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What you need to know about delinked payments, who is eligible, how they’re calculated and paid, and how they're affected by business changes.
Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) rules from 2015 to 2023.
What to do if a customer registered with the Rural Payments service dies.
Everything you need to know about how to apply for BPS 2020 using a paper form
The latest information for farmers, landowners and rural businesses during periods of public sector industrial action.
See the latest data changes from land cover eligibility checks carried out on common land that may affect your Basic Payment Scheme payment or other scheme funding.
Key dates timeline for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS), Environmental Stewardship (ES) and the Lump Sum Exit Scheme.
For more information about grazing rights on common land, read the Basic Payment Scheme: guidance on GOV.UK.
What you need to do as a farming business to trade with the EU.
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