Cattle and sheep numbers across the country have fallen to record lows, according to Defra’s latest UK livestock census. The government's latest figures show the total UK cattle population fell 1.5pc ...

The government has made improvements on the awareness and use of sustainable digital services and technologies, according to a report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

A Defra-commissioned report into eco labelling for food was published on Monday while the government department has recently updated its Green Claims Guidance. Ben Cooper looks at how the UK ...

The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released it’s sustainable IT strategy, outlining how it will work in partnership with government, industry and other actors to ...

Yesterday evening (26 October) Defra said that it had removed the Executive Summary from its report on the consultation responses because of an “error”. There are thought to be at least two errors ...

Some of the largest recycling and waste management companies have agreed with the criticism aimed at the government by the National Audit Office (NAO) in its ‘value for money’ report on the Resources ...

Outdated IT systems are damaging the work of the government department in charge of protecting the environment and supporting farmers, MPs say. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canadian pigs and pork are unlikely to spread the new H1N1 flu virus and are safe to import, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said on Wednesday. "We ...

The fight against animal diseases like bird flu could be undermined by the poor state of the UK's main laboratory, warn public spending watchdogs. Some facilities at the government veterinary base in ...