Government
98% of eligible farmers have no received their first installment of the new delinked payments, the...
Agri-Business
The UK government has today (Tuesday, April 9) opened the Farming Recovery Fund to support farmers...
In 2023, the RPA paid over £1.2bn into farmers' bank accounts through the Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship schemes.
The application and claim windows for farm payments have been opened today (Tuesday, March 14) by the Rural Payments Agency.
Farmers and land managers can submit applications for the 2024 Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier from today, until April 28.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) paid out around 107,000 eligible claims in 2022 totalling £1...
Schemes
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has today (Tuesday, March 15) opened the application window for the 2022 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS).
In the first few days of the payment window opening the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has paid out £1.725 billion to farmers.
The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application window has opened today (March 18) for farmers to claim for their 2021 payments.
The RPA has stated that it has delivered its best ever December payment performance and paid just under 98% of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS).
Rural Life
Farmers who receive subsidy payments have been reminded by the Rural Payments Agency to be on the lookout for fraudsters.
Dairy
The new dairy response fund will open for applications on June 18, Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has confirmed.
Record levels of farm payments have been made in England across the Basic Payment, Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship schemes.
More than 92% of farmers in England received their 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) money in the first two weeks of the payment window.
The 2019 entitlement values and greening rates for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) have been set by the Rural Payments Agency today.
Applications have opened for a £2 million Government fund to help northern farmers affected by summer flooding.
The CLA as welcomed the announcement that the RPA will begin making bridging payments for the BPS and Countryside Stewardship.
The TFA has said that the performance of the RPA "must improve", and is calling for bridging payments to be rolled out to cover delays.
More than 65% of farmers have received their 2018 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) money in the first day of the payment window.
