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Letter from Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to Scottish Government about the Agriculture Bill.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Further rounds of funding for the popular small grants scheme for farmers has been confirmed
No threat to human health or food safety
Scottish Secretary David Mundell welcomes announcement on the future of agricultural funding
Defra has approved a request from Dow AgroSciences Ltd to sell the pest control product Sequoia in the UK for use only in greenhouses
Pig keepers must not feed kitchen or catering waste to their pigs to help prevent the spread of African swine fever to the UK.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed the exchange rate for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2018 payments made in sterling
Leading innovators in the chocolate, cheese and crop industries join Partners Programme during British Food Fortnight.
Further provisions for livestock farmers struggling to access animal feed have been introduced today with immediate effect
A derogation from certain greening rules has been agreed with the European Commission and will come into force by 30 September 2018.
The NDG convened on Thursday 20 September to assess the present situation and review the action being taken to reduce the risk of drought in 2019.
More than 300 dry-weather environmental incidents in summer 2018
A new team of experts officially start today, backed with £3 million of funding to help farmers reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture.
A delegation of 19 British scientists visited Buenos Aires to participate in a joint workshop with scientists and researchers from CONICET.
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
Agriculture is devolved and will remain devolved, this Bill does not change that
Fall in new confirmed TB cases in Gloucestershire and Somerset demonstrates progress in delivering 25-year TB Strategy.
Michael Walker, Referee Analyst, will present at the Anaphylaxis Campaign Corporate Conference in September 2018 on regulation of food allergens
Michael Gove sets out major post-Brexit policy to invest in the environment and take back control for farmers after almost 50 years under EU rules
Environment Secretary: We have listened to powerful arguments from farmers.
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