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Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone wall restoration item.
What to do if your land is affected by extreme weather, such as flooding, extreme heat or drought.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow gapping-up item.
Find out what you must do to get paid for your SFI agreement, how we’ll calculate your payment, when you’ll be paid and submitting an annual declaration.
Find out about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions for buffer strips, what land is eligible and what you need to do to get paid.
Changes to Countryside Stewardship revenue payment rates from January 2024.
What livestock keepers must do when they temporarily use extra land or buildings and their livestock will not mix with someone else’s livestock.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the livestock troughs item.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.
What you must record in your holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records), when you must do this and what you can use for your records.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the woodland improvement option.
Find out how regulatory issues and consents could affect your SFI agreement.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of successional areas and scrub option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the enhanced overwinter stubble option.
Find out how to apply for approval under the scheme, how to claim for the subsidy, how much you can claim and what records you need to keep.
What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
Apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.
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