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Registering as an agricultural holding

Whether you need to register, which set-up to choose, where to register in the UK, Ireland, the US and Canada, what papers you need and what follows

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Registering as an agricultural holding

In short

  • Registering a holding is not the only register. Livestock, food premises and apiaries have their own records (H34-07, H64-07).
  • Before you register, sort out the land papers: ownership, a tenancy or a written right to use the land (H01-02).
  • Registration can bring duties: records, reporting changes, annual updates, tax and contributions. Ask before, not after.
  • For a grant, the holding often has to be registered before the scheme deadline, sometimes a year earlier (H64-04).
  • Ask your questions in writing and keep the answers. Check with the relevant authority where you live.

What's inside

Chapters

  1. What registration is and what it brings
  2. Do you need to register
  3. Several registers, not one
  4. Ways to set up the holding
  5. Where to register
  6. Documents to collect
  7. Registering step by step
  8. Duties after registering
  9. Most common mistakes
  10. Printable checklist

Worksheets

  • Questions for the authorities
  • Document list
  • Parcels to register
  • Registration cost calculator
  • Calendar of holding duties
  • Case log
  • Holding card

Fields and checkboxes can be filled in with Adobe Acrobat Reader (desktop and mobile), and the calculator adds up by itself. Filling in may not work in some browsers. A print version comes with the screen PDF.

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