Crop It Like It's Hot: How plant breeders bring new wheat varieties to market

Join us to delve into the science of plant breeding at DSV and listen to growers across the country discuss some favourite harvest dinners!

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Crop It Like It's Hot: How plant breeders bring new wheat varieties to market

This episode delves into the complexities of plant breeding as we visit DSV's breeding centre in Oxfordshire and discuss how a new variety is bred and the steps required to bring it to market.

Join Ash Ellwood as she takes a tour of the facility while chatting with DSV's wheat breeder, Dr Matthew Kerton.

Listen to the previous episode here: Crop It Like It's Hot RE-LAUNCH: Live from Cereals

Farmer contributions

Don't miss our brand-new addition to the podcast, which features five growers from around the country sharing their favourite meals to have in the field during harvest time, ranging from pheasant to prawn toast, in our all-new farmer contribution section of the podcast!

Listen below and follow us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to make sure you don't miss it

 

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