The final results from the AHDB/HGCA 2012 Cereal Quality Survey confirm that GB wheat specific weights are the poorest on record.

Results also confirm this as the biggest domestic issue by far for the 2012/13 season.

AHDB/HGCA Senior Analyst Charlotte Garbutt, said, "Poor wheat quality creates challenges across all supply chains from growers to traders and on to domestic and overseas flour millers and feed compounders.

"In a typical year around 85% of the wheat that millers use is grown in the UK but this proportion is expected to be lower in 2012 as only 2% of nabim group 1 samples in our survey met a high quality bread milling specification, compared with 40% in 2011."

"A poor harvest and bad autumn understandably does nothing for industry confidence; but it is important not to base marketing decisions on recent memories and remember that every season has its own price drivers to monitor."

Final GB quality figures are from 99,546 wheat and 36,262 barley samples.

A full, detailed analysis of the Cereals Quality results is available from HGCA's Prospects. Alternatively, the final results can be viewed here.

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