News and communications

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's speech to the NFU annual conference.

• Updated: 20 February 2024

A Toolkit to Support Weight of Evidence Approaches for Food Authenticity Investigations published by Defra.

• Updated: 7 February 2024

New measures aim to reduce dog attacks on livestock

• Updated: 2 February 2024

Payments help farmers deliver food security through sustainable food production alongside environmental actions to enhance and support nature

• Updated: 29 January 2024

Producers will no longer need to change how eggs are labelled during housing orders, saving farmers from costly labelling

• Updated: 9 January 2024

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay delivers speech at 2024 Oxford Farming Conference , outlining the biggest upgrade to the UK's farming schemes

• Updated: 4 January 2024

Environment Secretary announces major updates for farmers, with an increase in funding and reduction in red tape this summer.

• Updated: 4 January 2024

On the eve of New Year reforms for the wine industry, Environment Secretary Steve Barclay welcomes the scrapping of outdated rules inherited from the EU.

• Updated: 31 December 2023

Environment Secretary invites people to raise a glass to UK farmers and food producers this Christmas.

• Updated: 23 December 2023

Government Chemist scientists publish research work on the analysis of isotopic composition of coffee beans as a marker of regional origin to combat food fraud

• Updated: 20 December 2023

The UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Simon Manley, spoke on a number of issues at the WTO General Council (17-19 December 2023).

• Updated: 20 December 2023

The Review delivers on a key commitment made at the Farm to Fork Summit and will support farmers and growers to receive a fair price for their products.

• Updated: 14 December 2023

The Smaller Abattoir Fund opens with £4 million available to support smaller red meat and poultry abattoirs across England.

• Updated: 13 December 2023

An independent review on the management of protected sites on Dartmoor has been published today

• Updated: 12 December 2023

New legislation introduces penalty notices for animal health and welfare offences

• Updated: 11 December 2023

UK scales up support for sustainable, climate-resilient farming practices, and improved access to clean water in climate-vulnerable countries.

• Updated: 9 December 2023

UK-Mexico Partnership results in hardier wheat varieties in Sonora able to survive the threats of climate change

• Updated: 6 December 2023

Export of livestock for slaughter and fattening will be banned under new legislation.

• Updated: 4 December 2023

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed that 97% of farmers have received their final BPS payment in the first few days of the payment window.

• Updated: 4 December 2023

Environment Secretary's speech at the Country Land and Business Association's rural business conference on 30th November 2023.

• Updated: 30 November 2023