The Government is facing an angry backlash over the abrupt closure of its flagship nature-friendly farming payments scheme ...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has reopened its capital grants scheme for farmers in England, providing £150m to support sustainable practices and help the sector adapt ...

Dame Angela Eagle has been appointed minister of state at Defra, replacing Daniel Zeichner, who leaves the department after holding the role since Labour’s July 2024 election victory. Dame Angela, a ...

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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 ...

Welcome back to This Week in Farming, the best content from Farmers Weekly over the past seven days. Kicking off with the markets (opens as PDF), most prices have dipped a touch this week, with small ...

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Former NFU president Minette Batters has been appointed by Defra to lead a new Farm Profitability Review. The now Baroness Batters – who was appointed a life peer by former prime minister Rishi Sunak ...

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