News by year
News 2017
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Agricultural weather advisory panel established
16 November, 2017
Fergus Ewing announced new weather advisory panel
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Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme application deadline
14 November, 2017
SUSSS deadline for applications is 30 November 2017
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Rural Payments and Services - system downtime - Thursday 9 November
8 November, 2017
Rural Payments and Services will be unavailable Thursday 9 November.
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Fraud warning
3 November, 2017
Farmers across Scotland are advised to be alert to on-going banking scams.
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Reminder: new version of the Muirburn Code
31 October, 2017
Latest version of Muirburn code launched in Sept.
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Farm payments made early - Over £292 million paid out
27 October, 2017
The majority of farmers and crofters are receiving up to 90% of their CAP basic payment support loan
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Scottish farmers owed millions in convergence payments
26 October, 2017
Scottish hill farmers are owed around £160 million in CAP funding
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Rural Payments and Services - system downtime - Thursday 26 October
25 October, 2017
Rural Payments and Services will be unavailable Thursday 26 October
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BSE negligible-risk cattle checker
25 October, 2017
Assurance systems follows Scotland achieving ‘lowest possible’ risk status.
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CAP Payments - payments to arrive in bank accounts
23 October, 2017
Payments worth £254 million will arrive in farmers’ and crofters’ bank accounts this week