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What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
How farm business tenants and landlords can claim compensation for improvements, terminate a tenancy and ask for a rent review.
Advisory note from the UK Chief Veterinary Officer for veterinarians prescribing BTV-3 vaccines.
Details of control bodies approved to certify organic food, feed, seed and other agricultural products in the UK.
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).
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
Where you need to apply for approval of a food or meat establishment depending on the type of your establishment and your location.
Templates for managing food safety practices.
What you must do to prevent water pollution when you manage organic manures, manufactured fertiliser, soil and livestock.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Check the definition of composite products and understand the import rules and restrictions, depending on the ingredients in your food product.
What you need to know about delinked payments, who is eligible, how they’re calculated and paid, and how they're affected by business changes.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
How to apply for a licence to move Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) restricted cattle to or from a farm or premises in England.
Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
Information on our recalls and alerts subscription service.
Find out what land details you need to register on the Rural Payments service to apply for rural payments.
Establishments approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and how competent authorities can change the establishment list.
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