Annex 8D Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Published 29 June 2023
Applies to England
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Integrated pest management (IPM) emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms.
The following options can form part of an IPM approach to prevent the establishment of pests, weeds and diseases. If successful, appropriate and within proximity of cropped areas, these may limit the need for the use of Plant Protection Products and enhance wildlife and biodiversity on your holding. More information on IPM can be found at AHDB and LEAF
| Code | Option Name | Option Payment Rate |
|---|---|---|
| AB1 | Nectar flower mix | £579/ha |
| AB2 | Basic overwinter stubble | £58/ha |
| AB3 | Beetle banks | £636 |
| AB6 | Enhanced overwinter stubble | £493/ha |
| AB7 | Whole crop cereals | £554/ha |
| AB8 | Flower-rich margins and plots | £628/ha |
| AB9 | Winter bird food | £640/ha |
| AB10 | Unharvested cereal headland | £640/ha |
| AB11 | Cultivated areas for arable plants | £544/ha |
| AB14 | Harvested low input cereal | £236/ha |
| AB15 | Two year sown legume fallow | £569/ha |
| AB16 | Autumn sown bumblebird mix | £608/ha |
| BE1 | Protection of in-field trees on arable land | £475/ha |
| BE2 | Protection of in-field trees on intensive grassland | £260/ha |
| BE3 | Management of hedgerows | £9/100m for 1 side of a hedge |
| BN11 | Planting new hedges | £11.60/m |
| FM2 | Major preparatory works for priority habitats (creation and restoration) and priority species | |
| GS1 | Take field corners out of management | £333/ha |
| GS2 | Permanent grassland with very low inputs (outside SDAs) | £132/ha |
| GS4 | Legume and herb-rich swards | £358/ha |
| GS5 | Permanent grassland with very low inputs in SDAs | £71/ha |
| GS6 | Management of species-rich grassland | £182/ha |
| GS7 | Restoration towards species-rich grassland | £205/ha |
| GS8 | Creation of species-rich grassland | £374/ha |
| GS13 | Management of grassland for target features | £131/ha |
| GS14 | Creation of grassland for target features | £372/ha |
| OP2 | Wild bird seed mixture | £640/ha |
| OP4 | Multi species ley | £115/ha |
| OP5 | Undersown cereal | £233/ha |
| OR1 | Organic conversion – improved permanent grassland | £150/ha |
| OR2 | Organic conversion – unimproved permanent grassland | £76/ha |
| OR3 | Organic conversion – rotational land | £256/ha |
| OR4 | Organic conversion – horticulture | £602/ha |
| OR5 | Organic conversion – top fruit | £960/ha |
| OT1 | Organic land management – improved permanent grassland | £20/ha |
| OT2 | Organic land management – unimproved permanent grassland | £31/ha |
| OT3 | Organic land management – rotational land | £109/ha |
| OT4 | Organic land management – horticulture | £380/ha |
| OT5 | Organic land management – top fruit | £960/ha |
| OT6 | Organic land management – enclosed rough grazing | £48/ha |
| SB1 | Scrub control and felling diseased trees | Variable |
| SB5 | Mechanical bracken control | £169/ha |
| SP3 | Bracken control supplement | £175/ha |
| SW1 | 4-6m buffer strip on cultivated land | £419/ha |
| SW2 | 4-6m buffer strip on intensive grassland | £213/ha |
| SW3 | In-field grass strips | £624/ha |
| SW4 | 12-24m watercourse or nitrogen sensitive terrestrial habitat buffer strip on cultivated land | £578/ha |
| SW5 | Enhanced management of maize | £159/ha |
| SW6 | Winter cover crops | £124/ha |
| SW11 | Riparian management strip | £480/ha |
| TE4 | Supply and plant tree | £1.28/tree |
| TE13 | Creation of dead wood habitat on trees | £175/tree |
| WB1 | Small wildlife box | £28.50/box |
| WB2 | Medium wildlife box | £39/box |
| WB3 | Large wildlife box | £100/box |
| WD2 | Woodland improvement | £100/ha |
| WD3 | Woodland edges on arable land | £376/ha |
| WD7 | Management of successional areas and scrub | £83/ha |
| WD8 | Creation of successional areas and scrub | £128/ha |
| WT1 | Buffering in-field ponds and ditches in improved grassland | £275/ha |
| WT2 | Buffering in-field ponds and ditches on arable land | £563/ha |
| WT3 | Management of ditches of high environmental value *5 for the management of both sides of the ditch | £42/100m *5 |