Research and Innovation

23 September 2025

Farmers will get independent data on biofungicide performance in crop protection programmes, thanks to a series of AHDB-funded pilot trials.

19 September 2025

Our cereal aphid monitoring activity, weather-based management tool and pest control guidance can keep you one step ahead of yield-robbing BYDV.

4 September 2025

A pioneering AHDB-funded initiative will test whether growing a mixture of varieties can deliver better milling wheat crops.

29 August 2025

Wheat bulb fly can exploit bare ground after harvest. Ellie Dearlove examines the potential impact on pest risk this year and an integrated pest management approach to help mitigate it.

26 August 2025

AHDB Environment Director Chris Gooderham looks back at the first year of our pioneering Environment Baselining Pilot.

27 August 2025

Cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) migration monitoring will take place at a network of sites across England this autumn.

8 August 2025

Kristina Grenz provides answers to some frequently asked questions (FAQs) about ergot management in cereals.

7 August 2025

An update from Strategic Cereal Farm East, where learning from successes and failures underpins the management direction.

26 August 2025

We have awarded a £821,755 contract to researchers to deliver independent fungicide efficacy data for key diseases of wheat, barley and oilseed rape.

21 July 2025

Kristina Grenz discusses options to tackle ergot in contaminated grain at harvest.

16 July 2025

An update on a review of the nutrient uptake and release patterns of cover crops.

8 July 2025

A comprehensive review of ergot management evidence has strengthened guidance to help UK farmers reduce disease pressure, limit crop infection and keep clean grain clean.

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