This week, 12-16 February 2024, is the Farm Safety Foundation’s (Yellow Wellies) seventh annual Mind Your Head campaign. Yellow Wellies is an independent registered charity covering the whole of the UK, set up in 2014 to raise awareness of farm …
It’s going to be a busy 2024 for RPA, ensuring its external engagement is as successful, if not more so, than last year’s. We’ll be engaging with even more farmers and rural communities across the country, with a presence at …
A new 60-day deadline for BPS queries and appeals is now in place. The deadline, approved by ministers, will help RPA manage the closure and administration of BPS efficiently. We sent an email (or letter) to our customers in December …
Farmers and rural businesses across the country have been once again helped by a strong performance from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) in all its services across 2023. Ensuring consistent financial support for farmers Throughout 2023, RPA has continued …
Welcome to the eighth episode of The RPA Podcast. In our latest episode, Danielle Bragg from the RPA Grants Service Team discusses the range of grants currently available to farmers, as well as some new opportunities on the horizon. We …
Executive Summary Item 1: Danielle Bragg, from the RPA Grants Service Team, runs us through all the grants available to farmers, under the Farming Investment Fund. The Farming Investment Fund offers funding for equipment, technology, and infrastructure that improves farm …
RPA offers a wide range of grants and rural payments to farmers, businesses and local authorities. In this series of blogs, we look at the grants available in more detail, using case studies to showcase those who have taken advantage of these …
RPA has launched a new digital service for customers to notify us of mapping changes called Rural Land Changes. This online method will replace the eRLE1 form and significantly reduce the length of time it takes us to action submissions …
RPA colleagues Sam Taylor, Holly Harbour, Hebe Adams and Robin Williams We take a look back at our external engagement across 2023. We committed to getting out and about to engage with more farmers and rural communities than ever before. …
RPA will replace the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in England with delinked payments in 2024. The 2023 scheme year will be the last year of BPS. Delinked Payments Information Statement We have finished sending out initial Delinked Payments Information Statements …