A record number of farmers, crofters and land managers have submitted their Single Application Form online.
Some 17,398 (88 per cent) of submissions received by the application deadline for support under the Common Agricultural Policy’s (CAP) Pillar 1 and 2 schemes were submitted online – representing a 10 per cent increase on the previous year.
Welcoming the increase, Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing said: ‘The record number who chose to apply online have benefited from having their application automatically checked for errors – reducing the risk of financial penalties and enabling their application to be validated straight away.’