23/09/2026
🌾 Whole Farm Plan 2027
To be compliant to receive Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), the number of audits a claimant must have undertaken under the Whole Farm Plan will remain at two from the following:
• Carbon Audit of the business (5-year lifespan)
• Soil Analysis on ALL R1 land in receipt of Nitrogen by 2028 (5-year lifespan)
• Biodiversity Audit of the holding (5-year lifespan)
• Integrated Pest Management Plan (renew annually)
• Animal Health Plan (renew annually)
By BPS 2028 however, all audits that apply to your business must have been undertaken.
We recommend claimants, who haven't already, complete a Biodiversity Audit while the minimum requirements for the plan are still relatively simple, as it is expected that it will become more complex.
It is worth checking the expiry dates of audits already undertaken, as soil analysis, carbon audits and biodiversity audits have a 5-year lifespan and if completed in 2022 will be expiring soon and should be renewed.
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