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  • Water industry receives £150,000 boost to improve the environment

    Water minister announces new funding for Business in the Community Water Taskforce.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Environment Secretary speech at the Oxford Farming Conference

    Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss speech at the Oxford Farming Conference on the role of food and farming in our economic future.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Food and farming key to Britain's economic future

    Environment Secretary hails role of British agriculture in Oxford Farming Conference speech.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fruit juice boost for UK

    Exports of our fruit and vegetable juices have increased by almost 40% since 2010 worth a record £65 million last year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Innovation in agriculture: funding opportunities for business

    Businesses invited to apply for funding from the £70 million Agri-Tech Catalyst to support innovative solutions to agricultural challenges.

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  • Farmers urged to think carefully before spreading manure during wet weather

    The Environment Agency is issuing farmers and landowners with guidance to help them manage slurry storage and consider the impact of spreading manures and dirty water on land during the winter and wet weather.

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  • Farming industry income rises

    The UK agricultural industry is going from strength to strength in its contribution to economic growth, with new statistics revealing that increased production and prices boosted farming income to £5.6 billion last year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Lord de Mauley speech at the Fertile Minds conference

    Lord de Mauley addressed the Fertile Minds conference on the opportunities for young people in agriculture

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    First published during the 1997 to 2007 Blair Labour government

  • Environment Secretary speech at the Northern Farming Conference

    Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss speech to the Northern Farming Conference

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Elizabeth Truss speech on the environment and the rural economy

    Speech delivered at The Policy Exchange on the link between the natural environment and the economy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Elizabeth Truss: Healthy environment integral to healthy economy

    The Environment Secretary says the UK’s £100 billion food and farming sector needs a healthy and clean environment to be at its most productive.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK beer - pulling a billion pints for the world

    UK is now exporting beer to a record number of countries supporting our long-term economic plan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK food and drink exports reach a record 150 countries worldwide

    Yorkshire ice to Sweden and cheese to Madagascar are among the British food and drink products being exported around the globe.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Balti: world trademark bid

    Birmingham city’s famous Balti dish is the first curry in Europe to apply for legally recognised status.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consumer confidence to be strengthened through new food crime unit

    Government responds to Professor Chris Elliott's report into the food integrity and assurance of food supply networks

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Russian import ban on agricultural products

    Information about agricultural products affected by the Russian import ban.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM and Environment Secretary announce multi-million pound boost for British food industry

    From 2017, central government will commit to buying fresh, locally sourced, seasonal food, through a new, simplified food and drink buying standard.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • AgriBuzz: Issue 14 - Summer 2014 - Midlands edition

    Newsletter for farmers and land managers in the Midlands.

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  • Eat your way around English leg of Tour de France

    Social media campaign launched to promote Protected Food Names produced on the route

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Negotiations begin for £120m China beef and lamb export deal

    British beef and lamb could be heading to China in a new agreement that could be worth up to £120m to the UK economy each year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government