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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.
SFI scheme information: Version 1.2 You can now apply for SFI 2024 without…
SFI agreement terms and conditions: Version 1.1 These SFI agreement terms…
This is a list of the main changes made to the Sustainable Farming…
Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.
What farmers, foresters and land managers need to know and do before applying for a Countryside Stewardship grant, and how to manage a grant agreement.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
A FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.
Apply for capital items to benefit boundaries, trees and orchards, water and air priorities, and natural flood management.
Apply for funding for a vet to visit your farm to reduce endemic diseases and conditions, increase animal productivity and improve animal welfare.
Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.
List of priority habitats and species in England (‘Section 41 habitats and species’) for public bodies, landowners and funders to use for biodiversity conservation.
Payments for farmers who carry out eligible agricultural activities, what you need to know and do before you can apply for an annual payment.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
How to use the Rural Payments service to register land and update digital maps.
Read the guidance to help you make your claim for payment using the Rural Payments service or a claim form.
Find out how to apply for approval under the scheme, how to claim for the subsidy, how much you can claim and what records you need to keep.
Invited applicants can apply for a grant to help fund farm and horticulture productivity.
Find out how to claim for animal health and welfare reviews and endemic disease follow-ups.
Check the land details you have registered on the Rural Payments service.
Find out what's involved in creating a plan, giving you a structured way to organise the management of woodland.
What land use codes to use in 2023 when declaring land in a rural payments application such as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Countryside Stewardship (CS).
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
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