Guidance: Coming to England for seasonal agricultural work or pork processing
Advice for seasonal agricultural workers and pork butchers coming to England to work on farms or processing sites or at slaughterhouses, and their employers.
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: Avian influenza (bird flu): cases and disease control zones in England
Current and suspected cases of avian influenza (bird flu) in the UK and the disease control measures in place.
Decision: Neonicotinoid product as seed treatment for sugar beet: emergency authorisation application
The UK government issues, with strict conditions, emergency authorisation to use a product containing a neonicotinoid to treat sugar beet seed in 2021 and 2022.
News story: Emergency pesticide authorisation approved to protect sugar beet if specific conditions are met
Temporary emergency authorisation granted with threshold for use and strict controls in place