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Governments must address the 'significant strain' on farmer cashflow, writes Scottish Land & Estates policy adviser Paul Richardson.

Sutherland farmer Joyce Campbell writes about how climate change measures are taking too long to come into force.

Scottish farmers will soon receive letters allowing appeals on BPS, Greening, Young Farmer or Less Favoured Area Support scheme reductions and exclusions.

Alarm bells ringing over slow SAF submissions 12 May 2021 | The SAF deadline is one of the most important dates in the Scottish farming calendar The number of Scottish farmers who have filled out their Single Application Form (SAF) ahead of the window closing next week is significantly lower than at this time last year. The latest figures from Scottish government suggest that, as at 9 May, the number of SAFs submitted was 20 percent lower than at the same date in 2020. Figures show that almos...

Call for farmers to complete Single Application before 17 May 4 May 2021 | The deadline for 2021 Single Application Form is fast approaching With just under two weeks left until the Single Application Form (SAF) deadline, farmers are being reminded to complete and send them away as soon as possible. The SAF is the form needed to fill in if farmers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland want to claim payments from schemes such as BPS and agri-environmental ones. The application window closes o...

ALMOST £400m of Pillar 1 payments have reached the bank accounts of 16,931 agricultural businesses in Scotland – four months ahead of the June 30…

Scotland: 95% of farm support payments now issued 10 March 2021 | More than 95% of Basic Payment Support, Greening and Young Farmer payments have been made More than 95% of farm support payments have been issued to 97% of eligible farmers, four months ahead of the Scottish governments initial target. Pillar 1 payments - worth around £400 million - have been paid to 16,931 farming and crofting businesses, equating to just over 97% of eligible applicants. The Pillar 1 figures consist of Basic P...

Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has hailed progress with farm subsidy payments to Scottish farmers and crofters.

Monday, 1 February, 2021 The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is informing members that the deadline to submit records of slurry and all other organic manures exported from farms during 2020 has been extended to 1 March. Any farm exporting slurry, chicken litter or manure to another farm must submit this information online to the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA). The UFU would ask members who need to take action to do so now and the UFU can assist with this. If the records ar...

95% of Welsh farmers receive BPS during first week 11 December 2020 | Farmers have welcomed news that £219.3m has been paid in the first week of the payment window BPS payments have been made to 95 percent of Welsh farming businesses during the first week of the 2020 payment window. More than 14,900 claimants received either their full BPS payment or a support payment, with over £219.3m being paid. NFU Cymru welcomed the announcement, saying the value of BPS to farmers was more important tha...