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Delight for Spalding and Quadring Eaudyke growers as Government minister vows to honour levy vote  | Updated: 14:55, 26 February 2021 Growers opposed to the continuation of a compulsory levy to fund AHDB horticulture have welcomed comments made by a Government minister that the clear vote to abolish the levy will be honoured. Environment secretary George Eustice spoke at the annual NFU (National Farmers’ Union) online conference. He said: “We will be taking a swift decision on the A...

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said the government will respect the outcome of the ballot which voted to abolish the AHDB Horticulture levy.

Almost two thirds of growers have said a resounding no to the statutory levy on horticulture.

AHDB potato levy ballot opens for growers by Nancy Nicolson © Supplied by Richard Crowhurst Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The ballot on the future of the AHDB potato levy opens today – even as the Stoneleigh-based organisation reels from a decisive rejection by UK horticulture growers. Tattie businesses who ...

Horticulture sector votes to scrap AHDB levy; ministers to decide >More in © Global Warming Images/Shutterstock The future of the AHDB in the horticulture sector is looking shaky, after a majority of levy payers voted against paying a levy to support the organisation’s work. A ballot was triggered last October when more than 5% of the AHDB’s 1,400 horticultural levy payers made a request for one. It asked for a simple “yes” or �...

Growers reject continuation of AHDBs horticulture levy 16 February 2021 | by FarmingUK Team | Arable, News The voting process was a simple yes or no vote on whether the levy payment should continue or not A majority of growers have voted against the continuation of AHDBs statutory horticulture levy, casting further doubt on its future. The ballot looked at the future existence of AHDB Horticulture and the work it sets out to deliver on behalf of UK growers. It asked levy payers: Do you agree t...

Ballot papers have been sent by AHDB to growers on the future of the horticultural levy, with the deadline to vote set at 10 February.

AHDB under scrutiny as growers get vote on future of potato levy © Gary Naylor LAST CHANCE: Growers claim they are being badly served by AHDB Potatoes. The future of AHDB Potatoes will be decided early next year when growers and traders get the opportunity to vote in a national ballot. The levy board has confirmed that a yes or no vote on the future of the levy and the work AHDB Potatoes delivers will run for four weeks from mid-February. The move follows valid requests for a ballot from 176 l...

Ballot on future of AHDB potato levy to take place in February 15 December 2020 | 176 potato growers and buyers submitted valid requests for a ballot, according to AHDB A ballot on the future of the potato levy has been formally confirmed by AHDB, a simple yes or no vote that will go ahead in February 2021. The ballot will look at the continuation of the statutory potato levy, taking place from mid-February for four weeks. The confirmation comes after 8.5% of potatoes levy payers, which transl...

A ballot on the continuation of a statutory levy for potato growers will be held, AHDB has announced.