An updated strategy plan from the cross-party group, which scrutinises the work, management and spending of the department ...
The abrupt move is described as ‘another shattering blow’ to the sector, which is already at loggerheads with Government.
Food redistribution charities can now submit applications for a new £15m UK Government scheme to help ensure surplus food is ...
The government has confirmed it will stop accepting new applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme, a ...
Defra has been slammed for hiring a farming champion to ‘safeguard nature’, ‘sustain the rural economy’ and ‘support farmers’ ...
The UK Government has stopped accepting applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme as its full 2024 budget has been allocated. Farmers are angry that they were not consulted about ...
The Environment Department (Defra) announced late on Tuesday that the sustainable farming incentive SFI, which pays farmers in England for “public goods” such as insecticide-free farming ...
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 ...