Official Statistics: Area of crops grown for bioenergy in England and the UK: 2008-2018

Estimates of the areas of crops grown in England and the UK for bioenergy.




Waste manager receives prison sentence for flouting the law

The manager of a waste transfer station has been given a 12 month suspended prison sentence for running an illegal waste site at Torpoint, Cornwall.




Speech: A vision for future farming

Theresa Villiers’ speech to Oxford Farming Conference – January 8 2020




Guidance: Rural Payments: registering and updating your details

How to register and update your personal, business and land details on the Rural Payments service (including RLE1 guidance).




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.