Farming and land management

Agriculture, rural payments, imports and exports, workers’ rights, regulations

Get grants, rural payments and business support

• Funding for farmers, growers and land managers
• Make or update a rural payments claim
• Register land with the Rural Land Register
• Catchment Sensitive Farming: advice for farmers and land managers
• Farming Resilience Fund: free business advice for your farm
• Farming Advice Service
• Get help and support for your business

Get planning permission

• Planning permission for farms

Land management

• Register land with the Rural Land Register
• Rules for farmers and land managers
• The Countryside Code

Keep livestock

• Use Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online
• Rules for farmers and land managers
• Report a suspected problem with an animal medicine or microchip
• Bird flu (avian influenza): how to spot and report it in poultry or other captive birds

Import, export and move animals or food

• Guidance on importing live animals or animal products
• Guidance on exporting live animals or animal products
• Import eggs to Great Britain
• Export eggs from Great Britain
• Hatching eggs and chicks marketing standards
• Export or move food, drink and agricultural products
• Export or move animal feed or pet food

Check workers’ rights or find training

• Agricultural workers' rights
• Agricultural Sick Pay
• Calculate your agricultural worker holiday entitlement
• Agricultural skills and training
• Seasonal work on farms: guidance for workers
• Seasonal Worker visa (Temporary Work)

Find farming rules and regulations

• Rules for farmers and land managers

Register a farm vehicle

• Register a farm vehicle

Health and safety

• Health and safety using farm vehicles and machinery

Register to supply biomass fuel

• Register as a biomass supplier