Farming, forestry and fishing businesses

Run a farm, manage woodland or operate a commercial fishing business

Farming grants and funding

• Find funding for land or farms
• Funding for farmers, growers and land managers
• Sustainable Farming Incentive: guidance for applicants and agreement holders
• Countryside Stewardship
• Delinked payments: replacing the Basic Payment Scheme
• Funding to improve animal health and welfare: guidance for farmers and vets
• Register and update your details with the Rural Payments Agency
• Registering land and updating digital maps for rural payments
• Farming Advice Service

Planning and land management

• Rules for farmers and land managers
• Using nitrogen fertilisers in nitrate vulnerable zones
• Storing silage, slurry and agricultural fuel oil
• How to do the SFI actions for nutrient management
• Planning permission for farms

Organic farming

• Organic farming: how to get certification and funding in Great Britain
• Organic products: approved UK control bodies
• Organic food: labelling and advertising rules
• Importing organic food, feed and seed to the UK
• Exporting organic food from the UK
• Organic registers: lists of non-UK countries, territories, control bodies and control authorities

Keep livestock and meet welfare standards

• Animal welfare
• Notifiable diseases in animals
• Veterinary medicines guidance
• Keeping sheep and goats in England
• Use Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online

Woodland management and tree felling

• Tree felling licence: when you need to apply
• Apply online for a felling licence
• Forestry Commission operations notes (England)
• Tree planting and woodland creation: overview
• Woodland Creation Planning Grant

Sell and export farm products

• Export or move food, drink and agricultural products
• Apply for an export health certificate
• Food safety - your responsibilities
• Food labelling and packaging
• Egg marketing standards

Employ farm workers

• Agricultural skills and training
• Agricultural workers' rights
• Seasonal Worker visa (Temporary Work)
• Agricultural Sick Pay

Get fishing vessel and operator licences

• Fishing vessel licence types
• Get a domestic fishing vessel licence: 10 metres or under
• Get a domestic fishing vessel licence: over 10 metres
• Boatmasters' licence
• How to apply for a fishing certificate of competency

Fishing rules, quotas and safety standards

• Manage and lease fishing quota
• Fisheries management and variations
• Fishing quota trading and swaps
• Quota Leasing Scheme
• Inshore Vessel Monitoring System (I-VMS) devices for under-12 metre fishing vessels registered in England
• Landing obligation (discard ban)
• Safety of fishing vessels and crew
• Freshwater rod fishing rules