Climate Change

NFU president Tom Bradshaw warned the Farming Minister that in light of the £358 million pound underspend of the farming budget, Defra was a department ‘very close to failure' if it was not careful

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change Huw Irranca-Davies said: "What we are doing is bringing forward a scheme that is right and accessible to all farmers, in order to do that we need lock the doors, bury ourselves away, and crunch through some serious matters"

Cumbrian sheep farmer and author James Rebanks reflects on his decision to turn down the invite to apply for a non-executive director at Defra

Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner shares his thoughts following a meeting with G20 Agriculture Ministers in Brazil

Applications for the new Integrated Natural Resources Scheme (INRS) are until September 27

The banking organisation has launched its 'Sustainable Farming Pathway' with the farming charity, Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)

The farming union is calling for a 'renewed and enhanced multi-annual agricultural budget of £5.6 million'

A spokesperson for River Action said: "It was a genuine mistake corrected minutes later in the BBC programme"

The local authority has confirmed that nature was in 'long term decline' and that urgent action must be taken to reverse its downward spiral

Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs Daniel Zeichner will focus predominantly on farming including Environmental Land Management Schemes, food security, animal welfare including TB, as well as trade and helping to drive innovation within the sector