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Policy announcements

Rural Payments Agency announces new approach to help farmers meet Basic Payment Scheme deadline

Alice Hammond, 20 March 2015 - Policy announcements

The Rural Payments Agency announced on 19 March that farmers and agents will be offered the use of established forms and processes to complete their claims. Apart from registering, farmers will not be asked to enter any further data online …

Basic Payment Scheme handbook published

Eloise Munday, 25 February 2015 - CAP Reform, Getting online and support, Policy announcements

The Basic Payment Scheme handbook was published yesterday (Tuesday 24 February) and provides farmers with the information they need to make their claim. The handbook, which can be found on GOV.UK, draws together and updates the information previously released in …

Introducing Countryside Stewardship

Emily Ball, 25 November 2014 - CAP Reform, Policy announcements

More details have been made available about our new environmental land management scheme under CAP Reform called ‘Countryside Stewardship’.

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