Archived government news
May 2024
Form: Implementation Plan (PA1) and Feasibility Study (PA2): application fo… Thursday, 16 May 2024
Guidance: How to get paid under an Environmental Stewardship agreement Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: How to make a capital or revenue claim for Countryside Stewardshi… Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Higher Tier Capital Grants 2024 Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Guidance for existing SFI 2022 standards agreement holders Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Guidance: Extreme weather guidance for farmers and land managers Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Guidance: Wet weather: temporary support for farmers in 2024 Tuesday, 14 May 2024
FG9: Deer fencing Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Guidance: Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1 Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: Delinked payments: replacing the Basic Payment Scheme Friday, 10 May 2024
Form: Delinked Payments Transfer Request form Friday, 10 May 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Friday, 10 May 2024
Form: Change land tenure form Thursday, 09 May 2024
Policy paper: Rural Payments Agency Data Protection Policy Thursday, 09 May 2024
Guidance: Improving Farm Productivity grant round 2: guidance for applicant… Friday, 03 May 2024
Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 Wednesday, 01 May 2024
April 2024
Guidance: Export or move food, drink and agricultural products Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 32/24 - Imports of Garlic from China under Stat… Monday, 29 April 2024
Form: Query form: Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 36/24 - Imports of Cereals under Statutory Inst… Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 37/24 - Imports of Sugar under Statutory Instru… Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 38/24 - Imports of Olive Oil from Tunisia under… Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 39/24 - Pig meat Import Quota. Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 40/24 - Poultry meat Import Quota. Monday, 29 April 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 35/24 - Milk Products Import Quota Friday, 26 April 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 34/24 - Imports of Rice under Statutory Instrum… Friday, 26 April 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 33/24 - Imports of Garlic from Countries other … Friday, 26 April 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 31/24 - Import of Frozen Beef and Veal Quota (G… Friday, 26 April 2024
Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 Friday, 26 April 2024
Guidance: UK tariff rate quotas 2024 Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: Water Management grant round 2: guidance for applicants Monday, 22 April 2024
Guidance: SFI Handbook for the SFI 2023 offer Monday, 22 April 2024
Guidance: Apply for an SFI agreement Monday, 22 April 2024
Guidance: Find out what’s available in SFI Monday, 22 April 2024
Guidance: Getting paid for your SFI agreement Monday, 22 April 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Monday, 22 April 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Form: Contact the RPA about SFI Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Guidance: Delinked payments: replacing the Basic Payment Scheme Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Press release: Government opens fund to support farmers affected by floodin… Thursday, 11 April 2024
Guidance: Basic Payment Scheme Thursday, 11 April 2024
Guidance: SFI Handbook for the SFI 2023 offer Thursday, 11 April 2024
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant round 2: guidance for applicants Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: Find out what’s available in SFI Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: Getting paid for your SFI agreement Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: Eligibility of commons and shared grazing land for an SFI agreeme… Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: RPA Customer Privacy Notices Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: RPA Customer Privacy Notices Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance: Water Restoration Fund: guidance for applicants Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Form: Water Restoration Fund Application form Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Press release: Government opens fund to support farmers affected by floodin… Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 Monday, 08 April 2024
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant round 2: guidance for applicants Monday, 08 April 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Tuesday, 02 April 2024
March 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 30/24 - Requirement for an Export Certificate f… Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 29/24 - Requirement for Export Certificates for… Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 28/24 - Poultrymeat Import Quota Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 27/24 - Pigmeat Import Quota Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 26/24 - Imports of Olive Oil from Tunisia under… Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 25/24 - Imports of Sugar under Statutory Instru… Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 24/24 - Imports of Cereals under Statutory Inst… Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 22/24 - Imports of Rice under Statutory Instrum… Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: UK tariff rate quotas 2024 Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural lan… Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for integrated pest management Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for farmland wildlife on improved grassland Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: SFI Handbook for the SFI 2023 offer Monday, 25 March 2024
Press release: Government ensures food production remains primary purpose o… Monday, 25 March 2024
Press release: Government ensures food production remains primary purpose o… Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: Make changes to your rural land maps online or get an RLE1 form Friday, 22 March 2024
Guidance: Improving Farm Productivity grant round 2: guidance for applicant… Friday, 22 March 2024
Guidance: Managing a successful project Thursday, 21 March 2024
Guidance: Managing a successful project Thursday, 21 March 2024
Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Guidance: Calf Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1: guidance for a… Thursday, 14 March 2024
Guidance: Create a 2024 annual declaration for a Countryside Stewardship re… Thursday, 14 March 2024
Guidance: How to complete a 2024 Countryside Stewardship revenue claim by e… Thursday, 14 March 2024
Guidance: How to complete your 2024 Environmental Stewardship revenue claim… Thursday, 14 March 2024
Press release: Rural Payments Agency opens claim windows for farm payments … Thursday, 14 March 2024
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant round 1: guidance for applicants Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Guidance: Approved cattle ear tag suppliers Monday, 11 March 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Friday, 08 March 2024
Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Guidance: Delinked payments: replacing the Basic Payment Scheme Friday, 01 March 2024
February 2024
Guidance: How to make a delinked payments reference data transfer request Thursday, 29 February 2024
Form: Delinked Payments Transfer Request form Thursday, 29 February 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for integrated pest management Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Guidance: SFI actions you can do on different eligible land types and featu… Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for soils Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for hedgerows Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for buffer strips Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for farmland wildlife on improved grassland Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for nutrient management Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for moorland Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Guidance: SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural lan… Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Guidance: UK tariff rate quotas 2024 Monday, 26 February 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 18/24 Imports of Rice under Statutory Instrumen… Monday, 26 February 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 13/24 Pigmeat Import Quota Monday, 26 February 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 12/24 Poultrymeat Import Quota Monday, 26 February 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 11/24 Import of Frozen Beef and Veal Quota (GAT… Monday, 26 February 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 14/24 Imports of Olive Oil from Tunisia under… Monday, 26 February 2024
Guidance: Approved cattle ear tag suppliers Thursday, 22 February 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Thursday, 22 February 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Guidance: Improving Farm Productivity grant round 2: guidance for applicant… Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: Calf Housing for Health and Welfare grant round 1: guidance for a… Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: Adding Value grant: guidance for applicants Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant round 1: guidance for applicants Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant round 2: guidance for applicants Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: Delinked payments: replacing the Basic Payment Scheme Thursday, 15 February 2024
Guidance: How to make a delinked payments reference data transfer request Thursday, 15 February 2024
Form: Delinked Payments Transfer Request form Thursday, 15 February 2024
Guidance: How to make a delinked payments reference data transfer request Thursday, 15 February 2024
Form: Delinked Payments Transfer Request form Thursday, 15 February 2024
Press release: Thousands of applications made for Sustainable Farming Incen… Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Guidance: Approved cattle ear tag suppliers Monday, 12 February 2024
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 2: applicant guidance Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Corporate report: Rural Payments Agency framework document Thursday, 01 February 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: registering and updating your details Thursday, 01 February 2024
January 2024
Guidance: Export or move food, drink and agricultural products Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Press release: RPA continues to support farmers and rural businesses Monday, 29 January 2024
Press release: RPA continues to support farmers and rural businesses Monday, 29 January 2024
Guidance: Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2: applicant guidance Thursday, 25 January 2024
Guidance: Farming Investment Fund Thursday, 25 January 2024
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 2: applicant guidance Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant: guidance for applicants Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Friday, 19 January 2024
Guidance: Managing a successful Farming Transformation Fund project Friday, 19 January 2024
Guidance: Farming Investment Fund Thursday, 18 January 2024
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 2: applicant guidance Thursday, 18 January 2024
Guidance: Countryside Stewardship: Capital Grants manual (from 8 February 2… Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 06/24 - Imports of Sugar under Statutory Instru… Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 07/24 - Imports of Cereals under Statutory Inst… Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 08/24 - Milk Products Import Quota Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 05/24 Imports of Olive Oil from Tunisia Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 04/24 Pigmeat Import Quota Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 09/24 - Imports of Rice under Statutory Instrum… Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 10/24 - Imports of Garlic from Countries other … Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 02/24 Import of Frozen Beef and Veal Quota Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Notice to Traders 01/24 Imports of Garlic from China Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: UK tariff rate quotas 2024 Friday, 12 January 2024
Guidance: UK tariff rate quotas 2023 Friday, 12 January 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Friday, 12 January 2024
Guidance: Facilitation Fund 2024: Countryside Stewardship Thursday, 11 January 2024
Guidance: Introduction to producer organisations for growers Thursday, 11 January 2024
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 2: applicant guidance Thursday, 11 January 2024
Guidance: Introduction to producer organisations for growers Thursday, 11 January 2024
Guidance: Make changes to your rural land maps online or get an RLE1 form Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Guidance: Extreme weather guidance for farmers and land managers Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024 Tuesday, 09 January 2024
WD9: Livestock exclusion supplement - scrub and successional areas Tuesday, 09 January 2024
WD8: Creation of successional areas and scrub Tuesday, 09 January 2024
WD7: Management of successional areas and scrub Tuesday, 09 January 2024
Guidance: Revenue payment rates from January 2024: Countryside Stewardship Tuesday, 09 January 2024
Guidance: Payment rates from January 2024: Sustainable Farming Incentive Tuesday, 09 January 2024
Guidance: Calf Housing for Health and Welfare 2023 Tuesday, 09 January 2024
Guidance: Extreme weather guidance for farmers and land managers Monday, 08 January 2024
Form: Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund: Grant Claim and Progress f… Monday, 08 January 2024
Guidance: Export or move food, drink and agricultural products Friday, 05 January 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Friday, 05 January 2024
Guidance: Cross compliance Friday, 05 January 2024
WT11: Wetland cutting supplement Thursday, 04 January 2024
BE6: Veteran tree surgery Thursday, 04 January 2024
HS4: Scrub control on historic and archaeological features Thursday, 04 January 2024
BE5: Creation of traditional orchards Thursday, 04 January 2024
WT5: Pond management (more than 100 square metres) Thursday, 04 January 2024
