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After the success of the first round of funding in 2022, Katie Fallon looks at what is involved in round two of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund.

Following the launch of Defra’s Annual Health and Welfare Review last week, Katie Fallon looks at how farmers can get involved.

The Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has urged the new Government to reconsider its response to a report on the impact of the Australian free trade agreement (FTA), after a ‘disappointing’ response from the

Farm businesses have been urged to feed into a new inquiry to help inform the Government about the ‘true effects’ of the cost-of-living crisis.

The farming industry has been urged to ‘keep the pressure on’ Government to negotiate trade deals which work for UK agriculture, amid concerns about the new Defra Secretary’s stance.

Defra’s consultation into pig sector contracts fails to cover the wider supply chain, giving the department ‘insufficient information’ to base decisions on, industry chiefs have warned.

The Foundation for Common Land (FCL) has warned the last three per cent of England’s collectively managed land is at risk of being lost due to the slow development of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.