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How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Choose a unique name that people will remember when they want to make a donation or to volunteer.
How to apply for variety listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI).
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
When and how to test for salmonella if you breed turkeys, and what happens if a flock tests positive. Testing is part of the salmonella national control programme (NCP).
Rules and standards for running an approved breeding programme and keeping a breed book or register of purebred animals, hybrid pigs and germinal products.
BSL will help breeders evaluate breeding schemes and choose an optimal breeding strategy as well as training plant breeders
This release presents results from the annual inventory of pedigree livestock breed populations and breeding structures. It provides data on the status and trends in pedigree cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and horses which are present in the UK. Many breeds...
Annual statistics on farm animal genetic resources in the United Kingdom.
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