Guidance: Capital Grants 2024 Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Higher Tier Capital Grants 2024 Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Protection and Infrastructure grants 2024 Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Woodland Tree Health grants 2024 Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Woodland Management Plan grants 2024 Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: How to complete a Countryside Stewardship capital claim by email … Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Agreement holder’s guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier capital gra… Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Tuesday, 02 January 2024
Guidance: Site visits: Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardshi… Monday, 01 January 2024
Guidance: Extreme weather guidance for farmers and land managers Monday, 01 January 2024
Guidance: Regulatory issues and consents that could affect you and the land… Monday, 01 January 2024
Guidance: Sheep and goat identification site visits: what to expect Monday, 01 January 2024
Guidance: Rules for farmers and land managers Monday, 01 January 2024
December 2023
Guidance: UK tariff rate quotas 2024 Friday, 29 December 2023
Guidance: RPA Customer Privacy Notices Thursday, 28 December 2023
Guidance: Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and improve the l… Thursday, 21 December 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 107/23 - Import of Frozen Beef and Veal Quota (… Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 109/23 - Pigmeat Import Quota Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 110/23 - Imports of Olive Oil from Tunisia unde… Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 108/23 - Poultrymeat Import Quota Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 111/23 - Imports of Sugar under Statutory Instr… Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Friday, 15 December 2023
Guidance: UK tariff rate quotas 2023 Friday, 15 December 2023
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Thursday, 14 December 2023
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 2: applicant guidance Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant: guidance for applicants Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Press release: Applications open for new £4 million fund to support smaller… Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Guidance: Become a producer organisation Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Guidance: Farming Investment Fund Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Guidance: Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2: applicant guidance Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Form: Apply for a county parish holding (CPH) number Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Guidance: Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2: applicant guidance Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Guidance: Capital Grants 2023: Countryside Stewardship Thursday, 07 December 2023
Guidance: Countryside Stewardship Terms and Conditions 2023 Thursday, 07 December 2023
Guidance: RPA Customer Privacy Notices Thursday, 07 December 2023
Guidance: Guide to cross compliance in England 2023 Thursday, 07 December 2023
Guidance: Countryside Stewardship: terms and conditions, and rules for agre… Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Guidance: Countryside Stewardship agreements: modified terms and conditions Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Guidance: Mid Tier grants and Wildlife Offers 2023: Countryside Stewardship Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Guidance: Environmental Stewardship: terms and conditions, and rules for ex… Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Guidance: Make changes to your rural land maps Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Form: Ponds for wildlife and historic interest assessment: Countryside Stew… Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Guidance: Farming Investment Fund Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Guidance: RPA Customer Privacy Notices Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Press release: Thousands of farm businesses receive payments from the RPA Monday, 04 December 2023
Guidance: Keeping deer in England: tagging, movement and record keeping rul… Monday, 04 December 2023
Form: Apply for a county parish holding (CPH) number Monday, 04 December 2023
Guidance: Calf Housing for Health and Welfare 2023 Friday, 01 December 2023
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Friday, 01 December 2023
Guidance: Farming Investment Fund Friday, 01 December 2023
Guidance: Calf Housing for Health and Welfare 2023 Friday, 01 December 2023
November 2023
Corporate report: Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme: annual report for 2022 Thursday, 30 November 2023
Guidance: UK tariff rate quotas 2023 Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Monday, 27 November 2023
Form: Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund: Grant Claim and Progress f… Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Form: Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund: Equipment Purchase form Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Form: Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund: Nominate a Representative … Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Form: Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund: Change of Facilitator form Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Guidance: Farming Investment Fund Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Guidance: Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 2: applicant guidance Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Guidance: Calf Housing for Health and Welfare 2023 Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Guidance: Rural Payments service: check for maintenance and downtime Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 106/23 - Imports of Garlic Monday, 13 November 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 105/23 - Imports of Rice Monday, 13 November 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 104/23 - Milk Products Import Quota Monday, 13 November 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 103/23 - Imports of Cereals Monday, 13 November 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 102/23 - Imports of Sugar Monday, 13 November 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 99/23 - Poultrymeat Import Quota Monday, 13 November 2023
Guidance: Notice to Traders 98/23 Import of Frozen Beef and Veal Quota (GAT… Monday, 13 November 2023
Guidance: RPA Customer Privacy Notices Friday, 10 November 2023
Form: CS Facilitation Fund: Grant Funding Agreement update form Friday, 10 November 2023
Form: Countryside Stewardship (CS) Facilitation Fund: Activity Evaluation f… Friday, 10 November 2023
Form: Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund: New group member form Friday, 10 November 2023
Form: Group Member form Thursday, 09 November 2023
Form: Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund: Group Member form Thursday, 09 November 2023
Guidance: Farming Investment Fund Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Guidance: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2023 Wednesday, 08 November 2023
FG10: Temporary deer fencing Tuesday, 07 November 2023