Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL)

The AHDB Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL) publications and resources provide information on yield and quality performance, agronomic features and market options to assist with variety selection.

View the latest online tables on the crop-specific pages, which also feature the latest harvest results.

RL 2026/27 was published online on 1 December 2025.

We will publish the next RL edition on Monday 30 November 2026 at midday.

Initially, the RL 2027/28 release will include the online tables, variety comments and highlights of the key developments.

In January 2027, we will release the booklet edition and start to update to RL digital resources, such as the RL app.

Adding value to the online tables and booklet, our RL app provides a powerful and pint-sized way to deliver variety data to your fingertips.

Use the variety selection tool to navigate RL trial data, make comparisons and identify the most promising varieties for your unique situation.

Find out about the RL review and how it will help to improve the variety trialling project.

This is an interactive version of the tables published as part of the Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds (RL). Use it to identify varieties that meet your specific market, yield, disease resistance, agronomic and quality requirements.

Please sign in before using the tool.

What are the types of list? What does ‘scope of recommendation’ mean? How are yields and disease ratings calculated? Our 'using the RL' page answers these questions and more to help you get the most out of the lists.

Produced each year, the RL publications are based on the analysis of hundreds of UK trials conducted across several years. Explore our 'project and protocols' page for information on the trials and the decision-making process, including the reasons for adding and removing varieties from RL.

Learn how AHDB supports pre-breeding research to help deliver novel and improved traits to the varieties of the future.

Access the latest information from the RL trials, including sowing lists and harvest data, and sign up to harvest results – our e-newsletter sent out regularly during harvest.

We want the RL to feature varieties that help all businesses – from farmers to end users – maintain and improve the productivity and competitiveness of the UK grain supply chain. However, RL users are diverse, the production environment is changing, and the budget is limited. Find out how our five-year strategy aims to maintain the delivery of relevant, independent variety data.

• Nov or Dec: Latest RL edition launched as online tables
• Jan: Latest RL edition launched as a booklet
• Jan or Feb: Latest RL edition used to start updating digital tools
• All year: Latest candidate data published

Yield and agronomic data is published in the candidate lists on our website and RL app after candidate varieties have been added to the of GB and NI Variety Lists (VL).

The RL project is managed by a consortium of AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds, BSPB, MAGB and UKFM. Funding for the trials and tests is provided by AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds but the production of the RL would be impossible without the contribution and support of the industry.