Speeches

Following our exit from the Common Agricultural Policy, environmentally sustainable farming will be fundamental to our approach to England’s

While no specific provision for the onion sector has been allocated from 2021-22 to 2024-25, sources of funding available to the onion indus

The EU introduced sanitary and phytosanitary controls on all exports from Great Britain (GB) to the EU on 1 January 2021.

HMG publishes scoping assessments to assess the impacts of free trade agreements, in advance of negotiations.

The UK has a highly resilient food supply chain which has coped well in responding to unprecedented challenges.

The Northern Ireland Protocol has led to considerable disruption in the movement of goods. There has been clear diversion of trade.

We are aware that due to the increase in cost of natural gas across the globe, which is a key input for the production of ammonium nitrate-b

High pathogenicity H5N1 avian influenza has been circulating in Europe in recent weeks.

Defra is working closely with industry to help our world-leading farmers and food and drink businesses access the labour they need, and to e

The UK has a history of cidermaking dating back thousands of years.