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Bridging Payments for Countryside Stewardship customers
Farmers and land managers with a 2017 Countryside Stewardship agreement will receive a Bridging Payment for 75% of the current estimated value of their claim
Rural Payments
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Wet weather derogation for the Basic Payment Scheme 2018
George Eustice, Minister of State, has announced a relaxation (derogation) of the crop diversification rules following the recent wet weather.
Leeds based fresh produce retailer fined for selling rotten fruit and vegetables
A shopkeeper has been fined over £3,000 for displaying and selling rotten fruit and vegetables in his Leeds based store.
Extension of Countryside Stewardship payment claim deadline
The payment claim deadline for Countryside Stewardship customers is being extended to 15 June 2018
BPS 2018 applications due in the next two weeks
More than 35,000 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2018 applications have been submitted since the application window for the scheme opened on 13 March.
How to check and change your hedge information
This new guidance explains how to check the information RPA holds about hedges on your land and what to do if you need to make changes.
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Bridging Payments for Countryside Stewardship customers
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- Press release
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New ‘Stamp out BVD’ funding for farmers in England announced
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- News story
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Small Grant scheme - livestock handling items in short supply
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- Guidance
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Paul Caldwell
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Sarah Milum
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Susan Boyd
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Andy King
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Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 69
Reading
RG1 3YD
Email ruralpayments@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Main switchboard 03000 200 301
(Official correspondence only)
Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges
Defra rural services helpline
Defra rural services helpline 03000 200 301
Contact the Defra Rural Services helpline for farming-related advice from the Rural Payments Agency.
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm.
You should also call us 24/7 to report suspicion of notifiable disease in animals.
Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges.
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Email bcms-enquiries@bcms.rpa.gsi.gov.uk
0345 050 1234 (General) 0345 050 3456 (Welsh)
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RPA fraud referral team
Room 300 North Gate House
PO Box 69
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 3YD
Email fraudinconfidence@rpa.gsi.gov.uk
Fraud line (freephone) 0800 347 347
If you suspect that a fraud has been committed, contact us on our freephone fraud line.
Every call will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Agricultural Wages complaints
Agricultural Wages Team
Rural Payments Agency
Sterling House
17 Dix's Field
Exeter
EX1 1QA
Email agriwages@rpa.gsi.gov.uk
Agricultural Wages Team 01392 315719
Search for 'agricultural wages complaint form' at www.gov.uk for more information.
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Nobel House,
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