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Alan Lovell, Environment Agency Chair speaks at Anthropy 2023 on the importance of closing the data gap on soil health.
New review set to promote fairness, transparency and accountability across the egg supply chain, delivering on key commitments from the Farm to Fork Summit.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
British cooked poultry meat will soon reach Japanese tables thanks to a new market access deal that will benefit UK farmers, meat processers and exporters.
The project “Upscaling innovative ‘planting-baskets’ to restore landscape diversity, and enhance climate-resilient livelihoods” is a Darwin Initiative Innovation Project, funded through the UK government’s Biodiversity Chall…
Defra has committed to working with industry to reduce methane emissions in livestock through the use of methane-suppressing feed products
Government Chemist leads work on Protocol for the Collection of Honey Reference Samples for the Construction of Honey Authenticity Databases
British farmers and growers will continue to have access to important pesticides to support resilient and profitable food production and cut input costs.
Farming groups and landowners encouraged to bid for share of £2.5 million Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund
The first farmers to sign up for the new and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) have this week received their first payment.
Following a public consultation, the government has set out reforms for the wine sector which will begin in 2024.
Innovative projects will receive funding to develop technologies to predict strawberry yield, increase vineyard productivity and optimise harvesting schedules.
Improvements to the traceability system for cattle have been set out by the government.
Devon and Cornwall farmers asked by the Environment Agency to guard against run-off during and after harvesting their maize crop this year.
The new and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) has started to accept applications from today.
Farmers will have additional time to complete their Countryside Stewardship 2024 applications as long as applications were started by Friday 15 September.
Government backs calls to help customers buy British when they shop online.
Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 will accept applications from 18 September.
The 2024 Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreement application deadline has been extended until the 15th September.
An update on the work of the Government Chemist assessing the conformity of jelly mini-cup confectionary products.
A York based farming business which produces frozen vegetables to some of the country’s biggest retailers and manufacturers has offered to pay £23,640 to the Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust after spreading waste sludge on land …
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