RPA travels around the country throughout the year to attend a variety of agricultural shows. Our presence at these events allows us to have valuable face-to-face contact with a wide range of farmers, gaining their insight and feedback on existing …
Providing timely land mapping updates when applying for agri-environment schemes will ensure you receive timely and accurate payments. You need to update your land details as soon as there’s a change as, unlike the Basic Payment Scheme, you’re unable to …
When you are submitting a Countryside Stewardship (CS) capital claim, there are a number of things that you need to remember to avoid any delays to receiving your payment. We have put together some top tips of things that …
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has published updates to the guidance for delinked payments on GOV.UK. For an overview of what delinked payments are and how to apply for them, you can read this introduction to delinked payments. We originally …
Hello, my name is David Gale and I work in Countryside Stewardship (CS) Inspections. I work at the RPA’s Carlisle site, starting as a fresh-faced 20-year-old, and am now, 19 years later, a not so fresh-faced 39-year-old! In my role …
The application window for Countryside Stewardship (CS) Mid Tier and Wildlife Offer agreements, to start from 1 January 2024, opened today. Earlier this year, Farming Minister Mark Spencer announced an average increase of 10% for CS revenue payment rates, so …
You can now submit 2023 revenue claims for CS and ES agreements. Starting from this year, we’ve made the way you submit your CS revenue claim online more straightforward. An annual declaration will be available in the Rural Payments service …
You can now submit your 2023 BPS applications to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). Everything you’ll need to apply for BPS this year is now available on GOV.UK including the Basic Payment Scheme rules for 2023: Basic Payment Scheme 2023 …
Over the next six months we will be trialling a live web chat service, providing an additional contact route for users of the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) English livestock service and Pet Travel helpline. The live web chat service …
Welcome to the fifth episode of The RPA Podcast. In our latest episode, the RPA’s Chief Executive, Paul Caldwell, speaks to Andrew Hawnt, from the RPA’s Internal Communications team, about his reflections of 2022 and ambitions for the year ahead. …