Content related to the sectors: dairy

21 June 2024

Carbon trading vs offsetting

The difference between carbon trading and carbon offsetting

20 May 2024

Greenhouse gas emissions: agriculture

There are lots of facts and figures relating to the carbon footprint of food and farming. AHDB data analysts breakdown what they mean and why they are different.

20 August 2024

Horizon blog: What CAP reform means for EU farmers

After three years of negotiations, the EU institutions reached an agreement last month on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

2 August 2021

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for agriculture and horticulture businesses

Find out what Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is and how can it be used to improve your business.

28 October 2024

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) – making use of production data

Which KPIs support an effective business and how can they be used to increase productivity?

24 April 2025

How could payments to livestock farmers change from 2022?

A simple look at how combined early rollout Sustainable Farming Incentive and reduced Direct Payments (2022-24) could compare with 2020 levels.

30 January 2024

Rising global supplies driven by US

Global milk supplies were up 3.3% in May, providing an extra 26 million litres per day compared with May last year

23 July 2021

Prices of goods rise, but not for food

ONS shows that in June price rises were at their highest level for nearly three years. So what does this mean for the food industry?

30 January 2024

Milk production falls rapidly from peak

Daily GB milk volumes are now running 4.1 million litres per day lower than at peak, the most dramatic fall in at least 10 years.

22 July 2021

AHDB to reduce costs by £7.8m including shake up of leadership team

AHDB will make £7.8m of reductions from its annual staff and overheads budget of £29m as part of plans to reduce operational costs and improve efficiency over the next two years, starting with key changes being made to the organisation’s leadership team.

30 January 2024

How to get a head’s up on milk price changes

Providing information on the most relevant market indicator to track milk prices

22 July 2021

An assessment of the impact of Farming Rules for Water

The Farming Rules for Water (FRfW) were introduced in April 2018 to fulfil obligations on diffuse pollution under the Water Framework Directive, particularly in regard to reducing phosphorus (P) losses to water from agriculture.