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
Same as base action
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: Management of intensive grassland adjacent to a watercourse
Eligible land
Same as base action.
Eligibility of protected land
Same as base action.
Available area you can enter into this action
Same as base action.
Rotational or static action
Same as 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
- 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 base action |
| SFI 2023 actions | Same as base action |
| CS options | Same as base action |
| ES options | Same as base action |
| SFI pilot standards | Same as 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’ for more information.
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