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Services

• Get help and support for your business

  Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business

• Make or update a rural payments claim

  Update your details with the Rural Payments Agency to keep claiming payments for your farm land

• Use Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online

  Register with BCMS's online service to register cattle births and report cattle deaths and cattle movements online

• Agricultural Sick Pay

  Agricultural Sick Pay means you're paid wages while you're sick - can you get it, how to claim, what you'll get

• Calculate your agricultural worker holiday entitlement

  Work out how much statutory holiday leave you’re entitled to as an agricultural worker

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Guidance and regulation

• BPS 2018

  Detailed guide

  17 August 2018

  Rural Payments Agency

• Register land you use to keep livestock

  Detailed guide

  17 July 2018

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, and Animal and Plant Health Agency

• Agricultural vehicle licences, tax information and fuel

  Detailed guide

  16 July 2018

  Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

• Agricultural tenancies
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 April 2016
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• RDPE Growth Programme
  • Guidance
  • 1 June 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency

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News and communications

£3m support scheme launched to reduce air pollution from farming

18 September 2018

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, and Natural England

News story

1. UK Government Agriculture Bill - Scotland myth-buster
   • 13 September 2018
   • Cabinet Office, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
   • News story
2. Landmark Agriculture Bill to deliver a Green Brexit
   • 12 September 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, Environment Agency, Natural England, and Animal and Plant Health Agency
   • Press release
3. New pilot scheme to bring 2,500 seasonal workers to UK farms
   • 6 September 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Home Office
   • News story
4. Farmers, growers and processors asked for views on AHDB
   • 31 August 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Latest cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics
  • 14 September 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • National statistics
• Latest cereal stock statistics
  • 11 September 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • National statistics
• Pesticide residues in food: quarterly monitoring results for 2018
  • 6 September 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Health and Safety Executive
  • Research
• Latest UK milk prices and composition of milk
  • 30 August 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • National statistics
• Latest poultry and poultry meat statistics
  • 23 August 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • National statistics

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Policy and engagement

• The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) Regulations 2015 26 July 2018

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 30 October 2015

• Saturn Bioponics: UK success just the start for 3D crop-grower
  • 15 September 2017
  • Innovate UK
  • Case study
• Government Chemist Strategy 2017-2020
  • 29 March 2017
  • Government Chemist
  • Policy paper
• Report on Health Claims Seminar held in September 2016
  • 19 December 2016
  • Government Chemist
  • Case study
• Farm visits: farm regulators’ charter
  • 19 December 2016
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Rural Payments Agency, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Forestry Commission, Food Standards Agency, Environment Agency, Natural England, and Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Policy paper

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Transparency

• Government Chemist Annual Review 2016
  • 13 September 2017
  • Government Chemist
  • Corporate report
• Request for information under Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) concerning the implementation of a Cross Compliance penalty - 18 Jan 2017
  • 18 January 2017
  • Rural Payments Agency
  • Foi release
• UK Co-ordinating Body Annual Report: 2015 to 2016
  • 23 September 2016
  • UK Co-ordinating Body
  • Corporate report
• UK Co-ordinating Body Business Plan, 2016 to 2017
  • 8 September 2016
  • UK Co-ordinating Body
  • Corporate report
• Cross Compliance penalty Stody Estate - 20 November 2015
  • 20 November 2015
  • Rural Payments Agency
  • Foi release

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Organisations

1. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
2. Rural Payments Agency
3. Animal & Plant Health Agency
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

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1. Department for International Development
2. Groceries Code Adjudicator
3. Home Office
4. Marine Management Organisation
5. Veterinary Medicines Directorate
6. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
7. Department for Work & Pensions
8. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
9. Northern Ireland Office
10. RDPE Network
11. Cabinet Office
12. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
13. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
14. Department for International Trade
15. Department for Transport
16. Department of Health & Social Care
17. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
18. HM Revenue & Customs

1. Environment Agency
2. Government Chemist
3. Natural England
4. Innovate UK
5. Forestry Commission
6. UK Co-ordinating Body