Latest articles from James Stephenson
Will urbanites see sense on badgers?
I MIGHT just get a sandwich board painted to parade around the auction markets, emblazoned on one side “Eternal Damnation is Nigh” and on the other “Beware of the RPA Forms”.
We are at the right time to take stock
What a wonderful spell of weather we are in and indeed what a kind winter we have enjoyed.
Sad farewell to sitting MP
ON Monday parliament shut down until after the election and we say a very sad farewell to our sitting MP Anne McIntosh, who was deselected in rather unsavoury fashion by the local Conservative party.
Setback for Defra’s digital records
LAST week must have been a very long one for Mark Grimshaw, head of the RPA, who had to announce a complete U-turn for Defra’s much-heralded online agricultural support system.
Time ticking towards applications deadline
THERE is no pressure on Christmas shopping with 314 days to go, but the clock is ticking ominously towards May 15 and by the time you open the Gazette, we will be left with 58 days in which to complete our applications.
Tributes go out to a very loyal auctioneer
WITH a sad heart, I report the death of Brian Wilkinson, at the age of 86.
Problems as BPS mapping tool goes live
FRUSTRATION sums up the past week as the new BPS mapping tool showed its fragility when introduced to the real world.
New mapping facility not working
TIME waits for no man and it certainly isn’t going to change to help the Rural Payments Agency with its phased release of the BPS system, writes James Stephenson.
Farmers slow to get registered
ON Friday 250, valuers and agents gathered at the Great Yorkshire Showground for an update on the BPS system, which has to be fully up and running by the claims date of May 15.