The AHDB Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL) publications provide information on yield and quality performance, agronomic features and market options to assist with variety selection.

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Table 1 Winter wheat Recommended List 2019/20 – PDF / XLS

Table 2 Winter wheat Candidates (harvest 2019)* – PDF / XLS

Table 3 Winter wheat not added to the Recommended List** – PDF / XLS

For information on seedling and adult plant resistance to yellow rust, visit the UKCPVS page.

*Last updated: 2 April 2019

**Varieties grown in trials in 2018 but not added to the AHDB Recommended Lists 2019/20

Table 4 Wheat sown mid-November to late January (supplementary data) – PDF / XLS

Table 5 Spring wheat (for spring sowing) Recommended List 2019 – PDF / XLS

Table 6 Spring wheat Candidates (harvest 2019)* – PDF / XLS

*Last updated: 8 January 2019

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Malting Barley Committee Approved List for Harvest 2020 (issued June 2019)

Table 7 Winter barley Recommended List 2019/20 – PDF / XLS

Table 8 Winter barley Candidates (harvest 2019)* – PDF / XLS

*Last updated: 1 April 2019

Table 9 Spring barley Recommended List 2019 – PDF / XLS

Table 10 Spring barley Candidates (harvest 2019)* – PDF / XLS

*Last updated: 23 May 2019

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Table 11 Winter oats Recommended List 2019/20 – PDF / XLS

Table 12 Spring oats Recommended List 2019 – PDF / XLS

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Table 13 Winter oilseed rape Recommended List 2019/20 – PDF / XLS

Table 14 Winter oilseed rape Candidates (harvest 2019)* – PDF / XLS

Table 15 Winter oilseed rape not added to the AHDB Recommended List**

*Last updated: 21 May 2019

**Varieties grown in trials in 2018 but not added to the AHDB Recommended Lists 2019/20

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Look Ahead examines how people use the Recommended Lists (RL) and identifies how the variety trialling project can be improved. It has considered more than 600 survey responses, as well as feedback from numerous stakeholders at events throughout 2018.  

Descriptive Lists

Table 16 Spring oilseed rape Descriptive List 2019 – PDF / XLS

Table 17 Spring linseed Descriptive List 2019 – PDF / XLS

Table 18 Winter triticale Descriptive List 2019/20 – PDF / XLS

Table 19 Winter rye Descriptive List 2019/20 – PDF / XLS

The AHDB Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds 2016–2021 (RL) project provides independent information on yield and quality performance, agronomic features and market options to assist with variety selection. Produced each year, the RL publications are based on the analysis of hundreds of UK trials conducted across several years. Explore our 'protocols' page for information on the trials and the decision-making process, including the reasons for adding and removing varieties from RL.

The RL 2019/20 booklet was first published on 13 February 2019. The second (summer) edition was published on 16 May 2019. The RL pocketbooks for 2019/20 were published on 26 April 2019. The latest information on candidate varieties is published in the online tables (below). Varieties are added soon after they have achieved National List status. The online tables were first published on 3 December 2018.