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Dairy campaign delivers strong returns for levy payers

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board · 2025

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Summary

This 2025 AHDB report presents an assessment of financial returns from UK dairy sector marketing campaigns funded through industry levy contributions. The analysis reports positive returns on marketing investment; however, as an industry self-assessment lacking independent external validation or explicit control conditions, robust causal attribution of observed benefits to specific campaign activities remains limited. The findings provide perspective on levy fund allocation but would benefit from independent verification.

Regional applicability

The study is conducted in and directly applies to United Kingdom dairy sector policy and practice. Findings are specific to AHDB-funded campaigns and UK levy structures, with limited transferability to other dairy-producing nations with different marketing and funding mechanisms.

Key measures

Financial return on investment (ROI) from dairy marketing campaigns; levy fund allocation efficiency

Outcomes reported

The report assessed financial returns on investment from UK dairy sector marketing campaigns funded through levy contributions. It reports positive returns, though the analysis lacks independent external validation.

Theme
Marketing, media & food environments
Subject
Food & agricultural policy
Study type
Policy
Study design
Industry report
Source type
Industry/policy report
Status
Published
Geography
United Kingdom
System type
Dairy
Catalogue ID
IR-ESmqhhlqtu-577bd1

Funding & declared interests

Conflicts of interest: Published by AHDB, a statutory levy-funded body with direct interest in demonstrating effective use of dairy industry levy contributions.

Extracted verbatim from the paper’s funding, acknowledgements and conflict-of-interest sections — shown as neutral provenance, not a judgement on the research.

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