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6 September 2016 | Government | 11544 views

CLA's 'New Opportunities' report: 'Better outcomes and reduced burdens'


6 September 2016 | Government | 11544 views

CLA's 'New Opportunities' report: 'Better outcomes and reduced burdens'

CLA's 'New Opportunities' report: 'Better outcomes and reduced burdens'...

5 August 2016 | Government | 13151 views

CLA's 'New Opportunities' report

This briefing, the second in the series, sets out the immediate trade priorities facing the Prime Minister and her ministers charged with negotiating the UK’s exit from the European Union and es...

8 July 2016 | Government | 12649 views

AHDB report: What will an UK/EU trade relationship look like post-Brexit?

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has released the first in a series of articles looking at the potential implications for the industry of the UK’s decision to leave the ...

29 June 2016 | Government | 12910 views

Farming Facts and Figures, Wales 2016

Published today by the Welsh Government, a report entitled ‘farming facts and figures’ reveals that farm incomes are forecasted to fall considerably in 2015-16....

20 June 2016 | Government | 9138 views

Monitoring EU Agri Food Trade: Development until April 2016

The EU agri-food trade balance stood at the record value of €1.5 billion in April 2016, compared to €1 billion in April 2015, according to the latest monthly statistical report....

9 June 2016 | Government | 10345 views

Environmental Audit Committee Flooding: Cooperation across Government

The Environment Audit Committee report released today states that funding for river maintenance has decreased by 6 per cent from 2010-15. The report has exposed that whilst the government claims fu...

9 June 2016 | Government | 10697 views

'Does the CAP still fit?', new report from the Food Research Collaboration

The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) needs to become a “Common Sustainable Food Policy” to remain relevant for the 21st century, according to a new report from the Foo...

25 April 2016 | Government | 12241 views

Post-Brexit replacement to the Common Agricultural Policy

The Tenant Farmers Association has issued a draft of a potential agricultural policy that could be put in place in the event that there was a vote to leave the EU at the forthcoming Referendum on 23 J...

14 April 2016 | Government | 11556 views

Letter from Prime Minister David Cameron to CLA President Ross Murray

Letter from Prime Minister David Cameron to CLA President Ross Murray...

5 April 2016 | Government | 11897 views

Implications of a UK exit from the EU for British agriculture

The NFU has commissioned a world-leading agricultural research institute, the LEI at Wageningen University, to consider the impact of Brexit. A number of possible trade and farm support scenarios h...

4 April 2016 | Government | 7259 views

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan: 'Rethinking the Food Supply Chain'

Speech by Commissioner Phil Hogan at Political Forum on 'Rethinking the Food Supply Chain'. 31st March, 2016, Vilnius, Lithuania...

22 March 2016 | Government | 10565 views

NGOs letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker

CAP Fitness Check - Can the CAP deliver a sustainable European food and farming system?...

18 March 2016 | Government | 10691 views

NFU 2016 Police and Crime Commissioners Election Manifesto

Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) were introduced in 2012 by the coalition government to replace the existing police authorities. The PCC is responsible for setting the strategic direction and ...

8 March 2016 | Government | 11480 views

Food, the UK and the EU: Brexit or Bremain?

This Briefing Paper explores the food terrain exposed by the wider Brexit versus Bremain Referendum question to be decided by the voting UK public on June 23. It is written to raise issues; to invite ...

1 March 2016 | Government | 11681 views

The process for withdrawing from the European Union

This document sets out the process that would follow a vote to leave the European Union, and the prospects for negotiations. Alternative models for the UK’s relationship with the EU after exit w...

22 February 2016 | Government | 10801 views

Defra’s strategy to 2020: creating a great place for living

This strategy document sets out a shared vision and set of strategic objectives for the whole of Defra for the period up to 2020. It is intended to provide staff across the whole group of Defra organi...

9 February 2016 | Government | 8190 views

The new EU promotion policy

European Union farm products are unique in their quality and diversity. In an open global market, merely producing excellent food and drink is not enough. By explaining to consumers the standards...

8 February 2016 | Government | 7245 views

Report on the mid-term review of the EU's Biodiversity Strategy

Report on the mid-term review of the EU's Biodiversity Strategy by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety...

5 February 2016 | Government | 12003 views

The implications of 'Brexit' for UK agriculture

The purpose of this report is not to recommend how anyone should vote in the referendum on continued British membership of the EU.  Such a decision would involve considerations that go beyond agr...

17 December 2015 | Government | 8418 views

Government response to the Independent Rural Proofing Implementation Review

This document sets out the actions government will take to make sure that the interests of rural communities and businesses are taken into account in our policies – we call this ‘rural pro...