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Improve Animal Health and Welfare
Improve Animal Health and Welfare is a grant for farmers in England who keep beef cattle, dairy cattle, pigs or sheep, to pay for vet visits and diagnostic testing. Open, closes 19 June 2027.
Run by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.
Direct payments to livestock keepers in England for vet visits and diagnostic testing to reduce endemic diseases and improve animal health and welfare.
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Status and deadline
Status
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Deadline
As stated: 19 June 2027, 11:59pm (Midnight)
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How much
Whole fund: £2,000,000, shared between applicants
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Who can apply
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Business size
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How to apply
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Where it is open: England-wide
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Open across England, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.
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Source and last checked
Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 5 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) before you apply.
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- gov.uk/guidance/farmers-how-to-apply-for-funding-to-improve-animalthe official page, checked automatically, read 5 Oct 2026
- find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/grants/improve-animal-health-and-welfare-1via Find a grant (GOV.UK), read 5 Oct 2026