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....
Oilseed, pulses and cereals plant breeder NPZ celebrated its first 20 years of operations in the UK with a trade day at its base north of Cambridge earlier this month. The company’s Michael Shuldham opened proceedings by outlining...
Tom Yewbrey has been appointed managing director of plant breeder NPZ UK from 1st July. He succeeds Chris Guest who is returning to ADM Agriculture after five years at the Cambridgeshire business. Mr Yewbrey...
A new three-year project, funded by Innovate UK, will investigate agronomic approaches to increasing winter and spring bean crop yields, and ensure greater yield consistency. The ANSWERS project - Alleviating Nutritional Stress in...