WBD9: Nil fertiliser supplement
What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.
This is an action in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme: expanded offer for 2024. You must read the SFI scheme information to understand the scheme rules and how to apply.
Duration
5 years
How much you’ll be paid
£156 per hectare (ha) per year
Action’s aim
This supplemental action’s aim is that no fertilisers or manures are applied on arable land or permanent grassland.
The purpose of this is to reduce the risk of nitrate loss into ground and surface water.
Where you can do this action
You can only do this supplemental action on eligible land that’s entered into one of the following base actions:
- WBD4: Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input
- WBD5: Manage intensive grassland adjacent to a watercourse
You cannot do this supplemental action on land that’s already entered into equivalent base actions in a Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreement. This includes:
- SW7: Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input
- SW8: Management of intensive grassland adjacent to a watercourse
Eligible land
Same as your selected base action.
Eligibility of protected land
Same as your selected base action.
Available area you can enter into this action
Same as your selected base action.
Rotational or static action
Same as your selected base action.
What to do
You must not apply any fertilisers or manures on the land entered into this supplemental action.
When to do it
You must do this supplemental action from its start date, throughout each year of its duration.
How to do it
It’s up to you how you do this action, as long as you:
- follow this action’s requirements – these are identified by a ‘must’
- do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action’s aim
Evidence to keep
You must keep evidence to show what you’ve done to complete this action, such as:
- field operations at a land parcel level and associated invoices (as relevant)
- photographs and other documentation
If it’s not clear that you’ve done this action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve its aim, we may ask for this evidence. You must supply the evidence if we ask for it.
Other actions or options you can do on the same area as this action
You can do the following actions or options on the same area in a land parcel as this action. Some actions or options can only be done on the same area if they’re done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read ‘What to do’ and ‘When to do it’ to find out when this action must be done.
| Scheme | Action or option codes |
|---|---|
| SFI 2024 actions | Same as your selected base action |
| SFI 2023 actions | Same as your selected base action |
| CS options | Same as your selected base action |
| ES options | Same as your selected base action |
| SFI pilot standards | Same as your selected base action |
If an action or option cannot be located on the same area, you may be able to do it on a different area in the same land parcel. Read section 6. ‘Eligible land in other funding schemes’ in the SFI scheme information for more details.
You can do the following actions or options on the eligible boundaries of a land parcel entered into this action:
- SFI 2024 actions: CHRW1, CHRW2, CHRW3, BND1, BND2 and WBD2
- SFI 2023 actions: HRW1, HRW2, HRW3
- CS option BE3 (management of hedgerows)
- the introductory level of the SFI pilot hedgerows standard
Updates to this page
Last updated 5 August 2024 + show all updates
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Duration – changed to 5 years instead of ‘same as base action’. Where you can do this action - you cannot do this supplemental action on land that’s entered into SW7 or SW8. Eligible land - added ‘your selected’ in relation the base action. Eligibility of protected land - added ‘your selected’ in relation the base action. Available area - added ‘your selected’ in relation the base action. Rotational or static action - added ‘your selected’ in relation the base action. Evidence to keep - added ‘as relevant’ to field operations at a land parcel level and associated invoices. Other actions or options you can do on the same area - added ‘your selected’ in relation the base action.
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First published.