Varieties
HGCA Recommended Lists (RL) provide information on yield and quality performance, agronomic features and market options for recommended varieties to assist growers with variety selection. Here you can find the latest Recommended Lists for wheat, oilseed, barley and oats as well as harvest results and trials information.

Farm-saved seed - FAQs

This season’s difficult weather conditions have brought short-term issues of seed quality and availability into sharp focus for many growers. The problems experienced this year have prompted a number of questions from growers about the regulatory position on seed use and supply.

In response, BSPB and AIC have joined forces to produce a user-friendly guide to the most frequently asked questions on the use of certified and farm-saved seed.

Farm-saved seed - FAQs pdf  (147kb)

Running the Recommended Lists

Each year HGCA invests around 13% of its total levy income to assessing varieties for the HGCA Recommended Lists.

HGCA Recommended Lists are run through a collaborative project in partnership with BSPB, nabim and MAGB.

The HGCA Recommended lists are managed by dedicated members of the HGCA Research and Knowledge Transfer team.

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Acknowledgements

Organisations from across the whole industry are involved in producing the HGCA Recommended Lists.

Acknowledgement is also made of the contribution of DEFRA and plant breeders through their payments for National List trials and tests, and to BSPB members for significant additional data made available from their co-ordinated trial series.

HGCA is grateful to all organisations involved for their support and co-operation.

For supporting organisations and companies click here.

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RL Plus helps you to choose UK cereals and oilseeds varieties which best suit your needs, farming systems and location.

RL Plus holds data from over 2,000 trials and allows comparisons between varieties for more than a dozen characteristics.

RL Plus has been updated with the interactive HGCA Recommended Lists for 2012/13 and now includes 2011 Harvest data.

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Disclaimer

The data provided on these pages are the intellectual property of AHDB and its associates.

AHDB seeks to ensure that the data provided are accurate. However, subject to the operation of law no liability  is  accepted for loss, damage or injury howsoever caused or suffered directly or indirectly in relation to information and opinions contained in or omitted from these pages.

These data are provided for the purpose of determining the choice of varieties  for planting and for no other purpose without the written agreement of AHDB. The information must not be published without the express written agreement of AHDB except for printing copies for personal use. © 2011 AHDB