The new and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 is open for applications.
The scheme pays farmers in England to take actions that support food production, farm profitability and resilience, whilst protecting and enhancing the environment.
There are 23 actions on offer under the new and improved 2023 scheme, including on soil health, moorland, hedgerows, integrated pest management, farmland wildlife, buffer strips and low input grassland.
Unlike existing and previous schemes where farmers have had to wait until the end of the first year of their agreement to receive any payment, payments under SFI 2023 will be paid quarterly to support farmers’ cashflow and activities required in the scheme.
Richard Fuller MP said:
The Sustainable Farming Incentive is important for sustainability - for production and profitability.
The previous subsidies under the old bureaucratic Common Agriculture Policy were only paid once a year and we continue to use our new Brexit freedoms to ensure greater flexibility for farmers.
To register your interest or make an application, please see the links in the following DEFRA blog: https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2023/09/13/sfi-pinned-post/
