Defra Secretary of State Steve Barclay pledges to make farmers' lives easier
Growers urged to join scheme which will see AI bots fight off pests
A professor of virology at University of Nottingham said the weather conditions will be important over the next three months. Prof Peter Mertens said: "If you get low temperatures in winter, onward transmission is going to be curtailed"
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan said many farmers in her constituency who were currently undertaking positive environmental work are ‘ineligible' for the SFI scheme
Despite previous promises by Government that the land use strategy document would be published by the end of the year, the Íæż½ã½ã understands it has been delayed to some point next year
NFU declares move a victory for lobbying as Government says horticulture sector supports Food Strategy objectives
Defra has confirmed it will be illegal to breed, sell, advertise, gift, exchange, and abandon XL bully dog or let them stray after December 31
Defra says move will offer poultry producers greater flexibility while maintaining biosecurity
APHA confirmed 23 cases of the virus have been detected since November 11
Organic Íæż½ã½ã and Growers chief executive Roger Kerr said there was a ‘whole industry out there built around pesticides and fertilisers' which wants organic to fail, but organic is a ‘defined farming system that can deliver a ‘low carbon, nature-friendly, people-positive' food system