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  • Wool fans flock to Savile Row

    The field day is part of a wider five-year Campaign for Wool to promote the benefits of wool.

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

  • UK and German agricultural ministers discuss reform

    UK and German Agricultural Ministers met to discuss a number of areas of common interest, including reform of the CAP post-2013.

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

  • 400 teachers for amateur beekeepers

    Britain’s backyard beekeepers are to be helped to avoid the problem of winter bee deaths by 400 Government-backed volunteer teachers.

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

  • Change in cost of registering organic seeds

    The cost of registering an organic seed or seed potato variety in the UK will increase from today (1 October 2010).

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

  • Bovine disease compensation payable during October 2010

    Compensation payable during October 2010, in England (and in Wales and Scotland for BSE only).

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

  • It’s time to Eat Seasonably

    Eat Seasonably is all about inspiring and enabling people to eat more seasonal fruit and vegetables.

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

  • New measures to control Bovine TB in badgers

    Consultation on a proposal to issue licences to farmers and landowners who wish to cull and/or vaccinate badgers at their own expense.

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

  • Equine Infectious Anaemia detected in a horse in Devon

    Equine infectious anaemia (EIA) has been detected in a horse in Devon after the owner requested a private vet to examine a sick horse, Defra confirmed today.

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

  • Equine infectious anaemia detected in a horse

    Equine infectious anaemia (EIA) has been detected in a horse in Northumberland following importation from the Netherlands, Defra confirmed today.

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

  • Bovine disease compensation payable during September 2010

    Compensation payable during September 2010, in England (and in Wales and Scotland for BSE only).

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

  • Industry's ideas for growing and eating more fruit and veg

    Members of the fruit and vegetable industry have presented ideas for increasing production and consumption of fruit and vegetables in England.

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

  • Acid rain: 20 years on…

    Chances are that back in the 1980s, acid rain would have been high on everyone’s list of environmental concerns. But what exactly is acid rain…

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

  • Defra Ministers endorse campaign to protect farmland biodiversity

    Encouraging farmers to voluntarily nurture wildlife on their land.

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

  • Opinions on improving farm regulation wanted

    The Task Force has been challenged to find ways of reducing the bureaucratic burdens that English farmers and food producers face.

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

  • Government response on Groceries Code Adjudicator consultation

    Government response to a consultation on establishing a body to monitor and enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP).

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

  • Paice calls for more honest labelling

    The origin labelling of meat, meat products and dairy products tend to be the most confusing for consumers to understand.

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

  • Bovine disease compensation payable during August 2010

    Compensation payable during August 2010, in England (and in Wales and Scotland for BSE only).

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

  • Action taken to prevent spread of unauthorised GM presence in soya bean

    Defra has established that seed from the same batch has been sown in a small trial of soya beans in West Sussex.

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

  • Defra announces changes to arm’s length bodies

    Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman today announced reforms to more than 30 of Defra’s arm’s length bodies.

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

  • Don’t bring me back: buy me in the UK

    More than 50 people a day have illegal foods seized at ports and airports when entering the UK, the latest figures show.

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