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Unleashing Rural Opportunity document launched
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Government has laid out plans for restriction work that will be carried out in the first year of UK REACH
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Bees' Needs Week launches for 2023, encouraging everyone to protect pollinators
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
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 live fish, shellfish or aquaculture products to Great Britain,…
Find out which SFI actions in the SFI 2023 offer you can do on different types of eligible land and features, and if the areas can move around your farm.
Rules for local authorities to follow when registering a premises to produce bottled drinking water, or carrying out ongoing checks.
Defra Organogram.
Crime figures in rural and urban areas.
Protected food name with Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
Guidance on sampling methods and methodologies for materials facility operators, including information about sampling areas, equipment, schedules and compliance
Apply for a temporary certificate of competence (CoC) to slaughter or kill animals under Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations.
The Government’s statement on England’s ancient and native woodland and ancient and veteran trees.
This guidance explains how to report organisation details for extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging. This is a legal obligation for organisations that are affected by EPR for packaging.
Apply for a grant to restock or improve woodland after tree health problems.
The Farm Practices Survey (FPS) asks questions about how farming practices in England are affected by current agricultural and environmental issues.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
Government announces an extension to the existing scope of Agricultural Property Relief.
Know how to stun or kill poultry, rabbits and hares on small-scale farms.
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