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<p>Since the introduction of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015, the Rural Payments
Agency has made improvements in the processing of applications including the introduction
of online applications, online land and entitlement transfers, reducing the time to
process transactions, and further support and guidance to help farmers successfully
submit their applications. This has led to improvements in the BPS payment performance
with over 90% of eligible farmers being paid by the end of December for the 2016 and
2017 scheme years.</p><p> </p>
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