Rural Life
Inspiring a new audience for watercress
A new watercress marketing campaign is set to increase awareness and inspire a new audience of consumers to include it...
AHDB
Pig/Poultry
New £2.5 million AHDB push to promote pork
AHDB’s £2.5 million Midweek Meal campaign will see health-focused adverts promoting pork appear during prime-time TV shows like Coronation Street,...
Arable
AHDB funds increased storage support amid CIPC uncertainty
Potato store managers will be able to call on information and support from an £800,000 fund ring-fenced for sprout suppression...
Sheep
Pedigree ram nominations open for fifth year of RamCompare
The search is on for the country’s best rams as pedigree breeders are invited to put forward the rams they...
Arable
UPCPVS stakeholder event to reflect on cereal pathogen populations
Relatively low cereal disease pressures in 2018 have provided a rare opportunity to reflect on the UK pathogen population. The...
Agri-Business
Celebrity chef Ken Hom OBE joins forces with AHDB
Celebrity chef and author Ken Hom has joined forces with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) for this year’s...
Agri-Business
OFC19: New reports reveal the keys to growing the UK's export markets
Valuable insight into how the UK can grow its meat and dairy exports in key markets has been revealed in...
Beef
Treated imports could change shoppers minds on meat
Allowing imports of products like chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated beef in a post-Brexit trade deal could have a negative impact...
Agri-Business
How much could being a bad boss be costing you?
Farmers at a recent AHDB Hereford Monitor Farm meeting were warned that the costs of replacing a staff member could...
Arable
Potato sales rise to 2.2m tonnes amid AHDB campaign success
UK shoppers bought 3% more fresh potatoes this year compared to 2015, according to the latest data analysis. The figures...
Dairy
Funding change for the Scottish Dairy Hub to take effect in 2019
From February 4, 2019, NFU Scotland will replace AHDB as one of the funders of the country’s Dairy Hub, with...
Arable
Regional agronomy events to start the New Year
To integrate applied technical research with on-farm practice, AHDB will start 2019 with a road-show of arable agronomy events taking...
Agri-Business
Nuffield scholar urges farmers to consider viability without antibiotics
A Nuffield scholar with a specialism in the pork industry has urged policymakers to encourage ‘optimisation’ of antibiotics rather than...
Arable
New AHDB contact for arable farmers in North West
Michelle Nuttall has joined AHDB as a new arable knowledge exchange manager for the North West. Covering the counties of...
Agri-Business
So you've reviewed your machinery...what next?
In April 2018, AHDB reported that UK farms were spending too much on machinery, according to a review of machinery...
Arable
Potato production hits lowest level since 2012
The total British potato harvest is down 13% on the five-year average of 5.6 million tonnes, according to the annual Agriculture...
Pig/Poultry
Scheme to help monitor pig health relaunched
Pig producers have been invited to join a scheme which will give them access to post-mortem pig health data to...
Arable
New Recommended Lists boasts exceptional disease resistance
New varieties on the AHDB Recommended Lists for cereals and oilseeds boast remarkable untreated yields. Several new entrants have impressive...
