.
In 2008 the AWB International classification
panel has assessed 140 wheat varieties across the 7
classification regions in Australia. Twenty new varieties have
been commercialised and released to growers during this time.
Following the introduction of changes in wheat
marketing arrangements that were introduced on 1 July 2008,
GRDC has agreed to
undertake management of wheat variety classification for 2009
and 2010 and is currently working to develop a new model for the
management of wheat classification. |
