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  • Tell the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) you have complied or expect to comply with the terms of your SFI agreement for the year.

  • Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.

  • How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports and when you need to be authorised.

  • Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).

  • How farm business tenants and landlords can claim compensation for improvements, terminate a tenancy and ask for a rent review.

  • Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.

  • A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.

  • If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve National Landscapes, National Parks and the Broads.

  • U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.

  • What land use codes to use when declaring land in a rural payments application such as Countryside Stewardship or the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

  • How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.

  • Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.

  • Use this service to tell the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) about a change to your kept bird record or to confirm your details every 12 months.

  • How to apply for, correct or replace a cattle passport and what to do if you miss the application deadline or it has not arrived.

  • How to register for the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme to move or sell food in Northern Ireland.

  • Print a template holding register to record sheep and goat tags, movements and deaths.

  • The licence or certificate you need to slaughter or kill animals, the operations covered and how to apply.

  • Get consent to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.

  • How to prevent the introduction and spread of animal disease by following good hygiene and biosecurity standards.

  • How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.