These ongoing projects relate to the work that HGCA has commissioned in relation to oilseeds in general.
Click on the titles for an upshot of the problem to be addressed, the aims, the approach and the benefits to the industry. Also the latest project information will be attached in the form of Annual Project Reports (APRs) or Interim Reports.
RD-2003-2922 Impact of previous cropping on winter oilseed rape yields
To test the hypothesis that growing oilseed rape constrains yields of future oilseed rape crops grown in the same field.
RD-2007-3388 The impact of previous cropping on OSR yields - sampling and trials establishment
The project aims to examine the effect of previous crop rotation on the growth and yield of oilseed rape.
RD-2009-3649 The impact of oilseed rape cropping frequency on rooting
The overall aim is to ascertain how the rotational intensity of oilseed rape cropping influences root growth in the crop
RD-2009-3648 The impact of oilseed rape cropping frequency on components of yield - an adjunct to ‘Impact of Previous Cropping on WOSR RD-2003-2922’
Project aims to record the components of oilseed rape yield across a range of rotational intensities.
Blog - April drilling disrupted by snow but Aberdeenshire crops still look as good as anywhere
We started planting spring cereals on a fine day in April and by the following day it was a white, despite the early challenges we progressed well even getting in a field on a neighbour’s farm we contract for that had been in potatoes last year.
Blog - Crops have developed slowly this spring and I’m already expecting a late harvest
USDA publish first forecasts of world supply and demand estimates for the new crop season
Cropping Systems Platform Open Day
27 Jun 2013
SGS, Alkerton Oaks Business Park, Stratford Road, Banbury OX15 6EP
25 Sep 2013
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London, Greater London SW1P 3EE
AHDB Crop Research Conference (Student rate)
25 Sep 2013
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London, Greater London SW1P 3EE