The Environment Agency have launched applications for a new round of specialist water assessments supporting farmer groups to collaborate on drought resilience measures and delivering on the government’s commitment to food security.

With record numbers of farm businesses in farming schemes and the sustainable farming budget successfully allocated, on Tuesday the Government announced that it has stopped accepting new applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI24) with immediate effect.  

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) has today launched an inquiry on the future of farming - the inquiry will examine the policies driving one of the agricultural sector’s most significant periods of change in years.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has announced this morning that the government is bolstering England’s resilience to flooding through additional financial support to farmers and rural communities, as well as refreshing its approach to delivering funding to make sure it works for communities.

The pioneering Biohub research and development demonstrator farm in Yorkshire is undergoing a further transformation with the creation of seven new wetlands funded by Farming in Protected Landscapes through Nidderdale National Landscape.

WWF is warning that the world is nearing dangerous, irrerversible tipping points driven by nature loss and climate change, with a catastrophic 73% decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations in just 50 years (1970-2020).

Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) is recommending the Scottish Government bring forward legislative proposals to protect Scotland’s soils.

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has gone out to tender with a contract for soil sampling and analysis at 170 farms across the UK for an Environmental Baselining Pilot (including analysis to inform the risk of runoff) worth an estimated £2 million.

Affinity Water is the headline sponsor for the seventh consecutive year at Groundswell 2024, emphasising the critical connection between healthy soils and water quality.

New research commissioned by Anglian Water shows the East of England (defined as the area Anglian Water serves) faces critical challenges over the next two decades, as temperatures hit record highs, rainfall decreases, and over 720,000 new residents move to the area.