Benchmarking

20 April 2021

As memories of harvest 2020 slip away and we focus on the harvest ahead, Teresa Meadows, AHDB Knowledge Exchange Manager, summarises the key conclusions from benchmarking discussions that have taken place across the country over the winter months.

11 March 2021

Our benchmarking team have been working with potato growers, to help them get to know their cost of production better as well as earning themselves points for the Tesco QVIS scheme

25 February 2021

The latest Pig Cost of Production in Selected Countries report shows the cost of pig meat production in the UK decreased by 3% in 2019, to £1.42 per kg.

22 June 2021

Reducing overheads is critical for Dylan Harries and places him in the top 5% for full economic cost of production.

14 January 2025

Key performance indicators (KPIs) provide a clear and direct measure to determine whether you're meeting your business goals

4 February 2021

How John and Anna Booth achieve a full economic cost of production of 28.2ppl, placing them just outside the top 5% of GB herds.

26 January 2021

Gilt Watch® mentors have shown that controlling some of the processes around gilt selection, farrowing groups and nutrition by parity, substantial reductions in variation and performance can be achieved.

26 January 2021

6 June 2022

Discover our Gilt Watch® programme, designed to help pig producers make informed and efficient business decisions on gilt management.

22 January 2021

Join Jana and strategic dairy farmers Hannah and Dylan Harries for a session on improving farm efficiency through lean management techniques

6 March 2025

Business Improvement Groups are a great way for farmers to get together and support each other to help improve the profitability of their businesses, with the use of Farmbench to implement change being a topic of discussion in a recent AHDB podcast.

5 March 2021

See a review of the new changes and improvements that have been made to Farmbench in the last 12 months