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Sign in to the Rural Payments service to make a rural payments claim or update your details. Find out how to register for an account.
How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
Collecting land, crops and livestock information and surveying farm management practice with Defra agricultural surveys
Register with BCMS's online service to register cattle births and report cattle deaths and cattle movements online
Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.
The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
Agricultural Sick Pay means you're paid wages while you're sick - can you get it, how to claim, what you'll get
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
If you run a food business you must have a hazard analysis plan (HACCP) to meet food safety and hygiene standards
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export meat products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of…
When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision.
Use the RLE1 form if you need to register land or change your maps on the Rural Payments service by post.
Work out how much statutory holiday leave you’re entitled to as an agricultural worker
Your farm vehicle must have the right approval to be registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - european community whole vehicle type approval, certificate of conformity, tractor cab certificate of approval
Form to apply for a licence to move TB restricted cattle to or from holdings in England.
Rural Land Register - when you need to register land, how to register, what to send with your application, how to contact Rural Payments Agency
Template for animal health checks on farms to prove that animals used to make food, drink and agricultural products had annual health visits from a vet.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export petfood to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Use this form to apply for a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number. This is needed when you temporarily keep livestock on someone else's land.
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