Membership Mar 2009
Mr David Houghton
Chairman
(Grower - Scotland)
Mr Richard Broadbent
(Malting Specialist with specific experience in the assessment of varieties for producing malt for brewing)
Mr James Brosnan
(Malting specialist with specific experience in the assessment of varieties for producing malt for distilling.)
Mr Peter Chapman
(Barley grower, or other person able to represent the interests of growers, from the HGCA North region (The HGCA North region is shown on the RL map and is that area north of Scotch Corner))
Dr Keith Dawson
(Trials Specialist with experience of trialling and of advising growers on barley variety choice)
Mr Adrian Fisher
(Commercial Grain Trader able to represent the barley grain trading and grain export industry)
Mr Robert Leachman
(Grower or other agriculturalist involved in production of malting barley grain for export or a member of the grain chain involved in exporting barley grain)
Mr John MacDonald
(A person from the malting and brewing industry in England with a strong interest in brewing and a technical knowledge of the suitability of barley varieties for malting and brewing)
Mr Robert More
(Barley grower, or other person able to represent the interests of growers, from the East of England)
Mr Simon Phillips
(BSPB - breeder)
Mr Peter Riley
(Grower - East, Norfolk or Suffolk)
Mr Lee Robinson
(BSPB rep - variety development)
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