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The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
The study was conducted to identify Napier grass materials that could be resistant to NGS disease
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Read about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions for low input grassland, what land is eligible for each action and what you need to do to get paid.
Find out which items you can or cannot claim a VAT refund for under the DIY Housebuilders' Scheme.
What to do if the livestock manure produced on your farm is likely to exceed the amount you're allowed to spread on your land in an NVZ (farm limit).
Planning practice guidance on biodiversity net gain. Biodiversity net gain is a way of creating and improving biodiversity by requiring development to have a positive impact (‘net gain’) on biodiversity.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for low input grassland.
Find out when you can use rebated diesel, biodiesel or kerosene in vehicles and other machinery.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on improved grassland.
You need a licence to burn heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium outside the burning season in Wales
Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
Apply for a licence to introduce, keep or farm non-native fish, lobsters and crayfish.
Check the tariff classification for pre-painted steel sheets.
As part of the continued drive to get more people active, the UK Government and the Irish FA have kicked off the year by announcing 17 projects across Northern Ireland are benefitting from a share of £2 million.
What land use codes to use in 2023 when declaring land in a rural payments application such as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Countryside Stewardship (CS).
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