The Maltsters Association of Great Britain (MAGB)’s Malting Barley Committee (MBC) has held its spring 2026 meeting to review the commercial position of existing approved varieties on its Approved List and evaluate new ones. The...
Defra and Innovate UK are funding a new £2.5 million research project that will use gene-editing technologies, now allowed in the UK, to develop oilseed rape varieties that are resistant to light leaf spot disease. The three-year...
The AHDB has launched the Recommended Lists (RL) for Cereals and Oilseeds 2026/27 this month. With fewer varieties added than removed, it says the new RL is more focused. Winter wheat There are eight new winter wheat varieties....
The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has added 11 new pea and bean varieties to its 2026 Descriptive List (DL), launched this month. There are seven new combining peas, two winter beans and two spring beans....
Plant breeder KWS UK has appointed Matthew Bull to the new position of agroservice manager, a role designed to bolster technical support across its full crop portfolio. He will focus on rotation options and variety selection, be...
The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has released its Forage Maize Descriptive Lists (DL) for 2026, with twelve new varieties featured. The recommended varieties are grouped into three lists - the Favourable List is for...