Environment
Farmer confidence drops as agri-environment schemes fail to deliver
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has expressed “deep concern” that confidence in agri-environment schemes amongst tenant farmers in England is...
DEFRA
Agri-Business
Unions welcome new UK Farming Minister
Robert Goodwill has been appointed as the UK’s new Farming Minister following George Eustice’s resignation. Goodwill has previously described himself as...
Environment
Eco star ambassadors to champion green action
Several leading environmentalists have pledged to champion and promote the Government’s Year of Green Action. UN Patron of the Oceans...
Environment
Gove unveils new 'Conservation Covenants' to protect nature
The first of the UK’s new Conservation Covenants to unleash a new wave of legal safeguards for England’s wildlife and...
Agri Politics
NFU Scotland policies central at Gove-Ewing debate
Defra and the Scottish Government were pitted face-to-face at an NFU Scotland debate allowing members to hold both to account. The...
Agri-Business
Gove vows to protect high farming standards as part of a Green Brexit
Environment Secretary Michael Gove welcomed the National Farmers’ Union president’s vision for industry and Government to work together to maintain...
Agri-Business
Moving away from CAP provides opportunities - Defra representative
Phasing out Common Agricultural Payments (CAP) as a result of Brexit means a “move away from a complex and prescriptive...
Agri-Business
Report shows food-producing animals account a quarter of UK antibiotics
Antibiotics in livestock account for just 26% of the UK’s total antibiotics use, a report published today has revealed. Of...
Agri-Business
Improved BPS delivery but bridging payments still needed, NFU says
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for immediate bridging payments to be provided to the more than 5,000 farmers...
Pig/Poultry
Defra: Africian Swine Fever has a 20% chance of reaching the UK
African Swine Fever has a 20% chance of reaching the UK’s pig population, according to Government officials. The shocking admission...
Environment
Agricultural fertiliser under scrutiny in Government air pollution plans
Farming has yet again come under fire in a new Government set of ambitious long-term air pollution targets which go...
Agri-Business
Cutting food waste: 'Game-changing' fund opens
The Government will today invite food redistribution organisations to apply for the first £5 million round of funding available a...
Agri-Business
Access to Japanese market to be worth up to £127 million to UK beef and lamb
News Japan will reopen its market to British beef and lamb after almost a quarter of a century could be worth as...
Agri-Business
Gove: Gene-editing and lab-grown food will be part of the ag revolution
Environment Secretary Michael Gove used his speech at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference to reiterate his support for controversial food production...
Agri-Business
Defra appoints first ever food waste champion
A new food surplus and waste champion has been appointed to help drive forward the Government’s plans to cut the...
Opinion
NFU has gotten its principles all wrong
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is at least one ‘principle’ short, if my reading of the organisation’s latest Brexit demands is...
Arable
Metaldehyde to be banned outdoors by 2020
Metaldehyde, a pesticide used to control slugs in a range of crops and in gardens, is to be banned for...
Agri-Business
Less frequent TB testing to incentivise strengthened biosecurity
Farmers who have managed to stay clear of bovine TB for at least six years will be able to revert...
