My name is Jacki and I work in the RPA Customer Service Centre. I’m based in Cumbria and I answer customers’ queries on the Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Farming helpline. In the past I’ve also covered the Rural …
You can now submit your applications for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). To make sure you have everything you need to make your application, we have put together some useful information. We have published …
Applications for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier opened on 8 February 2022. Application packs can be requested using the Rural Payments service. The pack will be emailed to you and will contain the information that we hold for your business …
The Rural Payments Agency has launched its first ever podcast! We will be publishing a series of podcasts throughout 2022 to help farmers, landowners, and rural communities keep up-to-date with the latest news and announcements from RPA. The RPA Podcast …
James: Hello and welcome to the Rural Payments Agency’s first ever podcast. I’m James Ryan and during 2022 we’ll be bringing you a series of short podcasts to help farmers, landowners and rural communities keep up-to-date on developments at the …
Ahead of Countryside Stewardship 2022 applications opening next month, we’ve published the Key dates for 2022 document on GOV.UK. It shows you important dates in 2022 for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES), so you …
As announced on 13 December 2021, the latest round of the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund is now open for applications. Following this announcement, we have received queries from the facilitators of existing groups about how long they have to submit …
We’re pleased to announce that the latest round of the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund has opened today for applications. The fund helps groups of farmers and landowners in England work together to deliver environmental benefits for their local area. By …
In February 2022 applications will open for new Countryside Stewardship agreements, and from March 2022 you will be able to apply for Basic Payment Scheme 2022 and to submit Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship revenue claims. To make sure that …
Café Ambio, Junction 36 at the Rural Auction Centre in Crookland was the perfect place to host our biggest MP Roundtable yet. With a huge turn out of over 100 farmers and land managers, this was a bit of a …