Farming (Archived)

Keeping farmed animals: Animal welfare, bovine TB, cattle movements, importing and exporting farmed animals, and more.

Livestock movements and CPH numbers - changes from 2016.

Producing and distributing food: Crops and horticulture, dairy and milk production, meat production and more.

Rural grants and payments: Basic Payment Scheme, Countryside Stewardship, cross compliance and more.

Land management: Organic farming, Energy Crops Scheme, protected sites and more.

Farming business: Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online, report pig movements, register a milk production holding and more.

Defra Rural Services helpline

Contact the Defra Rural Services helpline for farming-related advice.
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm.
You should also call us 24/7 to report suspicion of notifiable disease in animals.
Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges.

All farming-related services and information

Latest

  1. Animal diseases: international and UK monitoring

    • 9 November 2018
    • Collection

  2. Notice 22/18 - Imports of rice under Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1273/2011

    • 22 August 2018
    • Notice

  3. Notice 14/18 Poultrymeat Import quota

    • 22 June 2018
    • Notice
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Publications

  1. Notice 22/18 - Imports of rice under Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1273/2011

    • 22 August 2018
    • Notice

  2. Notice 14/18 Poultrymeat Import quota

    • 22 June 2018
    • Notice

  3. Woodland tree health grant manual 2017: Countryside Stewardship

    • 27 March 2018
    • Guidance

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Consultations

  1. New rules to tackle diffuse water pollution from agriculture in England

    • 30 November 2017
    • Consultation Outcome

  2. Bovine TB: improving testing in the High Risk Area of England

    • 16 December 2016
    • Consultation Outcome

  3. Bovine TB: controls in the High Risk and Edge Areas of England

    • 16 December 2016
    • Consultation Outcome

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Announcements

  1. New measures to help farmers and growers in the food supply chain

    • 16 February 2018
    • Press Release

  2. Farmers set for increased payments as the Rural Payments Agency confirms BPS 2017 entitlement and greening rates

    • 17 November 2017
    • Press Release

  3. Countryside Stewardship claims are just a click away

    • 10 April 2017
    • News Story

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