Defra
Farm Business
Applications open today (May 29) for the £46m grant scheme
29 May 2025
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4 min read
Farm Business
Defra announces rate increase to reward nature-friendly farming
28 May 2025
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2 min read
Arable
Group says current actions not enough to meet climate or biodiversity needs
27 May 2025
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3 min read
Farm Business
The chief executive will join Sofina Foods as group agriculture director ‘towards the end of 2025’
22 May 2025
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3 min read
Politics
Programme director for the Future Farming and Countryside Programme (FFCP) stepping down after five years
21 May 2025
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2 min read
Farm Business
Defra has confirmed the appointment, with Emily Norton to take up the role on June 1
21 May 2025
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2 min read
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Farming in Five
Defra Secretary Steve Reed goes before Efra Committee, telling them an IHT rethink would mean NHS services will be cut and reveals a new redrawn SFI will be coming early next year. Animal health is on the agenda as a single case of BSE is recorded in Essex. Meanwhile there is good news as Gen Z say farmers are the champions of the British countryside and the latest weather forecast says rain is on the way.
21 May 2025
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1 min read
Politics
Defra Secretary refuses to be moved, telling MPs it is a choice between Inheritance Tax or NHS provision
20 May 2025
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3 min read
