Wildlife

Defra said the new approach will use a 'data-led and scientific approach to end the badger cull by the end of this parliament'

The meeting took place on Helen Drinkall's upland beef and sheep farm in Lancashire and it was a chance for the Minister to see the issues upland farmers still have with the Sustainable Farming Incentive

The Government agency said Newquay farmer William Salmon had dumped waste at a disused quarry which had interfered with a badger sett

NFU president said the wording 'disrespects' the incredible efforts farmers and the industry have made to try and deliver TB eradication by 2038

It includes a 2 metre buffer strip and a hedgerow cutting ban from March 1 to August 31

Kate farms alongside her husband Jim on their farm near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Farming 122 hectares (300 acres), the main enterprise consists of 800 breeding ewes and cider made on-site from their orchards. She is a mum of two, runs Kate’s Country School on-farm and is the woodland creation officer for Stump Up For Trees

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland

The 2023 Hen Harrier survey recorded 50 pairs of one of the UK’s rarest birds of prey

The Efra Committee have called on the Government to place soil health on the 'same footing' as water and air quality within Government policy

Senedd proceeded to debate and vote down two motions on policies relating to the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) and bovine TB.