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

Tens of thousands of English farmers are facing a cashflow crisis after Defra abruptly closed the Sustainable Farming ...

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

The abrupt move is described as ‘another shattering blow’ to the sector, which is already at loggerheads with Government.

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

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

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 ...

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

Defra has provoked more fury from East Anglian farmers after the sudden closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme.

Defra has been slammed for hiring a farming champion to ‘safeguard nature’, ‘sustain the rural economy’ and ‘support farmers’ ...

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 ...