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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.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed the proportion of applications made online before the 16 May deadline for the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) reached record levels.
A brand new digital service for registering waste exemptions online has been rolled out by the Environment Agency.
Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss will meet with UK farmers and banking experts today to make the best use of available EU funding.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Beef farming and Devon’s beef industry could be under threat if the UK left the EU, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss warned today.
With over 85,500 applications submitted on time for the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is reminding anyone yet to apply that they can still do so until midnight on 10 June.
A new £3.5m fund to help repair and improve Cumbria’s public rights of way damaged by Storm Desmond in December was launched today by Floods Minister Rory Stewart.
Sheep farming and the British lamb industry would be under threat if the UK left the European Union, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss warned today.
APHA representatives will be at many livestock and horticulture industry shows in 2016.
On 11 May APHA and Defra issued an Official Journal of the European Union notice inviting tenders for a range of animal health and technical support services.
Northern Ireland exports face an uncertain future outside the European Union
Over the bank holiday weekend, across England, Environment Agency enforcement officers checked 3127 anglers and reported 247 for fishing illegally.
Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands anglers caught cheating fellow anglers during the bank holiday weekend.
Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss meets Scotch whisky industry leaders on the importance of EU membership for Britain’s biggest food and drink export.
The programme of speakers at the 2016 Government Chemist Conference is announced
A general screening method which extends the 2006 GC screening method to 19 synthetic dyes has been published
Scientists from the Government Chemist programme describe the application of non-destructive approaches to food authenticity testing
85% of all UK shellfish exports headed for European shores in 2015, generating millions for the UK economy.
Simpler rules on livestock movements to be introduced in England from July, Farming Minister George Eustice announced today (26 April 2016).
A product defect alert for Vetflurane liquid, 250 ml bottle, manufactured by Virbac SA has been issued.
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