News

Grants available to attend dairy conferences25 July 2018
AHDB Dairy is again offering a limited number of grants towards a selection of conferences to continue to encourage profitable growth and development of dairy farming in GB.
Tight control on costs compensate for underproduction at Leicestershire strategic dairy farm 30 April 2018
A tight control on variable costs at Houghton Lodge Farm has delivered good profit margins despite lower than planned production in their first year.
The impact of market movements on your milk price20 April 2018
The impact of the market on prices differs across buyers. Estimates were made by AHDB to assess the strength of this relationship.
Processor price trends volatile28 March 2018
Movements in prices paid to manufacturers of liquid milk and cheese show quite different levels of volatility, although retail price changes are relatively flat for both products.
What can be done with intervention stocks?28 March 2018
Although the Commission has been selling SMP stocks through the tender process since December 2016, only 10,548 tonnes of SMP have been sold. The majority of this volume was sold during the last two tenders, and at prices well below market values.
Milk forecast added to daily deliveries28 March 2018
The AHDB milk production forecast has now been added to the daily deliveries webpage so that actual milk volumes can be tracked and compared with the forecast. This will help determine whether volumes are rising or falling more rapidly than expected as we move through the year.
Boost profits by getting serious about rotational grazing28 March 2018
Increasing the use of grass on farm could result in significant increases in profit, according to expert Dr Noel Gowen.
Block calving fertility workshops28 March 2018
Top performers calve 90% of their cows in the first 6 weeks of calving and outperform those with longer calving periods. Tightening up block calving periods will be the focus of our upcoming GB wide breeding management workshops.
Strategic Dairy Farm - Devon - Launch27 March 2018
Join AHDB and The Tucker Family at Ditchetts Farm in Devon on 11 April 2018 for the launch of our second spring block calving Strategic Dairy Farm.
The UK is leading the charge in the fight against Bovine TB 22 March 2018
We have announced that we will be partnering with Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) to embark on two new projects which will take the agricultural industry one step closer to eradicating Bovine TB (bTB).