Guidance and regulation

What land use codes to use in 2023 when declaring land in a rural payments application such as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Countryside Stewardship (CS).

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 11 January 2023

How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 30 April 2024

Details of the new Seasonal Worker visa route that replaces the visa route pilot and how to apply to be an operator under the visa route 2022 to 2024.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 27 June 2022

Payments for farmers who carry out eligible agricultural activities, what you need to know and do before you can apply for an annual payment.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 11 April 2024

Read about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions for low input grassland, what land is eligible for each action and what you need to do to get paid.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 18 September 2023

Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 20 September 2022

Use this service to apply for certificates and inspections if you export plants from England and Wales.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 20 October 2022

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 10 August 2023

Apply for capital items to benefit boundaries, trees and orchards, water and air priorities, and natural flood management.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 3 January 2024

What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 25 September 2018

Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Farmers who keep cattle, sheep and pigs can get funding to pay for a vet to visit their farm and carry out a health and welfare review of their livestock.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 25 September 2023

Find out about the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on improved grassland, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 25 March 2024

Find out if your land is eligible for an SFI agreement.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 23 June 2023

Apply for capital items to benefit boundaries, trees and orchards, water and air priorities, and natural flood management.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 7 December 2023

The signs of bird flu and how to report it in poultry and other captive birds.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 13 December 2022

Apply for a grant for specific items of equipment and technology for farming, horticultural or forestry businesses in England.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 8 November 2023

Find out which licence and fuel you need for agricultural vehicles and which tax and operator's licence exemptions might apply to you.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Updated: 16 July 2018

Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 20 September 2022

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.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 2 others
• Updated: 30 April 2024