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Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.
Find out when you are permitted to cut and trim hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
Check for maintenance and downtime of the Rural Payments service over the next 4 weeks
Apply for funding for a vet to visit your farm to reduce endemic diseases and conditions, increase animal productivity and improve animal welfare.
Read about what to expect and how you can get ready to apply when Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) opens in 2025.
Get paid to manage land sustainably to benefit the environment and support food production: find out if your land is eligible, select and apply for SFI actions.
Read the guidance to help you make your claim for payment using the Rural Payments service or a claim form.
Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the fencing item.
A FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the sheep netting item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting new hedges item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the concrete yard renewal item.
How to keep the personal and business details you register with the Rural Payments Agency up to date.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the winter bird food option.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 3 January 2024 until 31 December 2024.
Find out how to create a woodland management plan. This will help you plan and develop a sustainable woodland, and can be used for grant and felling licence applications.
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