Barley

RGT Asteroid

A new release from the RAGT world barley program.


RGT ASTEROID – SPRING BARLEY

RGT Asteroid will start its Australian journey as a feed barley, but with Malt registration in the EU and a distilling classification from the UK, RGT Asteroid will have closed loop marketing options via Export Distilers & Export Maltsters such as MaltEurop.

RGT Asteroid has similar maturity to RGT Planet & RGT Atlantis and can be sown across similar barley production zones, where yield potential is above 5T/ha.

Features

  • Improved NFNB & SFNB over RGT Planet & RGT Atlantis
  • Can be sown in medium to high rainfall areas from mid April
    to early spring

Benefits

Sowing Rates

60-100kg per ha