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The Government set up the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) two years too late, the groups chairman has said.

The site will reopen after the Department for Transport announced E10 petrol will be introduced at petrol pumps from September

It seems to be the time of year for surveys. I have done the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch and the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Big Farmland Bird Count, noting that bird numbers are down.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has set out further detail about what the Government’s 2022 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will look like.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has thanked farmers for their ’incredible work’ in keeping the nation fed throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

BORIS Johnson’s proposed end of lockdown June 21, falls right in the middle of the height of the agricultural show calendar, meaning many shows will be affected by this week’s news.

Local authorities in England have dealt with 976,000 fly-tipping incidents on public land in 2019/20, an increase of two per cent from 2018/19, new figures from Defra have found.