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The claim window for existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue and Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreements has opened on Thursday 14 March.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed that 97% of farmers have received their final BPS payment in the first few days of the payment window.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Plans to make Direct Payments in two instalments announced to help farmers with cashflow
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Government publishes response to the Lump Sum Exit Scheme and delinked payments in England consultation.
The Rural Payment Agency looks back on 2021
£1.7bn of payments delivered to farmers in the first few days of the payment window
Read this update for information about our schemes, including Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and the Basic Payment Scheme.
The results of the public consultation on the operation of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) on the New Forest common have now been published.
Read this update for information about our schemes - Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and the Basic Payment Scheme.
Farmers and land managers have until 17 May to apply for BPS; and claim for CS revenue and ES payments
The Rural Payment Agency looks back on 2020
£1.67bn of BPS payments delivered in the first day of the payment window
Environment Secretary, George Eustice unveils plans for the agricultural transition period at an Oxford Farming Conference bitesize session today
RPA confirms rates for 2020 BPS payments
Plans to reduce administrative burdens for farmers to enable them to focus on delivering environmental outcomes and transitioning to the new ELM scheme
Farmers will benefit from simpler and more proportionate penalties for small over-claims of land under the Basic Payment Scheme in England.
Farmers and land managers now have until 15 June to apply for BPS payments and to claim funding for their environmental and woodland work under other schemes
New measures to help farmers get back on their feet and move on from floods following extreme weather and flooding across England
Farmers and land managers have until 15 May to apply for BPS payments and claim funding for their environmental work
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