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How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
Find out what milk you can use in farm animal feed, and how to process it for general sale or register to supply it to farms unprocessed.
Technical information about the import requirements for animal by-products (ABPs) or products not for human consumption, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Read about the requirements and procedures you will need to follow, and how to manage your agreement once you're an agreement holder.
Find out if your land is in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) and how to appeal.
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) contact details for private vets, Official Veterinarians, and others in an official capacity.
Apply for a specific licence for any movement in a bluetongue zone not covered by a general licence.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
How to import and move eggs for human consumption to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) from EU and non-EU countries.
What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 3 January 2024 until 31 December 2024.
How to get and maintain an ATT qualification, and what to do if you want to end your authorisation.
Requirement to analyse samples from food producing animals for residues of veterinary medicines and prohibited substances.
The type of seasonal work you can do on farms, who can apply, and where you can find work.
Clarifications on the certification of animal products for imports of medium risk animal products, for use by vets, importers and border officials.
Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these terms and conditions if they applied for an agreement after 5 January 2023.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing animal products that are being returned to Great Britain.
You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.
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