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What we are doing to reduce the risks from avian influenza (bird flu) in wild birds in England and Wales.
1. Introduction 1.1 This document sets out the policies and approach the…
The Livestock Information Transformation Programme (LITP) is introducing new technology to trace livestock movements more quickly and accurately in England.
The Livestock Information Transformation Programme (LITP) is a Defra…
Consultation on whether England and Wales should change their Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) related livestock feed controls.
Foreword Between 4 February and 1 April 2025, Defra and the Welsh…
Rhagair Rhwng 4 Chwefror a 1 Ebrill 2025, cynhaliodd Defra a Llywodraeth…
Seeking views on a proposed ban on keeping laying hens, pullets and breeder layers in cages.
Seeking views on proposed changes to the methods used for lamb castration and tail docking.
Advice to Natural England on setting the minimum and maximum numbers of badgers to be culled in licensed areas in 2025.
Information on the government badger control costs for 2024 and previous years.
Seeking views on contractual practices in the combinable crops sector to understand how supply relationships between farmers and purchasers can be improved.
The 4 nations response to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) market study into the UK infant and follow-on formula market.
The Belém Declaration on Fertilisers urges for more to be done to enhance nutrient use efficiency and reduce emissions from fertiliser production.
This contingency plan describes how the government will manage an outbreak or incident of exotic notifiable disease of animals in England.
The Pathway will push forward and support the gradual and continual improvement in farm animal health and welfare.
Consultation on a proposed plant varieties and seeds framework for precision bred plant varieties in England.
An update to the 2018 bovine tuberculosis strategy review led by Professor Sir Charles Godfray.
This report provides an update on activities during the first year of the UK 5-year national action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2024 to 2029.
The Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) seeks submissions on the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India.
The powers, criteria and procedures the Secretary of State has to follow in considering pre-emptive (firebreak) culling in managing an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD).
How the government would manage suspect cases and outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Great Britain.
Towards a Good Food Cycle: a UK government food strategy for England, considering the wider UK food system.
Seeking views on proposed changes to how you’re allowed to catch (lift and carry) laying hens and meat chickens when loading and unloading for transport.
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