New service aids single payment transfers

A NEW Department of Agriculture service is available to help the representatives of deceased farmers secure outstanding payments and arrange for transfer of single payment entitlements.

Following the death of a farmer, urgent issues to be dealt with are changing the herd number, herdkeeper registration, payment of any outstanding monies due to the deceased, and the transfer of single payment entitlements.

Dealing with the new centralised inheritance enquiry unit in the single payment section removes the need to make contact with multiple areas of the department. The unit will assist the legal representatives of the deceased to: