9 March 2016 Renewable Heat Incentive New proposals for changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) could lead to further uncertainty in the industry. The Department...
9 March 2016 TB Testing The TB testing regime is to be tightened. The Government has announced that post-movement testing for bovine TB will be...
9 March 2016 BPS Update Wales 2015 BPS The Deputy Minister for Farming and Food in Wales, Rebecca Evans, has confirmed as of 8th March 90%...
9 March 2016 GDT Rises The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction on 1st March saw the overall price index rise by a modest 1.4%,...
9 March 2016 Farm Payments in Scotland The Scottish Government has announced it will use £200 million of national funds to make BPS and LFASS payments to...
7 March 2016 2016 Application Process Opens The Rural Payments service is now available to start the 2016 BPS application process. Although not yet possible to submit...
1 March 2016 Welsh Farm Incomes The Welsh Government has released forecasts for farm incomes in Wales for the period April 2015 to March 2016. The...
29 February 2016 Beet Harvest – Feb ’16 With all factories now having completed the 2015 crop campaign, it seems it has been another good year for beet...
29 February 2016 Flood Review Following the winter's flooding across the UK, the terms of reference of the National Flood Resilience Review has been published. ...
29 February 2016 NIAB Takes Over EMR NIAB has taken over the East Malling Research (EMR) institute in Kent. EMR is a leading research body in the...
29 February 2016 Scottish Greening Guidance The Scottish Government has published an update on the Greening Guidance for 2016. This can be found via - https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures/topics/updates/updates-to-guidance-2016/
26 February 2016 February Arable Update The announcement that the UK will be voting on whether to remain in the EU in June initially sent Sterling recoiling. However,...
25 February 2016 New Welsh Wages Order The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2016 introduces new Agricultural Minimum Wage (AMW) rates for agricultural workers in Wales. It also defines...
25 February 2016 Payments Update The UK paying agencies continue to make 2015 BPS payments, but progress is slow. In England the RPA has now...
25 February 2016 NFU Team Re-elected The team at the top of the National Farmers Union will all serve another two year term of office following...
24 February 2016 Dairy Round Up – Feb ’16 Markets and Production The latest results from the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction show no signs of recovery in the...
23 February 2016 EU Membership Referendum The referendum on the UK's continued membership will take place on Thursday 23rd June. This follows an agreement on a...
23 February 2016 Meat Market Update Cattle Cattle prices appear to be showing some signs of stability in February after falling throughout January. But deadweight prices...
17 February 2016 AECS Opens The Agri Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) application window for 2016 is now open. The round opened on the 29th January...
17 February 2016 Welsh BPS Applications All BPS claimants in Wales will have to make their BPS applications online in 2016. There will be no paper applications...
17 February 2016 Welsh Rural Development Schemes The Welsh Government has launched a number of grant schemes under its Rural Development Programme. Five schemes will open for...
17 February 2016 BPS and Greening Factsheets Updated We have updated our BPS and Greening Factsheets - these provide details relevant to the 2016 BPS claim. Please click...
16 February 2016 Accountable People – Feb ’16 Some may remember that, for the 2015 BPS, the RPA briefly asked for details of all the people involved in...
16 February 2016 BPS Payment Update – Feb ’16 England As at 12th February the RPA had paid 68,572 (78.7%) claimants their 2015 Basic Payment. In monetary terms this...
