Cereals & Oilseeds

13 July 2021

Direct payments as part of the basic payment scheme (BPS) are set to phase out from this year. First year reductions are to be felt most by the largest recipients, though direct payments have played a considerable role for many farm businesses.

13 July 2021

Little has changed in the fundamental picture since last week. Crop conditions will be a key watch point as crops come out of dormancy in the Northern Hemisphere.

8 April 2021

How does the Budget 2021 affect agriculture?

13 July 2021

In February, I examined the fall in crude oil values in 2020. This examined what this meant for red diesel prices for the rest of this season. But, since then Brent crude oil prices (nearby) now near 14 month highs.

13 April 2026

5 March 2021

This week saw the launch of the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) report to the Government on how best to advance the interests of UK farmers, food producers and consumers in future trade agreements. In this week’s blog International Market Development Director Dr Phil Hadley reflects on the report and the potential implications for our agri-food exports

4 March 2021

AHDB is collaborating in a pan-European project to put robust decision support systems (DSS) at your fingertips. Emily Pope, Senior Knowledge Transfer Manager, explains.

13 July 2021

The latest cereal usage statistics were published today and show usage across all sectors for January 2021. The values published are not directly comparable with figures from January 2020. This is due to January 2020 being a five-week statistical month, whilst January 2021 is only a four-week month.

13 July 2021

This morning the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) released the total area of land claimed for under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in the 2020 cropping year for England.

23 January 2026

AHDB Knowledge Exchange Manager Teresa Meadows looks closer at the technique with no ‘easy button’ (blog)

6 March 2025

Hampshire Farmer David Miller and AHDB’s Harry Henderson unearth the secrets of regenerative agriculture (podcast and article).

4 March 2021

The progress made in AGOUEB and this project marks a significant step forward in the ability to better track key barley traits through breeding programmes.