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Find out how to import live fish, molluscs and crustaceans for farming, ornamental, or any other purpose except direct human consumption
Find out what to ask your vet to do during a review.
Rules on buffer strips that you must follow if you have hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
Check the requirements you must follow under your Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement for the SFI expanded offer for 2024.
The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
Signs that may suggest rabies in bats, what to do if you spot them and measures to prevent exposing yourself to the disease.
Calculate the annual nitrogen and phosphorus emissions from your livestock. Report the data to the Environment Agency.
This guidance and starter guide has been issued in order to comply with Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.
Find out what IPM is and how to apply it on your land.
Information for agreement holders about transferring all or part of a Countryside Stewardship agreement to another person.
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
The variation effective from 00:01hrs Wednesday 01 April 2026.
How to complete your Environmental Stewardship (ES) claim form by email or post.
How and when to identify pigs (livestock and pets) with ear tags, ear tattoos or slap marks so they can be traced.
How to apply for a grant to restock or improve woodland after tree health problems, and how to manage your funding agreement.
What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
How to register veterinary practice premises for veterinary surgeons to supply veterinary medicines.
How to apply for authorisation to set up a fish, mollusc or crustacean farm, including the application process, conditions and records you must keep.
How to use ‘on hold’ health claims that are still under consideration in the EU in Great Britain.
How to certify and label wine imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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