Rural Payments will be temporarily unavailable today from 2pm to mid-night and for a further period from 3pm tomorrow until later tomorrow evening. This is to carry out technical updates to support preparations for the new approach to helping customers claim. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. We will keep you updated if the timings change via this blog page.
https://ruralpayments.blog.gov.uk/2015/04/01/update-on-rural-payments-service-availability/