Welcome

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.

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Hot links... to our sector companies

Horticulture
HDS
Beef and Lamb
EBLEX
Milk
Dairy Co
Cereals and
Oilseeds
HGCA
Pigs

bpex

Potatoes
Potato Council
Commercial
Services
mlc
Horticultural Development Company Ltd

www.hdc.org.uk

Facilitates near-market horticultural R&D and associated technology transfer to improve the profitability of the British horticulture  industry.

EBLEX Ltd

www.EBLEX.org.uk

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

www.dairyco.org.uk

DairyCo promotes world class knowledge to British dairy farmers so they can profit from a sustainable future.

HGCA Ltd

www.hgca.com

Supports the UK cereal and oilseed industry in improving its competitiveness in UK and overseas markets.

BPEX Ltd

www.BPEX.org.uk

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

www.potato.org.uk

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