Food and farming industry

Services

Use Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online

Register with BCMS's online service to register cattle births and report cattle deaths and cattle movements online
Get help and support for your business

Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
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
APHA Weybridge: general testing form (LSW008)

Submit samples to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for commercial testing by APHA Scientific.

Check risk categories for animals and animal products imported from the EU to Great Britain
- Guidance
- 26 March 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Agricultural vehicle licences, tax information and fuel
- Detailed guide
- 16 July 2018
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Egg marketing standards
- Detailed guide
- 12 December 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Check import risk categories, inspection rates and related rules for animals and animal products imported from non-EU countries to Great Britain
- Guidance
- 1 April 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Register for export health certificate (EHC) online: exporter guidance
- Guidance
- 2 December 2024
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency

Government Chemist Conference: 23-24 June 2026- registration open
- 9 April 2026
- Government Chemist
- News story
Paris and London reaffirm their commitment to food security, high standards and closer bilateral cooperation
- 30 March 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Department for Business and Trade
- Press release
Understanding honey fraud and the role of authenticity testing
- 27 March 2026
- Government Chemist
- News story
Farming and food leaders unite to drive growth in British agriculture
- 25 March 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Press release
New fertiliser regulations to back British farmers and cut pollution
- 19 March 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Press release

Latest poultry and poultry meat statistics
- 23 April 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
Historical statistics notices on poultry and poultry meat production, 2026
- 23 April 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
Animal feed prices
- 23 April 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Statistical data set
Precision bred organism release notice (reference: PBR/26/003)
- 22 April 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Research
Latest cattle, sheep and pig slaughter statistics
- 20 April 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics

Marketing fertilising products in the UK: regulatory reform
- 9 April 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, The Scottish Government, Welsh Government, and Northern Ireland Executive
- Open consultation
- Closing date 10 June 2026
Contractual practice in the UK combinable crops sector
- 10 December 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 04 February 2026
Poultry catching and handling: proposed changes to permitted methods
- 30 June 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 02 May 2025
Belém Declaration on Fertilisers
- 24 November 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Animal Health and Welfare Pathway
- 29 October 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper

British Wool Marketing Board (Agricultural Marketing Schemes) annual report 2024/2025
- 17 February 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Corporate report
UK competent authorities for pesticide residues in food: annual report for 2024
- 20 November 2025
- Health and Safety Executive and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Corporate report
Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme: annual report for 2024
- 3 November 2025
- Rural Payments Agency
- Corporate report
National Reference Laboratory for Trichinella and Echinococcus: annual reports
- 13 October 2025
- Animal and Plant Health Agency
- Corporate report
UK competent authorities for pesticide residues in food: annual report for 2023
- 2 July 2025
- Health and Safety Executive and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Corporate report