Rural Payments Agency
Agency
- Funding for farmers, growers and land managers
- Rules for farmers and land managers
- Rural payments service: check for maintenance and downtime
- Register and update your details with the Rural Payments Agency
- Sign in to the Rural Payments service
- Register land or update digital maps for rural payments
- Use Cattle Tracing System (CTS) Online
- Apply for a CPH number
- Extreme weather guidance
- Cross compliance
Featured
Blog post
The new SFI offer for 2026
The new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer will launch this year. It will continue to support sustainable farming in England and help encourage growth.
Press release
Strong uptake for Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreements
£59m in Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreement extensions taken up by farmers
Blog post
How RPA uses remote monitoring technology to monitor environmental land management agreements
If you have a Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement or a Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreement with RPA, you’ll be aware that we use a range of methods to monitor environmental outcomes.
Blog post
RPA to start making Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) payments from December
We announced an increase to the Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) payment rates in May 2025. In this blog we provide a reminder of how you can estimate the value of your options and let you know when you’ll receive your increased 2025 payment.
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What we do
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 & Rural Affairs, supported by 1 public body.
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Contact RPA
Rural Payments Agency
Reading
RG1 3YD
United Kingdom
Main switchboard
03000 200 301
(Official correspondence only)
Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges
Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 352
Worksop
S80 9FG
United Kingdom
Main switchboard
03000 200 301
General correspondence address
Defra rural services helpline
PO Box 352
Worksop
S80 9FG
United Kingdom
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. Please choose the option for Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges.
Cattle tracing
0345 050 1234 (General)
0345 050 3456 (Welsh)
RPA fraud line
PO Box 69
Reading
RG1 3YD
United Kingdom
Fraud line (freephone)
0800 347 347
If you suspect that a fraud has been committed, please let us know by e-mail or by calling the freephone fraud line.
Your details and the information you provide will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Agricultural Wages complaints
Rural Payments Agency
Sterling House
17 Dix's Field
Exeter
EX1 1QA
United Kingdom
Agricultural Wages Team
01392 315719
Search for 'agricultural wages complaint form' at www.gov.uk for more information.
RPA media enquiries
Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
Telephone
03300 416560
Out of Hours (queries before 9am and after 6pm on weekdays, and on weekends and public holidays)
0345 051 8486
This telephone number is for press calls only. Please see above for helpline / main switchboard.
Make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
- Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.
Rural Payments Agency
Rural Payments Agency
Eden Bridge House
Lowther Street
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 8DX
United Kingdom
Phone
03300 416 502
FOI requests can be made in writing only, either by post or by email. An EIR request can be made in writing or by phone.
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