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. …
Executive Summary Interview with RPA Chief Executive Paul Caldwell Paul talks about his career in the Civil Service and his time as the RPA’s Chief Executive. Paul also discusses the successes and challenges of 2022, what’s coming up in 2023 …
Farmers are being urged to ensure their land mapping data is up-to-date before making scheme applications and claims in 2023. RPA uses digital maps to record physical land parcel boundaries and land covers, and this data is key to the …
Recently, Defra shared an environmental land management scheme update including the full range of actions, payment rates and when they’ll be available, with a summary on the Future Farming blog. With more exciting opportunities in existing and new schemes to …
This week we’re sharing information about the Mind Your Head campaign, on behalf of Yellow Wellies, Farm Safety Foundation. The Farm Safety Foundation is the charity leading the campaign to raise awareness of protecting the physical and mental wellbeing of …
Today we have opened the application window for Countryside Stewardship (CS) Higher Tier (HT) revenue agreements which will begin 1 January 2024, and we wanted to share some information about the scheme for this year. HT is open to all …
We are sharing the key dates to look out for in 2023 for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS), Environmental Stewardship (ES) and the Lump Sum Exit Scheme so you can now check when you can make your …
Hi, I’m Carrie Smith and I’m an External Affairs Manager with RPA, based at the York office. I’ve worked for RPA since 2014 when the work area I was part of at the time (Rural Development) moved into RPA from …
On 5 January 2023, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) announced the Countryside Stewardship (CS) Capital grants payment rates for 2023. We have listened to feedback from farmers and landowners and have now amended the scope of the updated payment rates …
We held our 14th MP Roundtable event on 2 December with Neil Hudson, MP for Penrith and The Border, at the Penrith Rugby Club. RPA Directors Sandy Kapila and Rozanne Kidd, and senior managers from RPA and Defra met with …