Fair Work Agency Delivery Plan 2026 to 2027 Published
The Fair Work Agency’s 2026 to 2027 delivery plan sets out its priorities, activities and performance measures for its first year of operation. It explains how ...
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New Drought Support for Farmers
A new post, “New drought support for farmers” has just been published on the Gov.UK Farming Blog. Farmers affected by extreme dry weather can now benefit from ...
Capital Grants 2026 offer now open
Capital Grants 2026 Now Open for Applications On 30 July 2026, DEFRA opened the Capital Grants 2026 offer for applications. Capital Grants help farmers invest i...
Stronger Together Modern Slavery eLearning Launch
Stronger Together has bought their eLearning courses together in one place, with a newly dedicated Learning Management System (LMS) embedded on the Stronger Tog...
NCEH First Funding Call for 2026
The National Centre for Environmental Horticulture and Plant Health (NCEH) is jointly run by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and Animal and Plant Health A...
Farm Safety Week
HSE backs Farm Safety Week amid concern for children and older workers Farm Safety Week runs from 20 to 24 July 2026, and is supported by HSE. The latest provis...
Summary of the Fair Work Agency Advisory Board Meeting
The Fair Work Agency (FWA) Advisory Board had their first meeting on the 7 April 2026. The meeting focused on the launch, initial approach and focus of the age...
DEFRA - Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT)
Find out when and how to apply for CSHT funding and how to manage your agreement. Read the applicant’s guide to understand when you can express an interest in a...
DEFRA New Farming Resilience Support
Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds announced at the Great Yorkshire Show a package of practical support to strengthen resilience, collaboration and wellbeing a...
Updated DEFRA International Environmental Protection Reports
This is the second edition of the UK Government’s International Environmental Protection Report. It covers significant policy and legislative developments inter...
Environmental Indicator Framework Details Updated - Air and International Impact
The Environmental Indicator Framework (EIF) consists of 66 indicators that help show how the environment is changing over time. It supports the statutory cycle ...
Adas Ambrosia Climate Impact Webinar
The Ambrosia Project is organising a webinar to present the research work undertaken by the project on climate change and food safety. The webinar will take pla...
CCC Publish 4th Report - A Well Adapted UK
Under the UK’s Climate Change Act, the UK Government must assess climate risks every five years. The Climate Change Committee has a statutory responsibility to ...
Plastic Packaging Tax: Consultation for mechanically recycled plastic packaging
Yesterday, the government published a 12-week consultation on the potential introduction of a new requirement for mechanically recycled plastic packaging to be ...
Iran war’s impact on food supply chains and inflation examined by MPs
Evidence session: Fairness in the food supply chain Tuesday 19 May, 10.00, committee room 6, Palace of Westminster Watch on Parliamentlive.tv The ...
HMRC Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): Technical Consultation and webinars
The CBAM will apply a carbon price to certain imported, carbon‑intensive goods. It is designed to prevent carbon leakage and align imports with the UK ETS. It i...
Defra Assessment of areas that count towards the 30by30 target
The Defra 30by30 initiative is the UK government’s commitment—led by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)—to ensure that 30% of land...
Seasonal work on farms: Defra guidance for workers updated
The Defra guidance has been updated in relation to the type of seasonal work on farms, who can apply, where you can find work, how to avoid scams and working on...
FreshProducePEFCR methodology - next steps for implementation in the fruit and vegetable sector
The FreshProducePEFCR was created to provide a harmonised, EU‑aligned environmental footprint methodology for the fresh fruit and vegetable sector, responding t...
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, Consultation and Livestream Sessions
The government will introduce Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on 1 January 2027.This will ensure highly traded, carbon intensive products from overseas face ...
UK Govt publish national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment, published for the first time, explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s res...
Government Unveils Support Package for British Farmers at Oxford Farming Conference
Speaking at the 2026 Oxford Farming Conference, Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds announced a package of measures to strengthen partnerships with farmers, dri...
Calling all Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire Water Users
WRAP convenes Collective Action Projects which aim to identify shared water risks for agriculture and coordinate cross-sector solutions with other NGOs, busines...
Government response to EFRA’s report on the Government’s vision for farming published
The EFRA Committee has published the Government’s response its recent report on the future of farming. It is available here. The report, The Government’s vision...
BRC Response to Employer Pays Principle Report
The BRC has issued a response to the Employer Pays Principle (EPP) Feasibility Study, which was commissioned and funded jointly by Defra and the Seasonal Worker...
Defra Fresh Produce Fair Dealing Proposals – Second Version for Feedback by 26/09/2025
Defra have now issued the second consultation document relating to fair dealings in the fresh produce sector. The aim of the proposals are to improve fairness ...
Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2025 to 2026 Published
The recently published Labour Market Enforcement Strategy outlines 4 main themes: improving the radar picture, improving focus on effectiveness, better joined-u...
Defra Food Strategy Announcement
This publication articulates this government's vision and the framework for a future of our food system – a system that is healthier, more affordable, sustainab...
Employer Pays Principle Feasibility Study Released
The Employer Pays Principle Feasibility Study, within the Horticulture Value Chain was commissioned and funded jointly by Defra and the Seasonal Worker Scheme T...
2024 Seasonal Worker Defra Survey Released
This document provides a summary of results from a survey of workers who were issued Seasonal Worker visas and came to work in the UK during 2024. The purpose o...
Red Tractor seeks Fresh Produce Board Chair
Red Tractor is seeking to appoint a new Chair for the Fresh Produce Board. In this role the successful candidate will engage equally with sector board members a...
GlobalGAP Public Consultation for Produce Handling Assurance (PHA) version 2
GlobalGAP has opened the public consultation for version 2 of the GLOBALG.A.P. Produce Handling Assurance (PHA) standard, which will run from 19 May–16 June 202...
Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging: Four Nations Policy Statement
Defra, the Scottish Government, Welsh Government, and DAERA in Northern Ireland published a Joint Policy Statement on Extended Producer Responsibility for pac...
Reminder for legal obligation for workplaces to segregate waste for 31 March 25
A reminder that from 31 March, many workplaces - including businesses and non-domestic premises - will have a legal obligation to separate recycling and food ...
Looking for an AI PhD student to help solve a sustainability problem?
There is a current collaboration between University of Lincoln, University of Aberdeen, Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Strathclyde that forms ...
Chance to participate in Environmental Improvement Plan review
As you may know, last summer Defra’s Secretary of State announced a review of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP23). We are developing a new, statutory pla...
Take part in the Employer Pays Principle Feasibility Study - Deadline 28th Feb
The Seasonal Worker Scheme Taskforce is reaching out on behalf of Alma Economics to share an invitation to take part in a survey of horticulture growers as part...
Government launches “national conversation” on land use
The Government has launched a consultation on a new approach to Land Use empowering decision makers with the toolkit to protect the most productive agricultural...
NFU / AHDB Farm Assurance Review Published today
The first UK-wide, comprehensive review of farm assurance has called for a fundamental reset of the system to rebuild confidence amongst farmers. The review, es...
Neonicotinoids - Future Restrictions
The Government has set out its next steps, including identifying legislative options that would legally prevent the future use of three specific neonicotinoids ...
Govt commit £15m to farm surplus redistribution
A new £15 million government scheme will provide grants to the not-for-profit food redistribution sector to strengthen links between farms and charities. The fu...
Defra published IPM Guidance for UK growers
To help farmers, growers and land managers adopt different IPM approaches, Defra published a new guidance page on GOV.UK. This post includes a link to the new g...
Grocery Code Adjudicator Presentation October 2024
The slides from the recent GCA Annual Conference held on 1st October have been published and can be found here: 2024 GCA conference You Gov slides. There is a c...
Plastic Packaging Tax increase from 1 April 2025
On 30 October, the Chancellor announced in the Budget that the rate of Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) will increase in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Th...
UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to be introduced 1 Jan 2027
Today the Govt issued a response to the UK carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) ‘introduction of a UK carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)’ alongside ...
Seasonal Worker visa numbers released for horticulture
The Seasonal Worker visa route has been confirmed today for 2025, with a total of 43,000 Seasonal Worker visas available for horticulture and 2,000 for poultry ...
EU Deforestation Regulation proposal for delay
The EU Commission has published additional guidance documents and a stronger international cooperation framework to support global stakeholders, Member States a...
BRC Issue Retailer Statement in relation to SMETA 7 requirements
Following the implementation of SMETA version 7 in September 2024, the BRC have issued a response from the major retailers in relation to the Responsible Recrui...
Migration Advisory Committee Seasonal Worker Visa Review
The Migration Advisory Committee conducted an in depth research project into the Seasonal Worker Visa and the results have now been published. The main recommen...
DEFRA Contractual Fairness Consultation Response
Between December 2023 and February 2024, Defra, in collaboration with the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, conducted a ...
Consumer Goods Forum Launch SSCI Environmental Benchmark
The Consumer Goods Forum, responsible for GFSI, have launched the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative environmental benchmark which seeks to standardise the cri...
Defra Farm Business Survey results 2022
An overview of the horticultural industry in the United Kingdom (UK) using external data, including government published statistics and information from the pre...
Government Unveils Major Packaging of Farming and Food Sector Support
FPC's CEO Nigel Jenney attended the Farm to Fork summit at 10 Downing Street, where the Prime Minister laid out a clear ambition to grow our fruit and vegetable...