The government has approved new levy rates charged to farmers and growers. The new levy rates, which go to fund the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, are the latest in a three-year series of rises.

The new levy rates include a 3 per cent rise in the potato levy, which will rise to £42.62 per hectare for producers growing 3 hectares or more. There are no changes to the AHDB’s five other sectors (beef and lamb, cereals and oilseeds, horticulture, milk and pigs)

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