"AHDB is fully committed to seeing change in assurance that benefits everyone. My team and I are continuing to work with the unions, having jointly funded the original report, in supporting David ...

AHDB estimates overall organic milk production from a weekly survey of the largest milk buyers. The volumes are scaled up based on other available data. Figures are collected every week from dairies ...

Our Climate Change Adaptation report has found warmer, drier weather, more extreme rainfall and increased flooding means farming must start adapting to climate change now to lessen its impact as well ...

The Excel-based tool uses soil analysis results for core soil health indicators and compares them to typical ranges for UK soil types and climate regions (benchmarks). Soil structure – using VESS ...

The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme rewards farmers in England for carrying out actions that benefit the environment. These pages are designed to not only provide information about the ...

Stay updated with the latest regional grass and quality data, including predictions from AFBI’s 7–10 day grass growth model. Get expert recommendations to optimise pasture management and maximise ...

Forage for Knowledge is our weekly grass newsletter, which gives you grass growth from across the UK, as well as technical information related to grassland management. The Recommended Grass and Clover ...

This data, together with the farm’s current slurry storage capacity, is used to calculate how long it takes to fill the available storage and whether more capacity is needed. Note: the wizard will ...

Wild-oats (Avena fatua) reproduce only from seed. Although some germinate in autumn, tiller in early spring and are resistant to frost, most germinate in the spring. One wild-oat plant per square ...

A: The call is around endemic disease and translation; a proposal that would build on learning groups to tacle endemic disease would appear appropriate A: With this Research Call, we have bypassed the ...

Cereals can provide ruminants with a rich source of energy, in the form of starch, that can, when fed with care, have a positive effect on animal performance. This page considers a range of methods ...

The BBCH (Biologische Bundesanstalt, Bundessortenamt und CHemical Industry) scale is the main system in cereals, based on ten developmental phases – the principal growth stages (GS). Understanding the ...