Farewell to the Single Payment. Some farmers are glad to see the back of it

After 12 years, it’s being replaced. About time. Filling in the form had become a complicated mess.

With the introduction of the Basic Payment Scheme, we can bid a fond farewell to the Single Payment Scheme.

Drafted 12 years ago to deliver €1.2bn of annual EU funding to us farmers, in an efficient and less complicated way, the Single Payment Scheme started out full of promise. Alas, over time, complications crept in.