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The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is ready to support discussions over the future development of farm assurance to ensure there is confidence in the way standards are being set and that they deliver value to all. This follows reaction to Red Tractor’s Greener Farm...

CPD Review AHDB has recently commissioned UK Rural Skills to review the Dairy Pro and Pig Pro schemes. This review aims to understand the user perception of the schemes and identify what could be improved, or added, to improve user experience. Understanding how we an make the scheme more...

Promoting lamb survival and ewe longevity has been a key focus for AHDB’s Challenge Sheep project, which also looks at the ewe’s lifetime performance and best practice for managing replacement ewes. On this webinar we will be joined by AHDB’s Animal Health & Welfare scientist Dr Amey Brassington...

May 21 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Interested in sheep and cattle health and welfare across the four nations of the UK? This webinar is for you. Ruminant Health & Welfare (RH&W) is the new independent, industry-based body helping those who work with livestock to tackle ruminant disease, and build...

AHDB has announced yesterday it is winding down significant activities on behalf of the horticulture and potatoes sectors. While still awaiting a decision on the future by Ministers in England, Scotland and Wales, AHDB wants to reassure levy payers their views have been heard following recent...

Carbon Week Carbon Week is a series of AHDB events, taking place from 1 to 5 March. The webinars and panel discussions will feature a range of speakers and are for farmers and growers interested in understanding more about the carbon cycle, carbon auditing, reducing emissions and the...

Vote on the future of AHDB Potatoes Have your voice heard. Should the Potatoes levy continue? Nicholas Saphir, AHDB Chair A ‘Yes’ vote means • KEEPING independent storage research, agronomy and crop protection work • MORE levy-payer say on what we deliver for you and reduced costs...

We welcome the open dialogue at the ongoing town hall meetings and we’re delighted that levy payers have taken the time to join these. We are finding, as ever, in our various conversations with growers that there are divided views on the levy and the work programmes funded by it and many of...

Join us for an opportunity to ask your questions, meet members of our team and potatoes board, and hear a little more about AHDB. You’ll have the opportunity to submit questions before hand or join our ‘virtual stage’ and speak directly with the team. Our new strategy We held a session about...

Vote on the future of AHDB Horticulture Have your voice heard. Should the Horticulture levy continue? Nicholas Saphir, AHDB Chair A vote ‘Yes’ means A vote ‘No’ • KEEPING fast-tracked crop protection products, 70% of UK EAMUs and research into emerging pests and diseases •...

Letter to the Editor January 2021 Have you seen the exciting new AHDB ‘We Eat Balanced’ £1.5 million marketing campaign launched on January 4? Anyone watching social media over the past two weeks won’t be surprised its stimulated debate with huge support, outrage, passion and enthusiasm all...

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is an organisation that is set up to inspire our farmers, growers and industry to succeed in a rapidly changing world. We equip the industry with easy to use, practical know-how, which they can apply straight away to make better decisions...

To our farmers, growers and supply-chain businesses, There is little doubt that the events of recent weeks are changing how we live, work and care for one another, as well as how we shop and eat. Supply chains and farmers are having to adapt in new ways to new challenges, and here at AHDB...