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Click on the links below to open the RL tables. The Excel file shows treated yield, resistance to lodging and disease resistance figures to one decimal place on page two. The Adobe pdf file does not show the additional decimal places and is more suitable for printing. Click here for notes on which link to use.
Variety Comments
You can view notes on each variety by clicking its name:
| Malting varieties | Feed varieties |
| Propino | Garner |
| Quench | Waggon |
| Concerto | Cropton |
| Publican | Sweeney |
| Forensic | Scout |
| NFC-Tipple | Jolika |
| Belgravia | Cocktail |
| Westminster | Doyen |
| Oxbridge | |
| Optic | |
| Decanter | |
HGCA Recommended List candidate varieties
The files below list the varieties in RL trials in 2010 that will be considered for recommendation in the autumn.
Five varieties were grown in HGCA spring barley trials in 2009 but were not included in the Recommended List. These are:
Details of these varieties can be found here and also at the side of the Recommended List tables above:
Spring Barely For Export
Several varieties which have been grown in trials in the UK are now used for malting in Europe.
Some of these are recommended and the best source of data for those is the current HGCA Recommended List.
Others were not Listed or have been removed from the List and a summary of their performance is given in the tables below.
Growers are strongly advised to speak to their merchant before committing to a particular variety for export.
Archive Recommended Lists
2009; 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004
Award-winning young farmer at HGCA conference
On-farm management of nitrogen for milling wheat will be tackled by award-winning young farmer James Price at this year's HGCA/nabim Milling Wheat Conference on 25 February.
HGCA survey shows cereal quality improvement on 2008 results