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2025 Planting and Variety Survey needs your help to report early!
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
We are calling for growers to complete our annual Planting and Variety Survey (PVS) so we can announce the results in mid-June – a month earlier than usual. The survey launches on Monday 7 April and will deliver early insight into harvest 2025.
The PVS is the only annual pre-harvest survey that gives an early estimate of what might be available from the upcoming cereals and oilseed rape harvest in the UK.
It breaks down the information by crops and by UK flour miller group and malting or non-malting approved barley.
We are asking cereal and oilseed rape growers to submit information on crop and variety areas for the upcoming harvest (harvest 2025).
We also need information on the previous harvest (harvest 2024) so we can understand the change year-on-year. All crop areas count, whether owned or rented.
We use these year-on-year changes to give insight into the UK crop areas.
We are also collecting information on the uptake of agri-environment schemes to help understand their potential impact on cereal production.
Millie Askew, Lead Analyst (Cereals & Oilseeds), said:
“This survey is vital in helping arable farmers to plan for the next year.
"Knowing more about our domestic market, such as the regional supply of cereal and oilseed rape crops, can help marketing decisions.
"By working together, we can produce accurate and reliable data to quantify domestic production.
“However, the success of the survey depends on the voluntary support of those who are willing to take part.
"We are grateful to everyone who filled in a form last year, whether online or by post, and we look forward to receiving even more responses in 2025.”
Results
The results of this year’s survey will be presented at the Cereals Event 2025. They will also be published on our website on 10 June 2025.
Complete the survey
You can complete the survey online between Monday 7 April and Friday 16 May 2025.
Some growers will have received a postal form to complete. The deadline to return this is Monday 12 May 2025.