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Information that must be sent manually to the UK Fisheries Call Centre if your electronic logbook software system fails.
Guidance on licensing, labelling, packaging, chemical safety when importing cereals.
Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare. Applications closed at 11.59pm on 28 April 2026.
This guidance booklet is intended for all involved in the beef supply chain, such as farmers, hauliers, veterinary surgeons, and abattoir and market operators.
This booklet shows how the technique of body condition scoring can contribute significantly to good husbandry and management of dairy cows.
Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these terms and conditions if they applied for an agreement after 5 January 2023.
This guidance explains what you need to do as an agreement holder.
This legally binding Order, which is enforced by Defra, comes into force 1 October 2012.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing apiculture products or by-products to Great Britain.
Find the licence and declaration you must use to import animal pathogens and carriers to Great Britain from the EU.
Changes to Countryside Stewardship capital payment rates from January 2023.
Specific licence conditions to hold a bird gathering of poultry or other captive birds in England.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when carry out vet checks on animal products being imported to Great Britain.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when carrying out veterinary checks on live animals being imported to Great Britain.
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The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
Find out what documentation you need after a follow-up, so you can make a claim.
Host a safe educational access visit on your farm and complete a site visit declaration between you and the visiting group leader.
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