Horizon scanning
6 November 2024
What are the ripple effects of conflict in the Middle East for British agriculture?
14 October 2024
As we approach the first budget of the newly elected government, we examine how farming costs have changed in line with inflation and what this means for the agricultural budget in real terms going forward.
27 June 2024
Price boosts for dairy commodities
11 July 2024
Defra has released further information on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) today (21 May 2024), revealing an 'expanded and improved offer'.
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.
18 June 2024
Learn what sets the highest-performing farms apart from the rest.
12 November 2024
As both trade deals are due to come into force, we look at the potential impact on agriculture.
3 April 2023
On Friday 31 March, the government announced an outline agreement had been reached for the UK to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
2 February 2023
Consumers red meat purchase behaviours in North America
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.