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Welcome to the new CAAV website. It has been completely re-designed following members' feedback and we hope you will find it a more user friendly professional tool.Make CAAV website your home page - If you previously had the website set as your home page, it is likely that you will need to re-set that which can be done via the What's New page.You may find that the RSS feeds capability is not currently available - that is subject to some further development and should be available shortly....

We have recently experienced problems with the CAAV e-mail system, which has been delivering e-mails several weeks after they were originally sent. This includes an e-mail reminder about subscriptions which was sent out on 24th January, but only received by some members this week. We apologise for any confusion or upset that this has caused and we are working to fix the problem.

The Rt. Hon. Owen Paterson MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has addressed the 2013 Oxford Farming Conference. His speech may be viewed on the DEFRA website.

The Department for Transport has published its preferred route for Phase 2 of HS2 - the links from Birmingham to Leeds and Manchester, plus the Heathrow spur. Details can be found on the Government website.

48 people involved in the farming industry and environmental management have been recognised in the 2013 New Year Honours List. Further information is available on the DEFRA website.