Content related to the sectors: dairy

31 March 2025

Johne's disease action plan update

Actionable insights on the latest updates to the Johne’s Action Plan.

27 February 2025

Global dairy costs of production: 2024 bought some relief to costs

Increased production costs have been felt across the globe in recent years.

27 February 2025

Dairy retail performance – 25 January 2025

Latest dairy retail demand data for 25 January 2025

27 February 2025

Keeping its place as the number one herd

The Ballycairn herd is the highest ranking for our Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI) in the UK. Its owner, Andrew McCollum, discusses whether this is important, how it has been achieved and obstacles which may prevent its continuation.

27 March 2025

Protecting air quality as a dairy farmer: Livestream 2

Environmental scrutiny is increasing all over the world, and there is valuable learning from abroad. We took a farmer delegation to the Netherlands to learn from their experiences.

19 March 2025

Protecting water quality as a dairy farmer: Livestream 1

Environmental scrutiny is increasing all over the world, and there is valuable learning from abroad. We took a farmer delegation to the Netherlands to learn from their experiences.

26 February 2025

Highlighting the benefit of British red meat, dairy and cereals during Ramadan

Find out how we will be showcasing the use of British lamb, beef, dairy and cereals during the festival of Ramadan.

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.

20 April 2026

Environmental roadmaps

Setting out a route to a sustainable future for British agriculture with our environmental roadmaps

25 February 2025

AgriLeader Forum 2025: Farmers urged to Aspire, Advance, Achieve

More than 180 forward-thinking farmers attended AHDB’s fifth annual AgriLeader Forum in January.

20 February 2025

2024 dairy trade review: growth continues for cheese exports

3 March 2025

Agricultural price index: Farm input prices continue to fall, yet labour costs tell a different story

The Agricultural Price Index (API) reflects the change in the price farmers have paid for goods and services in relation to the base year of 2020. We have seen significant volatility, particularly in agriculture input prices over the last few years, although the latest API release, for November 2024, continues to show a relatively steadier 2024.