Grow with confidence with OSR establishment scheme

The DEKALB® Establishment Scheme will be in place once again this autumn, providing a credit of £100 per bag of seed for crop establishment failures. The 2026 scheme covers high-performance hybrid oilseed rape varieties DK Excentric, DK Extremus, DK Excited and DK Exdeka.

Bayer Product Manager Richard Phillips says: “Should cabbage stem flea beetle or other pressures on OSR establishment prove too great this autumn, we will be on hand to offer support.”

“With the DEKALB^® establishment scheme you can claim for total establishment failure of blocks of six hectares or more - either as whole fields or as single uninterrupted blocks within larger fields.”

Registration is simple to do and free of charge. Seed must be purchased through a participating seed supplier and crops sown - using normal good practice - before 20 September 2026.

The deadline for registration is 30 September 2026, and completed claim forms must be submitted via the seed supplier by 31 October 2026. For full details, please speak with your seed supplier when purchasing seed.

For those growing an eligible variety, joining the DEKALB^® Establishment Scheme is a no-brainer, says United Oilseeds seed manager Beckii Gibbs.

“Why wouldn’t you join? You have nothing to lose from taking advantage of the scheme; it’s without doubt a useful tool in managing the risk of OSR establishment failure and it can just add a little bit of a confidence boost,” says Beckii.

Register here: The 2026 OSR Establishment Scheme

Growers of the specialist HOLL oil variety V367OL should contact their supplier directly for information on the parallel HOLL-specific Establishment Scheme. Claims made under this scheme must be submitted by 15 September 15 2026.

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