The AHDB Spring Planting and Variety Survey provides the earliest view of the area of cereals and oilseed rape intended for harvest in 2021 in Great Britain. The survey aims to assess the varietal composition of the wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape crops in Great Britain which can assist in the marketing decsisions made by the growers.

To provide the area harvested in 2020 and interested harvest area for 2021, together with the variety for each crop listed, please visit the AHDB online portal.

The results of the survey will be made available online at ahdb.org.uk in July, and more detailed analysis will be available on the AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds market pages.

Researchers at Bangor University are undertaking research to understand how physical and mental health concerns of farmers in Wales might impact on how farmers plan to respond to changing policies. They are looking for farming participants (with farms in Wales) to take part in an online survey exploring these issues. 

As a thank you, participants can enter a prize draw for vouchers from Wynnstay (worth £750, £500 and £250).

The survey can be found here.

The results from the first AHDB Shape the Future survey which provided levy payers the opportunity to have their say are now available to view.

Key outcomes:

• 42% of registered levy payers responded to the survey (total of 4,478 levy payers out of 10,537 registered)
• Average scores ranged between 2.3 out of 5 and 4.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the most important) with only 3 average scores across 70 questions scoring below 3
• All sector council members (new members and those in their second term) are ratified by receiving over 50% of the votes

Throughout June, AHDB council members will meet to make funding decisions for the next five years of work they deliver for levy payers, based on the feedback from the vote.

The full results can be found here.