Farmers who have yet to submit their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application form are being urged to hand deliver it rather than post it. Richard Wordsworth, NFU BPS adviser, said with the deadline now ...

Just under half of farmers have still to submit their completed Basic Payment Scheme form in England, according to latest figures from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). The RPA has now received 44,800 ...

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has issued more detail on next steps for farmers and landowners who wish to claim for Basic Payment Scheme 2015. The Agency says that pre-populated BP5 claim forms will ...

Farmers must not be 'penalised' for the technical difficulties which have plagued the computer system designed to process their EU subsidy grants, said a leading industry spokesman. The online-only ...