
BPS to SFS Transition – Wales
Understanding the rules, deadlines, and financial implications of SFS and BPS is essential to deciding which route best supports the future of your farming business.
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Understanding the rules, deadlines, and financial implications of SFS and BPS is essential to deciding which route best supports the future of your farming business.

The 2025 Welsh SAF application window opened on 3rd March and closes on 15th May. In 2025, Wales will have a total Direct Payments budget of £238 million for BPS payments.

Following the Autumn Budget on 30th October, Defra has released more details about delinked payments for the 2025 scheme year. With the reductions to delinked

Wales BPS 2024 payments This year, an advance payment, worth up to 70% of the estimated BPS 2024 claim value, will be made from 14th

In Wales, the Single Application Form (SAF) will continue to be provided at current levels in 2024 with an allocation of £238m. In readiness for