Cereals & Oilseeds

16 July 2020

Last week we published the results of the 2020 AHDB planting and variety survey (PVS). Unsurprisingly, estimated wheat areas were down year-on-year across all regions of GB.

16 July 2020

Cereal growers can learn about their fields' aphid populations, if they get involved in our research project.

15 July 2020

A key component of yesterday’s support for UK feed wheat was the move lower in the value of sterling against both the euro and the dollar. At a time when domestic grain and oilseed production is uncertain, domestic politics and economics is equally volatile.

14 July 2020

Our latest PVS result does not pose significant optimism for oilseed rape being grown in the UK.

14 July 2020

Learn how to disease score your crops with Catherine Harries, AHDB and assess crop development through the season with Brian Barker, EJ Barker and Sons and Strategic Cereal Farm East Host. Use this information to help inform matching inputs to potential through the season.

14 July 2020

Interested in your soil health? This will be a practical session looking at how to assess your soil structure, using a VESS assessment, and your earthworm numbers across the farm. Use this information to inform management practices and hear how this has been put into practice on the AHDB Strategic Farms. Led by Anne Bhogal, ADAS, this will provide a hands on guide to what is needed in-field, a forum to ask your questions and the resources to carry it out for your farm business.

14 July 2020

As northern hemisphere harvests were underway, global wheat markets were pressured as we commenced the 2020/21 marketing year.

24 October 2023

Deadline: 17 August 2020

9 July 2020

9 July 2020

Yesterday saw the release of the latest AHDB planting and variety survey, detailing regional planting figures across the different crops. One of the key highlights of the survey is the 25% reduction year-on-year in the area planted to wheat.

9 July 2020

Harry Henderson is joined by Andy Newbold (FarmSmart) and AHDB’s David Eudall, Anthony Speight and Dhan Bhandari to discuss harvest preparations and the impact of this season’s weather and COVID-19 on those preparations.

8 July 2020

The 2020 AHDB Planting and Variety Survey has revealed a large swing to spring cropping due to poor autumn conditions.