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How farm business tenants and landlords can claim compensation for improvements, terminate a tenancy and ask for a rent review.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to notify the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
Understand which licence you need to bring together captive birds, and the rules you must follow to prevent the spread of bird flu.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.
Check the land details you have registered on the Rural Payments service.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Get permission to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) in your consignment.
Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
How to use the Rural Payments service to register land and update digital maps.
The signs of bluetongue virus, how you must report it and what happens when you do.
What you must do to prevent water pollution when you manage organic manures, manufactured fertiliser, soil and livestock.
Register and manage your access to EHC Online using Government Gateway and your Defra account.
What you need to know about delinked payments, who is eligible, how they’re calculated and paid, and how they're affected by business changes.
What land use codes to use when declaring land in a rural payments application such as Countryside Stewardship or the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.
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