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Technical information on the 2024 update of Standard Labour Requirement Coefficients used in the Farm Business Survey and the June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture, England.
Advice on safe levels of arsenic in rice and rice milk.
Find the licence and declaration you must use to import animal pathogens and carriers to Great Britain from the EU.
Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these terms and conditions if they applied for an agreement on or after 2 January 2025.
Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these terms and conditions if they applied for an agreement after 3 January 2024.
Find out what a producer organisation (PO) is and the benefits of joining one.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on improved grassland.
How to manage tuberculosis (TB) in your non-bovine animals, when you can move them, and how to get compensation if you slaughter them.
Find out how to validate your facility when you seek approval to open, including special requirements for continuous and blood processors.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
Rules that local authorities in England must follow when registering a premises to produce spring water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
When and how to test for salmonella if you breed broiler chickens, and what happens if a flock tests positive. Testing is part of the salmonella national control programme (NCP).
How to report deer movements to the Livestock Information Service, including imports and exports.
Guidance for competent authorities submitting a residue control plan and test results to Defra for exports of products of animal origin for human consumption to Great Britain.
Apply for authorisation of premises for the retail supply of POM-VPS and NFA-VPS veterinary medicines by suitably qualified persons (SQPs).
How to minimise the risk of disease from animal wool and hair, register your site, and dispose of materials you don't want.
Rules on using a geographical indication (GI) scheme logo to mark a registered protected food or drink name.
What you must do when sheep and goats arrive for slaughter, including identification checks, and recording and reporting movements.
Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.
Field Officers may visit your holding to check that you’re following the rules for cattle, bison and buffalo identification and record keeping.
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