Monitor Farms

6 June 2022

Discover our Gilt Watch® programme, designed to help pig producers make informed and efficient business decisions on gilt management.

19 November 2020

David Aglen, host of AHDB Strategic Cereal Farm Scotland, is the Farms Manager at Balbirnie Home Farms in East Fife.

5 February 2021

ADAS and AHDB Wheat Fungicide Margin Competition 2020

5 November 2020

Six host farmers have agreed to take part in the Scottish Monitor Farm Legacy initiative which runs until July 2021.

22 December 2021

Waste is any step in a process that does not add value to the customer. There are three types of waste in Lean management, Muda, Mura and Muri, and we explore them below.

22 October 2020

Six AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds Monitor Farm hosts in Wales and the West of England are testing out whether growing a blend of wheat varieties could have benefits for the bottom line of their farm businesses.

2 September 2025

When the 5 Lean principles are combined into a company's processes and culture, they create Lean production, manufacturing, and operating systems. On this page, we dive into each of these in a bit more detail.

12 November 2024

A guide to all the webinars in our Monitor Farm Mondays series.

2 March 2021

Pat O'Keeffe Piggeries is a family-owned and managed piggery based in Ballylough, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. The farm has approximately 2,200 sows. To improve farm work efficiency, a Lean programme was developed as an introduction to Lean management.

2 September 2025

Lean management aims to optimise resources, maximise value and minimise waste. Find out about its origins and how Lean can be applied to agriculture and horticulture.

12 April 2022

Find out how our Strategic and Monitor Farms open their businesses to share research and development in practice.

20 June 2023

Find out how you can use Lean principles to create more value and reduce waste.

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