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Services

  1. Get help and support for your business

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

  2. Calculate your agricultural worker holiday entitlement

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

  3. Make or update a rural payments claim

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

  4. Use Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online

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

  5. 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

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Prepare your food and drink business for a no-deal Brexit
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  2. Register land you use to keep livestock
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, and Animal and Plant Health Agency
  3. BPS 2019
    • Detailed guide
    • Rural Payments Agency
  4. Agricultural vehicle licences, tax information and fuel
    • Detailed guide
    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  5. Protected food name: Melton Mowbray pork pie (PGI)
    • Guidance
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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News and communications

News story

Cash boost and fairer funding formula for farmers across the UK

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland Office, Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, Office of the Secretary of State for Wales, and Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

  1. Outbreaks of Koi herpesvirus (KHV) disease in 2019
    • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
    • Press release
  2. Regulations on the import of forestry machinery
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Forestry Commission, and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • News story
  3. UK Government delivers for Wales at Royal Welsh Show
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
    • Press release
  4. Webinar recording July 2019: an update from Christine Tacon
    • Groceries Code Adjudicator
    • News story
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Research and statistics

  1. Banana prices
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Statistical data set
  2. Latest UK milk prices and composition of milk
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • National statistics
  3. Latest cereal stock statistics
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • National statistics
  4. Latest poultry and poultry meat statistics
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • National statistics
  5. Livestock prices, finished and store
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Statistical data set
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Food labelling: changing food allergen information laws
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Food Standards Agency
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 29 March 2019
  2. Reforming agricultural tenancies in England
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Closed consultation
    • Date closed 02 July 2019
  3. Food and natural mineral water: amending laws in England
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 13 November 2018
  4. Food labelling: amending laws
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 04 December 2018
  5. Geographical Indications (GI): creating UK schemes after Brexit
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 01 November 2018
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Find a GSCOP training provider
    • Groceries Code Adjudicator
    • Transparency
  2. RPA Business Impact Target (BIT) Reports
    • Rural Payments Agency
    • Corporate report
  3. Government Chemist Annual Review 2016
    • Government Chemist
    • Corporate report
  4. Request for information under Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) concerning the implementation of a Cross Compliance penalty - 18 Jan 2017
    • Rural Payments Agency
    • Foi release
  5. UK Co-ordinating Body Annual Report: 2015 to 2016
    • UK Co-ordinating Body
    • Corporate report
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