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HGCA is a division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), a statutory levy board, funded by farmers, growers and others in the supply chain and managed independently of both commercial industry and of Government.
Its purpose is to make agriculture and horticulture industries more competitive and sustainable through factual, evidence-based advice, information and activity.

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HGCA Board and Committees

The AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Board meets five times a year.

AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Board members are appointed for a three year term and receive £256.25 per day plus expenses for their time at board meetings and other related work they may be asked to undertake.

The Cereals and Oilseeds Chairman who is also an AHDB Board Member is appointed by Defra and receives £48,000 for a minimum of 156 days per year plus expenses. This figure has changed to £32,000 for a minimum of 104 days for all new Sector Chairs appointed after April 2013. All Board member expenses are in line with HMRC recommended rates.

AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Board members are appointed by the Cereals and Oilseeds Chairman and a representative(s) from the AHDB Board through an open appointments system.

The Cereals and Oilseeds Board is responsible for strategy in the cereals and oilseeds sector, and submits an Annual Business Plan to AHDB for publication in the annual AHDB Corporate Plan. The Cereals and Oilseeds Board is also responsible for deployment of cereal and oilseed levies against delivery of its Sector Annual Business Plan.

HGCA has a number of Advisory Committees which report to the Cereals and Oilseeds Board. Membership of Advisory Committees is approved by the Cereals and Oilseeds Board.

A register of Cereals and Oilseeds Board member interests is available for inspection on request. To contact a Cereals and Oilseeds Board or Advisory Committee member, please phone 0247 647 8717.

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About cereals and oilseeds levy

Find out more about AHDB cereals and oilseeds levy, invested by HGCA in a range of activities to benefit the arable sector, including who is liable to pay, current levy rates and how to contact the levy team.

Latest Publications

• Summary minutes
• Annual Reports
• Grain Outlook

Greenhouse Gas Action Plan

AHDB is a Partner in GHGAP

Over the next 40 years, the global food system will have to feed more people with less impact. This will mean providing a higher quality diet whilst dealing with greater competition for land, water and energy and the economic and political pressures of globalisation as the climate changes.

Our farmers and growers will need to adapt to the changing conditions alongside reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gases are an inevitable consequence of food production, and the challenge of reducing them whilst increasing food production is huge.

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Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information Act (2000) established a right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities and imposed obligations to disclose information subject to certain exemptions.

AHDB’s Publication Scheme outlines how AHDB complies with the Freedom of Information Act and signposts people to a wide range of information published by AHDB and its sector organisations.

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