Pig identification, registration and movements

Services

Apply for a county parish holding (CPH) number

Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.
Apply for temporary use of land or buildings to keep livestock

Use this form to apply for a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number. This is to use extra land or buildings to keep livestock for less than a year.

Register livestock to get a flock or herd mark
- Detailed guide
- 15 June 2023
- Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Get a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number
- Detailed guide
- 15 June 2023
- Animal and Plant Health Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Rural Payments Agency
Report pig movements
- Detailed guide
- 10 October 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Livestock keepers: update your details
- Detailed guide
- 11 July 2023
- Rural Payments Agency, Animal and Plant Health Agency, British Cattle Movement Service, and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Tag, tattoo or slap mark pigs
- Detailed guide
- 10 October 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Contractual practice in the UK pig sector
- 6 April 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 07 October 2022
Yr arferion mewn contractau yn sector moch y DU
- 15 July 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 07 October 2022