We held a public consultation between 29 October and 10 December 2024, about our regulatory approach to enforcing The Management of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024 The consultation offered farmers, stakeholders,...
...the BPS scheme rules, have eligible land at your disposal, and hold BPS entitlements on 15 May 2023. Making your BPS application this year is especially important as from 2024...
The application window for Countryside Stewardship (CS) Mid Tier and Wildlife Offer agreements, to start from 1 January 2024, opened today. Earlier this year, Farming Minister Mark Spencer announced an...
...1 January 2024 to midnight on 29 February 2024. We have updated our Complaints procedure page to include the current procedures relating to BPS payments. On the same page you...
...on 1 June 2024. To give you the best chance of a successful application, make sure the goals in your application align with the Countryside Stewardship priorities for your local...
...out by the end of 2024. It will pay for the right things in the right places and supporting local collaboration to make space for nature in the farmed landscape....
This week, 12-16 February 2024, is the Farm Safety Foundation’s (Yellow Wellies) seventh annual Mind Your Head campaign. Yellow Wellies is an independent registered charity covering the whole of the...
...with CS processing manager Gregg Bulman. We discuss how farmers must submit an annual declaration or claim form before 15 May 2024 to receive payment for works carried out through...
It’s going to be a busy 2024 for RPA, ensuring its external engagement is as successful, if not more so, than last year’s. We’ll be engaging with even more farmers...
...The percentage reductions that will be made to BPS payments for the 2021 to 2024 scheme years were set out in the Rural Payments Agency December Update 2020. We have...