MAKE THE CHANGE.

Would you like more consistent yields in different growing conditions? Plenty of barley straw? Or to spread harvest workloads with a cereal crop that is early to mature?

Then take a look at HYVIDO, the new phase in winter hybrid barley.

Maybe you want extra yield to reduce cost of production per tonne. Or simply to have more barley to sell. Or maybe you have livestock and want to grow more feed on your own farm.

Whatever the reason, with substantially higher yields than conventional varieties in trials, and even greater yield advantages when grown on a field scale

– not to mention the highest UK treated yield figure on the HGCA Recommended List of winter barley for 2013/14 – HYVIDO barley simply cannot be ignored. And that’s just the start.

Farmers who try hybrid barley regularly come back for more, with on-farm yields over 1 t/ha more than conventional varieties.

What’s more, thanks to a significant investment in seed production across Europe, from 2013 the benefits of HYVIDO are set to become more widely available to growers than ever before.

And if you’re still not convinced, we’re even offering a yield guarantee.

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of HYVIDO hybrid barley compared against range of conventionals

Source: HGCA Recommended List 2013/14

Unlike conventional barley seed multiplied up from a single parent plant by self-pollination, HYVIDO seed is produced by crossing genetically dissimilar barley parents together.

This ‘mixing’ has the benefit of producing offspring that are more vigorous than the parent plants – an effect called hybrid vigour.

Indeed, a key benefit of hybrid vigour is improved rooting, with HYVIDO producing up to 70% more total root length than conventional varieties.

Extra rooting is associated with improved scavenging for water

As well as higher grain yields, if you’re keen to reap the benefits of having more barley straw – whether for valuable extra income, or for livestock bedding or feed – again HYVIDO shouldn’t be ignored.

HYVIDO breeding has produced a tall-strawed hybrid which, when correctly managed, also rewards with strong standing power. Its straw output has been proven on-farm.

and nutrients, and increased stress tolerance. And this ability to ‘harvest’ nutrients and natural resources is key to why HYVIDO performs so well – even in challenging situations such as drought or poorer soils. This is also why HYVIDO yields so consistently, and why it delivers even more in a field situation than in trials (since trial sites are often chosen to minimise soil variability between plots).

Through careful breeding, Syngenta has produced hybrids that regularly deliver higher yields. It is this potential – packed into every HYVIDO hybrid barley seed – which is provided in the HYVIDO brand.

• Rooting capacity associated with superior: • Nutrient use efficiency • Water use efficiency • Stress tolerance

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Source: Data from HGCA Recommended List 2013/14 – the full database can be consulted at www.hgca.com

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CONVENTIONALWith its better ability to scavenge for nutrients, trials have shown that the efficiency of nitrogen utilisation with HYVIDO is better.

HYVIDO, in the form of HYVIDO VOLUME, is one of the earlier maturing winter feed barley varieties on the HGCA Recommended List.

Including an early-harvested crop in the rotation can offer a more even spread of machinery and labour use through summer – for potentially lower costs. Also less time pressure at harvest, and potential cash flow benefits from earlier availability of grain and straw.

It also provides an early entry for winter oilseed rape.

That’s not to mention added peace of mind in case the latter part of harvest turns wet, and from having extra time to establish the following crop.

At the opposite end of the season, while the normal sowing date for conventional winter barley is 25 Sept – 5 Oct, quick root development means the sowing

With its high tillering ability and improved vigour, split field comparison work indicates that worthwhile reductions in black-grass seed head numbers are achievable from drilling HYVIDO compared with a conventional variety. It takes barley competition to a higher level.

So if you’re concerned about grass weeds in barley, or post-emergence chemistry is no longer giving the results in winter wheat that you want, HYVIDO may be a viable option to put to the test. That’s especially so since most of the effective pre-emergence herbicides in winter wheat can be used in winter barley as well.

window for HYVIDO is more flexible. In appropriate conditions it has suitability for drilling up to the end of October in Scotland and end of November in England.

Drilling flexibility opens up planting opportunities after crops such as maize or early-harvested sugar beet, as well as offering advantages in reduced weed and aphid pressure, and easing workload peaks in September drilling.

Source: Syngenta hybrid nitrogen trials, harvest 2010. Scottish Agronomy, Balgonie

Source: Data from HGCA Recommended List 2013/14. Ripening (+/- Pearl, -ve = earlier) – the full database can be consulted at www.hgca.com

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Similarly, if you thought that it was previously complicated to grow, the newer hybrids and modern husbandry techniques have made it more straightforward than ever.

With our experience of hybrid barley agronomy, we’ve developed a simple,

flexible outline agronomy approach to help you achieve the best results.

Indeed, if the main focus of your business is looking after livestock rather than crops, our outline programme could be just the ticket.

