Guidance and regulation

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

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

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

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 16 August 2023

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: 3 May 2024

• Invited applicants: How to submit an Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2 full application

  Before you fill in the full application, read the: Improving Farm…

• About the Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2, who can apply and what the grant can pay for

  You can apply for a grant for capital items to improve farm and…

• How to apply for the Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2 and claim payment 

  The Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2 is competitive and you will…

• Improving Farm Productivity grant Round 2: equipment definitions and requirements 

  Find out the type of equipment you can buy and what it needs to be able to…

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.

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

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.

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

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for nutrient management.

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

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for low input grassland.

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

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for buffer strips.

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

Find out how to apply for round 2 of the Slurry Infrastructure grant, who can apply and what the grant can pay for.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 10 April 2024

What farmers need to know if they have an existing SFI 2022 standards agreement

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 14 May 2024

Find out how you could do the SFI action for moorland.

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

Read information about what to do if a customer registered with the Rural Payments service dies.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 10 February 2020

What you need to do as a farming business to trade with the EU.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 28 July 2021

The latest information for farmers, landowners and rural businesses during periods of public sector industrial action.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 12 December 2022

These are the updated terms and conditions which farmers should follow from June 2023 for their Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) standards agreement.

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