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Arable crop yield data for the Hillesden Experimental Platform, UK, collected between 2006 and 2011

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
Topic
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Summary

This dataset contains yield data for wheat, oilseed rape and field beans grown in fields under different agri-environment practices. The fields were located at the Hillesden Estate in Buckinghamshire, UK, where a randomised block experiment had been implemented to examine the effects of converting differing proportions of arable land to wildlife habitat. The fields were planted with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) followed by break crops of either oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) or field beans (Vicia faba L.). Three treatments were applied at random: a control ("business as usual"), Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) treatment and ELS Extra treatment. The ELS treatment involved removing 1% of land to create wildlife habitats. The ELS Extra had a greater proportion of land removed (6%) and additional wildlife habitats included. The total yield of each crop was measured at the time of harvesting using a yield meter attached to the combine harvester. From these values, yield per hectare and the ratio of crop yield to regional average yield were calculated. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e54069b6-71a9-4b36-837f-a5e3ee65b4de

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
e54069b6-71a9-4b36-837f-a5e3ee65b4de
Extent (Latitude)
51.979° to 51.936°
Extent (Longitude)
-1.03° to -0.965°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2014-10-31
Dataset reference date (creation)
2010-01-01
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian); Wildlife Farming Company (author)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng