Farms and Agriculture
Farming Standards Advice - Guidance Leaflets
- Guidance for those who transport horses by road
- Buying or selling of livestock
- The Welfare of Horses at Markets (and Other Places of Sale) Order 1990
- Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004
- Animal Health Act 1981 and the Sheep Scab Order 1997
- The keeping and retention of veterinary medicine records
- Casualty slaughter - guidance for farmers and hauliers
- Guidance on the disposal of animal by-products and carcasses
- Calves at market
- Keeping pet pigs
- The law regarding the keeping and movement of pigs
- Sheep identification
- The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order
- Cleansing and disinfection of vehicles carrying cattle, pigs, poultry etc
- Livestock markets
- Notice to those who transport livestock by road
- Deer carcase and offal disposal - farmed and wild
- Feed hygiene for farmers and growers
- Guidance on food chain information (FCI) for calves
- A guide for the retail sale of pet food
- Guidance notes on the registration and records of poultry
- Before buying hens
- Food hygiene for farmers and growers
- Guidance for the handling of poultry at markets
- The slaughter of sheep for private consumption by the owner
- The Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007 - pre-movement testing of cattle
- The slaughter of cattle for private consumption by the owner
- The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2008
- Transport of farm animals - cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and poultry
- Requirements for cattle identification
- Humane disposal of infant calves and possible outlets
- Notice to all exhibitors of cattle both for showing and trade stands
- Construction of livestock transport vehicles
- Farm animal transport journey times
- Cattle that have been refused passports
- Collection centre conditions
here are some useful contacts:-
Defra – http://www.defra.gov.uk
Animal Health - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalhealth/about-us/contact-us/search/index.asp
Farm Animal Welfare Council - http://www.fawc.org.uk/
Farm Crisis Network - http://www.farmcrisisnetwork.org.uk/
Devon Association of Smallholders - http://www.devonsmallholders.co.uk/
Farm Wild Life - http://www.farmwildlife.info/default.asp
