Content related to the sectors: cereals-oilseeds

28 November 2023

Germination periods of common arable weeds

Knowing when weeds are most likely to germinate will help you pinpoint control.

22 July 2021

An assessment of the impact of Farming Rules for Water

The Farming Rules for Water (FRfW) were introduced in April 2018 to fulfil obligations on diffuse pollution under the Water Framework Directive, particularly in regard to reducing phosphorus (P) losses to water from agriculture.

20 July 2021

Bullish news limiting harvest pressure? Grain market daily

Seasonally, we’d expect to see an element of price pressure as Northern Hemisphere wheat harvests start, but currently we are experiencing quite the opposite.

20 December 2024

AgriLeader Bitesize

These AgriLeader Bitesize videos can help you develop your leadership and management skills.

19 July 2021

Market Report - 19 July 2021

With concerns for new crop production in many key exporting nations, the longer-term supply and demand picture looks more supportive. As global harvests progress, yield reports will be crucial.

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

Prices rally as Russian crop reduces: Grain market daily

This week has seen the release of three key forecasts for Russian wheat production from the USDA, SovEcon and IKAR. All three reports have begun to walk the Russian wheat crop lower.

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.

15 July 2021

AHDB Response to the National Food Strategy

Christine Watts, AHDB Chief Communications and Market Development Officer, said: “We welcome publication of the National Food Strategy and a number of the recommendations highlighted, particularly improved food education in schools.

17 October 2023

GB regional wheat production estimates 2021/22: Analyst Insight

GB production could be pegged at 14.92Mt based on the GB condition score provided in our crop development report. This is 1% below the 2015-2019 average and 55% better than last season. Against published industry estimates, this sits within the range.

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)

10 November 2025

Top tips for growing farm-saved seed

Good quality seed is the starting point in cereal production.