Defra

Farmers are offered additional time to complete their Countryside Stewardship 2024 applications, as long as applications were started by 15 September

Defra was probed on a specific date in autumn in which the online checker would open, but failed to give one. They said they were preparing to launch round two of the scheme and guidance would be issued soon

The Centre of Excellence in Aberystwyth want to engage with all stakeholders in a joint endeavour to find new and better ways of combatting bovine tuberculosis

Labour's Defra Secretary Steve Reed said we need to back our farmers to innovate, and adapt and do what the farming sector has always done and that is their 'absolute best for Britain'

NFU advises farmers to refer back to the current guidance of the scheme before completing the online checker, to ensure their proposal has the best possible chance of being approved

Mrs Batters said she would ‘not draw breath' until the Government ‘levelled up' their ambition on the environment and their legislative targets with a focused target on food production

An NFU survey found the British public ranked farmers as one of the most important and well respected professions

Farmers who have secured Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements by the end of October will be paid a proportion of the monies by December

The impact of the pig crisis is continuing to be felt

Jim McMahon stepped down from his role as Shadow Defra Secretary and was replaced by Steve Reed. We asked farmers what do they think of the Croydon North MP.