Green peer Natalie Bennett has kick-started a Parliamentary battle to put soil at the heart of the Environment Bill.

A range of farm groups have slammed the Government’s net zero strategy, claiming it ‘lacks ambition’, is ‘devoid of urgency’ and fails to recognise the value of agriculture in securing a low-carbon future.

The Welsh Government has been urged to review the cap on compensation for animals slaughtered under the bovine TB eradication programme.

Members of The Farming Forum (TFF) Grassroots Group have urged the Government to allocate more than 60 per cent (62.5) of England’s £2.4bn agriculture budget to permanent grassland.

A major new survey of the agricultural community carried out by the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) has revealed that more than one-third (36 per cent) of farmers are probably or possibly depressed.

Homegrown apples and pears are the most ‘green’ on UK supermarket shelves, according to new research by British Apples and Pears (BAPL) and the Royal Agricultural University (RAU).

Homegrown apples and pears are the most green on UK supermarket shelves, according to new research by British Apples and Pears (BAPL) and the Royal Agricultural University (RAU).

Britain’s food industry needs to raise its productivity and sustainability by investing in skills and becoming more resilient to shocks.

The Foundation for Common Land (FCL) has hit out at the ongoing exclusion of commoners from Defra’s new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.

New proposals from the EU are expected to slash paperwork for food exports from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.