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  • The DEFRA love-in turns sour

    After the glamour of the Soil Association conference in Manchester last week, this week I’m at the NEC in Birmingham for the National Farmers Union’s annual meeting. With no general election on the immediate horizon, union president Peter Kendall in the hot seat for another year and a DEFRA...
    Posted to nufsaid (Weblog) by anonymous on Tue, Feb 15 2011

  • DEFRA launches campaign supporting fox hunting ban

    <!--[endif]--> DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn is launching a campaign to support the fox hunting ban amid claims a Conservative government would repeal the Hunting Act. Mr Benn is calling for people to add their names to a website in a bid to raise awareness about Conservative plans to scrap the ban...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by caroline stocks on Sat, Dec 26 2009

  • Shouting about Britain's top farmers

    There's less than 36 hours to go before the 5th Farmers Weekly Awards get underway in the Great Room, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London. This year, we have 1200 guests, 45 farmer finalists, 15 sponsored categories and, for the first time, the Secretary of State Hilary Benn and DEFRA minister Jim...
    Posted to Jane King's blog (Weblog) by Jane King on Wed, Oct 7 2009

  • Assessing Hilary Benn's Call for UK Farming to Produce Alot More

    Excited by Hilary Benn’s call last week for farmers to safeguard food security by “producing a lot more”, and keen to understand what we are all supposed to do, I read the back up papers issued by Defra. Nothing in those papers looks radical enough to provide a step change in output. And its clear that...
    Posted to Land Strategies Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Aug 19 2009

  • Labour Party conference

    I'm in Manchester at the moment for the Labour Party conference and I've just spent the last few hours following DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn to various fringe meetings and Q&A sessions. It felt like he said a lot in all that time, but now I'm writing my notes back I've realised there...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by caroline stocks on Sun, Sep 21 2008

  • DEFRA officials being offered 'golden handshakes' of more than £150k

    Hundreds of DEFRA officials are being offered early redundancy as part of the department's emergency cost-saving measures. The package, which includes pensions of £40,000 a year for life, a lump sum of three times their pension and an additional lump sum of up to £30,000, is being used to tempt 300...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by emily on Tue, Nov 27 2007

  • Should farmers be faced with a £40m animal disease bill?

    DEFRA secretary of state Hilary Benn announced yesterday (Thursday 25 October) English livestock farmers will face a future bill of £40m a year as their contribution to the cost of animal disease outbreaks ( see FWi's article ). The announcement has been met with strong opposition from both government...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by emily on Fri, Oct 26 2007

  • FMD disease outbreak caused by severe biosecurity lapses - is DEFRA hypocritical?

    A combination of unique and unhappy circumstances led to the foot and mouth disease outbreak, DEFRA secretary, Hilary Benn has announced at a press conference today. Leaky pipes, damaged by tree roots and first reported four years ago, and a failure to allocate funds for repair are all listed as reasons...
    Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by emily on Fri, Sep 7 2007
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