About Us

The UK Grain Testing Network (UKGTN or Network) is a membership‑based group for people involved in the analysis of grain, with the shared objective of achieving the most accurate results from their instruments and reducing disagreement between analytical results across the grain industry. The Network provides a cost‑effective way to help achieve this.

The Network began in 1994 The Network began in 1994, Originally called the UK Infratec Network. By the late 1990s, the Network had launched its monthly ring check, and in 2002 it changed its name to the UK NIR Grain Network to emphasise independence from any individual supplier. In 2017 the Network changed its name again, becoming the UK Grain Testing Network, enabling it to expand beyond NIR testing.

In 2024, after 30 years as a committee‑led user group, the Network formed a limited company.

In 2025 the Network set up it's own premises in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire.

The UK Grain Testing Network Laboratory is TASCC accredited.

Member Number: YY3795