Defra

Access to financing plus greater guidance and support will be key if UK farmers are to achieve the goal of carbon net zero by 2050, a new cross-industry report explains.

NSA calls out former Defra representative for incorrect and damaging statement on UK sheep farming.

FG head of business Alex Black, NFU deputy president Tom Bradshaw and Savills’ national farms and estates director Charlie Paton look back at an extraordinary year

Farming organisations have been giving their thoughts on the Government’s latest ELM scheme announcement

UK chief vet Dr Christine Middlemiss and Arla managing director Ash Amirahmadi were amongst those named in the New Year Honours List

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has batted away concerns that the increased Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme payments announced this morning (January 5) are ‘too little, too late’.

Farmers are being urged to look again at the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship (CS) after Defra boosted payment rates under both schemes.

Urgent action must be taken to make supply chains fairer if food is to be produced more sustainably in the coming years, a new report commissioned by the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) has said.

Industry bodies have welcomed an announcement from Government that 45,000 seasonal workers will be allowed into the UK for the 2023 growing season.

Ploughing more money into Defra’s Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme will keep food prices down for consumers, according to AHDB technical knowledge exchange manager Harry Henderson.