News and communications

The claim window for existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue and Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreements has opened on Thursday 14 March.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

The 2024 Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreement application deadline has been extended until the 15th September.

• Updated: 18 August 2023

Application window opens for farmers and landowners to apply for 2024 Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreements

• Updated: 21 March 2023

The Rural Payment Agency looks back on 2021

• Updated: 12 January 2022

£1.7bn of payments delivered to farmers in the first few days of the payment window

• Updated: 7 December 2021

Read this update for information about our schemes, including Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and the Basic Payment Scheme.

• Updated: 2 November 2021

Read this update for information about our schemes - Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and the Basic Payment Scheme.

• Updated: 6 April 2021

Farmers and land managers have until 17 May to apply for BPS; and claim for CS revenue and ES payments

• Updated: 18 March 2021

The Rural Payment Agency looks back on 2020

• Updated: 11 January 2021

Read this update for information about our schemes - Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and the Basic Payment Scheme.

• Updated: 4 January 2021

£1.67bn of BPS payments delivered in the first day of the payment window

• Updated: 2 December 2020

Environment Secretary, George Eustice unveils plans for the agricultural transition period at an Oxford Farming Conference bitesize session today

• Updated: 30 November 2020

Farmers participating in government-funded groups are creating close-knit, greener communities across England, according to a report published today.

• Updated: 22 July 2020

Over 3,800 bridging payments were made to farmers and land managers in May 2020

• Updated: 1 June 2020

Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship claimants will be offered bridging payments for the 2019 claim year.

• Updated: 28 April 2020

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

• Updated: 27 April 2020

Farmers and land managers have until 15 May to apply for BPS payments and claim funding for their environmental work

• Updated: 12 March 2020

Over £150 million paid out to customers under Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship and almost 99% of Basic Payments Scheme payments delivered.

• Updated: 4 March 2020

Farmers and land managers encouraged to apply for an agreement with simplified 2021 Countryside Stewardship scheme to help them protect the environment

• Updated: 11 February 2020

Record levels of payments across Basic Payment Scheme, Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship made by the end of December

• Updated: 22 January 2020