19 December 2025

The revised Environmental Improvement Plan

What the revised 2025 Environmental Improvement Plan is and what it means for levy payers

8 July 2025

Another steep drop in delinked payments in 2026

In the 2024 autumn budget, as steeper than expected reduction in direct payments was announced for 2025. Following the Spending Review on 11 June 2025, Defra have confirmed that reductions to direct payments will be larger still in 2026 and 2027.

19 August 2025

Blog: Why a robust evidence base is essential to a successful Land Use Framework

Why AHDB believes a robust evidence base is essential to a successful Defra Land Use Framework.

2 May 2025

AHDB submits consultation response on Land Use Framework

AHDB has responded to Defra’s Land Use Framework consultation, raising five key points for consideration.

14 May 2025

Food security in the UK – three years on

On 11 December 2024 Defra published the UK Food Security Report for 2024. This government are committed to publishing a report on food security in the UK every three years, this is the second update.

27 January 2025

Welsh Government outlines proposed updates to Sustainable Farming Scheme

At the beginning of 2024 the Welsh Government asked for consultation responses to the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). Based on consultation responses and stakeholder discussion the proposed scheme outline was published at the end of 2024.

30 August 2024

Food security and the externalities of food consumption

Based on the 1996 World Food Summit, food security is defined when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

24 July 2024

Food security and SFI updates

On 14 May, the second Farm to Fork Summit was held at Downing Street and the first UK Food Security Index was published.

12 June 2024

Currency markets react to Macron’s call for snap election

On Sunday night Emmanuel Macron took the international community by surprise and announced a snap election in France. That decision came after the far right surged in France's European vote - the National Rally won more than double the votes of Macron's centrist alliance.

15 May 2024

Annual food price inflation falling, but higher in the long term

In March 2024, annual food price inflation in the UK fell to 3.9% according to the latest CPI.

17 April 2024

Inflation and interest rates update

With the latest data showing that not only is inflation falling in the UK, but also that the price of some food items including meat actually falling, speculation regarding when and by how much interest rates will start coming down is increasing.

15 April 2024

EU/GB border controls update

On 30 April, a tightening of the rules in the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) is set to come in for GB imports from the EU, after a ‘bedding in’ period.

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