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Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 3 January 2024 until 31 December 2024.
Find out about grants and other funding support for agroforestry on your farmland.
You can use these emission factors to quantify the amount of ammonia emitted from your permitted pig or poultry operations.
APHA detects and investigates new and re-emerging diseases in animals in England and Wales.
Cross compliance ended on 31 December 2023. If you are a farmer or land manager, find out what this means for you.
Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
How vets in England and Wales can submit carcases to APHA for a post-mortem examination.
How to keep beef cattle and dairy cows on a farm, including your responsibilities for their food and housing.
How to spot brucellosis, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread
How to get certified as an organic farmer in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), and funding available to convert and manage your land.
You can give other people permission to act for your business, like an agent.
Farmers who enter into an Improve Animal Health and Welfare (IAHW) agreement must follow the IAHW agreement terms and conditions.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing meat and other meat products for human consumption to Great Britain.
List of approved blood testing laboratories to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines.
How to spot anthrax, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Guidance explaining the use of soil guideline values (SGV) to asses the long-term exposure of chemicals in soil on human health.
Find out about compensation arrangements for animals culled by the government as part of certain disease control strategies.
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