07 Apr 2022
The government has announced details of how the Sustainable Farming Incentive will support farming to deliver nature-based solutions. Farmers will be paid to provide public goods, such as: improved water quality biodiversity climate change mitigation animal health and welfare In 2022, SFI aims to: encourage actions that improve soil health recognise how moorland provides benefits […]
24 Feb 2022
CaBA Agriculture Hub Aims & Objectives The overall aim of the project is to provide a free to use online data hub that builds upon the existing Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) data package and enables farmers, retailers, CaBA partners (including water companies and NGOs) to more easily identify: Sources of local, environmentally focused farm advice […]
02 Feb 2022
UK partnership launched to tackle agricultural challenges George Eustice launched a new partnership to foster collaborative working on shared agricultural issues. The UK Government has today launched the UK Agriculture Partnership (UKAP), a new forum which will bring together stakeholders from across the UK to identify and improve collaborative working on shared issues facing the […]
10 Mar 2021
Reducing pressures from agriculture is key to improving the status of Europe’s rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal waters and seas as well as groundwater bodies. A European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment, published today, shows that wider uptake of sustainable agricultural management practices is needed for improving the state of water, as well as biodiversity. Read more […]
12 Nov 2020
Landmark Agriculture Bill becomes law Defra ‘Transformative legislation setting out how farmers and land managers in England will be rewarded in future with public money for “public goods” passes into law Legislation that will unleash the potential of agriculture has passed into UK law today (11 November). The Government’s landmark Agriculture Bill was introduced to […]
21 Oct 2020
Defra ‘There has been coverage in the Guardian and ENDS Report of ongoing work by the Environment Agency to examine whether more than 50 sites that supply salad and vegetables to supermarkets and other businesses are discharging chemical pollution into rivers and streams. This follows an EA investigation into the salad supplier Bakkavor that found it was discharging […]
06 Aug 2020
‘Angling Trust calls for well-resourced enforcement and monitoring in response to Defra’s consultation on the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) 05 August 2020 For over forty years, the EU Commons Agricultural Policy (CAP) has directed how land is farmed and managed in the UK. The departure from the EU and CAP gives us the opportunity […]
23 Jan 2020
Defra The new Agriculture Bill has been published ‘A future where farmers are properly supported to farm more innovatively and protect the environment is a step closer today following the introduction of the Agriculture Bill. The landmark legislation introduced today will provide a boost to the industry after years of inefficient and overly bureaucratic policy […]
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