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RPA confirms BPS payments are already hitting farmers’ bank accounts in England

Posted by: Gareth Hern, Posted on: 1 December 2015 - Categories: Basic Payment Scheme, CAP Reform

...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...

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RPA confirms BPS payments set to begin on 1 December

Posted by: Press Office, Posted on: 27 November 2015 - Categories: Basic Payment Scheme, Online service
farmland and countryside

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 …

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National event marks the start of #NewLEADER

Posted by: Press Office, Posted on: 12 November 2015 - Categories: Rural Development Programme for England

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 …

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Basic Payment Scheme - what happens next?

Posted by: Press Office, Posted on: 27 October 2015 - Categories: Basic Payment Scheme
Basic Payment Scheme leaflet

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 …

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RPA supporting farmers with BPS 2015 at events and shows

Posted by: Jane Boaden, Posted on: 9 June 2015 - Categories: CAP Reform

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...

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RPA drop-in centres extend their opening hours

Posted by: Jane Boaden, Posted on: 5 June 2015 - Categories: CAP Reform

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....

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Handy BPS checklist to get your claim right

Posted by: Caroline Carman, Posted on: 29 May 2015 - Categories: CAP Reform

...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...

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BPS 2015 – tips to help you fill out your application form

Posted by: Caroline Carman, Posted on: 29 May 2015 - Categories: CAP Reform

...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...

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Help and support over this bank holiday weekend – Basic Payment Scheme 2015 claims

Posted by: Caroline Carman, Posted on: 22 May 2015 - Categories: CAP Reform

...agent with 5 or more claims to drop off. To book an appointment call the Rural Payments helpline on 03000 200 301. Use this map of RPA drop-in centres to...

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BPS 2015 – What you have been asking

Posted by: Caroline Carman, Posted on: 27 April 2015 - Categories: CAP Reform
farmer checking crops in field

...shown in column C4 so you show the correct maximum area eligible for BPS. Land use codes As for land codes, all the codes you need to include as part...

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