LG Astronomer

One of the most complete agronomic packages on the Recommended List

LG Astronomer winter wheat
  • UKFM: Group 3
  • Market Options: Biscuit, cake-making & UK distilling
  • OWBM Resistance: Yes
  • Sowing Date: Early
  • Rotational Position: Continuous

LG Astronomer is one of the most complete agronomic packages available in a winter wheat variety, combined with market opportunities for biscuit and distilling.

Rated 8 for yellow rust and 7 for brown, it also has a 5.9 score for Septoria tritici.

LG Astronomer has a very high specific weight and meets specification for the distilling market.

LG Astronomer winter wheat provides growers with an exceptional all-round agronomic package.

It ias a stiff strawed variety with excellent rust resistance and has a high Specific Weight of 78.1 kg/hl.

This variety has good agronomic attributes and performance for the earlier drilling slot.

LG Astronomer winter wheat is a biscuit variety with a number of market opportunities.

Strengths

  • Biscuit variety which meets specification for the distilling market

  • Exceptional all-round agronomic package

  • High specific weight of 78.1 kg/hl

Technical Information

Yield (as treated control)

LG ASTRONOMER RGT WilkinsonRGT Rashid
United Kingdom 9810099
East 98101100
West 989998
North 979998
Untreated 858378

Agronomic & Quality Data

LG ASTRONOMER RGT WilkinsonRGT Rashid
Lodging - without PGR788
Lodging - with PGR988
Straw Length - without PGR (cm)908487
Ripening (days +/- Skyfall)+2+2+3
Sprouting(7)(5)(6)
Protein Content %11.411.110.8
Hagberg Falling Number (Secs)232248221
Specific Weight (kg/hl)78.175.477.1

Disease Resistance

LG ASTRONOMER RGT WilkinsonRGT Rashid
Mildew473
Yellow Rust878
Brown Rust755
Septoria tritici5.95.56.1
Eyespot56@5
Fusarium667
OWBMR-R
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LG Astronomer winter wheat

LG Astronomer

One of the most complete agronomic packages on the Recommended List

LG Astronomer is one of the most complete agronomic packages available in a winter wheat variety, combined with market opportunities for biscuit and distilling.

Rated 8 for yellow rust and 7 for brown, it also has a 5.9 score for Septoria tritici.

LG Astronomer has a very high specific weight and meets specification for the distilling market.

LG Astronomer winter wheat provides growers with an exceptional all-round agronomic package.

It ias a stiff strawed variety with excellent rust resistance and has a high Specific Weight of 78.1 kg/hl.

This variety has good agronomic attributes and performance for the earlier drilling slot.

LG Astronomer winter wheat is a biscuit variety with a number of market opportunities.

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Key Strengths

  • Biscuit variety which meets specification for the distilling market

  • Exceptional all-round agronomic package

  • High specific weight of 78.1 kg/hl

Technical Information

Yield (as treated control)

LG ASTRONOMER RGT WilkinsonRGT Rashid
United Kingdom 9810099
East 98101100
West 989998
North 979998
Untreated 858378

Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2024/25 database. See AHDB website for full dataset.

Agronomic & Quality Data

LG ASTRONOMER RGT WilkinsonRGT Rashid
Lodging - without PGR788
Lodging - with PGR988
Straw Length - without PGR (cm)908487
Ripening (days +/- Skyfall)+2+2+3
Sprouting(7)(5)(6)
Protein Content %11.411.110.8
Hagberg Falling Number (Secs)232248221
Specific Weight (kg/hl)78.175.477.1

Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2024/25 database. See AHDB website for full dataset. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree. ( ) = limited data.

Disease Resistance

LG ASTRONOMER RGT WilkinsonRGT Rashid
Mildew473
Yellow Rust878
Brown Rust755
Septoria tritici5.95.56.1
Eyespot56@5
Fusarium667
OWBMR-R

Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2024/25 database. See AHDB website for full dataset. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that a variety shows the character to a high degree. ( ) = limited data. @ = Believed to carry the Pch1 Rendezvous resistance gene to eyespot, but this has not been verified in RL tests

What Our Experts Say

“Offering good yields, a quality that opens up a wider market, and it is also easy to grow with good disease resistance and standing – what’s not to like about Astronomer?”
David Pettitt of West Hall Farms, Rickinghall
“Although it didn’t quite match the yields of some of the barn-filling feed wheats, out of the five Group 3’s we grew this year, LG Astronomer did perform the best”
Rob Brine, Arable Farmer, Basingstoke
"We chose LG Astronomer for its quality, good agronomics and disease resistance."

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