Horizon scanning

29 April 2024

AHDB's latest edition of Horizon cuts through the uncertain policy environment to provide insight into what lies ahead for agricultural commodities markets.

7 May 2019

This outlook is based on the latest data available, combining feedback and insight from contacts across the agri-food industry with AHDB sector specialists’ expertise. What follows is an examination of the factors affecting different sectors. Whether you’re using it for business planning, aiming to understand the market dynamics or just interested in a flavour of what agriculture faces in the year ahead, I hope you find this publication useful and informative.

6 March 2025

With Christmas round the corner, AHDB has released a new podcast looking at what consumers will be looking out for in the shops this year and what farmers are doing to prepare for the change to come in the New Year.

26 November 2018

23 November 2018

21 November 2018

A summary of the key aspects of evolving farm policy across the nations of the UK.

19 November 2018

6 November 2018

Farmers will have the opportunity to discuss the future of the dairy industry at a Q&A organised by the Scottish Dairy Hub at this year’s AgriScot on 21 November.

19 February 2024

Learn the things which set the highest-performing farms apart from the rest and improve your own farm performance

19 October 2018

The strained trade relationship between the US and China is having a fundamental impact on world grain markets, delegates at AHDB’s Grain Market Outlook Conference were told this week.

28 September 2018

Many of us in the industry have been scouring the Agricultural Bill for the shape of things to come in the post-Brexit world. What is clear is that direct payments will be diminishing, before disappearing completely (at least in England).

11 March 2021

AHDB has revealed eight key factors that are the hallmarks of high performing farm businesses in a new report