LG Challenger

  • UKFM: Group 4
  • Market Options: Feed
  • OWBM Resistance: Yes

LG Challenger is a very high yielding hard feed wheat variety, performing well across all regions and seasons.

Strengths

  • Good specific weight

  • Suitable for early drilling

  • Stiff strawed variety with good grain quality

Technical Information

Yield (% of treated control)

LG Challenger
UK107
East107
West107
North(109)
UK Untreated Yield93

Disease Resistance

LG Challenger
Mildew7
Yellow Rust7
Brown Rust5
Septoria Tritici6.1
Eyespot(5)
Fusarium Ear Blight(7)
Orange Wheat Blossom MidgeR

Grain Quality

LG Challenger
Endosperm TextureHard
Protein Content (%)10.2
Hagberg Falling Numbers (seconds)295
Specific Weight (kg/hl)78.6
Resistance to Sprouting(5)
Limagrain Field Seeds
Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371471 Email: enquiries@limagrain.co.uk Web: www.lgseeds.co.uk
Registered Company No: 1305690 England
Back to Winter Wheat

LG Challenger

LG Challenger is a very high yielding hard feed wheat variety, performing well across all regions and seasons.

Ask an expert
Or call us
01472 371661
Print this page

Key Strengths

  • Good specific weight

  • Suitable for early drilling

  • Stiff strawed variety with good grain quality

Technical Information

Yield (% of treated control)

LG Challenger
UK107
East107
West107
North(109)
UK Untreated Yield93

All data is from the AHDB Recommended List 2026/27. See AHDB website for full dataset. ( ) = limited data.

Disease Resistance

LG Challenger
Mildew7
Yellow Rust7
Brown Rust5
Septoria Tritici6.1
Eyespot(5)
Fusarium Ear Blight(7)
Orange Wheat Blossom MidgeR

All data is from the AHDB Recommended List 2026/27. See AHDB website for full dataset. ( ) = limited data.

Grain Quality

LG Challenger
Endosperm TextureHard
Protein Content (%)10.2
Hagberg Falling Numbers (seconds)295
Specific Weight (kg/hl)78.6
Resistance to Sprouting(5)

All data is from the AHDB Recommended List 2026/27. See AHDB website for full dataset. ( ) = limited data. 

What Our Experts Say

Marketing Permissions
Nickerson will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you occasionally and to provide valuable technical updates, news and events information. Please let us know all the ways you would like to hear from us:
Marketing options
You can change your mind at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us, or by contacting us at seeds@nickerson.co.uk. We will treat your information with respect. Click here to view our privacy policy. By clicking below, you agree that we may process your information in accordance with these terms.
This field is hidden when viewing the form