A Kent farmer has slammed a government decision to press pause on new applications for a scheme which paid farmers to protect the environment.

Farmers warn of a 'devastating shock' after Defra shuts the SFI scheme, calling for urgent clarity on its future and impact on UK agriculture.

Farm leaders have warned of a growing crisis following the sudden closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme ...

A farming roundtable has met with the Food Security Minister to explain the "crushing impact" of Defra’s decision to close ...

Under the legal requirements of the pEPR regime, packaging data is required to be submitted by 1 April this year as the basis ...

Defra has announced there are only two weeks to go for businesses to submit 2024 packaging data under the new extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) scheme.

Many parts of the UK are smoke control areas where you cannot release smoke from a chimney or you can only burn authorised ...

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

Defra said 50,000 farm businesses and more than half of all ... to boost growth in rural communities and all across the UK, under our Plan for Change. “More farmers are now in schemes and more money ...

UK viticulturalists are being asked to sign up to and use a UK frost forecasting and management research tool which helps ...

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

Defra has committed to revisiting the SFI and ... In defence of the closure, a UK government spokesperson stated that the £1.05bn cap for SFI had been reached, with funds either paid out or ...