UK beef association responds to former chairman’s criticism
UK association AHDB Beef & Lamb (formerly Eblex) has responded to criticism from its former chairman.
Stuart Roberts stepped down in June following a disagreement about how farmers’ levies should be spent.
He said: "This is the toughest decision I have ever taken, but I felt it is important to stand up for what I believe in which is agricultural levies belong to farmer and processor levy payers. It should be for the industry through their AHDB sector boards that are responsible for determining how their levies are spent.
“At the present time I can foresee a realistic prospect of the levies, in the long term, being lost in the realms of a remote tax that the industry will have little or no influence over. This is a situation I am determined should not be allowed to happen and have therefore resigned as an AHDB board member and chairman of the AHDB Beef and Lamb sector board.
