British Agriculture - Government

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Aim: To ensure that consumers benefit from competitively priced food, produced to high standards of safety, environmental care and animal welfare and from a sustainable, efficient food chain; and to contribute to the well-being of rural and coastal communities.

British Cattle Movement Service

The BCMS is the specialised cattle tracing organisation for Great Britain. Based in Workington, Cumbria, it manages the Cattle Tracing System (CTS) and is expected to handle over 20 million cattle movements each year.

Natural England

Natural England provide a wide range of information useful to farmers and land managers..

Macaulay Land Use Research Institute

MLURI was founded in April 1987. It undertakes research that provides scope for:
• rural economic development and a viable rural community structure
• the protection and enhancement of natural resources

Green Light for AHDB Green Office on Stoneleigh Park
2010-Feb-19
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s plan to build an extremely energy efficient office building on Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire has been approved by Warwick District Council.

AHDB Organisation Design Shapes Up 17/07/08
The proposed organisation design and structure for the new Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) came off the drawing board at a meeting on 7 July 2008.

Margaret Beckett statement on the Single Payment Scheme 16/03/06
Written Parliamentary Statement by Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the Single Payment Scheme.