Content related to the topic: varieties

8 December 2025

The new Recommended Lists (RL) is packed full of options for multiple markets

The new RL 2026/27 tables are out now online.

6 November 2025

How a vast data set guides variety recommendations

Paul Gosling explains how a large variety performance data set underpins recommendation decisions.

4 September 2025

New project seeds wheat variety blend use in the UK

A pioneering AHDB-funded initiative will test whether growing a mixture of varieties can deliver better milling wheat crops.

12 August 2025

How we decide which RL trials make the cut

How we decide which trial plots make the grade and an update on our winter wheat on trial site in Norfolk.

4 August 2025

New AHDB project to boost weed competitiveness in sustainable farming

This new project investigates crop physiology traits in winter wheat that enhance weed competitiveness in low-input and organic farming systems.

28 July 2025

Oilseed rape yields very encouraging – but wider variation for cereals so far

We published our second harvest report of 2025 on 25 July.

10 June 2025

Thirteen new varieties added to the Recommended Grass and Clover Lists (RGCL)

Two white clover, one red clover, two Italian ryegrass and eight perennial ryegrass varieties have been added to the RGCL.

29 May 2025

Major winter wheat yellow rust resistance gene fails

A major disease resistance gene has been unpicked by the pathogen that causes yellow rust in winter wheat, following reports of unusual levels of the foliar disease in many winter wheat varieties during spring.

14 May 2025

Game-changing tools from the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL)

Use our interactive tools to identify the best varieties for specific situations.

29 May 2025

Unusual yellow rust spreads: Winter wheat on trial blog

Get an update on our winter wheat on trial site in Norfolk, including observations of unusual levels of yellow rust.

25 June 2025

AHDB and NFU: Summer Monitor Farm and North West variety trials event

Attend this collaborative North West crops summer event for expert advice.

2 May 2025

Can you help us solve the wheat yellow rust puzzle?

The UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) needs wheat leaf samples with unusual levels of rust.