Grower post filled on HGCA’s R&KT Committee
Dr David Brightman, who farms 243 hectares of combinable crops in Warwickshire, is the latest grower member to join HGCA’s Research and Knowledge Transfer committee. After completing a PhD in Dietary Nitrogen Requirements of Cattle, David began his career as a lecturer at Brooksby College in Crop Production. He has received many agricultural awards including […]
Light leaf spot disease risk high, says forecast
The HGCA-supported light leaf spot (LLS) service forecasts a very high disease infection risk in all regions of the UK for the 2014–15 season. The current high-risk level is due to a combination of disease build-up over recent years and favourable weather for pathogen growth over the summer. Where LLS is found in crops over […]
HGCA welcomes cereal buyers from Morocco and Algeria
HGCA’s exports division, BCE, last week hosted a visit to the UK for the main buyers from the state purchasing agencies of Morocco and Algeria. The inward missions programme ran over two days, and allowed representatives from both countries to experience the processes involved in the UK’s grain markets, and learn more about farm assured […]
HGCA wants more talk
Following the success of its Meet the Processor and Meet the Exporter events, HGCA is encouraging growers to join them at one of 14 events already planned for spring 2014. The initiative, which is open to participation from all processors, this year includes visits to three millers, a feed mill, three maltsters and seven exporter […]
HGCA Agronomists’ Conference: input management for 2014 and beyond
Taking place at Peterborough Arena on 10 December, the full-day technical conference includes the latest fungicide performance figures and several papers on resistance management. Susannah Bolton, HGCA Head of Research and Knowledge Transfer, said: “Market and weather volatility mean that growers are increasingly looking at input costs. These are more amenable to control by growers […]
HGCA Monitor Farm Launches Super Sausage after proving a success
George and Andrew Booth of Savock Farm put together the Super Sausage which is made of locally sourced pork, oatmeal and honey for HGCA’s Farmhouse Breakfast Week in January – but it was such a success that they decided to officially stock it in their shop. Andrew said: “We originally put together the Super Sausage […]
