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Further provisions for livestock farmers struggling to access animal feed have been introduced today with immediate effect
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
A new team of experts officially start today, backed with £3 million of funding to help farmers reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture.
Farmers and land managers who claimed for 2016 and / or 2017 will have received at least 75% of their payment for those years by the end of September
Fall in new confirmed TB cases in Gloucestershire and Somerset demonstrates progress in delivering 25-year TB Strategy.
Minister Eustice's statement in the House of Commons on scallops.
A 10-week exercise is seeking views on the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
Food and drink exports hit record level of £10.6 billion for the first half of 2018 – up by 4% compared to last year. US, China and Hong Kong amongst the top countries importing the best of British.
Farmers to benefit from new deal as Taiwan prepares to welcome British pork exports for first time.
Re-appointments to the Board of AHDB (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board)
A major simplification of the way we regulate farming has been proposed in an interim report published today
A new agreement has been signed between AHDB and Defra setting out how AHDB could develop a new multi-species livestock traceability service for England.
Deadline for Countryside Stewardship application packs to be received by Natural England has been extended by one month.
Farmers and land managers with a 2017 Countryside Stewardship agreement will receive a Bridging Payment for 75% of the current estimated value of their claim
Defra announces new funding for farmers across England to tackle the highly contagious disease Bovine Viral Diarrhoea.
The Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme has seen popular take-up by farmers after the first funding round
Measures proposed to improve transparency across the food chain and ensure farmers are paid fairly.
More than 44,000 responses have been received on the government’s proposals for the future for food, farming and the environment once we leave the EU.
The payment claim deadline for Countryside Stewardship customers is being extended to 15 June 2018
More than 35,000 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2018 applications have been submitted since the application window for the scheme opened on 13 March.
Further restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides have been approved following a vote in the European Commission.
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