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Protocols and procedures for testing the value for cultivation or use (VCU) of agricultural crops.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
What land use codes to use in 2022 when declaring land in a rural payments application such as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Countryside Stewardship (CS).
What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.
Business potential of producing crops for non-food markets, how and where to grow them and details of organisations providing grants.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
Find out about the Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Find out about the SFI actions for integrated pest management, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Restrictions on burning crop residues, and the rules you must follow when you burn to protect the environment and avoid causing nuisance.
Statistics about crops grown in the UK for non-food use.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Statistics on crop areas, yield and production and land use.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.
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