Tag: Policy

Farm Gate podcast: Living with large carnivores

June 17, 2025

Breakdown of figures for English farming and nature schemes

June 16, 2025

Legal challenge against Planning and Infrastructure Bill

June 16, 2025

Government in new push with business to restore nature

June 13, 2025

‘Hard won’ settlement a relief for nature-friendly farmers

June 12, 2025

Coalition calls for nationwide network of river corridors

June 12, 2025

Government funds scheme to tackle on-farm drought risk

June 11, 2025

‘Our forests are not spreadsheets’

June 11, 2025

Farmers may ‘revert to intensive ag’ if funding for ‘brilliant policy’ is cut

June 10, 2025

Half a million people to benefit from new National Nature Reserve in Kent

June 6, 2025

Regen agriculture outperforms conventional farming across key metrics

June 6, 2025

National Landscapes connects over 3000 young people with nature

June 5, 2025

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill published

June 5, 2025

Electronic ID for cattle mandatory in step forward for UK biosecurity

June 4, 2025

MSPs urged to rethink Land Reform Bill

June 4, 2025

Record levels of peatland restored in Scotland

June 4, 2025

UK Government risks sending nature into freefall

June 3, 2025

UK international risk status for BSE downgraded in boost to farm sector

June 3, 2025

Wheat from the Chaff podcast: Net zero and Monbiot

May 30, 2025

No new national park for Galloway and Ayrshire

May 30, 2025

Payments for nature-friendly farming may be slashed

May 30, 2025

MAHA report is ‘devastating critique of what America has done to its kids’

May 23, 2025

Support to help young people into farming

May 23, 2025

Benefits and trade-offs of land-based climate mitigation

May 23, 2025

‘Dangerous’ levels of global forest loss fuelled by fires

May 22, 2025

Government exceeds house building targets in England

May 22, 2025

Explainer: Mechanisms in the UK Planning and Infrastructure Bill

May 22, 2025

Two-thirds of EU farm output at risk from extreme weather by 2050

May 21, 2025

Report calls for urgent transformation in the food system

May 21, 2025

UK-EU trade summit presents opportunity for agri-food exports

May 20, 2025

Sheep experts team up to reduce emissions

May 20, 2025

£1.6m fund for Scotland’s globally important seabirds

May 19, 2025

Growing concern over crop yields and climate pressures

May 19, 2025

Precision breeding legislation is ‘a win for science’

May 16, 2025

Bronte Country to become Britain’s newest National Nature Reserve

May 14, 2025

Forestry England plants 1.8m trees for woodland creation

May 13, 2025

NFU forces government to ‘retake’ decision to scrap SFI 2024

May 13, 2025

NFU concerned over details of US-UK tariff deal

May 12, 2025

Net zero in farming is different from zero emissions

May 12, 2025

Wavering government support may undermine access to English nature

May 8, 2025

Giving nature a voice: why Wales is ready to lead

May 8, 2025

FFCC says ‘Citizens want the same things from food’

May 8, 2025

Scottish Government to help develop Ecosystem Restoration Code

May 7, 2025

New report aims to flip the script on meat and dairy

May 7, 2025

Farmers and conservationists urge expansion of Higher Tier stewardship

May 7, 2025

Farm Gate: Should Scotland make room for the lynx?

May 6, 2025

AHDB submits consultation response on Land Use Framework

May 6, 2025

How farming families can prepare for inheritance tax changes

May 6, 2025

Roundtable to help turbo-charge Scotland’s agriculture industry

May 1, 2025

Blair calls for nature-based solutions and reset on climate policy

May 1, 2025

Councils to be given powers to crush fly-tipping vehicles

May 1, 2025

Climate Change Committee: UK not prepared for climate impacts

April 30, 2025

Can tenant farmers benefit from natural capital markets?

April 29, 2025

Strategy aims to build healthier and more resilient food system for Wales

April 29, 2025

Farmers want to reduce emissions, but ‘net zero’ is slowing progress

April 29, 2025

Unclear policy stalling rollout of AD on livestock farms

April 28, 2025

CIEEM says Planning Bill needs ‘urgent rethink’

April 25, 2025

Planning Bill’s Nature Levy ‘would turbo-charge the destruction of species’

April 25, 2025

Wheat from the Chaff podcast: Farm profitability

April 23, 2025

Food and Drink Federation urges government to support growth

April 23, 2025

Former NFU President appointed to lead Farm Profitability Review

April 11, 2025

Soil monitoring: European Council improves support for farmers

April 11, 2025

Farms and estates commit to achieving Scotland’s 30×30 nature target

April 10, 2025

Farm Gate: Getting paid to restore peatland

April 8, 2025

Statistics show 51 per cent reduction in Scottish farm incomes

April 8, 2025

Barclays calls for support to scale agritech solutions

April 4, 2025

Reforms to environmental regs aim to boost growth and protect nature

April 3, 2025

Review highlights need for collective action to tackle water quality

April 2, 2025

Ecolabelling report reveals urgent need for reform

April 2, 2025

Loss of 1,700 farms from town edges threatens national resilience

April 1, 2025

£16m improve flood protection for farmers and rural communities

March 31, 2025

Welsh Government announces next steps in tackling antimicrobial resistance on farms

March 26, 2025

Major landowners aim to boost nature’s recovery

March 25, 2025

Emergency Farm Gate: Do farmers need to worry about compulsory purchase by Natural England?

March 21, 2025

Holyrood seeks views on the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill

March 21, 2025

“Businesses should be required to report on their nature risks”

March 20, 2025

“Significant change to Scottish Land Reform Bill is needed”

March 20, 2025

Rural communities wait years for planning permission

March 18, 2025

Explainer: Natural England, Nature Restoration Fund and compulsory purchase

March 14, 2025

“We need a national strategic plan for land use”

March 14, 2025

Concern over reforms allowing compulsory purchase of farmland

March 14, 2025

New powers granted to modernise The Crown Estate

March 13, 2025

“This has been a disastrous day for the UK”

March 13, 2025

Increase in domestic timber to boost UK economy

March 5, 2025

Farmers must act to future-proof their businesses against changing weather

March 5, 2025

Global biodiversity loss tied to outsourced deforestation

March 4, 2025

UK peat soils at risk under farm grading system using 1940s data

March 4, 2025

Wild beaver plan will ‘reduce flood risk, purify water and catch carbon’

March 3, 2025

OEP urges government to consider environment in all policymaking

February 28, 2025

More than one million fly-tipping incidents last year

February 27, 2025