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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. Woodland tree health grant manual 2017: Countryside Stewardship

    • updated
    • Guidance

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

    • published
    • Press release

  3. FAnGR resources for farmers and livestock breeders

    • updated
    • Collection
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Publications

  1. Woodland tree health grant manual 2017: Countryside Stewardship

    • Guidance

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

    • Form

  3. Countryside Stewardship: Mid Tier (including water quality capital items) manual for 1 January 2017 agreements

    • Guidance

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Consultations

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

    • Consultation outcome

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

    • Consultation outcome

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

    • Consultation outcome

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Announcements

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

    • Press release

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

    • Press release

  3. Countryside Stewardship claims are just a click away

    • News story

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