Source: Data from HGCA Recommended List 2013/14 – the full database can be consulted at www.hgca.com

Key agronomy factors to maximise HYVIDO potential

Seed rateAlthough HYVIDO seed may cost a little more, its high tillering capacity means you don’t need to plant as much.

When drilling in September a seed rate of 200 seeds/m2 in good seedbed conditions is recommended to achieve optimum grain yield and quality.

NitrogenWith its ability to scavenge for nutrients, there’s no need to apply any more nitrogen with HYVIDO than with a conventional winter feed barley.

However, in order to support its high tillering from low seed rates, it is important that early nitrogen isn’t limiting. So the first nitrogen application may be earlier than you have used traditionally.

This early nitrogen application helps optimise ear numbers and support early spring growth, maximising YIELD.

HYVIDO recommendation:

• 30% at GS25

• 50% at GS30-31

• 20% at GS32-37

Early nitrogen boosts HYVIDO yield

Disease controlWith the ability of HYVIDO’s large canopy to trap sunlight (HYVIDO flag leaves can be three times bigger than conventional) it is well worth protecting against disease.

New-generation SDHI fungicide chemistry offers an ideal solution to help it reach its full potential, and IZM is an excellent match. Not only does its long-lasting protection help maximise green leaf retention for optimum ear numbers and to protect grain-filling, but the disease resistance ratings of HYVIDO VOLUME are perfectly complemented by IZM’s disease control strengths.

Larger HYVIDO flag leaf

Canopy managementEffective canopy management also helps HYVIDO achieve its potential. The PGR trinexapac-ethyl, with its ability to enhance rooting as well as reduce lodging, is an ideal choice. It has increased root length by 29%.

The disease strengths of IZM and HYVIDO are an ideal match

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Seed rate

200 seeds/m2 is the optimum seed rate in good conditions.

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Early nitrogen helps optimise ear numbers, supporting early spring growth and yields:

• 30% at GS25

• 50% at GS30-31

• 20% at GS32-37

Canopy management

PGR trinexapac-ethyl reduces lodging and enhances rooting, increasing root length by 29%.

Disease control

IZM disease control perfectly complements HYVIDO VOLUME’s disease resistance ratings.

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HYVIDO yield guarantee Notes

Outline planReference fields• A network of reference fields will be established around the

country where both HYVIDO and a leading conventional variety will be grown.

• HYVIDO grown using Syngenta guidelines; conventional variety grown using comparable agronomic inputs based on market standards.

• Reference fields will be managed by the grower & local agronomist and the yield results independently verified.

Taking part• All HYVIDO seed will come with the guarantee.

• To enter your HYVIDO crop into the guarantee sign your area up on our web site: www.syngenta.co.uk/hyvido

• To be eligible for a claim and to help get the best out of your HYVIDO, you agree to follow some simple, flexible agronomic inputs & practices which all allow freedom to grow HYVIDO appropriately to the season.

If a key reason you haven’t tried hybrid barley already is seed cost, then read on.

For 2013 we’re launching HYVIDO with a risk free, optional guarantee that it will yield at least 0.5 t/ha more than a conventional variety on local ‘split-field’ reference sites, or we’ll pay a fixed sum to cover the extra cost of the seed.

You can still grow HYVIDO without taking up the guarantee. We recognise it won’t be for everyone. It’s your choice.

Here is an outline of the main principles. Consult your agronomist or Syngenta to find out more.

larger ears

To deliver high yields

larger leaves

Capture energy from sunlight

High tillering capacity

For lower seed rates

longer roots

Moisture, nutrients & stress tolerance

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How the hybrid vigour of HYVIDO drives its benefits on farm

These are:

• HYVIDO sown within the recommended seed rate band

• Early nitrogen applied correctly

• Syngenta IZM fungicide and Syngenta trinexapac-ethyl used at least once in the programme for disease control and growth regulation – according to seasonal needs

• Syngenta will provide updates as to what is being done on your local reference fields, you can choose to do similar. You don’t have to – as long as you follow the basic points above, your HYVIDO crop will be in the guarantee.

Harvest• At the end of the season, yield results will be independently

assessed in reference fields.

• If HYVIDO does not yield at least 0.5 t/ha more than the conventional variety on your local reference fields, Syngenta will pay a fixed sum (subject to proof of you having satisfied the criteria of the guarantee).

Syngenta UK Ltd, CPC4, Capital Park, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB21 5XE Tel: +44 (0) 1223 883400 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 882196 Technical Enquiries: +44 (0) 800 1696058 Email: customer.services@syngenta.com Website: www.syngenta.co.uk

HYVIDO ™ is a trademark of a Syngenta Group Company. All other brand names used are trademarks of other manufacturers in which proprietary rights may exist. Use plant protection products safely. always read the label and product information before use. For further product information including warning phrases and symbols refer to www.syngenta.co.uk © Syngenta AG January 2013.

• Across all soil types• Year on year• Wet or dry

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MAKE THE CHANGE.