The British Cattle Movement Service has published its opening times for the Christmas/ New Year period. The service, delivered by the Rural Payments Agency, is also available online.

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The RPA is encouraging farmers to report movements online; in October this year, the highest ever proportion of cattle movements were reported electronically, at 89 per cent.

The RPA has made a user guide available to help farmers through the registration and enrolment process. The guide, available here, also contains information on some of the more advanced functions including how to report movements of cattle on and off premises on the same day.

The British Cattle Movement Service opening times are:

Friday December 23 - open as normal
Saturday December 24 - open as normal
Sunday December 25 - closed
Monday December 26 - closed
Tuesday December 27 - closed
Wednesday December 28 - open as normal
Thursday December 29 - open as normal
Friday December 30 - open as normal
Saturday December 31 - open as normal
Sunday January 1 - closed
Monday January 2 - closed
Tuesday January 3 onwards - open as normal

The main CTS online page is available here.