The Government is facing an angry backlash over the abrupt closure of its flagship nature-friendly farming payments scheme for new applicants this year. The Environment Department (Defra) announced ...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has reopened its capital grants scheme for farmers in England, providing £150m to support sustainable practices and help the sector adapt ...

The NFU has said that Defra's organics stats for 2025, which show that organic land area in the UK is up 7.3% from 2024, show ...

Just one in three farmers in England feel positive about their own future in agriculture, according to Defra’s April 2025 Farmer Opinion Tracker for England. The percentage of farmers feeling ...

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One thing you can guarantee about the run-up to Christmas, alongside frantic last-minute shopping and a sense of impending doom, is that Defra will drop a major policy announcement just when the rest ...

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Conservationists are warning of a “monumental gap” between current funding and what is needed to help nature, as the Budget maintains farming spending at existing levels. The Government has announced ...

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