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Economic & Market Intelligence

Practical Market Insight

Economic and market insight underpins every major decision in farming and the wider agri-food sector. At The Andersons Centre, our Research Team brings together over 30 years of sector intelligence to help clients understand how policy, markets, and industry trends shape commercial outcomes. Our work provides clear, practical analysis that supports confident planning, investment, and risk management across the supply chain.

Through our AgriBrief Service, market forecasting, and bespoke data collection projects, we deliver reliable information that cuts through complexity and focuses on what matters for your business. From long-term crop and livestock projections to tailored policy briefings and industry research, our services are designed to help you stay informed, anticipate change, and act with confidence in a fast-moving agricultural environment.

Key services include:

Andersons Seminars: these 3-hour sessions provide a detailed examination of the implications of emerging trade policy, new trade deals as well as other major developments on food and farming. In addition to public seminars held across the UK (see testimonials below), we also offer private seminars which can be tailored to an organisation’s individual needs.


Trade Updates: are provided on an ongoing and/or monthly basis via our Professional Update bulletin and AgriBrief Service. Instead of just reporting key developments, we delve deeper into the issues and examine how they could affect your business.


Customised Research and Consultancy: we have completed numerous projects on the specific impacts of trade policy changes for individual businesses. These include conducting scenario-based modelling exercises and developing diagnostic tools to quantify the potential impacts of trade deals under a range of trading scenarios.


Andersons AgriBrief Service:  delivers tailored, expert analysis of developments affecting UK agriculture, straight to your inbox. It helps you cut through technical detail to focus on what matters most for your business.


Policy Analysis: we also have a strong track record in conducting agricultural policy analysis and assessing the implications for agriculture both at an industry as well as at an individual business level. Brexit has heralded the introduction of a new UK agricultural policy framework and we can draw upon a 30-year track record to help you understand what policy changes mean for your business.


Market Opportunity Assessments: with change comes opportunity and, if anything, changing trade policy creates an added impetus for businesses to develop new markets. Whether you are a UK-based company seeking to identify expansion opportunities or are an international company considering exporting to the UK, The Andersons Centre can support you.


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Key Contacts

Richard King MRICS FAAV

Partner & Head of Business Research

Qualifications & Experience
  • 2009 – Present Day - Chairman of the CAAV Grants and Regulation Committee
  • 2000 – Present Day - Editor of the Agricultural Budgeting and Costings Book.
  • 1999 – Present Day - Elected Fellow of the Association of Agricultural Valuers
  • 1998 – Present Day - Farm Business Research Consultant at Andersons’ Head Office
  • 1997 – Present Day - Elected Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
  • 1995-1997 – Adkin Chartered Surveyors and Land Agents, Abingdon
  • 1991-1995 – BSc (Hons) in Rural Enterprise and Land Management, Harper Adams College, Shropshire
Areas of Expertise
  • Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Agri-environment Schemes
  • Agricultural Literature and Farmer Meetings
  • Farmer Supply Chain Relationships
  • Budgeting and Costing Information
  • Agricultural Market Analysis and Industry Forecasting
  • CAP Reform and Policy Analysis
  • Research Projects and Commissioned Studies
  • Seminars, Briefing and Training
  • Corporate Strategy Advice
Publications
  • Editor of the Agricultural Budgeting and Costing Book
  • Editor of ABC Professional Update, Andersons Agribrief Service, and Andersons Outlook

Graham Redman

Partner

Qualifications & Experience
  • Partner of The Andersons Centre – 2010 to date
  • Research Economist in The Andersons Centre Research Team – 2004 to date
  • Editor of the John Nix Pocketbook – 2008 to date
  • MSc in Agricultural Management and Economics – Reading University (1992-1993)
  • BSc in Animal Science - Leeds University (1988-1991)
  • Economist for major agricultural merchant (Banks Cargill Agriculture) – 1998 to 2004
  • Farm business consultant for farm management advisors (Laurence Gould Partnership) Southern and Central England – 1993 to 1998
Areas of Expertise
  • Farmer Supply Chain Relationships
  • Budgeting and Costing Information
  • Agricultural Market Analysis and Industry Forecasting
  • CAP Reform and Policy Analysis
  • Research Projects and Commissioned Studies
  • Seminars, Briefing and Training
Publications
  • Editor of the John Nix Farm Management Pocketbook
  • Contributor to the Professional Update agricultural briefing
  • Entrepreneurialism, the kiss of life for British Farmers? Oxford Farming Conference Report Jan 2016
  • The Best of British Farmers, what gives them the edge? Oxford Farming Conference Report Jan 2015
  • A Detailed Economic Assessment of Anaerobic Digestion and its Suitability to UK Farming and Waste Systems.
  • Chartered Environmentalist and Council member of the Institute of the Agricultural management (IAgrM)
  • Active member of the Farmers' Club
  • Redman. G., & Benton. T. (2025). Published: AHDB UK Food Security and What it means for the Farming Community

Michael Haverty

Partner & Senior Research Consultant

Qualifications & Experience
  • 2019 to date - Partner of The Andersons Centre
  • Joined Andersons in 2015
  • 15 years’ experience in leading analytical and consulting projects across numerous international markets within Europe, the Americas and Asia
  • Previously worked in marketing and policy-related roles with Syngenta, JFC Agri, Newcastle University and the European Commission
  • Delivered numerous reports and conference presentations concerning Brexit and the impact of tariff and non-tariff measures
  • Advanced French speaker
  • BSc (Hons) Agricultural Economics & Management, Queen’s University Belfast; MSc International Agricultural & Food Marketing, Newcastle University
Areas of Expertise
  • Agricultural Market Analysis and Industry Forecasting
  • Agri-Food Trade Analysis
  • Market Research and Competitor Analysis
  • Environmental and Greenhouse Gas Assessments
  • Situation and Outlook Analysis
  • International Market Assessments
  • Customised Research and Consulting
  • Seminars, Briefings and Training
Publications
  • Haverty, M. and Grainger, A. (2025) Quantifying Non-Tariff Measures on GB to EU Agri-Food, Plant Products and Fisheries Trade
  • Haverty, M. (2017) Impact of WTO Trading on the Northern Ireland Beef and Sheep Meat Industry, Report for the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC), in collaboration with the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association (NIMEA). The Anderson’s Centre, Melton Mowbray.
  • Haverty, M. (2016) What Brexit Means for the UK Agricultural Sector
  • Redman, G. and Haverty, M. (2016) Crop Area Trends in Scandinavia and the UK
  • Haverty, M. and Redman, G. (2015) Biostimulants in the UK
  • Haverty, M. and Gorton, M. (2006) Integrating Marketing Orientation and Competitive Benchmarking: A Methodological Framework and Application. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence
  • Franks, J.R. and Haverty, M.J.P. (2005) Benchmarking Farm Enterprises. Journal of Farm Management