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UK-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement to deliver new opportunities for UK food and drink exporters
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Customers can use new digital contact forms to raise a query
New application process for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier opening environmental schemes to more farmers
Speech by Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds at the Groundswell Festival 2026
Fishers, seafood businesses and coastal communities across England are reminded and encouraged to apply for grant funding via the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS).
The Food Standards Agency has published the results of its sixth annual retail surveillance survey.
First Environment Agency Agriculture Report published, providing a national overview of the sector’s environmental performance and regulatory outcomes
Small farms and those without existing ELM revenue agreements can apply today for SFI as Window 1 opens.
Farming Minister Stephen Morgan welcomes Defra’s global network of agri-food attachés’ for their annual Industry Engagement Week
From June 2026, the Fish Health Inspectorate’s (FHI) approach to managing Koi herpesvirus (KHV) in recreational fisheries in England and Wales will change.
The 25-year Farming Roadmap gives English farmers certainty beyond the next harvest for the first time.
The new approach will spread funding more fairly, target family farms and give farmers greater certainty.
From 28 May 2026 applicants will benefit from a streamlined digital experience when submitting Marketing Authorisation variation applications.
Register for the Government Chemist Conference 2026, Safe food for tomorrow’s world: evidence-based measurement solutions for responsible regulation.
Family farm business charged over two pollution incidents in Devon and Somerset with nearly £20,000 paid out in total .
Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds visits Northern Ireland to highlight how a UK-EU food and drink deal will cut red tape, lower costs and keep trade flowing.
New plans aim to support British farmers by improving supply resilience to global market shocks and supporting innovation in the fertiliser sector.
Farmers failed to properly store slurry in three separate cases, two of which led to pollution incidents.
Boost to Seafood Exports Package will help UK businesses reach new markets
The owner and a master of a UK-registered fishing vessel have both been sentenced following a joint enforcement operation and subsequent inspections carried out at the Port of Blyth in 2024 and 2025.
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