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HGCA introduces Regional Managers :
22 October 2013
HGCA has responded to feedback from levy payers that they wished to have greater local connection with the organisation’s work by introducing a network of Regional Managers
HGCA’s Grain Market Outlook Conference highlights growing influence of China :
17 October 2013
The growing influence of the Chinese market on international wheat markets was highlighted at the 2013 HGCA Grain Market Outlook Conference held in London on Tuesday 15 October.
Young British bakers rise to the occasion :
16 October 2013
Stars of the bread-baking world from across the UK gathered in London recently for the first-ever World Bread Awards
Vigilance key to disease control in oilseed rape :
15 October 2013
Disease forecasts and crop development suggest there is a real need for extra vigilance this year when dealing with phoma and light leaf spot.
Helping hand for would-be precision farmers :
14 October 2013
HGCA and Catchment Sensitive Farming have teamed up to provide Be PRECISE courses for growers wanting to learn more about the fundamentals of precision farming.
Pest management, cultivation options and grain markets focus of Welsh arable event :
14 October 2013
HGCA and NFU Cymru have joined forces once again to bring the latest arable information to cereal and oilseed farmers in Wales.
HGCA helps industry diagnose need for micronutrients :
11 October 2013
Growers are now in a better position to assess the need for micronutrient applications in cereals and oilseed rape, thanks to a new HGCA publication
Regional variation in wheat bulb fly risk :
07 October 2013
Results from the annual HGCA autumn wheat bulb fly survey suggest that overall risk in England remains relatively low, but the risk in northern England is higher compared to last year.
Updated grain sampling guide from HGCA :
07 October 2013
HGCA has published an updated guide to grain sampling. The guide brings together existing published guidance on sampling into one publication, updating and highlighting best practice across the supply chain.
Updated Provisional AHDB-HGCA 2013 Cereal Quality Survey Estimates :
07 October 2013
The second provisional estimates of AHDB/HGCA’s Cereal Quality Survey (CQS) 2013 show a year-on-year improvement in GB wheat and barley quality, and support the results released in September
New roadmap to guide water management activity :
03 October 2013
HGCA has published a Water Roadmap to guide water management activity in the arable sector. The Roadmap outlines the water availability and quality challenges that the cereals and oilseeds industry faces and progress made by the industry.
Knowing your enemy – the future of crop protection :
27 September 2013
Combating future pest, weed and disease threats to UK agriculture was the subject of a scientific conference held on Wednesday 25 September in London, which was attended by around 170 delegates.
Aphid news service recommences :
20 September 2013
HGCA’s Aphid News service (Project 3475) has recommenced in time to help protect vulnerable newly emerged crops.
BCE presents harvest results to key overseas market :
20 September 2013
With harvest almost complete in most parts of the UK, HGCA’s export team is preparing to visit one of the main destinations for wheat exports to present this year’s harvest report.
Faster futures prices from HGCA :
20 September 2013
Grain and oilseed futures prices now update even faster on the HGCA markets webpage at www.hgca.com/markets. The HGCA website now provides some of the fastest, freely available futures prices on the web, with 15 minute delayed prices now updated every five minutes.