LG Caravelle

A high‑yielding winter barley variety with good grain quality, high specific weight, and strong disease resistance

  • Market Options: Feed
  • Disease Resistance Profile: Good
  • Grain Quality: Good
  • Specific Weight: High

LG Caravelle is a high yielding 2-row winter barley on the AHDB Recommended List. The variety has very high yield potential across all regions of the UK supported with high untreated yield.

LG Caravelle offers a robust disease resistance package and external trials showed good competition in a blackgrass situation.

Strengths

  • Consistent yield

  • Robust disease resistance package

  • Very high specific weight and good screenings

Technical Information

Yield (% Treated Control)

LG CaravelleKWS TardisSY Kingsbarn*
UK105103107
East107103106
West105101107
North103103107
Untreated (% of treated control)908480

Disease Resistance

LG CaravelleKWS TardisSY Kingsbarn*
Mildew757
Brown Rust765
Rhynchosporium667
Net Blotch655

Agronomic and Quality Data

LG Caravelle
Resistance to Lodging (-PGR)7
Resistance to Lodging (-PGR)8
Brackling (%)9
Straw Height (-PGR)93cm
Straw Height (+PGR)86cm
Ripening (days +/- LG Caravelle)0
Suitability to Light Soils*8.5
Suitability to Heavy Soils*9
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

LG Caravelle

A high‑yielding winter barley variety with good grain quality, high specific weight, and strong disease resistance
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LG Caravelle is a high yielding 2-row winter barley on the AHDB Recommended List. The variety has very high yield potential across all regions of the UK supported with high untreated yield.

LG Caravelle offers a robust disease resistance package and external trials showed good competition in a blackgrass situation.

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Key Strengths

  • Consistent yield

  • Robust disease resistance package

  • Very high specific weight and good screenings

Technical Information

Yield (% Treated Control)

LG CaravelleKWS TardisSY Kingsbarn*
UK105103107
East107103106
West105101107
North103103107
Untreated (% of treated control)908480

Data from the AHDB Recommended List 2026/27. * SY Kingsbarn is a hybrid variety

Disease Resistance

LG CaravelleKWS TardisSY Kingsbarn*
Mildew757
Brown Rust765
Rhynchosporium667
Net Blotch655

All data is from the AHDB Recommended List 2026/27. On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree (e.g. high resistance). * SY Kingsbarn is a hybrid variety

Agronomic and Quality Data

LG Caravelle
Resistance to Lodging (-PGR)7
Resistance to Lodging (-PGR)8
Brackling (%)9
Straw Height (-PGR)93cm
Straw Height (+PGR)86cm
Ripening (days +/- LG Caravelle)0
Suitability to Light Soils*8.5
Suitability to Heavy Soils*9

All data is from the AHDB Recommended List 2026/27. Agronomic features marked with * are breeders perspective.

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