Ministers approve AHDB levy rate increases from April 2024
Increases to the AHDB levy have been given the green light by Government ministers and will take effect from this April.
It follows feedback from the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) and its levy-paying Members during last year's consultation.
AIC - the agri-supply trade association representing businesses in the Grain & Oilseed and Animal Feed sectors - engaged in the AHDB's industry-wide consultation on raising fees.
The AHDB says increased levies will allow it to deliver more services, including marketing and exports for the livestock and dairy sectors and more independent research for cereals and oilseeds.
The Government also agreed that Nicholas Saphir will serve a further 12 months as Chair of the levy board, meaning he will remain in the role until 31 March 2025.
AHDB approved levy rate changes effective from April 2024
Cereals and Oilseeds
- Cereal grower – 46p/tonne to 58p/t
- Cereal processor (human/industrial) – 9.50p/t to 12p/t
- Oilseeds – 75p/t to 94p/t
- Cereal buyer – 3.80p/t to 4.80p/t
- Cereal processor (feed) – 4.60p/t to 5.80p/t
For further details on the levy rate increases for other sectors, visit the AHDB website.
Authors
Ed Barker
Rose Riby
Rose Riby is Head of Combinable Crops and Seed. Having worked across these sectors for many years, she has a depth and breadth of experience in roles in grain trading, plant breeding and knowledge exchange at AHDB.
James McCulloch
Oli Hill
As Head of Communications, Oli creates and oversees the content published on AIC's website, emails, Member briefings, print publications, and social media. A qualified multimedia journalist, he previously spent six years working at Farmers Weekly magazine as a Senior Reporter on the arable team, and latterly as Community Editor. More recently he was Communications Manager at Red Tractor.