Membership Mar 2009
Mr William Hemus - Chairman
(Oilseeds Grower)
Mr Jo Bowman
(BSPB rep - variety development)Matthew Clarke
(BSPB - Plant breeder)
Mr David Colville
(Oilseeds grower, or other person able to represent the interests of growers, from HGCA North region (the HGCA North region is shown on the RL map and is that area north of Scotch Corner)Prof Ian Crute
(Technical knowledge of plant genetics and breeding, CEL Board)
Mr Martin Farrow
(Person with a thorough knowledge of the vegetable oil markets from the UK oilseeds and of the requirements of varieties to suit those markets)
Mr Andrew Gilchrist
(Person with specialist experience of running oilseed variety trials either in public or commercial sector)
Dr Peter Gladders
(Pathologist)
Mr Jamie Mackay
(Grower / Agronomist - East Anglia)Mr Philip Marr
(A person with knowledge of the market place and the agronomy and selection of varieties for particular markets)
Mr Andrew Shirvell
(Oilseed grower, or other person able to represent the interests of growers, from the UK south of Scotch Corner)
Mr Andrew Ward
(Member from England able to represent the interests of oilseeds growers)Mr David Wilmot-Smith
(Oilseed grower, or other person able to represent the interests of growers, from the UK south of Scotch Corner)
2010 is a medium dormancy year
Results from HGCA-funded research (Project 3336) have shown that dormancy in black-grass seed samples this autumn is medium
7 Dec 2010
Staverton Park, Daventry Road, Staverton, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 6JT
20 Jan 2011
Thainstone House Hotel, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeenshire, AB51 5NT