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  • Technical information, notes and guidance on the surveys of the structure of the agricultural industry.

  • Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these terms and conditions if they applied for an agreement after 3 January 2024.

  • To help both holders and potential holders of environmental permits understand how to comply with their permits.

  • Information on Biosecurity Measures Plans, their importance, and why they are a requirement of Authorisation. Use this page to access standardised BMP modules.

  • Requirements for wine exporters to be self-certified or have an EU VI-1 to export wine to the EU or move it to Northern Ireland.

  • Know how to stun or kill poultry, rabbits and hares on small-scale farms.

  • How to move groups of agrifood products from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to Northern Ireland, which may include consignments of Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS) goods and consignments of non-NI…

  • Find out how to take samples from processed ABPs and find laboratories to test them, and what to do if one of your samples fails a test.

  • How to spot sheep scab, what to do if you suspect it and control measures to prevent its spread.

  • Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.

  • Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.

  • Use this table to confirm the plant species that are typical of the grassland type on your land parcel for help with action GRH6: Manage priority habitat species-rich grassland.

  • Use this code to help you follow the rules when you produce or use sewage sludge in agriculture.

  • Find out how to take photographic evidence to show what you’ve done to complete an SFI action.

  • How to import and move eggs for human consumption to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) from EU and non-EU countries.

  • Changes to Countryside Stewardship capital payment rates from January 2023.

  • How to spot BSE, what to do if you suspect it, measures you must take to prevent it and when you must have cattle tested.

  • Health and safety issues and regulations for farm vehicles, machinery and equipment: risk assessments and good practice.

  • Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.

  • Where you can build a pet cemetery, the animals you can bury there, how it must be built and how to register.