Guidance: Aims of the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot standards

Each standard has a set of aims that participants should achieve if they have followed all the actions. These aims are the primary focus for site visits.




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.




Guidance: Controls of fish and shellfish diseases in England and Wales

Reduce the risk of disease, find out where notifiable diseases have been confirmed in England and Wales




Guidance: Businesses approved to export to the EU

Use the lists to check your business in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) or one of the Crown Dependencies (Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man) is approved to export to the EU, and find out what your TRACES number is.




Press release: Government boosts UK resilience against climate change

New research to step up the UK’s resilience to the impacts of climate change is made possible by the launch of a new £5 million research programme.