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

The UK Government will reform one of the key subsidy schemes that encourages nature-friendly farming practices, after a lack of clarity over budgets and timeframes last year left thousands of farmers ...

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 ...

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UK Government urges food and farming businesses to prepare for UK-EU SPS agreement aimed at cutting red tape and boosting ...

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Exclusive: Defra sources say scheme, which pays farmers to protect nature, will be targeted at ‘small farms’ The nature-friendly farming budget is set to be slashed in the UK spending review, with ...

East Anglian farming leaders have welcomed an overhaul of the government's flagship nature incentives scheme - which is set to be simplified and capped at £100,000. Environment secretary Emma Reynolds ...

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One thing you can guarantee about the run-up to Christmas, alongside frantic last-minute shopping and a sense of impending doom, is that Defra will drop a major policy announcement just when the rest ...