Schemes
BPS: RPA confirms 2022 entitlement rates
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has today (Tuesday, September 20) published the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlement rates for 2022....
BPS
Rural Life
BPS payments to be issued to farmers
Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) advance payments are now being issued to farmers and will reach bank accounts in the coming...
Schemes
2022 Basic Payment Scheme opens for applications
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has today (Tuesday, March 15) opened the application window for the 2022 Basic Payment Scheme...
N.Ireland
NI BPS Entitlement Registers available to view
The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) Entitlement Registers for 2022 are now available to view, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed....
Agri-Business
Make surplus BPS cash work harder for you - Oxbury
Farmers receiving their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments could make their money work harder with the help of a new...
Agri Politics
NFU Cymru welcomes news of £238m in BPS payments
NFU Cymru has warmly welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Rural Affairs that BPS (Basic Payment Scheme) payments to...
Agri Politics
2021 Basic Payment Scheme rates confirmed by RPA
The Rural Payments Agency has confirmed the 2021 rates for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) which sees rates increase by...
Agri-Business
48% of farmers see the removal of BPS payments as having the biggest impact on-farm
Recent research has found that 48% of farmers believe the removal of BPS payments by 2028 will have the biggest...
Agri Politics
NFU Cymru welcomes intentions to continue with BPS until 2023
NFU Cymru has welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, of her intention to continue with...
Agri-Business
Farmers face ‘once-in-a-generation’ decisions to prepare for life after BPS
Arable farmers are looking at “once-in-a-generation” decisions about the future direction of their businesses as they prepare for life without...
Agri Politics
RPA set to make changes to BPS operation in the New Forest
The results of the public consultation on the operation of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) on the New Forest common...
Schemes
Rural Payments Agency opens window for farm payments for 2021
The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application window has opened today (Thursday, March 18) for farmers to claim for their 2021...
Agri Politics
Tenant farmers show strong interest in BPS Lump Sum exit scheme
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has published the findings of its survey of tenant farmer views on the Department for...
Agri Politics
BPS payment levels to remain the same for Welsh farmers in 2021
NFU Cymru has warmly welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, that BPS...
Agri Politics
2021 will bring 'big decisions' for farm tenants - TFA
The Tenant Farmers Association’s (TFA’s) national chairman, Mark Coulman, has said that 2021 will be a year for big decisions...
Agri Politics
NFU Cymru welcomes 95% payment of BPS to Welsh farmers in its first week
NFU Cymru has welcomed the news that over 94.6% of Welsh farm businesses will have received either their full Basic...
Agri Politics
Prompt BPS payments is 'positive news for farmers' - NFU
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) vice president Tom Bradshaw has responded to the update from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) on...
Agri Politics
BPS is 'crucial' to Welsh farmers - NFU Cymru
NFU Cymru has emphasised that the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) is “crucial” to Welsh farming businesses and has urged the...
