Content related to the topic: research-and-innovation

6 November 2025

How a vast data set guides variety recommendations

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

11 December 2025

Altcar Moss Monitor Farm: Precision Farming

Join AHDB and Altcar Moss Monitor Farm hosts Simon, Lisa and Cameron Edwards as we return this winter for an engaging and insightful event focused on Precision Farming

23 January 2026

Where did all the pests go?

Ellie Dearlove considers why some major crop pests were slow to get going this autumn.

21 October 2025

New collaborative research to level-up CSFB control

A major new project will take cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) management in winter oilseed rape (OSR) to the next level, thanks to a collaborative AHDB research project.

29 September 2025

Start monitoring oilseed rape for phoma leaf spot symptoms

Our phoma leaf spot forecast suggests that many oilseed rape (OSR) crops could reach the spray threshold for the disease in the next few weeks.

22 January 2026

The Resilient Farm Roadshow - South

This roadshow is a collaboration between AHDB and Agricology, a free knowledge platform that supports farmers in adopting agroecological and regenerative practices through practical resources, events and partnerships to promote sustainable farming.

24 September 2025

AHDB-funded trials give farmers independent data on biofungicide performance

Independent data on biofungicide performance in crop protection programmes will be available to farmers, thanks to AHDB-funded pilot trials.

8 January 2026

The Resilient Farm Roadshow

This roadshow is a collaboration between AHDB and Agricology, a free knowledge platform that supports farmers in adopting agroecological and regenerative practices through practical resources, events and partnerships to promote sustainable farming.

21 November 2025

The Resilient Farm Roadshow - Scotland

This roadshow is a collaboration between AHDB and Agricology, a free knowledge platform that supports farmers in adopting agroecological and regenerative practices through practical resources, events and partnerships to promote sustainable farming.

23 September 2025

Biofungicide performance scrutinised in innovative wheat trials

Farmers will get independent data on biofungicide performance in crop protection programmes, thanks to a series of AHDB-funded pilot trials.

19 September 2025

BYDV management resources for winter cereals

Our cereal aphid monitoring activity, weather-based management tool and pest control guidance can keep you one step ahead of yield-robbing BYDV.

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.