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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 SFI26 actions.
This guidance is for farmers who are eligible to apply for SFI26 in the…
How to register and keep your personal and business details up to date in the Rural Payments service.
Apply for grants and other funding to increase productivity, manage your land to benefit the environment and support your agricultural business.
Find out when and how to apply for CSHT funding from 2025 and how to manage your agreement.
Check the requirements you must follow under your Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement for the SFI expanded offer or re-opened offer for 2024.
Check for maintenance and downtime of the Rural Payments service over the next 4 weeks
Check the land details you have registered on the Rural Payments service.
Read the guidance to help you claim payment for Countryside Stewardship agreements that started before 2025, and for capital items.
Apply for funding for a vet to visit your farm to reduce endemic diseases and conditions, increase animal productivity and improve animal welfare.
A grant to help buy items that improve productivity, manage slurry and improve animal health and welfare. Applications closed at midday on 12 May 2026
Guidance about how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) 2023 offer will work for farmers.
How to use the Rural Payments service to register land and update digital maps.
How to apply for Capital grants plans or a Capital grants study and how to manage your funding agreement.
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 how to claim for animal health and welfare reviews and endemic disease follow-ups.
Now closed for applications. Capital items that benefit boundaries, trees and orchards, water and air priorities, assessments, improvements and natural flood management.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
Find out how to create a woodland management plan for grant and felling licence applications. This will help you plan and develop a sustainable woodland.
How to create a sketch map to register land or update the land details on your digital maps on the Rural Payments service.
What land use codes to use when declaring land in a rural payments application such as Countryside Stewardship or the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
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