Final Cereal Quality Results 2014

November 11, 2014 12:00 am

The HGCA has released the final results for its 2014 Cereal Quality Survey. These prove to be not much different from the provisional figures released in October (see Bulletin 10(14)). Not surprisingly, results reveal that overall wheat and barley quality was good this year. The table summarises the ‘all-wheat’ category.

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*WHEAT QUALITY SURVEY RESULTS* – Source: HGCA
	2012 Average	2013 Average	2014 Average	3 year Average (excl 2012)
Specific Weight (kg/hl)	69.6	77.1	77.6
Hagberg Falling Number (Seconds)	237	314	308	284
Protein Content %	12.5	12.2	11.3	12.0
Moisture %	15.0	14.7	14.9	15.2

*BARLEY QUALITY SURVEY RESULTS* – Source: HGCA
	2012 Average	2013 Average	2014 Average	3 year Average (excl 2012)
Specific Weight (kg/hl)	62.9	67.5	66.3	67.0
Nitrogen Content %	1.60	1.68	1.53	1.68
Grain through a 2.25mm Sieve %	3.6	1.7	1.4	1.7
Grain retained by 2.5mm Sieve %	89.8	94.4	96.1	94.8