News and communications

Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer from July will give the sector a clear path forward and boost farm business resilience.

• Updated: 21 May 2024

Legislation ending exports of livestock for slaughter and fattening receives Royal Assent

• Updated: 20 May 2024

The Prime Minister has unveiled a major package of measures to support farmers and grow the UK’s farming and food sector

• Updated: 14 May 2024

Farmer Derek Dyer contaminated a private water supply and polluted a stream after a slurry store built from farmyard manure collapsed.

• Updated: 13 May 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sets out his blueprint to boost British fruit and vegetable sector as the first UK Food Security Index is published.

• Updated: 13 May 2024

At the Farmers Weekly Transition Live Event, Environment Secretary Steve Barclay gave a speech outlining the support available from government for farmers

• Updated: 9 May 2024

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) confirms a very high probability of a new introduction of bluetongue virus (BTV-3) into Great Britain.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

Letter from the Animal Sentience Committee to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee on the changes to bovine identification, registration and movement.

• Updated: 29 April 2024

Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.

• Updated: 26 April 2024

Fund will help groups of farmers investigate how they can better manage water for use in time of drought, helping to safeguard food security.

• Updated: 22 April 2024

Future Winemakers’ Scheme will help domestic wine sector to continue its success

• Updated: 16 April 2024

Fund will support farmers who suffered uninsurable damage to their land due to flooding earlier this year with grants of between £500 and £25,000

• Updated: 11 April 2024

The government has published its response to the Independent Review of Protected Site Management on Dartmoor.

• Updated: 10 April 2024

Graeme Jack and Glen Nimmo will join the Board for three years

• Updated: 4 April 2024

The government is introducing new measures to limit the amount of land farmers can take out of productive actions under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)

• Updated: 25 March 2024

New registration requirements for bird keepers in Great Britain - all bird keepers must register their birds and update records annually.

• Updated: 19 March 2024

The claim window for existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue and Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreements has opened on Thursday 14 March.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

Environment Secretary launches proposals to make food labelling clearer and fairer, delivering on commitment to back British farming

• Updated: 12 March 2024

Will Quince MP appointed to conduct review into public sector food procurement

• Updated: 11 March 2024

Government announces an extension to the existing scope of Agricultural Property Relief.

• Updated: 7 March 2024