1st April

• You must not burn heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium on land, other than in upland areas, from this date. (GAEC 6)
• If you hold a winter or all year round water abstraction licence (authorising abstraction outside the period April to October), the Environment Agency will make actual abstraction return forms available to you from 1 April. You then have 28 days to send your readings to the Environment Agency. (GAEC 2)

4th April

• Closing date for Farming Equipment & Technology Fun (FETF) : Productivity & Slurry

16th April

• You must not burn heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium in upland areas from this date. (GAEC 6)

30th April

• You must have recorded the number of ‘specified’ livestock kept on your farm during the previous calendar year and calculated the amount of nitrogen they produced. You must also record the number and type of livestock in a building or hardstanding during the previous storage period. (SMR 1)

1st May

• You must not carry out hedge or tree coppicing or hedge laying from this date. (GAEC7a and 7c)

15th May

• Deadline for claims on Basic Payment Scheme and Stewardship