Guidance: Mid Tier and Wildlife Offers manual: Countryside Stewardship

Manual for all Mid Tier multi-year (including Water Capital item) agreements and Wildlife Offers agreements starting on 1 January 2021




Consultation outcome: Reforming agricultural tenancies in England

Seeking views on reforming agricultural tenancy law in England, evidence of existing barriers to letting farmland and if additional protections are needed.




Corporate information: 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: UK’s first ‘super’ National Nature Reserve created on Purbeck Heaths

Landscape-scale conservation to help tackle climate change and benefit more than 2.5 million visitors.




Detailed guide: Digital maps in the Rural Payments service – check and change mapping updates

Read how to check changes that have been made to your digital maps and what to do if you want to make changes.