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Livestock Holdings - CPH Rationalisation
Livestock Holdings - CPH Rationalisation
Post date
January 2017
Under New legislation livestock keepers will be able to apply to register all land they use within 10 miles of their holding under one CPH Number. Some holdings will be able to be merged into one.
Merging permanent holdings and using the new process to register new temporary land use will be the keeper’s choice. But, Keepers must still adhere to the recording and reporting rules when they will apply e.g. for moves between different holdings. DEFRA will be writing to affected farmers detailing how to merge their affected land. Keepers using land on a temporary basis within a 10 mile radius and within the same TB risk area will have the option to ‘associate’ that land to it via a ‘TLA’ (Temporary Land Association). TLA’s will last up to a year (with an option to renew).
Sheep & Goat movements from 2018 will also be permitted to take place between different holdings within the same business. Once this exemption has been removed all sheep movements between different CPH’s must be reported at an individual animal level, rather than a batch level.
The standstill regime will be reviewed in 2018. This will allow for CPH change to be bedded in so that DEFRA can see what affect that has had on standstills being triggered. For further information please contact James Berry/ Consultancy team at AKC.
