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How to host educational access visits safely and within the terms of your Higher Level Stewardship agreement.
Find out about when your SFI agreement will start, what you’re agreeing to do and requesting changes to your agreement.
Find equivalent or greater environmental value Countryside Stewardship (CS) options to enable you to leave Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) early.
Facilitators bring together groups of farmers, foresters and other land managers to improve local environmental outcomes.
Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these terms and conditions if they applied for an agreement after 3 January 2024.
This guidance explains what you need to do as an agreement holder.
Find out how you could do the SFI action for moorland.
Read information about what to do if a customer registered with the Rural Payments service dies.
Apply for capitals grants to achieve additional benefits alongside your Higher Tier agreements.
Details of the new payment rates for Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue options that will apply to CS agreements from 1 January 2022
How you will be paid under your SFI standards agreement
This guidance explains how to complete your Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue claim form if you’re unable to submit a claim online.
How to choose Countryside Stewardship Capital Grant items if you’re part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot scheme.
What to do if your land is affected by extreme weather, such as flooding, extreme heat or drought.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
Information for Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship agreement holders on how to prepare for a site visit and what you are asked to provide.
Advice from Natural England on planning applications for slurry management on farms.
Key dates timeline for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS), Environmental Stewardship (ES) and the Lump Sum Exit Scheme.
What rural businesses need to know about the Basic Payment Scheme for 2023.
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