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Policy paper: Pig industry structure in Great Britain review: government response

The government’s response to the recommendations of the independent review on the structure of the pig industry in Great Britain.

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Transparency data: Specialised Committee on Fisheries

This specialised committee monitors the implementation and functioning of the fisheries heading in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

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Transparency data: Defra major projects: appointment letters for Senior Responsible Owners

Defra appointment letters for Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) Senior Responsible Owners (SROs).

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Guidance: How to get paid under an Environmental Stewardship agreement

Guidance for Environmental Stewardship agreement holders on how to claim a revenue or capital payment.

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Guidance: What you can count towards a development’s biodiversity net gain

How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).

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Guidance: How to make a capital or revenue claim for Countryside Stewardship

Read the guidance to help you make your claim for payment using the Rural Payments service or a claim form.

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Press release: New government-backed nature funding platform sees first corporate donations in major step for green finance

Lloyds Banking Group provides £250,000 funding to three nature restoration projects in England through the ‘Projects for Nature online’ platform

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Open consultation: Fairer food labelling

Consultation on proposals to introduce fairer food labelling to provide consumers with clearer information on where food comes from and

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Open consultation: Ymgynghoriad ar labelu bwyd tecach

Ymgynghoriad ar gynigion i gyflwyno labelu bwyd tecach er mwyn rhoi gwybodaeth gliriach i ddefnyddwyr am darddiad bwyd a sut

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Press release: Consultation launched to make food labelling fairer and clearer

Environment Secretary launches proposals to make food labelling clearer and fairer, delivering on commitment to back British farming

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Open consultation: Land drainage draft statutory instrument

Seeking views on our plans to update how internal drainage boards allocate their costs to farmers and local authorities.

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Corporate report: Animal and Plant Health Agency framework document

This document describes the governance, financial and business management of the Animal and Plant Health Agency.

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Corporate report: Defra framework documents

Information about how the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) works with its agencies and public bodies.

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Press release: Work starts on new flood risk management scheme in Stoke-on-Trent

The scheme will reduce flood risk to 333 homes and businesses from the Fowlea Brook during times of high rainfall

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Guidance: WEEE: apply for approval as a producer compliance scheme

Apply to be a waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) producer compliance scheme and operate legally under your approval.

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Press release: Government brings in Veterinary Medicines Regulations legislation

Legislation being introduced will make regulations more effective and maintain the UK as an attractive place to market veterinary medicines

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Policy paper: Fisheries: bilateral agreement with the Faroe Islands for 2024

Agreed record of the annual consultations held between the UK and the Faroe Islands for fishing opportunities in 2024.

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Press release: Hedgerow regulations to be brought into law to protect wildlife

English hedgerows will be protected in law as the government sets out its plans for domestic hedgerow regulations, following a

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News story: Emergency pesticide authorisation to protect sugar beet crop conditionally approved

The pesticide will only be used if there is a threat to the crop, and stringent controls are attached to

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Press release: UK and Faroe Islands reach agreement on fishing opportunities for 2024

UK secures over 2,200 tonnes of fishing quota through annual negotiations with the Faroe Islands

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Guidance: Delinked payments: replacing the Basic Payment Scheme

Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.

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Guidance: Horse passport issuing organisations in Great Britain and Northern Ireland

List of organisations that issue horse passports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Closed consultation: Amendments to the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulation

Requesting comments on proposed changes to the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulation, including changes to waste limits and specific exemptions.

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Guidance: Imports, exports and EU trade of animals and animal products: topical issues

Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.

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Press release: UK to establish world’s first UN-backed centre for circular economy research

Sustainable approaches to the circular economy and resource efficiency will be developed to enable the transition to a greener future

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Press release: Waste firm to pay £68,500 for liquid cyanide leak in Derbyshire

Nottingham Crown Court told how liquid escaped from ruptured tank on lorry into nearby ponds killing fish.

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Press release: 40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management

40 projects across England set to benefit from £25 million funding for using nature to increase the nation’s flood resilience

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Independent report: Opinion on the welfare implications of different methods and systems for the catching, carrying, collecting and loading of poultry

Animal Welfare Committee opinion on the welfare implications of different methods and systems for the catching, carrying, collecting and loading

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Consultation outcome: UK Overseas Territories biodiversity strategy

Seeking views on the development of a new Overseas Territories biodiversity strategy to have greater impact in protection and restoring

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Research: Foot and mouth disease in North Africa and the Middle East

Preliminary outbreak assessment of the foot and mouth disease in North Africa and the Middle East.

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Research: Avian influenza (bird flu) in Europe, Russia and the UK

Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for avian influenza (bird flu) in Europe, Russia and the UK.

