Content related to the topic: crops-grassland

19 July 2021

Can companion crops give OSR the edge over CSFB?

Diss Monitor Farmer, Richard Ling, hopes his on-farm companion crop trial will help control CSFB.

16 July 2021

Barley specific weight pulled apart by PhD

Specific weight (SW) is one of the longest-standing ways of judging cereal grain quality.

10 November 2025

What you need to know about farm-saved seed from combinable crops

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

Herbal leys 4 – feeding and grazing management

In the fourth webinar of our herbal leys series, the panel will share practical farming experience of managing herbal leys, via short presentations and a Q&A session.

14 July 2021

Herbal leys 3 – considerations beyond the price tag

This webinar focuses on environmental and financial aspects to consider when using herbal leys.

14 July 2021

Herbal leys 2 – establishment – looking forward to 2021

AHDB supported a panel discussion with the British Grassland Society on practical advice for establishing herbal leys in 2021 and beyond.

26 January 2026

ReLaunch: The next five years of variety trials

Paul Gosling looks at the latest phase of the variety-trialling project.

14 July 2021

Herbal leys 1 – livestock performance and environmental improvements

A discussion on the impact of herbal leys on animal performance and soil health as well as sharing their experience of establishment and management.

20 May 2026

Identification and management of bugs and thrips in field crops

Learn how to recognise the diverse species of bugs and thrips that damage crops.

13 May 2026

Identification and management of beetles in field crops

Beetles (Coleoptera) are common on farmland, but only a few species are crop pests.

14 July 2021

Fatal attraction: the wheat chemicals aphids can’t resist

An AHDB PhD is unleashing the aphid-tricking power of natural wheat chemicals.

9 July 2021

Self-feeding silage – the way forward for your farm?

Self-feeding silage saves labour, power and machinery costs while delivering a simple, sustainable way to get forage into cows by just moving an electric wire once a day. First developed in the 1950s, self-feed had a 1970s revival and today is increasingly being seen as the cost-effective winter feeding method for autumn block-calving herds.