Food and farming industry

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
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
Use Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online

Register with BCMS's online service to register cattle births and report cattle deaths and cattle movements online
Accredited Trusted Trader Scheme pilot: expression of interest form

Use the expression of interest form to apply for the Accredited Trusted Trader Scheme pilot.

Register land you use to keep livestock
- Detailed guide
- 15 June 2023
- Rural Payments Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, British Cattle Movement Service, and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Import risk categories for animals and animal products imported from the EU to Great Britain, from 31 January 2024
- Guidance
- 31 August 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Moving plants from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
- Detailed guide
- 22 September 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Agricultural vehicle licences, tax information and fuel
- Detailed guide
- 16 July 2018
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Accredited Trusted Trader Scheme pilot
- Detailed guide
- 22 September 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Latest cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics
- 22 September 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
Latest poultry and poultry meat statistics
- 21 September 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
Historical statistics notices on poultry and poultry meat production, 2023
- 21 September 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
Historical statistics notices on agricultural price indices, 2023
- 21 September 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices
- 18 September 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Statistical data set

Changes to bovine identification, registration and movement in England
- 21 September 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Open consultation
- Closing date 15 November 2023
Improved food waste reporting by large food businesses in England
- 28 July 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 05 September 2022
Review of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013
- 12 June 2023
- Veterinary Medicines Directorate
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 31 March 2023
Animal Health and Welfare Pathway
- 19 July 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Environmental Land Management update: how government will pay for land-based environment and climate goods and services
- 21 June 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper

Number of cattle held per holding split by county and cattle type RFI 6243
- 10 August 2023
- Rural Payments Agency
- Foi release
FOI/EIR responses published by APHA: March 2023
- 9 August 2023
- Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Foi release
FOI/EIR responses published by APHA: February 2023
- 9 August 2023
- Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Foi release
Find training on the Code
- 9 August 2023
- Groceries Code Adjudicator
- Transparency
FOI/EIR responses published by APHA: January 2023
- 16 June 2023
- Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Foi release