Current situation Spring 2025 across England was the driest since 1893 with all areas receiving well below average rainfall. The dry spring has seen exceptionally low river flows experienced across northern and central England. Recent rainfall at the start of …
We play a key role in ensuring that farming practices comply with environmental regulations. Agriculture is the biggest sector we regulate. We deliver at least 4000 farm inspections per year. These are targeted to farms and parts of the country …
In our last post about how farmers can get ready for winter we looked at a case study with Tom, a dairy farmer in Cornwall, who had made some major changes to his slurry storage and farm buildings. In this …
Emma Billings provides an insight into the Environment Agency farm inspections taking place in Lincolnshire
Environment Agency is working with Farmers to help them with access to water supplies for their livestock and crops
In this blog post we explore the latest prolonged dry weather situation and how the Environment Agency has already been taking action.
Nothing makes more difference to our natural environment than farming. It can enhance and enrich it or damage and degrade it. Farming uses almost three quarters of the land in England and farmers are its custodians, producing food for people …
