Agri Politics
NFU urges candidates to back farming ahead of local elections
Candidates standing in next month’s local elections have a big part to play in helping to shape the future of...
Agri Politics
Agri Politics
Groceries adjudicator to join Defra under department transfer
Responsibility for the UK’s Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) will soon move to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
Schemes
Defra unveils new simplified SFI capped at £100k per year
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has revealed that it will be reintroducing the Sustainable Farming Incentive...
Agri Politics
NFYFC elects officer team to help deliver new plan
Jessica Rose from Nottinghamshire has been elected as the new chair of the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC)....
Agri Politics
Defra staff take part in agricultural training course worth £650k
The staff from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are taking part in a programme that aims...
Agri Politics
Farming rules proposals aim to cut pollution and support farmers
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has proposed new rules that aim to help improve water quality,...
Agri Politics
Defra has two years to solve farm profitability crisis - Batters
Evidence given to MPs this week by Baroness Minette Batters has underlined the urgent need for government action to address...
Agri Politics
NFU Cymru appoints new presidential duo
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Cymru has appointed two farmers to take up the positions of president and deputy president....
Agri Politics
Concerns raised over Scotland's £660m farming budget
The Scottish government recently released its Budget for 2026/2027, confirming that over £660 million has been allocated to support farmers,...
Agri Politics
French farmers drive 350 tractors into the heart of Paris in Mercosur protest
French farmers today (Tuesday, January 13) declared that the “fight is not over” against the Mercosur trade deal as they...
Schemes
Farm orgs respond to SFI scheme announcements
Farming organisations across the UK have responded to yesterday’s announcements from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)...
Schemes
Defra announces SFI application windows at Oxford Farming Conference
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has unveiled the application windows for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)...
Schemes
Farmer Network to hold workshop for SFI scheme
The Farmer Network has announced that it will be running a workshop this month to help farmers comply with the...
Agri Politics
Inheritance tax improvements 'do not go far enough' - MP
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael has warned that improvements to the government’s policy on farm inheritance tax do not...
Agri Politics
NFU: 'Ball is now in Defra’s court’ on driving core priorities forward
Responding to the publication of the government-commissioned Farm Profitability Review, National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales (NFU) has said...
Agri Politics
NFU Cymru raises sustainable farming scheme with deputy first minister
NFU Cymru has reiterated key areas where it considers the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) needs to continue to evolve to...
Agri Politics
Budget tax changes 'nowhere near enough' to protect family farms - NFU
The changes to the inheritance tax proposals announced during Budget Day do not “go anywhere near far enough’ to protect...
Agri Politics
Fairer Family Farming campaign launched to fight 'unfair' farm taxes
A new grassroots initiative organised by a coalition of working British family farmers has been launched to contest the proposed...