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How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
How to design, inspect, monitor and maintain impounding reservoir spillways so they are safe.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
Find out about the SFI actions for soils, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
How to meet the requirements of using mobile plant for landspreading waste to provide agricultural benefit or ecological improvement.
How to spot chronic wasting disease (CWD), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for buffer strips.
Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
How councils should deal with litter, refuse and dog mess, and the penalties they can give.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.
Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site
Find out about the SFI actions for nutrient management, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
The D1 exemption allows you to deposit dredging spoil on the banks of the water it was dredged from and treat it by screening and removing water.
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