Water company Severn Trent is offering free trees to landowners who want to help plant a 2,022-acre forest following the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Farmers should use Environment Agency inspections as an opportunity to receive advice on making improvements to protect watercourses, says the NFU.

Challenges around future water availability in East Anglia and the East Midlands came under the spotlight at an NFU conference.

Farming needs a strategy to ensure that irrigated agriculture receives a fair share of the nation’s water resources, says a report.

Another hot dry spell could see drought conditions return in this summer – despite winter rainfall replenishing most water levels, farmers have been warned.