The NFU has brought into question the department’s transparency and its ability to deliver the agricultural transition ...

A senior civil servant exploited work-from-home policies to fraudulently hold three full-time Government jobs at the same ...

SMALL family farms in Cumbria will lose out on Government cash for nature-friendly farming, MPs have warned after the closure of a flagship ...

Fury as Defra closes key nature-friendly farming scheme to new applicants - The abrupt move is described as ‘another ...

Claims made by Defra that it had to close the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2024 scheme because it had run out of money have been called into ...

An emergency roundtable meeting with farming organisations has been scheduled for Monday 17 March to discuss Defra’s decision ...

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 ...

A farming leader has slammed the government’s sudden closure of a nature incentive scheme for new applicants as another “huge ...

The government has confirmed it will stop accepting new applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme, a ...

An updated strategy plan from the cross-party group, which scrutinises the work, management and spending of the department ...

Food redistribution charities can now submit applications for a new £15m UK Government scheme to help ensure surplus food is ...

UK scientists and industry pioneers are developing robot fleet- including autonomous robots, drones, and AI to handle ...