Defra secretary George Eustice’s decision to relax the three-crop rule arable diversification requirement in England for 2020 has been welcomed by farm leaders, despite the minister’s earlier reluctance to take this action. Scotland and the Republic of Ireland had...
Defra is under resourced and underprepared for the complexity of moving English farmers from the CAP to a post-Brexit independent agricultural policy, warns the National Audit Office (NAO). Resulting problems...
Phil Hogan, the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is to launch a market report and stakeholder survey linked to the European Protein Plan. The Plan aims to increase the yield, quality and competitiveness of European grown protein...
Michael Gove, leading cabinet Brexiteer and Defra minister, has blamed the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for damaging the environment, while heralding a major switch of emphasis from UK farm production support to green enhancement.
The NFU has published a framework for a new UK Domestic Agriculture Policy, which it envisages being phased in over a number of years and attracting current levels of taxpayer support, although invested in different ways.
A survey from EU farmers and co-operative body Copa and Cogeca has found that farmers in many EU member states are more confident about future economic prospects than they were last year. This follows a similar survey carried out early in 2016 that found farmer...