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Government announces a range of measures including compulsory milk contracts and £10m collaboration fund to provide greater security for farmers.
Entitlement values and greening rates increased for 2017 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)
Customers can now claim Countryside Stewardship payments online.
RPA encourages farmers to apply for BPS 2017 online now
Groups of farmers and organisations in the north of England will benefit from funding to develop natural flood management projects.
The third year of the Countryside Stewardship scheme is open for applications.
From 1 March 2017 applicants for the hedgerows and boundaries and woodland management plan grants can apply online.
Farmers and agents can now apply for BPS 2017
Bridging payments secured for eligible farmers awaiting their full BPS payment for 2016
We are inviting applications for the Countryside Stewardship hedgerows and boundaries grant which opens on 1 February 2017.
2016 Basic Payment Scheme update
More farmers in England receive BPS payments
The latest round of Countryside Stewardship funding will include grants for woodland creation and reduction of flood risk.
The Rural Payments Agency provides 2016 BPS payment update
The Rural Payments Agency announces 2016 BPS payments made over the first two days of the payment window.
2016 Basic Payment Scheme
BPS payments for England are set in Euros and then converted into sterling. The rate for 2016 has now been set.
The closing date for submitting completed Mid Tier applications together with all supporting evidence is Friday 30 September 2016.
Over £1 million has been paid out by the government to more than 180 flood-hit farmers to help their business recovery after last winter’s storms.
Farming Minister George Eustice announces new measures to tackle devastating disease
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