We are the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). Our purpose is to inspire our farmers, growers and industry to succeed in a rapidly changing world. We equip the industry with easy to use, practical know-how, which they can apply straight away to make better decisions and improve their performance. AHDB is a statutory levy board and is funded by farmers, growers and others in the supply chain.
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Understand how different Brexit scenarios could affect your farm business incomes
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Understand how different Brexit scenarios could affect your farm business incomes
The aim of this report is to provide readers with an understanding of how Cereals and Oilseeds trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
The aim of this report is to provide readers with an understanding of how Horticulture trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
The aim of this report is to provide readers with an understanding of how Dairy trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
The aim of this report is to provide readers with an understanding of how Potato trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
The aim of this report is to provide readers with an understanding of how Pork trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
The aim of this report is to provide readers with an understanding of how Beef and Lamb trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
The aim of this report is to provide readers with an understanding of how agri-food trade could be affected once the UK leaves the EU, under both an agreed withdrawal and under a ‘no deal’ scenario.
This outlook is based on the latest data available, combining feedback and insight from contacts across the agri-food industry with AHDB sector specialists’ expertise. What follows is an examination of the factors affecting different sectors. Whether you’re using it for business planning, aiming to understand the market dynamics or just interested in a flavour of what agriculture faces in the year ahead, I hope you find this publication useful and informative.
AHDB previously published ‘Brexit scenarios: An impact assessment’, aiming to help farmers and growers understand the potential impact of Brexit on their sector.
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Following on from ‘Brexit Scenarios – an impact assessment’, which focused on how Brexit could impact farmers’ profit levels, we now turn to potential implications post-farmgate.
AHDB commissioned this study to examine the impact of Brexit post-farmgate on the malting and milling industries, following feedback from levy payers on their earlier study ‘Brexit scenarios – an impact assessment’.
As Brexit draws closer, we hear much about the opportunities new export markets present for British food and farming products.
The UK undoubtedly has some of the most productive, dynamic and inspirational farming and growing businesses in the world.
Brexit is by far the biggest threat to Scottish agriculture and we need to get ready to meet this unprecedented challenge.
AHDB’s analysis of the big Brexit themes aims to improve industry understanding of the issues, as well as flagging the opportunities and threats they create.
In this report we explore opportunities for livestock products, from the beef, sheep meat, pork and dairy sectors.
In this edition of Horizon we will look at different agricultural support models from specific countries around the world and evaluate their impact on the agricultural industry.
AHDB’s series of Horizon reports has previously looked at some of the issues that will be critical in shaping the agri-food sector following Brexit.
18 April 2019
SmartHort heading to GreenTech Amsterdam
18 April 2019
We have appointed three new members to our sector board. Joe Towers, Liz Haines and Ian Harvey took up their roles on 1 April for a three-year period.
17 April 2019
UK Ministers have agreed to extend Gwyn Jones’ second term of office on the Board of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
17 April 2019
Making the food of love almost effortless could be the key to capturing shopper’s hearts on Valentine’s Day
16 April 2019
Aberdeenshire seed grower Jim Cargill has been appointed as one of three new members of the AHDB Potatoes Board.
16 April 2019
Improving the genetic potential of your herd will be the focus of the next meeting of Scotland’s Strategic Dairy Farm on 25 April.
15 April 2019
Our potatoes consumer marketing campaign has teamed up with the MOB Kitchen, as campaign results show how successful we've been
15 April 2019
Margins on the top quarter of dairy farms were up to 12 pence per litre (ppl) higher than the bottom quartile according to our ‘Dairy Performance Report.’
15 April 2019
We have appointed Nic Parsons as head of dairy development, responsible for the development and co-ordination of our strategic dairy farm network.