Areas where farmers provide good habitats show notable increase in butterflies, bees, bats and breeding birdsButterflies, bees and bats are among the wildlife being boosted by England’s nature-friendly farming schemes, new...
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Read MoreInspired by French action, British campaigners say they will continue slow tractor protests after Dover roads were blockedFarmers say there will be further French-style blockades following a slow tractor protest at Dover against...
Read MoreExclusive: Figures show hundreds of millions of pounds from promised £2.4bn a year on agriculture not spentThe government has been accused of “breaking its promise” to English farmers, with hundreds of millions...
Read MoreFood and agriculture firms have sent three times as many delegates to the climate summit as last yearLobbyists from industrial agriculture companies and trade groups have turned out in record numbers at Cop28, with three times...
Read MoreMinette Batters accuses ministers of ‘dereliction of duty’ in failing to ensure safety of agricultural importsBritain is in danger of a “disastrous” food scandal, owing to lax post-Brexit border controls...
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Read MoreNeonicotinoids kill bees and destroy the environment. A truly green government would find a better solution to the problem of aphid-borne diseaseNear the end of 2022, the secretary of state for the environment,...
Read MoreInadequate management and underinvestment in main Animal and Plant Health Agency facility has left country at risk, MPs warnThe UK’s main animal disease facility has been left to deteriorate to an “alarming...
Read MoreExclusive: Environment minister seeks to expand definition of prime farmland in drive for productivityMinisters are planning to ban solar farms from most of England’s farmland, the Guardian can reveal.The new environment...
Read MoreTory leadership hopefuls ‘taking countryside voters for granted’ and neglecting pressing issues, says CLA business groupNeither of the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party has made a convincing pitch...
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