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Register with BCMS's online service to register cattle births and report cattle deaths and cattle movements online
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
Collecting land, crops and livestock information and surveying farm management practice with Defra agricultural surveys
Report a problem (adverse event) with animal medicine, animal medicine in the environment or food, or an animal exposed to human medicine.
Agricultural Sick Pay means you're paid wages while you're sick - can you get it, how to claim, what you'll get.
The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
How to register if you keep 50 or more birds, including any you keep as pets.
Work out how much statutory holiday leave you’re entitled to as an agricultural worker
Use the RLE1 form if you need to register land or change your maps on the Rural Payments service by post.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
If you run a food business you must have a hazard analysis plan (HACCP) to meet food safety and hygiene standards
When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision.
Submit samples to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for commercial testing by APHA Scientific.
Your farm vehicle must have the right approval to be registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - european community whole vehicle type approval, certificate of conformity, tractor cab certificate of approval
How to register or re-register your holding with the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), what happens next and what to do if your details change.
Template for animal health checks on farms to prove that animals used to make food, drink and agricultural products had annual health visits from a vet.
Form for premises and sites that handle or use animal by-products (ABPs) to register.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export petfood to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Use this form to apply for a Capital grants plan or Capital grants study.
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export meat products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of…
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