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Crops & Grassland
28 April 2021
When sowing field margins and other useful farmland, growers must choose flowering seed mixes that attract pollinators as well as natural enemies of crop pests.
6 January 2025
Livestock farmers are encouraged to forward buy or secure their straw requirement, or look at alternative bedding options for this coming winter, sooner rather than later.
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23 January 2026
The industry is in a better position to protect the quality and yield of linseed seed crops this harvest
31 July 2020
Phil Asbury has been measuring grass for 13 years for his 212-cow spring block herd in Cheshire – this year has had its challenges…
27 July 2020
AHDB supported a panel discussion from the British Grassland Society https://www.britishgrassland.com , featuring a conversation between Paul Muto, Natural England; Professor Chris Reynolds, University of Reading; Sam Lane, Cotswold Seeds and dairy farmer, Rob Richmond.
22 July 2020
Join AHDB and Dr Luppo Diepenbroek, Independent consultant, for a webinar on outwintering cattle.
17 July 2020
Next month, it’s time to start planning your farm’s grazing to set up for spring 2021. So keep measuring, take a look at long-range weather forecasts and use your grazing software to help you make good decisions. This advice, from LIC grazing consultant Bess Jowsey, comes on the back of an expensive grazing season for many herds hit by the drought.
6 January 2025
Outwintering has several potential advantages over housing, but these have to be carefully weighed against possible concerns over animal welfare in unsuitable field conditions, the risk of soil erosion and performance targets.
16 July 2020
Cereal growers can learn about their fields' aphid populations, if they get involved in our research project.
16 July 2020
AHDB North East Monitor Farms discuss prospects for harvest 2020
14 July 2020
Learn how to disease score your crops with Catherine Harries, AHDB and assess crop development through the season with Brian Barker, EJ Barker and Sons and Strategic Cereal Farm East Host. Use this information to help inform matching inputs to potential through the season.