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Find out the payment rate for Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) items from 1 January 2025.
How to apply for capital items that support improving woodland management and the impact of beaver behaviours, and how to manage your funding agreement.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for nutrient management.
Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these Terms and Conditions if they applied for an agreement on or after 5 January 2026.
What to do if a customer registered with the Rural Payments service dies.
A closed grant for farm buildings, machinery or equipment that adds value to crops or livestock by increasing productivity and improving the environment.
Cross compliance ended on 31 December 2023. If you are a farmer or land manager, find out what this means for you.
Changes to Countryside Stewardship revenue payment rates from January 2024.
A closed grant to fund items to improve using water for irrigation, and to secure water supplies for crop irrigation.
What to do if your land is affected by an extreme weather event, such as flooding, extreme heat or a prolonged period of very dry or wet weather.
Farmers and land owners can use the ‘add land’ email service to link land parcels to their business. Land parcels must already be registered in the Rural Payments service.
Read about the requirements and procedures you will need to follow, and how to manage your agreement once you're an agreement holder.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 2 January 2025 until 31 December 2025.
A closed FETF grant for help to buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 3 January 2024 until 31 December 2024.
Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these terms and conditions if they applied for an agreement after 5 January 2023.
Guidance for Environmental Stewardship agreement holders on how to claim an annual or capital payment.
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