Greening workbook for the Basic Payment Scheme in England...Read the ‘Land’ section of the BPS...
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Greening workbook for the Basic Payment Scheme in England
2016
Visit our webpage: www.gov.uk/rpa/bps2016
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How to work out if you meet thegreening rules
This workbook is designed to help you work out if you are meet the crop diversification and ecological focus area (EFA) greening rules for the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in England. Use this workbook for your own calculations - you don’t need to send it to the Rural Payments Agency as part of your BPS application.
Filling in this workbook does not prove that you meet the greening rules. You need to fill out a BPS application to show how you are meeting the rules, and RPA will use that information to work out if you are meeting them. You could also be inspected. Read the BPS 2016 scheme rules before you apply: www.gov.uk/rpa/bps2016.
What to fill inFill in: • pages 4 and 5 if you need to check if you are meeting the crop diversification rules. • pages 6 and 7 if you need to check if you are meeting the ecological focus area (EFA) rules.
Your total area of eligible arable land What you need to do to meet the greening rules will depend on how much arable land you have at your disposal. You need to include all the arable land you have on your holding when you work out your total arable area - even if you are not claiming BPS on it.
For BPS, arable land is: • land cultivated for crop production. This includes:
- land used for combinable crops - crops grown as root crops and/or fibre (including hemp) - crops grown for animal feed, such as forage maize and forage rape - field vegetables - cut flowers or bulbs and soft fruit (other than permanent crops)
• fallow land• temporary grassland
Work out your total area of arable land before you start using this workbook. You might have used this workbook in 2015 to check whether you met the crop diversification and EFA requirements. You should still check your land areas before you complete this workbook for 2016 – there might have been changes since last year.
Read the ‘Land’ section of the BPS 2016 scheme rules to make sure you know what counts as ‘eligible land’.
Use built-in checks to help you get your application right and get an instant receipt
Do more than just apply:
• check your entitlements online and transfer them
• view maps and aerial photography
• print maps of individual land parcels
• transfer land parcels online
https://www.ruralpayments.service.gov.uk
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Crop diversification Depending on how much eligible arable land you have on your holding, you may need to grow at least 2 or 3 crops, covering certain areas of your land, to meet the crop diversification rules. Read the ‘crop diversification’ section of the BPS 2016 scheme rules: www.gov.uk/rpa/bps2016
Crop diversification totalsUse Part A if you have from 10.00 to 30.00 hectares of eligible arable land and need to grow at least 2 different crops. Use Part B if you have more than 30.00 hectares of eligible arable land and have to grow at least 3 different crops to meet the rules.
Part A: 2 crops If you need to grow at least 2 crops, your main crop cannot cover more than 75% of your arable land. Use the boxes below to work out if you are meeting the rules.
Put the total area of your main crop (in hectares) in the first box, then your total eligible area of arable land (in hectares) in the box below. Divide the first box by the second box, then multiply the answer by 100 to get the percentage of your arable land that your main crop covers.
Total area of main crop (ha)
Divided by total area of arable land (ha)
Part B: 3 crops If you need to grow at least 3 crops, your main crop cannot cover more than 75% of your arable land and your 2 main crops must not cover more than 95%. Use the boxes below to work out if you are meeting the rules. Put the total area of your main crop (in hectares) in the first box, then your total area of arable land (in hectares) in the box below. Divide the first box by the second box, then multiply the answer by 100.
Total area of main crop (ha)
Divided by total area of arable land (ha)
To work out if your 2 main crops cover less than 95% of your total arable land:
• put the total area of your main crop and second largest crop in the first two boxes below (in hectares)
• add the 2 crop sizes together, then divide this figure by the total area of arable land you have (in hectares)
• multiply this answer by 100
Total area of main crop (ha)
Plus total area of second largest crop (ha)
Total size of 2 largest crops (ha)
Divided by total area of arable land (ha)
x 100 = =
Crop diversification - check you are meeting the rules Crop diversification - check you are meeting the rules
%To meet the rule, the answer should be no more than 75%
x 100 = = %To meet the rule, the answer should be no more than 75%
x 100 = =
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Ecol
ogic
al F
ocus
Are
as (E
FAs)
To
mee
t the
EFA
rule
s, y
our t
otal
are
a of
EFA
mus
t ad
d u
p to
the
equi
vale
nt o
f at
leas
t 5
% o
f you
r tot
al e
ligib
le a
r-ab
le la
nd (
to w
ork
out
5%
, mul
tip
ly y
our t
otal
ara
ble
are
a by
0.0
5).
You
may
wan
t to
have
mor
e th
an 5
% to
mak
e su
re y
ou a
re m
eeti
ng th
e ru
le. B
efor
e yo
u fil
l in
this
sec
tion
, rea
d th
e E
FA s
ecti
on o
f th
e B
PS
20
16 s
chem
e ru
les:
w
ww
.gov
.uk/
rpa/
bp
s20
16.
