The next round of Countryside Stewardship will open for applications on March 14, Natural England has announced. The 2016 application window for the Higher-tier and Mid-tier of the Countryside Stewardship scheme will be open earlier, and for longer, than in …
66,800 farmers in England (77%) had been paid their 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payment by the end of January. The announcement from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) means that over £1 billion of an estimated total fund of £1.43 …
...Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Today’s figures on dairy payments are an uplift on those released on 16 November, when the RPA confirmed that almost £19.2 million went to three-quarters...
As part of its commitment to pay more than half of all farmers by the end of the year, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has announced that around 30,000 farmers are set to receive their 2015 Basic Payment Scheme payments …
Over 130 representatives from Local Action Groups (LAGs) and their Accountable Bodies (who deliver the programme on behalf of LAGs and ensure financial propriety and regulatory compliance) joined Farming Minister George Eustice to mark the opening of the new LEADER …
The Rural Payments Agency has started sending out a BPS update leaflet to everyone who submitted a 2015 application. The leaflet called ‘Basic Payment Scheme 2015: What happens next?’ is being sent to farmers so they know what to expect …
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will have mobile support units at the following farming events this week and next: Cereals, Boothby Graffoe, Nr Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 0AS from 10-11 June...
With less than a week to go until the June 15th deadline for submitting BPS forms, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has extended the opening hours of its drop-in centres....
...the checklist also prompts you to ensure you have given correct permissions to others to act for you if you want them to. It also reminds you to sign your...
...use codes for woodland There isn’t a land use code for trees/woodland. If trees are ‘scattered’ and the underlying land can still be farmed (or be kept in a state...