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Recommended Variety Lists

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

These webpages provide information on all the grass and clover, cereal, potato and forage varieties currently recommended by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) for use in Northern Ireland.  




The Agri-Food & Bioscience Institute at the Plant Testing Station, AFBI-Crossnacreevy conducts these recommended list variety trials on behalf of DARD.




The cereal 'variety' recommendations are partly based on data collected within the Home Grown Cereal Authority (HGCA) Recommended List system.
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