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Steps farmers and land managers must take before applying for Countryside Stewardship on common land and shared grazing.
This guidance explains what you need to do as an agreement holder.
How to choose Countryside Stewardship Capital Grant items if you’re part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot scheme.
If you’re an existing Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreement holder, read how the end of cross compliance affects your agreement.
Changes to the terms and conditions for existing agreement holders.
New guidance from 2015 for adding or transferring land and making changes to options under your Environmental Stewardship agreement.
The Rural Payments Agency Fixed Penalty Guidance provides further information on what RPA does when abattoirs breach the rules.
Changes to Countryside Stewardship revenue payment rates from January 2023.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started before August 2019.
How the Rural Payments Agency collects and processes personal information in relation to the XL Bully dogs compensation scheme.
Funding for organisations and land managers to improve the water environment in rural England: when you can start work, how to get paid and the scheme rules.
Use these documents as part of your February 2020 Farming Recovery Fund (FRF) agreement.
Addendum to the terms and conditions, and summary of changes, for 2nd edition (2008), 3rd edition (2010) and 4th edition (2013), Entry Level, Organic Entry Level, Uplands Entry Level and Higher Level Stewardship handbooks.
How the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) processes personal data relating to the Get funding to improve animal health and welfare (IAHW) service, formerly Annual Health and Welfare Review (AHWR).
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2017.
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