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Press release: West Midlands anglers land total penalties of over £1,500

Four anglers from Birmingham, Stoke on Trent, Telford, and Shrewsbury received total penalties of £1,507 for fishing without a licence.

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Guidance: Moving food and animal feed from Northern Ireland to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)

Find out which food and animal feed goods qualify for unfettered access and can move from Northern Ireland to Great

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Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024: grant funding agreement terms and conditions

Forestry Commission’s terms and conditions for tree health pilot scheme 2024 grant funding agreements.

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Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2023: oak processionary moth grant terms and conditions

Forestry Commission’s terms and conditions for tree health pilot scheme – oak processionary moth grant funding agreements, for 2023.

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Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024: oak processionary moth grant terms and conditions

Forestry Commission’s terms and conditions for tree health pilot scheme – oak processionary moth grant funding agreements, for 2024.

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Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024: SPHN advice package grant funding agreement terms and conditions

Forestry Commission’s terms and conditions for tree health pilot scheme 2024 Statutory Plant Health Notice (SPHN) advice package grant funding

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Promotional material: Border Target Operating Model: information leaflets for businesses

Information to help businesses prepare for a new approach to importing goods to Great Britain under the Border Target Operating

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News story: Vital new wetland habitat protected with announcement of a new King’s National Nature Reserve

Devon’s Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve to extended by nearly 90 hectares, the equivalent of 128 football pitches, to encompass

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Guidance: Bovine TB: get your cattle tested in England

The tests you must arrange for bovine TB, what happens if your cattle test positive, when cattle must be slaughtered,

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Press release: Thousands of applications made for Sustainable Farming Incentive

SFI has been expanded and improved based on farmers’ feedback to include 50 new actions and a 10% increase in

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Press release: New housing developments to deliver nature boost in landmark move

In a world first, developers in England are now required to deliver 10% Biodiversity Net Gain when building new housing,

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Press release: Government cracks down on bonuses for water company bosses

Water bosses are set to be banned from receiving bonuses if a company has committed serious criminal breaches, the Environment

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Policy paper: Government response to House of Lords, Horticultural Sector Committee – report of session 2022 to 2023

A response by the government to the House of Lords, Horticultural Sector Committee – report of session 2022 to 2023.

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Press release: Ensuring crime doesn’t pay: New Economic Crime Unit to tackle money laundering and carry out financial investigations

The Environment Agency launches Economic Crime Unit to address serious financial offences in the waste sector

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Press release: New Forest for the Nation competition launched

The Forest for the Nation will improve public access to nature and provide a boost for our native wildlife

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Guidance: Bovine TB: pre-movement and post-movement testing in Great Britain

How to meet statutory bovine TB testing requirements when moving cattle in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland), and across

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Press release: Ban on unregistered XL Bully dogs now in force

It is now illegal to own an XL Bully dog unless it is registered and complies with strict rules including

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News story: Nature recovery to be accelerated as the government delivers on measures to protect land and sea

One year on since the publication of the Environmental Improvement Plan, the government launches new measures to halt and reverse

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Press release: Disposable vapes banned to protect children’s health

Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth

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Policy paper: Notice of designation of sensitive catchment areas 2024

Catchment areas in England designated as sensitive areas for phosphorus or nitrogen under the Water Industry Act 1991. 

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Research: Farm performance and productivity evidence pack

This pack presents detailed analysis based on data from the Farm Business Survey on farm performance and productivity.

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Research: The future farming and environment evidence compendium – September 2019 edition

This compendium brings together existing annual statistics on agriculture to summarise the state of the agricultural industry in the United

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Research: Farming and environment evidence packs

These evidence packs bring together existing statistics on agriculture to summarise the current state of the agricultural industry in the

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National Statistics: Latest UK milk prices and composition of milk

Monthly UK averages of the farm-gate price and butterfat and protein content of milk delivered to dairies.

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Guidance: Import high-risk food and feed not of animal origin from the EU to Great Britain

How to import or move high-risk food and feed not of animal origin from the EU and Northern Ireland to

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Guidance: Countries Great Britain will accept validated PDF GB health certificates from

Where Great Britain will accept validated PDF GB health certificates from, to import live animals and animal products through TRACES

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Guidance: Importing live animals, animal products and high-risk food and feed not of animal origin from non-EU countries to Great Britain

The documents you need and the border checks your import must pass to import from non-EU countries.

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Guidance: Transiting animals and animal products through Great Britain

Rules to follow if you’re moving animals or animal products from one country to another and transiting through Great Britain

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Guidance: Uses of F gas (HFCs) exempt from the phase down

Uses of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) not included in the phase down that do not count towards your quota, and rules on

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Consultation outcome: Amending The Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 and The Bread and Flour (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1998

Seeking views on proposals to update and amend provisions on the compositional requirements for bread and flour.

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