Guidance: Protected food and drink names: applications

See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.




Guidance: Woodland Management Plan grants 2023: Countryside Stewardship

Apply for a capital grant for a one-off payment to create a 10-year woodland management plan.




Statistics: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – Statistics at Defra

We publish national and official statistics relating to the environment, rural communities, food, farming and biosecurity.




Press release: Panel of independent experts publish findings into crab deaths

The panel of independent experts set up to assess the cause of dead and dying crabs washed up on shores from October 2021 have published their findings




Research: Evidence gathered for the assessment of unusual crustacean mortality in the north-east of England in 2021 and 2022

The documents, data and photographs used by the Crustacean Mortality Expert Panel (CMEP) to produce the assessment of unusual crustacean mortality in the north-east of England in 2021 and 2022.