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Check the requirements you must follow under your SFI: re-opened offer for 2024 agreement that you applied for between 7 July 2025 and 1 September 2025.
You can give other people permission to act for your business, like an agent.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
Get permission to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
Print a template holding register to record sheep and goat tags, movements and deaths.
Check the definition of composite products and understand the import rules and restrictions, depending on the ingredients in your food product.
Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
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).
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for nutrient management.
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.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
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 apply for Higher Tier Capital Grants to achieve additional environmental benefits, and how to manage your funding agreement.
Rules on certifying and labelling organic food, feed and seed.
Establishments approved to export animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and how competent authorities can change the establishment list.
Sheep and goat owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move sheep or goats.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
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