Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Telephone 0207 238 3079Welcome
to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Website
Our role is to help improve the efficiency and competitiveness of various agriculture and horticulture sectors within the UK.
Our statutory functions encompass meat and livestock (cattle, sheep and pigs) in England; horticulture, milk and potatoes in Great Britain; cereals and oilseeds in the UK.
The responsibility for setting and delivering strategies to deploy AHDB levy income is delegated to the executive boards of our six sector companies.
Hot links... to our sector companies
Horticulture
Beef and Lamb
Milk
Cereals and
Oilseeds
Pigs
Potatoes
Commercial
Services
Horticultural Development Company Ltd
Facilitates near-market horticultural R&D and associated technology transfer to improve the profitability of the British horticulture industry.
EBLEX Ltd
EBLEX Ltd (the Beef and Lamb Sector Company) aims to create a sustainable and competitive beef and lamb industry in England, delivering innovative technology transfer and market information services to businesses across the beef and lamb supply chain.
DairyCo Ltd
DairyCo promotes world class knowledge to British dairy farmers so they can profit from a sustainable future.
HGCA Ltd
Supports the UK cereal and oilseed industry in improving its competitiveness in UK and overseas markets.
BPEX Ltd
BPEX Ltd is focused on enhancing the competitiveness, efficiency and profitability for English pig levy payers and driving demand for English pork and pig meat products in Britain and globally.
Potato Council Ltd
Works towards making the British potato industry more competitive and helps stimulate use of the GB potato crop in home and export markets.
Meat and Livestock Commercial Services Ltd
www.mlcclassification.org.uk
Provides data advice, logistics and inspection services to the Defra family and the meat and livestock industry on a commercial basis