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Mark Spencer drives tractor to Parliament to shine a light on mental health in rural communities

• Updated: 6 July 2023

Consultation launched to help meet commitment to support farmers to create or restore 45,000 miles of hedgerows by 2050.

• Updated: 28 June 2023

Secretary of State Thérèse Coffey has addressed the National Farmers Union conference

• Updated: 22 February 2023

Food and Farming Minister Mark Spencer addressed the National Farmers Union Conference on Tuesday 21 February 2023

• Updated: 21 February 2023

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey delivered a speech to the NASDA Conference in Virginia

• Updated: 15 February 2023

Farming Minister Mark Spencer delivers a speech at the 2023 Oxford Farming Conference

• Updated: 5 January 2023

Farmers urged to step up and take advantage of benefits of increased payments under new, fairer farming system

• Updated: 5 January 2023

45,000 visas for seasonal workers to be available for horticulture businesses next year

• Updated: 16 December 2022

Further £12.5 million for projects focused on cutting-edge agriculture and horticulture innovation to boost productivity, reduce labour demands, and create more sustainable farming practices

• Updated: 13 December 2022

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey delivered a speech to the CLA Business Conference

• Updated: 1 December 2022

Government publishes response to the Lump Sum Exit Scheme and delinked payments in England consultation.

• Updated: 8 February 2022

Environment Secretary George Eustice sets out his vision for farming, pointing out the importance of the food industry to the Government’s levelling-up agenda.

• Updated: 2 December 2021

The pilot is due to start in October 2021

• Updated: 18 May 2021

Farmers and land managers have until 17 May to apply for BPS; and claim for CS revenue and ES payments

• Updated: 18 March 2021

Details of the pilot of the Sustainable Farming Incentive published

• Updated: 10 March 2021

Speaking at the NFU conference 2021, Environment Secretary George Eustice, sets out the UK Government's approach for future agriculture policy now that the UK has left the EU.

• Updated: 23 February 2021

Environment Secretary, George Eustice unveils plans for the agricultural transition period at an Oxford Farming Conference bitesize session today

• Updated: 30 November 2020

Roadmap to better, fairer farming system published today

• Updated: 30 November 2020

Transformative legislation setting out how farmers and land managers in England will be rewarded in future with public money for “public goods” passes into law

• Updated: 11 November 2020

Victoria Prentis visited Richmond in Yorkshire to see first-hand how local environmental land management projects are delivering for nature.

• Updated: 11 September 2020