Strategic Cereal Farms

• Our Strategic Cereal Farms test research and innovations over a six-year programme
• The commercial farms host short-term and long-term field and farm-scale demonstrations
• The farm hosts share their experiences and farm-performance information openly and honestly
• With a combination of on-farm and virtual events, the programme is designed to share messages to help benefit your farm business
• There are plenty of opportunities to ask questions and speak to advisors

If you grow cereals or oilseeds, are naturally curious about the world and want to push the boundaries of production, please consider joining the Strategic Cereal Farm team. We are currently on the hunt for a farmer to join the network later this year. We particularly want to hear from people who farm in one of the following AHDB regions:

• Wales and West Midlands
• South West

Applications must be submitted to AHDB by Friday 28 March 2025.

To find out more about this opportunity, please contact henny.lowth@ahdb.org.uk

David Blacker, host of our farm in the North, outlines the benefits of hosting a Strategic Cereal Farm.

Farming is a lifelong quest for knowledge and improvement. It sits at the intersection of chemistry, biology, technology, environmental science and economics. This makes agriculture a fascinating field for research.

If you are curious and look for research to help you understand why things turn out the way they do, then the Strategic Cereal Farm project is for you.

Whether your goals are to increase yields, reduce costs, improve soil health or try different techniques, all of these (and more) can fit into the program.

You set the research agenda and AHDB helps with the organisation and heavy lifting.

A team of renowned scientists and researchers help you set up trials, gather data and produce reports to give the answers to the questions you ask.

This is independent research that isn’t driven by sales, snake oils or outside agendas.

Start joining the dots and fill in the missing gaps in research relevant to you on your own farm.

What’s not to like?

Every November, we showcase the latest results from across our Strategic Farm Network.