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What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.
What cattle keepers must do with the barcode labels sent by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) and how to get more if you run out.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
Cattle keepers must report the death of any cattle to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), return the cattle passport and record it on their holding register.
List of approved blood testing laboratories to monitor the effectiveness of rabies vaccines.
How to spot African horse sickness, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Find out how you can use manure, guano and digestive tract content, including how to store and move them.
Find out which birds and animals may be spared from culling during an outbreak of an exotic animal disease.
Reported problems with the supply of an animal medicine and the date when the issue is expected to be resolved.
Allocation coefficients and decisions
Diseases and health problems in sheep and goats, including foot and mouth disease (FMD), scrapie and lead poisoning
What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
When you receive a payment from RPA, we’ll also send you a remittance advice which gives details about your payment.
Information for agreement holders about transferring all or part of a Countryside Stewardship agreement to another person.
Apply for capital items that support improving the management of woodland and the impact of beaver behaviours.
What to include in a holding register, including how to record pig movements and taking an annual inventory.
How to meet statutory bovine TB testing requirements when moving cattle in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland), and across their borders.
This guidance is aimed at helping readers understand the permitting requirements of EC directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste.
Pig owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move pigs.
If you’re an existing Countryside Stewardship agreement holder, or you enter into an agreement from 1 January 2024, read how the end of cross compliance affects your agreement.
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