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Scottish farmed salmon was the UK’s top food export last year, ending up in restaurants and on dinner tables all over the world. But also in 2023, the industry trade body Salmon Scotland sought to drop the word “farmed” from its protected geographical indication of “Scottish farmed salmon” after two…

Court of Appeal says farming animals that suffer due to genetic make-up illegal

While detected residues were mostly below legal limits, Pesticide Action Network expressed concerns of cumulative exposure to toxic chemicals.

Majority of 19,162 penalties issued by private enforcement companies contracted by councils

Nature and climate targets, and efforts to reduce flooding, are also threatened by a lack of support for upland farming businesses, a think tank said.

The Office for Environment Protection is investigating the Government over emergency authorisation of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam.

Exclusive: National landscapes’ chiefs say environment secretary has given no budget assurances and they are to expect cuts

In today’s newsletter: Our environment reporter on what went wrong following Storm Bert and whether widespread flooding might make the government to face up to the country’s leaky defences

Ofwat CEO says rules must be changed so that customers left without water get compensation automatically