Statutory guidance

Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) standards agreement: Terms and Conditions

Farmers must follow these terms and conditions when they enter into a Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) standards agreement.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency and Natural England
Published
26 May 2022
Last updated
28 June 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Sustainable Farming Incentive Standards Agreement: Terms and Conditions (May 2022 version)

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Updated Sustainable Farming Incentive standards agreement: Terms and Conditions (June 2023 version)

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Details

Farmers who enter into an SFI standards agreement must follow the SFI standards agreement terms and conditions.

If you’re applying for an SFI standards agreement now, you must follow the May 2022 version of the SFI standards agreement terms and conditions.

If you have an existing SFI standards agreement, you’ll need to accept the updated SFI standards agreement terms and conditions we published on 1 June 2023. These allow us to:

  • pay you the new SFI management plan

  • temporarily adjust your SFI standards agreement if we identify factors which may temporarily impact your ability to complete the actions in your agreement, such as adverse weather conditions

You’ll accept the updated SFI standards agreement terms and conditions when you submit your annual declaration towards the end of your agreement’s first year. Until then, the existing SFI standards agreement terms and conditions (May 2022 version) will continue to apply to your agreement.

Updates to this page

Published 26 May 2022
Last updated 28 June 2022 + show all updates

  1. Updates to and clarification of various terms and conditions. Also updated numbering.

  2. First published.

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