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Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), National Parks and the Broads.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for hedgerows.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for low input grassland.
Find out if your land is in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ) and how to appeal.
Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for nutrient management.
Guidance on how to meet the requirements for an Environmental Stewardship agreement.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on improved grassland.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
How to provide enough storage and keep storage records of organic manures in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
Where you may find asbestos, how to reduce the risk of exposing it, when you need a licensed contractor and how to deal with asbestos waste.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for buffer strips.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
Guidance for Environmental Stewardship agreement holders on how to claim a revenue or capital payment.
Use this code to help you follow the rules when you produce or use sewage sludge in agriculture.
How to host educational access visits safely and within the terms of your Higher Level Stewardship agreement.
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