Useful links to help you get to know the agricultural industry

Breed associations

• The Hereford Cattle Society
• The British Blue Cattle Society
• The British Limousin Society
• The Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society
• British Simmental Cattle Society
• British Blonde Cattle Society

See also: Alternative farming business ideas

• The Blackface Sheep Breeders Association
• Hampshire Down Breeders Association
• Dorset Horn and Poll Dorset Sheep Breeders Association
• Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders Association
• Jacob Sheep Society
• Lleyn Sheep Society
• Beltex Sheep Society
• Society of Border Leicester Sheep Breeders
• British Charollais Sheep Society
• The Cheviot Sheep Society
• Suffolk Sheep Society
• Swaledale Sheep
• British Texel Sheep Society
• Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders Association

See also: Specialist farming business ideas

• Zwartbles Sheep Association
• Montbeliarde UK
• Jersey Cattle Society
• The Shorthorn Society
• Kerry Hill Sheep Society
• British Kunekune Pig Society
• Middle White Pig Breeders Club
• Large Black Pig Breeders Club
• The Gloucester Old Spots Pig Breeders Club
• Oxford and Black Pig Society
• Pedigree Welsh Pig Society
• British Saddleback Breeders Club
• Tamworth Pig Breeders Club

Trade Organisation

• AHDB Beef and Lamb
• AHDB Dairy
• AHDB Pork
• AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds
• AHDB Potatoes
• National Beef Association
• National Pig Association
• National Sheep Association
• Holstein UK
• British Cattle Breeders Club
• The Scottish Dairy Cattle Association
• Three Counties Agricultural Society
• Royal Agricultural Society of England
• NFU
• The British Poultry Council
• OMSCo (Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative)
• RABDF (Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers)
• Soil Association
• LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming)
• ADAS
• NIABTAG
• FACE (Farming and Countryside Education)

See also: Publications in the agricultural sector

Genetics companies

• Genus
• Cogent
• Innovis (Sheep breeders)
• Avigen (Broiler breeders)
• COBB (Broiler breeders)

Business opportunities

Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust

• Scholarships for those in the agricultural sector to undertake research in chosen, specific fields

Meadow Quality

• Business opportunities in the British livestock industry

Rare Breeds Survival Association

British Wool

Morrisons Farming

• For schemes such as the Shorthorn Beef Scheme

The Coop farming food groups

Dunbia

• Opportunities in the livestock industry

ABP Food Group

• Opportunities in the livestock sector

Premium crops

• Leaders in specialist and premium crops

Faccenda

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