Crop yield has been a major subject of research and industrial improvement for decades.
The YENs have set out a framework for understoanding yield in terms of capture and conversion of the major resources light and water. Temperature plays a role in crop development and can also have a substantial impact on growth and yields.
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The Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) was launched in 2012 to support and energise on-farm learning-by-sharing and thus to enhance farming progress.
ADAS has the largest group of crop physiologists in the UK The ADAS crop physiology team focuses on improving performance and sustainability of cropping systems for food, feed and biofuel production.
Are environmental benefits (carbon, biodiversity...) best served by sharing agricultural land with nature, or by maximising yield in some areas to spare tracts of land exclusively for nature in other areas?
To celebrate 10 years of the YEN, we are hosting a YEN conference that brings together learnings from across our networks.
The Cereal YEN was established in 2012, and is the longest-running Yield Enhancement Network.
Roger Sylvester-Bradley Tuesday 31st January 2023 It’s news across the world – the biggest wheat crop ever grown, yielding 18 tonnes of grain per hectare! This is fantastic, and laudable in all respects, but it’s no accident.
Report by Prof Tim Benton and Dr Helen Harwatt on sustainability in farming, regenerative agr
Plant breeding is the science of adapting the genetics of plants to produce more desirable characteristics, in agriculture these typically include improved yield, in-field performance and end use quality.
Mercury Environmental Systems Ltd. is a commercial organisation developing value-added applications from space-based data. The company’s core offering is the provision of data to aid farming, ecological and environmental decision-making, which is produced via a crop model that is constrained by satellite data.
Understanding how to drive performance of pea crops, by sharing measurements, experiences and ideas
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Establishment in Oilseed Rape key - this extension to the Oilseed YEN aims to encourage growers to share what works in successfully establishing OSR crops, with a 'Beauty Contest' to make it fun.
A global initiative led by Wageningen, University of Nebraska and others to estimate yield potential and yield gaps across the world.
The AHDB Recommended List is part of the fabric of arable farming and is the engine drivi
Paper by Andrew Balmford (Cambridge University) in Journal of Zoology on the relative value of la
Scientific paper by Andrew Balmford & colleagues published in Nature Sustainability 2018:
This project is a Rothamsted funded project under the FarmInn initative, that considered th
Scientific paper in Nature by Tim Searchinger and colleagues on Carbon Opportunity Cost of ch
Report by John Beddington setting out the case for Sustainable Intensification.
Scientific paper in Nature Climate Change in 2016 by Antony Lamb, Andrew Balmford & Colle
Scientific paper by Andrew Balmford & colleagues in 2012 published in Proceedings of the
Article in Remote Sensing about estimating wheat yields from satellite data:
Scientific paper reviewing commercial solutions for mapping yield of horticultural crops:
Report by ADAS in 2009 for Government Chief Scientific Advisor John Beddington. Authore
Weather Logistics recent forecast update reveals that Southeast England is more likely to be
Farmer Innovation Group from the YEN as part of the YEN Yield Testing Project. The idea of crop momentum arose because high yields in the YEN associated with little-and-often applications, or ‘attention to detail’. Also, two interacting factors are thought to drive crop growth: assimilate supply (source), and assimilate storage capacity (sink). It was suggested that the initial source may affect the sink at the next stage; so increasing initial growth may enhance subsequent growth, creating ‘momentum’.
The Oilseed YEN network is striving to help the whole industry to successfully grow Oilseed rape (OSR) and Linseed from start to finish – providing a better outlook for both crops into the future.
BASF are running a series of 3 short technical webinars, bringing together experts and industry specialists. We`ll be discussing barley and wheat disease control, but also nitrogen efficiency and return on investments.
YEN Friday 3rd January 2023 Russ McKenzie awarded YEN's Innovator of the Year in 2022 at the 10th Anniversary YEN Conference.
Sarah Clarke Friday 3rd January 2023 Excellent grain quality as well as high yields were celebrated at the YEN 10th Anniversary Conference, with the Milling Quality Awards sponsored by UK Flour Millers. All UK Group 1 milling wheat entries were eligible for this competition, a total of 20 for 2022.
The Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) has launched a simplified, online crop YEN network for linseed growers called Linseed YEN Lite.
The headline may appear defeatist from the off, but the wet 2023-24 autumn and winter period will impact many crops already sown and those intended to be sown in the coming spring, says Dick Neale (Hutchinsons Technical Manager).
Whole-farm spatial appraisals are rare and often without yield data validation.
Opportunities and constraints for conventional farming systems on rewetted peat soils
Discover more about how the YEN works in this webinar and how it could help your agricultural suppliers become more resilient, more productive, and even more environmentally friendly.
Book edited by Roger Sylvester-Bradley and Julian Wiseman exploring the potential for yield
This comprehensive textbook will serve as a go-to reference work for young research
Project report from FERA (James Rainford, Glyn Jones, Roy Macarthur & David Garthwaite) for D
