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Crops & Grassland
14 July 2021
A discussion on the impact of herbal leys on animal performance and soil health as well as sharing their experience of establishment and management.
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12 June 2025
Learn how to recognise the diverse species of bugs and thrips that damage crops.
15 July 2024
Beetles (Coleoptera) are common on farmland, but only a few species are crop pests.
14 July 2021
An AHDB PhD is unleashing the aphid-tricking power of natural wheat chemicals.
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9 July 2021
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.
22 November 2021
Find out the advantages and limitations of self-feed and easy-feed silage.
26 January 2026
Our Strategic Cereal Farms put cutting-edge research and innovation into practice on commercial farms around the UK.
2 July 2021
Paul Gosling, who leads the RL at AHDB, takes a look at the developing picture.
30 June 2021
Some quality characteristics, such as nitrogen concentration, specific weight and screenings, are highly heritable in barley.
29 June 2021
Some quality characteristics, such as protein concentration, specific weight, Hagberg Falling Number (HFN), are highly heritable in wheat.
29 June 2021
Find out how to join the Recommended Lists (RL) Crop Committee for these crops.
29 June 2021
Robert Saville, AHDB Crop Protection Scientist (disease), looks at the main foliar disease in wheat and the latest research results.