Get ready to apply for SFI26
Initial information on the SFI26 scheme is now live on GOV.UK for farmers who may be eligible to apply in Window 1.
Sustainable Farming Incentive
The new SFI offer for 2026
Following the Secretary of State’s speech at the Oxford Farming Conference today, we summarise how we're making the new SFI simpler and more targeted, and what this means for you.
An update on the Sustainable Farming Incentive
With record numbers of farm businesses in farming schemes and the sustainable farming budget successfully allocated, we will stop accepting new applications for SFI from today. In this post, we set out what it means for you.
CSHT mirror agreements and HLS extensions: an overview
Posted by:
Cindy Hughes, Posted on:
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Countryside Stewardship, Sustainable Farming Incentive
If you have a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) agri-environment agreement that expires in 2024 or Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement that expires in 2024 or 2025, we want to support you as you transition to our environmental land management (ELM) schemes. In this post, I’ll share an overview for those with CSHT and HLS …
New guidance page for Integrated Pest Management
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The Team, Posted on:
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Categories:
environmental land management schemes, Farmers, Sustainable Farming Incentive, Things we're doing
To help farmers, growers and land managers adopt different IPM approaches, we’ve published a new guidance page on GOV.UK. This post includes a link to the new guidance page and background on IPM.
A summary of the recent updates to SFI
Today, we published a summary of recent changes to the actions and scheme information for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) on GOV.UK. This post summarises the changes.
Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024
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Becky Briggs, Posted on:
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Sustainable Farming Incentive, Things we're doing, Webinars
On Thursday 26 September, we held a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. In this post, we share the recording.
First endorsed SFI action now available
The endorsed action, GRH6: Manage priority habitat species-rich grassland, is now on GOV.UK and is available to include in your Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) application through the Rural Payments service. In this post, we’ll give a brief recap on endorsed actions and summarise GRH6.
An update on SFI and our agri-environment schemes
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The Team, Posted on:
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Categories:
environmental land management schemes, Sustainable Farming Incentive
It's been a while since our last post. We’re glad to be back! Over the past month, we've been welcoming Defra's new ministerial team, who are fully committed to environmental land management schemes. We've been working with them to optimise our schemes and grants for farmers, food security and nature recovery. In this post, we’ll …
This year’s Sustainable Farming Incentive offer
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Jonathan Marsden and Tom Lewis, Posted on:
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Categories:
Sustainable Farming Incentive, Things we're doing
In this post, we’ll share details of the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and links for you to learn more.
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New: Nutrient Management Planning Tool
Agricultural property relief
From 6 April 2026, full inheritance tax relief will apply to the first £2.5 million of qualifying agricultural and business assets, with lower relief applying to any value above this. Learn more
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9 May Nottinghamshire Show at Newark Showground, Newark.
13–14 May The British Pig & Poultry Fair at the NEC Campus in Birmingham.
16 May The Hadleigh Show, Holbecks Park, Hadleigh, Ipswich.
17 May Essex Young Farmers Show, Boyton Hall, Roxwell, Chelmsford.
Livestock disease guidance
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The Farming Advice Service (FAS) provides free, confidential advice to farmers and advisers.
Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) helps farmers in England protect water, air and soil. CSF advisers can provide advice on best practices and specific actions that will benefit your farm business and the environment.
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