OFM5: Organic land management – horticultural land

What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
Published
21 May 2024
Land types:
Arable
Areas of interest:
Crops, Horticulture, Organic
Payment types:
Revenue

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

3 years

How much you’ll be paid

£707 per hectare (ha) per year

Action’s aim

This action’s aim is that horticultural land is maintained under organic management.

The purpose of this is to:

  • improve soil health
  • increase biodiversity
  • improve water quality

Where you can do this action

You can do this action on agricultural land located below the moorland line that’s:

Eligible land

Eligible land type Eligible land cover Compatible land use code
Arable land used to grow horticultural crops Arable land Land use codes for horticultural arable crops
Permanent horticultural crops Permanent crops TC01

Eligibility of protected land

Land or features with protection Eligibility
Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) Eligible – you must get SSSI consent before you do this action (read section 5.5 ‘Land that’s a site of special scientific interest (SSSI)’)
Historic and archaeological features Eligible – you must get a HEFER before you do this action (read section 5.6 ‘Land with historic or archaeological features’)

Available area you can enter into this action

Total or part of the available area in a land parcel.

Rotational or static action

This action is rotational or static. This means you can either:

  • move its location 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 you must do to get paid

You must comply with the organic standards required by your Defra-licensed organic control body on land entered into this action.

When to do it

You must do this action from its start date, throughout each year of its 3-year duration.

How to do it

You must do this action in a way that meets the required organic standards.

Evidence to keep

You must keep a valid organic certificate and schedule for all land entered into this action. This must cover at least the full period of this action’s duration.

You must supply this evidence if we ask for it.

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 2024 actions AHW1, AHW3, AHW5, AHW11, AHW12, BFS1, BFS2, BFS4, WBD3, AGF1, AGF2, PRF1, PRF2, PRF3, CAHL1, CAHL2, CAHL3, CAHL4, CIPM1, CIPM2, CIPM3, CIPM4, CNUM1, CNUM3, CSAM1, CSAM2
SFI 2023 actions AHL1, AHL2, AHL3, AHL4, IPM1, IPM2, IPM3, IPM4, NUM1, NUM3, SAM1, SAM2
CS options AB3, AB5, AB8, AB11, AB16, BE1, HS3, HS9, SW1, SW3, SW4, SW6, WD3, WT2
ES options No ES revenue options
SFI pilot standards No area-based SFI pilot standards

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.

You can do the following actions or options on the eligible boundaries of a land parcel entered into this action:

  • SFI 2024 actions: CHRW1, CHRW2, CHRW3, BND1, BND2 and WBD2
  • SFI 2023 actions: HRW1, HRW2, HRW3
  • CS option BE3 (management of hedgerows)
  • the introductory level of the SFI pilot hedgerows standard
Published 21 May 2024
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