Use
the
tab
le b
elow
to w
ork
out t
he to
tal a
mou
nt o
f eac
h ty
pe
of E
FA fe
atur
e /
area
you
hav
e. U
se th
e am
ount
s fr
om e
ach
‘Par
t D
’ she
et y
ou h
ave
fille
d
in o
n yo
ur B
P5
ap
plic
atio
n fo
rm o
r fro
m th
e E
FA s
ecti
on o
f you
r onl
ine
app
licat
ion
sum
mar
y to
com
ple
te th
e co
lum
ns b
elow
. The
re a
re ‘t
otal
’ box
es a
t th
e b
otto
m o
f eac
h co
lum
n (b
elow
) fo
r you
to a
dd
thes
e to
tals
into
.
Fiel
d na
me/
re
fere
nce
Nit
roge
n-fi
cro
ps
(hec
tare
s)
EFA
Fal
low
land
(h
ecta
res)
Buf
fer s
trip
s (m
etre
s)H
edge
s in
an
arab
le la
nd
parc
el (m
etre
s)
Adj
acen
t he
dges
(met
res)
Cat
ch c
rops
(h
ecta
res)
Cov
er c
rops
(hec
tare
s)
Tota
lTo
tal
Tota
lTo
tal
Tota
lTo
tal
Tota
l
Wha
t you
r EFA
feat
ures
/ a
reas
are
wor
th fo
r gre
enin
g
Put
the
tota
ls fr
om th
e p
revi
ous
pag
e in
to th
e ‘T
otal
siz
e/le
ngth
’ col
umn
bel
ow, t
hen
wor
k ac
ross
eac
h ro
w (c
olum
n by
col
umn)
to s
ee w
hat y
our
feat
ures
/are
as a
re w
orth
for E
FA in
sq
uare
-met
res.
For
exa
mp
le, i
f you
hav
e 5
hec
tare
s of
nit
roge
n-fix
ing
crop
s, w
rite
‘5’ i
n th
e ‘T
otal
siz
e/le
ngth
’ co
lum
n, th
en m
ulit
ply
5 b
y 10
,00
0. W
rite
the
answ
er (
50
,00
0)
in th
e ‘S
qua
re-m
etre
s’ c
olum
n. T
hen
mul
tip
ly th
at fi
gure
by
0.7
(‘W
hat
it is
wor
th fo
r E
FA’)
to g
et th
e to
tal s
qua
re-m
etre
are
a fo
r EFA
(3
5,0
00
). W
rite
the
amou
nt o
f sq
uare
-met
res
in th
e fin
al c
olum
n. W
hen
you
have
wor
ked
out
a to
tal i
n sq
uare
-met
res
for a
ll yo
ur fe
atur
es/a
reas
, ad
d th
em a
ll up
and
put
the
tota
l in
the
‘Tot
al in
sq
uare
-met
res’
box
at t
he b
otto
m c
orne
r of t
he ta
ble
.
Tota
l siz
e/ le
ngth
Con
vert
to
squa
re-m
etre
sS
qua
re-m
etre
sW
hat
its
wor
th fo
r EFA
To
tal s
qua
re-m
etre
s fo
r E
FA
Nit
roge
n-fix
ing
crop
s x
10,0
00
x 0
.7E
FA fa
llow
land
x
10,0
00
x 1
Buf
fer s
trip
s --
------
-----
-----
------
------
x 9
Hed
ges
in a
n ar
able
land
p
arce
l --
------
-----
-----
------
------
x 5
Ad
jace
nt h
edge
s --
------
-----
-----
------
------
x 5
Cat
ch c
rop
s x
10,0
00
x 0
.3
Cov
er c
rop
s x
10,0
00
x 0
.3
Tota
l EFA
in
hect
ares
Tota
l in
squa
re-m
etre
s
Div
ided
by
10
,00
0
Are
you
mee
ting
the
EFA
rule
s?
To w
ork
out
if yo
u ar
e m
eeti
ng th
e ru
les,
put
you
r tot
al E
FA in
hec
tare
s in
the
first
box
, the
n yo
ur to
tal a
rea
of a
rab
le la
nd in
the
box
bel
ow. D
ivid
e yo
ur
tota
l EFA
by
your
tota
l ara
ble
land
, the
n m
ulti
ply
that
figu
re b
y 10
0 to
get
the
equi
vale
nt p
erce
ntag
e of
EFA
.
Tota
l EFA
(in
hec
tare
s)
Tota
l elig
ible
ara
ble
land
(
in h
ecta
res)
Tota
l in
squa
re-m
etre
s
= x
100
=Eq
uiva
lent
per
cent
age
of
arab
le la
nd c
over
ed b
y EF
A. S
houl
d be
5%
or m
ore
to m
eet t
he ru
le.
%
Ecological focus area rules - what your features/areas are worth Ecological focus area rules - check you are meeting the rules
=To
tal E
FA in
hec
tare
s
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