crop management publications for use on farm, reports and updates from HGCA’s extensive programme of research, variety information from Recommended List trials, regularly updated grain and oilseed markets news and prices, information on exports of UK-grown cereals, information on HGCA’s investment on behalf of the cereals and oilseeds industry and what you can do to get involved. "/> HGCA : End uses

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Key tools and publications

Understand market requirements

Producing a crop to meet tight market specifications requires a good understanding of pre-harvest agronomy and post-harvest storage.

Consequently, many HGCA web pages contain information relevant to the production of quality grain. The following are the most relevant:

See also the Cereal sellers’ checklist and Oilseed sellers’ checklist.

Discover market opportunities

Market Report is a two-page report distributed every Monday, providing market commentary on key events and prices affecting global cereals and oilseed markets.

Meet specifications for milling wheat

Hagberg falling number (HFN) is a crucial part of the milling wheat specification. The Recommended List helps growers avoid varieties prone to low HFN. HGCA is also investing in the production of new varieties to maintain a high HFN.

Meet specifications for malting barley

Achieving the correct grain nitrogen content is one of the key considerations for malting barley. Information on nutrient management for barley production is available on the HGCA Nutrients page.

Understand the biofuel market

Biofuels include bioethanol from wheat and biodiesel from oilseed rape. This relatively new market is particularly sensitive to government policy but, over the longer-term, is likely to increase in importance.

Biofuel tool and publications:

Wheat for export

Look out for the ukp (bread wheat) or uks (soft wheat) logos in the HGCA Recommended Lists to select varieties suitable for export as quality whole grain wheat.

Find out more about HGCA’s exports work.

Information on straw

The decision whether to chop or bale straw depends on a number of factors. The following publication looks at the advantages and disadvantages associated with straw incorporation and removal, along with information to calculate the nutrient content of straw.

Grain for feed

At present over half the grain produced in the UK becomes animal feed either directly, or as co-products from other end uses. Find out more about growing for the feed market: