Shropshire Star

Windows for farm payments open as Shropshire farmers urged to apply

Shropshire farmers are being advised they now apply for payments for 2023.

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Applications for farming payments have been opened

They are urged to submit their applications and claims as soon as they can for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and claim for their existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue and Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreements.

From 2024, the Rural Payments Agency plan to replace BPS with delinked payments.

Farmers must claim and be eligible for BPS payments in the 2023 scheme year to receive delinked payments for 2024 to 2027.