Further guidance and useful links for agriculture

Zero Waste Scotland and WRAP Northern Ireland offer free and confidential advice and support to help you reduce your environmental impact and save money. They can help with reducing your business's waste and use of water, packaging and raw materials.

The Carbon Trust can help your business to improve its energy use and reduce its carbon emissions.

Find other trade associations relevant to your business using the Trade Association Forum website.

Useful links

Northern Ireland

• Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)
• DAERA: Cross Compliance
• DAERA: Animal health and welfare
• DAERA: Crops and horticulture
• DAERA: Information relating to the environment
• Ulster Farmers' Union

Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers Association keep their members updated on key issues affecting agricultural production in Northern Ireland.
15 Molesworth St
Cookstown
Co. Tyrone
BT80 8NX
Telephone: 02886765700

Scotland

• Archaeology Scotland: Rural guides for farmers and land managers
• Animal and Plant Health Agency (Scotland, England and Wales)
• Farming and Water Scotland
• National Farmers' Union Scotland (NFUS)
• Scotland's Rural College: Farming for a better climate
• Scottish Agricultural College (SAC): Consulting
• Scottish Government: Agriculture pages
• Scottish Government: Code of practice for using plant protection products
• Scottish Government: Cross compliance notes for guidance (Adobe PDF - 463KB)
• Scottish Government: Environmental impact assessments (EIA)
• Scottish Government: Farm soils plan (Adobe PDF - 1.61MB)
• Scottish Government: Farming for a better climate
• Scottish Government: PEPFAA DOs and DON'Ts guide
• SEPA: Four point plan for livestock farmers (Adobe PDF - 258KB)
• SEPA: Agriculture
• SEPA: Sheep dipping code of practice (Adobe PDF - 264KB)

UK-wide

• Agriculture Document Library (AdLib)
• Agriculture Industries Confederation
• HSE: Chemical Regulation Directorate (CRD)
• Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF)
• Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK)
• Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) - Bees Site