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Scottish farmed salmon was the UK’s top food export last year, ending up in restaurants and on dinner tables all over the world. But also in 2023, the industry trade body Salmon Scotland sought to drop the word “farmed” from its protected geographical indication of “Scottish farmed salmon” after two…

Court of Appeal says farming animals that suffer due to genetic make-up illegal

The Humane League UK lost an appeal to overturn a High Court decision saying the government had not acted unlawfully in allowing fast-grown chickens.

Hundreds of farmers brought their tractors to Westminster for a day of protest – but the Labour government shows no sign of backing down on its plan to introduce inheritance tax

Some 93% of all cereals consumed in the UK last year were produced in the country, compared with 53% of fresh vegetables.

MPs will hear from farming leaders and the Government will publish a report on food security on Wednesday.

While detected residues were mostly below legal limits, Pesticide Action Network expressed concerns of cumulative exposure to toxic chemicals.

Majority of 19,162 penalties issued by private enforcement companies contracted by councils

Nature and climate targets, and efforts to reduce flooding, are also threatened by a lack of support for upland farming businesses, a think tank said.

The Office for Environment Protection is investigating the Government over emergency authorisation of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam.

Exclusive: National landscapes’ chiefs say environment secretary has given no budget assurances and they are to expect cuts