Countryside stewardship download deadline passed!

[crazy_bull]

so got distracted and forgot to download the application pack for mid tear, well to be honest I didn't realise the pack had to be downloaded by the end of May, and just knew the dead line to apply was end of July.

Has anyone successfully got an application pack post end of May?


Why would they have a close off date to download a pack before the end of the application period?


C B

 

[Princess Pooper]

so got distracted and forgot to download the application pack for mid tear, well to be honest I didn't realise the pack had to be downloaded by the end of May, and just knew the dead line to apply was end of July.

Has anyone successfully got an application pack post end of May?


Why would they have a close off date to download a pack before the end of the application period?


C B

I assume because it's tailored to your farm with maps etc then if there is anything that needs correcting, it gives them time to issue you a new pack and still have time to apply. That said, they still haven't sent my client his new maps

 

[fudge]

so got distracted and forgot to download the application pack for mid tear, well to be honest I didn't realise the pack had to be downloaded by the end of May, and just knew the dead line to apply was end of July.

Has anyone successfully got an application pack post end of May?


Why would they have a close off date to download a pack before the end of the application period?


C B

There is always next year. I read the options annually then do something more rewarding like going on holiday.

 

[bobk]

It'll end in tears . don't bother

 

[DrWazzock]

It's just the inauspicious start to a very long and tortuous journey.
Life's too short.

 

[Cropper]

I started looking at one of the manuals yesterday. It didn’t take long before I lost all enthusiasm.

 

[gone up the hill]

There is always next year. I read the options annually then do something more rewarding like going on holiday.

Last year you can enter the countryside stewardship scheme as it currently is.

New trials start next year of the ELMS scheme thou apparently Defra want farmers themselves to fund the trial costs and the unions are saying no!

I have been trying to get one of those historical map things for my stewardship application, have been promised it several times over the last 3 months but not shown up, really getting to the stage its just not worth the hassle and haven't really got time before the end of July to sit down and work out a scheme anyway!

 

[crazy_bull]

It'll end in tears . don't bother

The capital grants is the attractive bit, I quite fancy Joe Bloggs paying for all my fencing!


C B

 

[bobk]

The capital grants is the attractive bit, I quite fancy Joe Bloggs paying for all my fencing!


C B

Getting paid is the difficult bit .

 

[B'o'B]

Had you applied for an application pack before the end of May, but not downloaded it? I can still download mine.

 

[Dairyfarmerswife]

The capital grants is the attractive bit, I quite fancy Joe Bloggs paying for all my fencing!


C B

That will end in tears too. Still waiting for a five figure sum for tracks water and fencing that I claimed in Feb, with a supposed 60 day turnaround. Literal tears here, it's driving me around the bend.

 

[crazy_bull]

Had you applied for an application pack before the end of May, but not downloaded it? I can still download mine.

Nope that's the problem, I didn't apply for it.

C B

 

[crazy_bull]

Getting paid is the difficult bit .

I had heard that, thing is we need to fence the farm at some point, can't keep doing electric fencing, so will have to pay for it anyway, even if we're not in a scheme. So even if the payment back is delayed it's still a result.

C B

 

[DRC]

Every now and then on a wet day, I log on and look at the options, trying to make it work as the old HLS was a good scheme here. Every time I end up deleting the application. Farming it wall to wall is simpler and pays just as well at the moment .