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Consultation on changes to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) to support farmers through the agricultural transition period has been launched.
Date Time UK Government launches consultation on exit payments to farmers The Government has today (19 May) published a consultation on changes to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) to support farmers through the agricultural transition period from now until 2027 which will deliver a better, fairer farming system in England. The consultation will be open for 12 weeks and focuses on two key areas: Lump sum exit scheme – Building on evidence that some farmers would like to retire or leave the industry but have found it difficult to do so for financial reasons, the Government proposes to offer the...
May 19, 2021 11:48 am The application period for three schemes closed at midnight on Monday of this week (May 17), namely the Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) ; the National Reserve/Young Farmers Scheme (YFS); and the new Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM). The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has now finalised the number of applicants to each of these schemes. BPS For the BPS, the department confirmed that 128,742 applications had been received since the scheme opened to applicants on February 18. After the scheme was opened, farmers should have received a BPS information pack...
May 17, 2021 11:08 am The window to apply for applications to the Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) – as well as other schemes – will close today (Monday, May 17). The BPS remains open for applications until midnight. Applications must be made through the department’s agfood online portal. EU regulations have required all applications to be carried out online since 2018, so there are no paper applications. After the scheme was announced in February, farmers should have received a BPS information pack via post containing maps, land details and a ‘help sheet’ to assist in applications. The ...
10,000 jobs may go as BPS phases-out, Labour warns 22 April 2021 | Thousands of agricultural jobs could disappear as the government phases out BPS, Labour warns Nearly 10,000 agricultural jobs could be lost as a result of the government's 'rushed withdrawal' of the BPS payments, the Labour Party claims. New data released by the party shows that rural England is projected to lose more than £255 million this year alone as a result. Labour, which recently set out of its ambition to be 'the party of the British countryside', says this will 'push family farms to the brink of closure'. The reduct...