The Rural Payments Agency’s (RPA) Head of Customer Communications Matt Andrews talks about applying online for the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). For this year’s BPS we are encouraging farmers...
Applicants in England for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2016 will be able to start their online claim from the first week of March, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has announced. The agency is encouraging farmers and agents who are planning …
The woodland creation capital grant is now open for applications. It offers farmers and other land managers up to £6,800 per hectare to plant and protect young trees plus £200 per ha (for ten years) maintenance support for eligible schemes. …
More BPS payments have been made this week taking the total number of claims paid to farmers to 68,572 representing 78.7% of all eligible farmers in England and £1.043 billion, out of a fund of £1.43 billion. Claims will continue …
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 …