The Rural Payments Agency have emailed some members to indicate that they may be eligible for Window 1 which is the June 2026 application opening for the new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) grant funding. This window is exclusively for 2 groups; small farms and farms without an existing Environmental Land Management (ELM) revenue agreement. Check […]
Posted on May 22nd, 2026 by Alex Stafford-Clark
Navigating the FETF application process can be complex, but the expert team at Carver Knowles can provide tailored guidance to support your submission. We can assist in selecting the most suitable equipment for your farm and ensure your application meets all requirements, maximizing your chances of securing funding.
Posted on May 19th, 2025 by Hettie Orttewell
The Agricultural Bill confirmed that Basic Payment Scheme payments will start to be progressively phased out in 2021, with all payments stopping by 2028. The current Countryside Stewardship is envisaged to remain available until 2024, with a new Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) starting from 2025. This will be piloted from 2021 and based on […]
Posted on October 4th, 2018 by Andrew Troughton
As many of you will be aware, the RPA have now launched the new Basic Payment Scheme application system on their Rural Payments Service. The system uses the “Siti-Farmer” software that Carver Knowles used extensively in 2015 for many of our client’s BPS applications. As a result of our understanding of the software we are […]
Posted on March 29th, 2016 by Mike Cluley RPA TO START TO MAKE BPS PAYMENTS FROM 1ST DECEMBER We understand that he RPA has confirmed that at least 30,000 claimants (35%) should receive their BPS 2015 payment when the payment window opens on 1st December. Inevitably this is likely to be more straightforward BPS claims that have required the least amount of additional validation […]
Posted on November 27th, 2015 by Mike Cluley Following the announcement that the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) will now be done using paper forms rather than the Rural Payments System and that the deadline is now the 15th June, we now have a different timeline of actions that need to be taken. We have summarised the key issues and when they need to be […]
Posted on March 23rd, 2015 by Mike Cluley
The new £5m Countryside Productivity Scheme was launched on the 9th March 2015. The scheme offers funding for up to 40% of the capital costs of a variety of equipment and applications must be for between £2,500 – £35,000 (Small Grant) or £35,000 – £100,000 (Large Grant) of grant funding depending on the equipment […]
Posted on March 9th, 2015 by Mike Cluley Following further updates the online system for BPS registrations is back up and running. The RPA are drip feeding invitations out to farmers through agents, the NFU, the TFA and the CLA to prevent over subscription and the system crashing (in a similar fashion to the tax disc launch!). All farmers wishing to claim single farm […]
Posted on February 18th, 2015 by Andrew Troughton
With the autumn drilling season over, many farmers will have already worked through the mind-boggling array of regulations regarding what, how much and when to drill, in order to comply with the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme Greening regulations. The Carver Knowles team has assisted a number of clients plan their cropping and EFA requirements this […]
Posted on December 22nd, 2014 by Andrew Troughton