Content related to the topic: crops-grassland

17 April 2026

Grassland reseeding

Reseeding is an important part of grassland management on all farms and is essential for maintaining productive grassland. These pages will show you how to get the best from your grassland reseeds.

8 July 2021

Grain sampling and monitoring during storage

As grain remains a ‘living’ crop, it is essential to monitor it during storage.

14 February 2025

BLOG: Ten top tips to reduce the impact of wetter winters on outdoor pig paddocks

In his blog, Andrew Palmer, provides some useful tips for mitigating issues associated with our increasingly wetter winters, such as surface run-off.

6 April 2021

Nitrogen management: 'High’ excess rainfall winter confirmed

Most UK areas breached the ‘high’ excess winter rainfall (EWR) threshold, according to final estimates published by AHDB.

25 March 2026

Take-all life cycle and disease symptoms in cereals

Information on pathogen spread and the classic infection symptoms.

1 April 2021

Irrigated UK wheat: A folly or the future?

Some farmers are looking at irrigation infrastructure and asking whether wetting wheat will pay.

30 September 2025

Take-all decline and cereal disease management

Antagonistic microbial organisms help stabilise disease pressure and, eventually, contribute to its decline.

31 March 2021

Non-chemical control of take-all in cereals

With varietal resistance and chemical options limited, adequate reduction of disease requires the use of cultural control.

6 February 2026

Management of ergot in cereal crops

Read about the various control measures to reduce the risk from ergot in cereal crops.

25 March 2021

Farming next to a watercourse used to extract drinking water

From rotation and cultivation to crop protection, Colin Chappell takes stock of all available information before taking final decisions.

23 March 2021

Strategic Farm East seasonal overview

An overview of the harvest 2020 season at the AHDB Strategic Cereal Farm East

23 March 2021

Flowering strips demonstration introduction & results from the Strategic Cereal Farms East & West