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Sign in to the Rural Payments service to make a rural payments claim or update your details. Find out how to register for an account.
Register with BCMS's online service to register cattle births and report cattle deaths and cattle movements online
Agricultural Sick Pay means you're paid wages while you're sick - can you get it, how to claim, what you'll get
When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision.
Collecting land, crops and livestock information and surveying farm management practice with Defra agricultural surveys
Who you should contact if a pet or other animal or human has a reaction to a veterinary medicine or a problem with a microchip.
Work out how much statutory holiday leave you’re entitled to as an agricultural worker
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
Use this form to apply for a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number. This is needed when you temporarily keep livestock on someone else's land.
Training, courses and qualifications for agricultural workers
Submit samples to the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for commercial testing by APHA Scientific.
The rights of agricultural and farm workers - including pay rates, agricultural minimum wage, overtime, holiday leave, rest breaks, help and advice
If you keep poultry or other captive birds in an AIPZ, use this checklist to make sure you’re meeting the minimum standards to protect them against bird flu.
Order tuberculin from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applicants should use this form to query a BPS payment or a Delinked Payments Information Statement.
Submit samples from birds to test for avian influenza, Newcastle disease and general virus isolation and serology for export, import or quarantine purposes.
Vets can use this form to submit samples from sheep for a worming treatment check as part of an annual health and welfare review of livestock.
Form for Official Veterinarians to submit samples to test for brucellosis in an investigation of abortion or premature calving.
Vets can use this form to test horses for the Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) organism for export and breeding purposes.
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