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We pay out over £2 billion each year to support a thriving farming and food sector, supporting agricultural and rural communities to create a better place to live. RPA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food...
How to register and update your personal, business and land details on the Rural Payments service.
Sign in to the Rural Payments service to make a rural payments claim or update your details. Find out how to register for an account.
Payments for farmers who carry out eligible agricultural activities, what you need to know and do before you can apply for an annual payment.
Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.
Check for maintenance and downtime of the Rural Payments service over the next 4 weeks
What farmers, foresters and land managers need to know and do before applying for a Countryside Stewardship grant, and how to manage a grant agreement.
Countryside Stewardship (CS) schemes applied for from 2016 up to 2023: use the relevant manual to meet the requirements of your CS agreement.
The Rural Payments Agency annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022.
How to check your digital land maps and update or correct any changes made by the Rural Payments Agency.
Read information about what to do if a customer registered with the Rural Payments service dies.
Payments help farmers deliver food security through sustainable food production alongside environmental actions to enhance and support nature
Read about updates made to the Rural Payments service.
Financial support for traders and farmers from intervention and Private Storage Aid schemes
Find out how to contact the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) about SFI.
Farmers and land owners can use the ‘add land’ email service to link land parcels to their business. Land parcels must already be registered in the Rural Payments service.
Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applicants should use this form to query a BPS payment or a Delinked Payments Information Statement.
Information for farmers about inspections the Rural Payments Agency carries out on land areas, parcel boundaries, crop types and environmental focus areas.
The claim window for existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue and Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreements has opened on Thursday 14 March.
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