Guidance and regulation

Apply for a FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 17 April 2024

• Apply for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024

  The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024 includes 3 grants to…

• Claim your Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024 grant payment

  If you’ve accepted one or more grant funding agreements (GFAs) under the…

• Animal health and welfare items and specifications – Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024

  Each item in this list has an expected average cost, based on item costs…

• Productivity items and specifications – Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024

  Each item in this list has an expected average cost, based on item costs…

• Slurry items and specifications – Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024

  Each item in this list has an expected average cost, based on item costs…

• Terms and conditions – Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024

  The Terms and Conditions of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund…

Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
• Updated: 9 April 2024

Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 22 April 2024

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.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 3 others
• Updated: 4 January 2024

Find out about the SFI actions for soils, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 28 February 2024

Changes to Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) payment rates from January 2024.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 9 January 2024

How to register and update your personal, business and land details on the Rural Payments service.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 1 February 2024

Find out how to apply for round 2 of the Improving Farm Productivity grant, who can apply and what the grant can pay for.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 22 March 2024

Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 16 April 2024

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.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 27 February 2024

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.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 25 March 2024

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.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 25 March 2024

Find out about the SFI actions for hedgerows, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 27 February 2024

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).

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 11 January 2023

Payments for farmers who carry out eligible agricultural activities, what you need to know and do before you can apply for an annual payment.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 11 April 2024

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.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 18 September 2023

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 10 August 2023

Apply for capital items to benefit boundaries, trees and orchards, water and air priorities, and natural flood management.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 3 January 2024

Farmers who keep cattle, sheep and pigs can get funding to pay for a vet to visit their farm and carry out a health and welfare review of their livestock.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 25 September 2023

Find out about the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on improved grassland, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 25 March 2024