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The claim window is now open for Basic Payment Scheme 2020, the final year of BPS claims. We breakdown what this means for BPS claimants in 2023

The Sustainable Farming Incentive is the first part of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme to be made available and was launched in 2022 with 3 initial standards. A rolling application window for the scheme is now open

With the government making £168 million available through grant funding to farmers and land managers, read here what the options are and how you can access them.

The latest round of the Farming Equipment & Technology Fund (FETF) is now open and the full guidance is available.  This competitive scheme...

Following a review of payment rates for Countryside Stewardship (CS) capital grant funding the RPA have released updated rates that will take effect...

The first step of the Animal Health & Welfare Pathway is the annual health & welfare review, part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)...

In the next stage of changes to the Direct Payment system as part of the Agricultural Transition, from 2024 farm payments will be made as delinked payments which will not require you to make a claim, hold entitlements or own land but there are certain eligibility criteria that must be satisfied to avoid a payment cliff

The Slurry Infrastructure Grant will allow you to replace or expand slurry storage to provide 6 months suitable storage for the benefit of farm businesses and their environments

Farmers and land managers must follow these cross compliance rules from 1 January 2022 for the whole year if they claim for certain rural payments....

As most will be aware, Direct Payments are being gradually phased out from 2021 to 2027. Progressive reductions were introduced to the Basic Payment...