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LG Egmont Winter Wheat

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LG Egmont Winter Wheat

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Medium-maturity winter bread wheat (quality group B) for Ukraine's Polissia and Forest-Steppe, pairing strong rust tolerance with good drought and lodging resistance.

Main advantages

  • Yellow & brown rust 8/9 — reliable leaf health
  • Drought tolerance 8/9 — stable in dry seasons
  • Lodging resistance 8/9 — cleaner standing crop
  • Fusarium head 7/9 — safer grain quality
  • Class B bread wheat — milling-grade grain

About this product

LG Egmont Winter Wheat

LG Egmont is a medium-maturity winter wheat of German origin, suited to the Polissia and Forest-Steppe zones of Ukraine. This awnless, tall variety (85-90 cm) sits in bread-milling quality group B, with medium protein and gluten. Its agronomic strength is broad disease tolerance, with septoria, yellow and brown rust each rated 8 of 9, backed by drought tolerance and lodging resistance also at 8 of 9. It fits mid-early to mid-late sowing windows at 3.5-4.7 million seeds per hectare.

At a glance

Agronomic profile

Maturity group

Medium

The crop's maturity class — sets the sowing and harvest window.

Winter hardiness

7/9

Winter survival rating (1 weak, 9 excellent)

Drought tolerance

8/9

Yield stability across dry seasons

Standability

8/9

Stalk resistance to lodging before a late harvest

Application

Rates, windows, expected results

Sowing rate
3.5-4.7 million/ha
Window
mid-early to mid-late

Full specifications

Every field from the manufacturer

Maturity
Medium
Variety
Open Pollinated
Use
Grain
Season
Winter
Drought tolerance
8
Disease resistance
Septoria leaf 8/9, yellow rust 8/9, brown rust 8/9, Fusarium head 7/9, powdery mildew 8/9
End use
Grain
Winter hardiness
7

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Questions & answers

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  • Optimal sowing depends on crop, zone, and seasonal weather. Winter wheat in the Forest-Steppe: Sep 10–25. Corn: when soil is stable at +10°C at 10 cm depth. See the 12-month sowing calendar at /blog/practice/seasonal-planning.

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