Agri-Business
UK records first bluetongue outbreak of 2025/2026 season
Two cattle in Herefordshire have tested positive for bluetongue (BTV-3) following a non-negative pre-movement test. The confirmation was received on...
DEFRA
Agri-Business
Defra launches new food strategy for England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) launched a new food strategy policy which aims to create a...
Environment
Defra: How to deal with this summer's dry weather
With predicted heat waves due over the coming weeks, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is advising...
Pig/Poultry
Government confirms two cases of bird flu in Wales
Two cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus, otherwise known as bird flu, has been detected in Wales,...
Environment
Defra does not 'intend to subsidise regenerative agriculture'
A new UK parliamentary report has highlighted regenerative agriculture as a promising, farmer-led approach to improving soil health, biodiversity, and...
N.Ireland
Review to tackle unfair practices in UK combinable crops supply chain
Arable farmers in the UK are to benefit from a new government review tackling unfair practices in the combinable crops’...
Agri-Business
Defra: Over £2.7 billion invested in sustainable farming
More than £2.7 billion will be invested in sustainable farming and nature recovery each year from 2026/27 to 2028/29, according...
Agri-Business
Defra: Badger TB vaccinations up 24% across England in 2024
In a significant drive to end the UK badger cull, tuberculosis (TB) vaccinations administered to badgers in England increased by...
Agri-Business
Farm groups voice concerns over UK agriculture budget
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and several high-profile nature groups have joined forces to warn that cutting the...
Agri-Business
Latest DEFRA figures show agriculture profits boost
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs’s (DEFRA) latest figures show a profitability boost for the 2024 fiscal year....
Agri-Business
DEFRA: £13.6 million for redistribution of food surplus
The Department for Environment, food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has allocated £13.6 million funding to charities across the UK to...
N.Ireland
New chair appointed to AHDB
Emily Norton has been appointed by Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) ministers as the new Chair of...
Dairy
Single case of atypical BSE confirmed on farm in Essex – APHA
A single case of atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Essex the UK’s Animal and...
Pig/Poultry
Mandatory housing order for poultry to be lifted in England
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) plans to lift the order for mandatory housing of birds later...
Environment
AHDB: Multifunctional approach for land use needed
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has responded to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Land...
N.Ireland
UUP raises concerns about NI foot-and-mouth disease control
Two Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politicians have written a joint letter to Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)...
Agri Politics
Open letter calls for basic income for agricultural workers
An open letter to the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs, Daniel Zeichner, has called on the...
Agri Politics
Former NFU president to lead farm profitability review
Former National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president and farmer, Baroness Minette Batters, has been appointed to lead a review of farm...
