Fit for the Future

4 March 2024

The final stage of the Welsh Government’s consultation regarding the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) is due to close on 07 March 2023. The proposal details the scope of the SFS, the actions involved, and how SFS payments will affect payments from the Basic Payment Scheme.

24 April 2024

Will it really pay to take farmland out of production and capitalise on high paying agri-environment actions? We consider the various considerations and implications at play.

11 May 2023

As both trade deals are due to come into force, we look at the potential impact on agriculture.

28 March 2023

More details regarding the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Plus schemes were announced today.

28 March 2023

More money announced for farmers taking part in agri-environment schemes.

24 April 2024

At the beginning of the year, we published an article in response to the UK government report on food security in the UK. Since then, it has become an increasingly important topic across governments, industry, and the public, with threats to food security coming from the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war and the cost of living crisis.

8 December 2022

In this blog AHDB Trainee Analyst, Isabelle Shohet, explores the concept of policy coherence; the extent to which the various agricultural policies come with co-benefits and trade-offs.

28 March 2023

This article explores the developments in Scottish agricultural policy.

28 March 2023

The first ever Welsh Agriculture Bill is presented before the Welsh Parliament, plus speculation around English policy.

28 March 2023

An early version of the Local Nature Recovery Scheme will be available for a limited number of farmers and land managers from 2023, with the wider rollout expected at the end of 2024.

23 August 2022

In collaboration with Harper Adams University, AHDB have undertaken a quantitative impact assessment of how a trade deal between the UK and New Zealand could impact the UK pork sector.

23 August 2022

In collaboration with Harper Adams University, AHDB have undertaken a quantitative impact assessment of how a trade deal between the UK and New Zealand could impact the UK dairy sector.

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