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Environment secretary George Eustice has voiced his support for gene editing technology regulation to be reviewed in England, but Scotland has said it will not reconsider its position yet.

The Government has opened its public consultation into future regulation on gene editing.

Scottish Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has accused the Treasury of plotting to cut payments to farmers under the guise of environmentalism.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said there is no scientific justification whatsoever for the EUs ban on UK seed potato exports.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has said there is ‘no scientific justification whatsoever’ for the EU’s ban on UK seed potato exports.

Unions welcomed the move to increase the amount of food and drink it buys from British suppliers by £3.5bn a year within the next five years

Farmers are being encouraged to take part in pioneering conservation work aimed at saving one of the UK’s most iconic farmland birds, the critically endangered turtle dove.

Attempts to recover more than 49,000 miles of ‘lost paths’ in England and Wales could significantly impact already-strained rural resources and endanger wildlife.Ìý

UK and EU diplomats finally agreed a trade deal at the end of 2020, with negotiations going right to the wire. Abi Kay explores what it means for individual farming sectors.

Fungicide, mancozeb could still be available for Great Britain (GB) growers as the EU ban on the fungicide came into force on January 4, after the Brexit transition period had ended.