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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.