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Inside the RPA: Leadership and Vision

Posted by: RPA Editor, Posted on: 23 August 2024 - Categories: Inside the RPA
Marie, Gareth and Emily sit on hay bales for their interview

In the first of a series of blogs from the Rural Payments Agency’s Customer Directorate, we feature  video interviews with some of the key people whose roles are focussed on delivering and improving the services provided to customers. In the …

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Apply now for a Laying Hen Housing For Health and Welfare Grant

Posted by: RPA Editor, Posted on: 26 June 2024 - Categories: Defra, Grants, Health and welfare grant, Laying hen housing
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Applications are now being taken for a new grant for hen housing, which is available to laying hen and pullet farmers in England with flocks of 1,000 birds or more. This grant can be used to part fund two different …

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Get funding to improve animal health and welfare

Posted by: RPA Editor, Posted on: 19 June 2024 - Categories: Grants

New support to tackle endemic diseases for keepers of beef cattle, pigs and sheep is now available as part of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. This support is not yet available to keepers of dairy cattle. The availability will …

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Countryside Stewardship - busting the myths

Posted by: Catherine Dreghorn, Posted on: 18 March 2016 - Categories: Countryside Stewardship

...involves committing individual land parcels into an agreement, rather than the whole farm. The Mid Tier is focused on environmental improvements in the wider countryside, while Higher Tier specifically focuses...

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