Recently Defra published revised guidance on GOV.UK regarding how Environmental Stewardship agreements are affected by greening. Natural England has now written to the majority of the 4,000 Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) and Organic Entry Level Stewardship (OELS) customers whose agreements …
Two weeks ago we wrote a couple of posts for this blog, one on GOV.UK Verify and one on getting ready for the Basic Payment Scheme. A few of you have commented on these posts and we thought a reply …
More details have been unveiled today about how the new CAP will be implemented in England, with the publication of the latest CAP Reform leaflet on GOV.UK. The latest leaflet, which will also be posted to farmers in November, includes …
Anyone wishing to transfer entitlements before January 2015 needs to act promptly. At midnight on October 21 the window for transferring SPS entitlements will close for a period lasting into the New Year; anyone wishing to transfer what will have …
The CAP Information Service is the new online application and payment service for CAP schemes. Customers wanting to apply for the new Basic Payment Scheme will need to be registered on the service. In this post, we talk you through the …
Later this autumn and into 2015, we’ll be inviting customers wanting to claim the new Basic Payment Scheme to register for and start using the CAP Information Service, the new application and payment service for CAP schemes. When it’s time …
Now that summer is almost over our thoughts are turning to this autumn’s shows. We’ll be at all the key shows – plus a number of other events which we’ll tell you about later – to spread the word about …
As part of our ongoing commitment to keep our customers informed, we have written a letter to those customers who had a 2014 Single Payment Scheme (SPS) claim of less than 5 hectares and/or 5 entitlements. We have sent some …
The CAP Reform team is holding a discussion session on the Farming Forum’s CAP Reform pages on Wednesday 27 August 2014. Between 5pm and 7pm experts from Defra’s CAP Reform team will be available to discuss the new CAP with …
Tomorrow (Wednesday 6 August) we’ll be at the North Devon show, where 20,000 visitors are expected at the showground, situated between Chapelton and Umberleigh. Our stand – look out for the Rural Payments Agency banner – is in Block 3 …