A wildlife enthusiast is concerned bird flu could be behind the deaths of several swans near an inland waterway and testing ...

Wind turbines offshore in the UK are set to be painted black as part of a government initiative to minimise the number of ...

England’s recycling rate for “waste from households” fell by 0.7 percentage points to 43.4% in 2022 compared to 44.1% in 2021 ...

Read the NFU's breakdown on what the Defra Secretary's funding announcements at the NFU's 2025 Conference means.

New Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Package to paint turbines black and monitor noise impact of piling on marine ...

Defra secretary Steve Reed has announced a £30m increase in payment rates for existing Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements and the reopening of the ...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said in September it had suspended funding for farmers to maintain hedgerows as a result of "unprecedented demand", but then closed ...

Defra has announced that its Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging Service now has functionality to accept/reject Packaging Recycling Notes (PRNs)/ Packaging Exporter Recycling Notes (PERNs) ...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has today confirmed wild beavers will return to British ...

The government has launched its recruitment campaign for England's first ever commissioner for the tenant farming sector, ...

Defra environment secretary Steve Reed faced farmers' anger over a "morally wrong" inheritance tax raid during the NFU's ...