Schemes
The Rural Payments Agency has confirmed that almost 80% of farmers who were offered an extension have been reaccepted into the scheme.
A total of £435.6 million has been paid out to farmers through the Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship schemes so far
The Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier scheme has been extended until the end of 2026, following successful negotiations between NFU and Defra.
Agri-Business
Farming Minister Mark Spencer has said the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) "gives...
Agri Politics
Farmers will have additional time to complete their Countryside Stewardship 2024 applications as...
Farmers can start registering their interest for the Sustainable Farming incentive (SFI) from this...
The deadline for applications for the 2024 Countryside Stewardship mind-tier agreements has been extended until Friday, September 15.
Farmers are being urged by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) to capitalise on the Countryside...
Environment
Natural England has granted a Countryside Stewardship to the Tamar Community Trust (TCT) for the...
The application and claim windows for farm payments have been opened today (Tuesday, March 14) by the Rural Payments Agency.
Farmers and land managers can submit applications for the 2024 Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier from today, until April 28.
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) paid out around 107,000 eligible claims in 2022 totalling £1...
Government
The chief executive of the NSA has said that the increases to payment rates for ELM schemes only "scratches the surface in terms of what is needed".
Defra has said farmers will receive increased payments for delivering sustainable food production under Environmental Land Management schemes
The CLA as welcomed the announcement that the RPA will begin making bridging payments for the BPS and Countryside Stewardship.
Applicants for the CS scheme have one extra month to complete their Mid-Tier application and send it off to Natural England.
All Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreement holders who claimed in 2017 for their revenue payment will receive a bridging payment by the end of June if they have not been paid by 21 June 2018.
