A comprehensive review of scientific evidence has confirmed dairy's essential contribution to healthy diets and the UK's environmental ambitions. The new report has been co-written by independent ...

The research, carried out by NielsenlQ and focused on the Total Dairy category (milk, cheese and yogurt), revealed that the campaign achieved £11.9m incremental dairy sales, showing a strong return ...

The new CEO position is an appointment by the Board of AHDB, led by its Chair Emily Norton, and supported by Defra. Janet Swadling, interim CEO, will lead the process of a handover in the new year ...

GB milk deliveries totalled 1,040 million litres in August, an increase of 4.9% compared to the same month last year. Daily deliveries averaged 33.58 million litres per day. Solids in milk remain at ...

UK milk production volumes have been in year-on-year growth since September 2024, up by 5% in this milk year to date alone. Alongside this, the milk solids (butterfat and protein) components of milk ...

The latest BCMS data shows that births to dairy dams in Q2 2025 increased year-on-year by 3.6% to total 309,000 head, the highest number recorded for this period since 2019. Birth registrations were ...

Each year AHDB supports farmers to record their business performance through our online tool, Farmbench. Farmers can measure current performance and identify areas to build on by comparing to our ...

Despite more pigs coming forward and higher carcase weights leading to increased production in Q1, overall 2025 pig meat production estimates are set at the stable level of 21.2 million tonnes (-0.4% ...

Long-term data reveals that both farmgate and retail beef prices have climbed markedly since 2020, though producers have seen the bigger lift. After May’s record high, farm prices have edged lower ...

As anticipated, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will see a 2.7% reduction in overall spending over the five-year review period, 2024/29. Despite this cut, Defra is ...

Since 2021, we have seen a greater number of animals killed at and above the 23-month peak, with fewer being slaughtered at younger ages. This has caused an increase in the average age at slaughter.

According to analysis by AHDB utilising BCMS data, the share of GB farms in 2024 running any type of block calving system has risen to 19.6%, while the number of farms running an all year round (AYR)* ...