Varieties
19 August 2025
There are many ways grass can be used within the arable rotation. Read about the types of grass ley and the benefits for black-grass control.
4 August 2021
New genetic information, tools and lines will provide a valuable boost for barley breeders.
16 July 2021
Specific weight (SW) is one of the longest-standing ways of judging cereal grain quality.
10 November 2025
If you grow cereals or oilseed rape and use the harvested seed to establish a subsequent crop, it is called farm-saved seed (FSS)
14 July 2021
Paul Gosling looks at the latest phase of the variety-trialling project.
23 October 2025
Our Strategic Cereal Farms put cutting-edge research and innovation into practice on commercial farms around the UK.
2 July 2021
Paul Gosling, who leads the RL at AHDB, takes a look at the developing picture.
30 June 2021
Some quality characteristics, such as nitrogen concentration, specific weight and screenings, are highly heritable in barley.
29 June 2021
Some quality characteristics, such as protein concentration, specific weight, Hagberg Falling Number (HFN), are highly heritable in wheat.
29 June 2021
Find out how to join the Recommended Lists (RL) Crop Committee for these crops.
29 June 2021
Robert Saville, AHDB Crop Protection Scientist (disease), looks at the main foliar disease in wheat and the latest research results.
9 June 2021
Webinar: A research update from Strategic Cereal Farm Scotland
