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Apply for funding for a vet to visit your farm to reduce endemic diseases and conditions, increase animal productivity and improve animal welfare.
Find out which licence and fuel you need for agricultural vehicles and which tax and operator's licence exemptions might apply to you.
How to report sheep and goat movements to the Livestock Information Service.
Read about what to expect and how you can get ready to apply when Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) opens in 2025.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
How to register and keep your personal and business details up to date in the Rural Payments service.
The rules to follow when moving animals within a restricted zone, including to markets, shows and slaughterhouses.
Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
McCance and Widdowson’s 'composition of foods integrated dataset' on the nutrient content of the UK food supply.
Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.
The signs of bluetongue virus, how you must report it and what happens when you do.
A closed FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.
How to solve a pest problem with foxes, moles and mink using traps, snares and other methods.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Use a certificate of free sale to export or move products for human consumption and products for animal consumption.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
Get paid to manage land sustainably to benefit the environment and support food production: find out if your land is eligible, select and apply for SFI actions.
Register and manage your access to EHC Online using Government Gateway and your Defra account.
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