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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.
To apply early for the expanded SFI offer, you can complete a short…
These SFI agreement terms and conditions set out the rules that you and…
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.
A FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.
How to register and update your personal, business and land details on the Rural Payments service.
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.
Find out about the SFI actions for soils, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
Apply for capital items to benefit boundaries, trees and orchards, water and air priorities, and natural flood management.
Payments for farmers who carry out eligible agricultural activities, what you need to know and do before you can apply for an annual payment.
List of priority habitats and species in England (‘Section 41 habitats and species’) for public bodies, landowners and funders to use for biodiversity conservation.
Find out about the SFI actions for nutrient management, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
Find out about the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land, what land is eligible for each action and what to do to get paid.
Read about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions for low input grassland, what land is eligible for each action and what you need to do to get paid.
Find out about the SFI actions for integrated pest management, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
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.
Find out what you must do to get paid for your SFI agreement, how we’ll calculate your payment, when you’ll be paid and submitting an annual declaration.
How to check your digital land maps and update or correct any changes made by the Rural Payments Agency.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
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