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With the final deadline to apply for the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) less than a fortnight away, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is urging farmers to apply as soon as possible before midnight on 10 June.
Farmers and agents can now begin submitting 2016 BPS online applications
Majority of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2015 payments made
Apply online for BPS 2016
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Around 30,000 farmers set to receive BPS payments on 1 December
Applications are being submitted online for 2016 BPS
Simpler rules on livestock movements to be introduced in England from July, Farming Minister George Eustice announced today (26 April 2016).
More than 76,500 claims (88%) for Basic Payment Scheme 2015 have now been completed by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), with thousands of online applications for 2016 also being submitted.
BPS 2015
The closing date for submitting completed Mid Tier applications together with all supporting evidence is Friday 30 September 2016.
The Rural Payments Agency has begun to send out a Basic Payment Scheme update leaflet to 2015 applicants
Proposal for a small number of new basic rules to help tackle diffuse water pollution from agriculture and improve farm efficiency.
2016 BPS - 10 June deadline fast approaching
The RPA has now made over 57,000 BPS payments to farmers
More than 7,000 farmers have now been paid bridging payments of around 50% of likely Basic Payment Scheme 2015 claim amounts.
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