Independent report: Nutrient Management Expert Group (NMEG) report

This report sets out recommendations from the NMEG to Defra on the optimal policy approach to reduce pollution from nutrients in agriculture.




Guidance: Countryside hedgerow protection: removing hedgerows

Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.




Guidance: Rules for farmers and land managers

What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.




Independent report: Animal Sentience Committee: Renters (Reform) Bill report

Animal Sentience Committee’s views on whether the government has all due regard to the welfare of animals as sentient beings.




Press release: Bluetongue disease control framework set out

Plan developed in discussion with industry as government works to deploy vaccine for BTV-3