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This week from Farmers Guardian readers: Helen Plant, senior analyst (cereals and oilseeds) at AHDB, is encouraging UK cereal and oilseed rape growers to take part in the AHDB Planting and Variety Survey to help provide accurate early insights into the 2026 harvest and support industry planning

The latest bull proofs for genomic and proven Holsteins, other breeds and spring and autumn calving indexes have been released by AHDB

Due to the tensions in the Gulf, the Farming Minister has requested AHDB to report fertiliser prices on a more regular basis

Pressure remains on pig prices, but there is some hope that tightening European supply could support the British market

The uplift highlights both strong demand and significantly improved values across many classes of stock

NFU, AHDB and AIC take their seats on group which has been gathered to build on Baroness Batters' Farming Profitability Review

Early drilled winter wheat faces heightened disease risks, prompting experts to emphasise fungicides and elicitors to protect yields this season

New AHDB insights show production for this milk year so far (April-January) has reached 10,913 million litres, up 5.2% compared to the same period in the previous milk year

Making on-farm rations and trading with local livestock farmers has helped a North Yorkshire arable farmer reduce dependence on commodity prices and build resilience into his business

An environmental baselining pilot led by AHDB with support from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has found that 14% of the farms analysed so far are already beyond net zero with more than half managing livestock