ADAS has announced that it will stop facilitating the Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) for both cereals and oilseeds after 13 years. This year’s harvest will be the last analysed in these categories, although the peas and beans YENs will continue alongside the PGRO.
Professor Roger Sylvester-Bradley, the founder of YEN and head of crop performance at ADAS explained: “The YEN has been a fantastic driving force for arable industry collaboration and has greatly enhanced our understanding of field yield. The vast YEN dataset, comprising thousands of crop yields built over so many harvests, has enabled us to pinpoint the causes behind yield variation – weather is only part of the puzzle. YEN provided us with definitive proof that, with a detail-oriented farming approach, 15 t/ha winter wheat yields are feasible almost anywhere in the UK.”
“Nonetheless, the work of YEN was only possible thanks to the goodwill and financial support of sponsors who have contributed to its development for the last thirteen years. Without ongoing support, the YEN could not continue in its present form.”
The final Cereal and Oilseed YEN Awards and conference will be held on 27 January 2026 in Peterborough.
