GRH11: Cattle grazing supplement (non-moorland)
What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.
This is an action in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme: expanded offer for 2024. You must read the SFI scheme information to understand the scheme rules and how to apply.
Duration
Same as base action
How much you’ll be paid
£59 per hectare (ha) per year
Action’s aim
This action’s aim is that an annual average of at least 60% of the grazing livestock units (GLU) on the grassland are cattle.
The purpose of this is to:
- create a more varied sward structure
- control scrub, bracken and coarse vegetation
- increase wildlife diversity
Where you can do this action
You can only do this supplemental action on eligible land that’s entered into one of the following base actions:
- CLIG3: Manage grassland with very low nutrient inputs
- GRH1: Manage rough grazing for birds
Eligibility of protected land
| Protected land | Eligibility |
|---|---|
| Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) | Same as base action |
| Historic and archaeological features | Same as base action |
Available area you can enter into this action
Same as base action
Rotational or static action
This action is rotational or static. This means you can either:
- move its location around the land entered into the relevant base action for the second and third years of this action’s duration
- do it at the same location each year of this action’s duration
What to do
Each year, an average of at least 60% of the GLU on land entered into the relevant base action must be cattle.
You must keep a written stocking record for each land parcel entered into this action. The record must include:
- the land parcel reference number and its hectarage
- the dates when grazing has taken place during each calendar month
- the monthly numbers of livestock, including their type and age bracket
To convert livestock numbers into GLU, you must use the following values:
- Cattle over 2 years old at the start of an agreement year – 1.0 GLU
- Cattle over 6 months to 2 years old at the start of an agreement year – 0.6 GLU
- Lowland ewe and lamb, or ram – 0.12 GLU
- Store lamb, hill ewe and lamb or hogg or teg – 0.08 GLU
- Goat – 0.12 GLU
- Pony or donkey – 0.8 GLU
- Horse – 1.0 GLU
Advice to help you calculate livestock densities will be published before applications are fully launched from summer 2024. It will not be part of this action’s requirements.
When to do it
You must do this action each year of its duration.
How to do it
It’s up to you how you do this action, as long as you:
- follow this action’s requirements – these are identified by a ‘must’
- do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action’s aim
Advice to help you do this action will be published before applications are fully launched from summer 2024. It will not be part of this action’s requirements.
Evidence to keep
You must keep the required stocking record and supply this evidence if we ask for it. It can be recorded on paper or electronically.
Other actions or options you can do on the same area as this action
You can do the following actions or options on the same area in a land parcel as this action. Some actions or options can only be done on the same area if they’re done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read ‘What to do’ and ‘When to do it’ to find out when this action must be done.
| Scheme | Action or option codes |
|---|---|
| SFI actions | Same as base action |
| CS options | Same as base action |
| ES options | Same as base action |
| SFI pilot standards | Same as base action |
If an action or option cannot be located on the same area, you may be able to do it on a different area in the same land parcel. Read section 6 ‘Eligible land in other funding schemes’ for more information.