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 …
Hello. My name is Donna Medd and I work within the Grants Service Scheme Support Team. Our function is to support all the teams within Grants Service, which includes appraisals, development and claims and contracting. My role gives our customers …
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has extended the opening of support services for farmers and agents with 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications over the Easter weekend. Helpline Over the Easter weekend the Rural Services helpline (03000 200 301) will be …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …