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Guidance: Pigs: testing required for an animal health and welfare review and endemic disease follow up

Find out sampling, testing and laboratory requirements for pigs in reviews and follow-ups.

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Guidance: Farmers: how to claim funding to improve animal health and welfare

Find out how to claim for animal health and welfare reviews and endemic disease follow-ups.

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Guidance: Farmers: how to apply for funding to improve animal health and welfare

Apply for funding for a vet to visit your farm to reduce endemic diseases and conditions, increase animal productivity and improve animal welfare.

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Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 (closed)

A FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.

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Guidance: Customer registration and call recording privacy notice

The privacy notice that applies to customer registration and call recording.

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Guidance: Annual amount of subsidy paid under the School Milk Subsidy Scheme

The total amount of subsidy paid in the UK under the School Milk Subsidy Scheme each school year.

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Guidance: SFI Handbook for the SFI 2023 offer

Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.

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Guidance: Customer registration and call recording privacy notice

The privacy notice that applies to customer registration and call recording.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 10/25 Import of Frozen Beef and Veal Quota (GATT) under Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1432

This notice is to inform you of the frozen beef and veal (GATT) import quota. Details of the quota and quantity available are shown in Annex 1.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 09/25 Poultrymeat Import Quota

This notice is to inform you of the poultrymeat import quotas which are detailed in Annex 1 attached.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 08/25 Pigmeat Import Quota

This notice is to inform you of the pigmeat import quotas. Details of the quotas and quantities available are shown in in Annex 1.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 07/25 Imports of Olive Oil from Tunisia under Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1432

This notice is to inform you of the Tunisian olive oil import quota. Details of the quota and quantities available are shown at Annex 1.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 06/25 Imports of Sugar under Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1432

This notice is to inform you of the sugar import quotas. Details of the quotas and quantities available are shown at Annex 1.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 02/25 Imports of Garlic from Countries other than China and EU Member States under Statutory Instrument No. 2020/1432

This notice is to inform you of the application details for this quota. Details of the quota and quantities available are shown in Annex 1.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 01/25 Imports of Garlic from China under Statutory Instrument No.2020/1432

This notice explains how the rules are applied to this quota and how to apply for a licence. It also advises you of the quantity available for the period 1 March 2025 to 31 May 2025, and for each sub-period. Details of the quantities are outlined in Annex 1.

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Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant round 2: guidance for invited applicants

Invited applicants can apply for a grant to improve or expand slurry storage capacity and to cover stores.

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Guidance: Introduction to producer organisations for growers

Find out what a producer organisation (PO) is and the benefits of joining one.

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Guidance: Introduction to producer organisations for growers

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Find out what a producer organisation (PO) is and the benefits of joining one.

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Guidance: Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1: guidance for invited applicants

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Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.

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Guidance: Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1: guidance for invited applicants

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Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.

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Statutory guidance: Get funding to improve animal health and welfare: terms and conditions Stage 1 (21 January 2025)

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Farmers entering into an Improve Animal Health and Welfare (IAHW) agreement must follow the IAHW agreement terms and conditions.

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Guidance: Cattle: testing required for an animal health and welfare review and endemic disease follow up

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Find out sampling, testing and laboratory requirements for cattle in reviews and follow-ups.

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Guidance: Sheep: testing required for an animal health and welfare review and endemic disease follow up

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Find out sampling, testing and laboratory requirements for sheep in reviews and follow-ups.

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Guidance: Farmers and vets: what happens on an endemic disease follow up

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Find out what farmers must ask vets to do during a follow-up, and what documentation farmers need from vets.

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Guidance: Vets: how to do an animal health and welfare review and endemic disease follow up

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Check what to do when you visit a farm for a review or follow-up. This includes details of testing, how to advise the farmer, and what information you need to provide.

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Guidance: Mirror agreements for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier

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Find out what a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) agri-environment mirror agreement is, including 5 in 10 agreements, and when you would get one.

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Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 (closed)

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A FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.

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Guidance: Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1: guidance for invited applicants

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Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.

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Guidance: Pigs: testing required for an annual health and welfare review and endemic disease follow up

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Find out sampling, testing and laboratory requirements for pigs in reviews and follow-ups.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 108/24 Imports of Garlic from Countries other than China and EU Member States under Statutory Instrument No. 2020/1432

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This notice is to inform you of the application details for this quota. Details of the quota and quantities available are shown in Annex 1.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 109/24 Imports of Rice under Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1432

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This notice is to inform you of the rice import quotas. Details of the quotas and quantities available are shown in Annex 1.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 110/24 Milk Products Import Quota

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This notice is to inform you of the milk and milk products import quotas which are detailed in Annex 1.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 111/24 Imports of Cereals under Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1432

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This notice is to inform you of the cereal import quotas. Details of the quotas and quantities available are shown at Annex 1.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 112/24 Imports of Sugar under Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1432

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This notice is to inform you of the sugar import quotas. Details of the quotas and quantities available are shown at Annex 1.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 113/24 Imports of Olive Oil from Tunisia under Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1432

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This notice is to inform you of the Tunisian olive oil import quota. Details of the quota and quantities available are shown at Annex 1.

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Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 (closed)

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A FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.

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Guidance: Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier: get ready to apply

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Read about what to expect and how you can get ready to apply when Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) opens in 2025.

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Guidance: Protection and Infrastructure grants 2025

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Apply for capital items that support improving the management of woodland and the impact of beaver behaviours.

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Guidance: Higher Tier Capital Grants 2024

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Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 3 January 2024 until 31 December 2024.

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Guidance: Woodland Tree Health grants 2025

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Apply for a grant to restock or improve woodland after tree health problems.

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Guidance: Countryside Stewardship Terms and Conditions 2025

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Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these terms and conditions if they applied for an agreement on or after 2 January 2025.

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Guidance: Land use codes: Rural payments

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What land use codes to use when declaring land in a rural payments application such as Countryside Stewardship (CS) or Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).

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Guidance: Agreement holder’s guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier capital grants, and Protection and Infrastructure grants 2025

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Read about the requirements and procedures you will need to follow, and how you will need to manage your agreement once you're an agreement holder.

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Guidance: Accessibility statement for CTS Online

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This accessibility statement applies to the CTS Online service.

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Guidance: Notice to Traders 107/24 Change to Import Declarations on Customs Declaration Service when using Import Tariff Rate Quota Licences

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This notice is to inform you of a change in completing import declarations on the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) when claiming quota and using an Import Tariff Rate Quota licence issued by the RPA. This notice is being issued on behalf of HMRC.

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