Cross compliance in England ends on the 31st of December 2023, but regulations will still continue to protect the environment and animal health and welfare. Compliance will be monitored by the existing statutory bodies (Rural Payments Agency, Environment Agency) and regulated in a fair, proportionate, and consistent way. This means, wherever possible, working with farmers to get it right and giving them opportunities to self-correct before taking formal action.
If you have an agri-environment agreement, the Rural Payments Agency will contact you with more information about how the changes impact your agreement.
Defra has produced the ‘Rules for farmers and land managers‘ page on GOV.UK. The page, which groups regulations by farming activities rather than by individual regulations, is designed to provide all the information farmers and land managers need to know in one place.
While this page does not contain all the rules, it can help you find the ones that apply to you by providing links to those individual rules.
For further help and advice, please contact our Agricultural Compliance team on 01981 590514.
Find out more at:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rules-for-farmers-and-land-managers
https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2023/12/07/farming-regulation-from-the-new-year/
