Crop Research

Each year, Bartholomews undertakes an extensive independent range of both cereal varieties and crop protection trials across the Southern region.

Under local soil and climate conditions, we aim to evaluate how cereal varieties perform under varied fungicide programmes. As leading suppliers of crop protection products in the region, Bartholomews has access to new chemistry actives to evaluate prior to market launch.

We are currently running over 15 trials across the south most will be taken to yield. This year we are looking at;

  • Fertiliser use efficiency on winter wheat

  • Potash sources on both winter wheat and spring barley

  • New chemistry (fungicide) winter wheat and winter barley

  • Blackgrass solutions in winter wheat and spring barley

  • Resistant Ryegrass

  • BYDV varietal resistance

  • BYDV product choice (including new chemistry) and timing

  • Winter wheat varietal work

  • Spring barley varietal work

  • Bespoke small plot trials on customer request

 
 

Crop protection

Bartholomews conduct a wide range of crop protection trials. We currently have 6 chemical trials ranging from industry leading BYDV research, to new fungicide chemistry trials. We perform trials on a wide range of combinable and specialist crops. In this page you can find our past trial results and what we’re currently investigating.

Seed Varieties

The correct choice of variety is imperative to a profitable farm. Bartholomews run variety trials across the south of England, and include old favourites, and brand new varieties to market. 2019 hosted over 16 different varieties for farmers to see for themselves at our open days.

Fertiliser

As a trusted partner for some of the largest and most innovative fertiliser product suppliers, we’re trusted to run trials on their new products. In 2019, we ran trials on PotashpluS and Limus, brand new products to the market from BASF and ICL.