The Welsh Government has proposed a number of simplifications to the way the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) operates ahead of its planned phase out.

The BVA has called for farmers to benefit from increased compensation, longer testing intervals and greater opportunities to trade if they participate in a proposed TB earned recognition scheme.

MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee have called on the Government to appoint a Minister for Food Security in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

A proposal by the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) to sell Glenridding Common has prompted fears that the area could be used as a testbed for rewilding.

A House of Lords committee has written to the Trade Secretary to ask what kind of compensation the Government will offer to UK farmers if they are undercut as a result of a US trade deal.

An attempt in the House of Lords to ban live exports as part of the Agriculture Bill has been stymied by complications over Northern Ireland.

The UK has an opportunity to lead on preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases such as the coronavirus, the Co-op’s head of agriculture Caroline Mason has said.

The eagerly anticipated National Food Strategy (NFS) for England has set out a number of formal recommendations for protecting food production standards in trade deals.

Leaving the Brexit transition period without an EU trade deal would be ‘a cakewalk’ for the food industry in comparison to the pandemic, National Food Strategy (NFS) chief Henry Dimbleby has said.

Farm groups have welcomed Government plans to scrap EU greening requirements for direct payments from 2021.