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New data to help with Countryside Stewardship applications – just like ‘magic’!

Posted by: Catherine Dreghorn, Posted on: 15 March 2016 - Categories: Countryside Stewardship

...best placed to apply for. The interactive map lets applicants see what Countryside Stewardship is targeting in their area – whether their land is a hotbed for protected species, a...

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BPS 2016 online applications can start from first week in March

Posted by: Press Office, Posted on: 23 February 2016 - Categories: Basic Payment Scheme, Online service
A rural landscape

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 …

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Woodland creation 2016 is open for businesses

Posted by: Press Office, Posted on: 17 February 2016 - Categories: CAP Reform
Trees

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. …

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RPA ensures farmers in England continue to receive their BPS 2015 payments

Posted by: Press Office, Posted on: 12 February 2016 - Categories: CAP Reform
A field

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 …

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Over £1 billion of Basic Payment Scheme payments made

Posted by: Press Office, Posted on: 3 February 2016 - Categories: Basic Payment Scheme, CAP Reform, Online service

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 …

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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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