The rate of Basic Payment Scheme applications submitted online has intensified in the last week. The Department of Agriculture weekly payments update reported 88,718 online applications submitted as of Friday 1 May. This represents an increase of 13,178 on the previous week.

The increased rate of applications was expected, with the deadline date of midnight on 15 May 2020 looming.

There is still a significant number of farmers to submit their applications, with 122,960 eligible applications received by the Department in 2019. If this figure is repeated in 2020, it leaves in the region of 34,000 applications left to submit.