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Farming

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.
Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges.

All farming-related services and information

Claim Basic Payment Scheme

Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2016

Everything rural businesses need to know about the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2016 - including how to claim BPS online using the Rural Payments...

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  1. Apply to register temporary use of land to keep livestock

    • updated
    • Form

  2. Countryside Stewardship

    • updated
    • Collection

  3. Completing Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier applications by 30 September 2016 deadline

    • published
    • Press release
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Publications

  1. Apply to register temporary use of land to keep livestock

    • Form

  2. Countryside Stewardship: Higher Tier manual

    • Guidance

  3. Countryside Stewardship: Mid Tier (including water quality capital items) manual

    • Guidance

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Consultations

  1. Bovine TB: controlling bovine TB in non-bovine animals

    • Open consultation

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

    • Open consultation

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

    • Open consultation

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Announcements

  1. Completing Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier applications by 30 September 2016 deadline

    • Press release

  2. First £1 million paid to help recovery of flood-hit farmers

    • Press release

  3. Further measures to eradicate bovine TB

    • News story

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