SFI26 Actions

All 73 SFI26 actions with payment rates sourced from GOV.UK. Select actions in the SFI26 calculator to calculate your projected income.

Woodland Trees

Code Action Rate (per year)
AGF1 Agroforestry planning £248 / ha
AGF2 Establish and maintain agroforestry £385 / ha
CWS2 Manage and restore plantations on ancient woodland sites (PAWS) supplement £275 / ha
OFC1 Organic conversion – improved permanent grassland (updated for SFI26) £187 / ha
OFC2 Organic conversion – unimproved permanent grassland (updated for SFI26) £96 / ha
OFC3 Organic conversion – rotational land £298 / ha
OFC4 Organic conversion – horticultural land £874 / ha
OFC5 Organic conversion – top fruit (updated for SFI26) £1,920 / ha
OFM1 Organic land management – improved permanent grassland (updated for SFI26) £20 / ha
OFM2 Organic land management – unimproved permanent grassland (updated for SFI26) £41 / ha
OFM3 Organic land management – enclosed rough grazing (updated for SFI26) £97 / ha
OFM4 Organic land management – rotational land £132 / ha
OFM5 Organic land management – horticultural land £707 / ha
OFM6 Organic land management – top fruit (updated for SFI26) £1,920 / ha

Farmland Wildlife Arable

Code Action Rate (per year)
AHW10 Low input harvested cereal crop £354 / ha
AHW11 Cultivated areas for arable plants (updated for SFI26) £660 / ha
AHW2 Supplementary winter bird food (updated for SFI26) £732 / tonne
AHW3 Beetle banks (updated for SFI26) £764 / ha
AHW4 Skylark plots £11 / ha
AHW5 Nesting plots for lapwing (updated for SFI26) £765 / ha
AHW6 Basic overwinter stubble £58 / ha
AHW7 Enhanced overwinter stubble (updated for SFI26) £589 / ha
AHW8 Whole crop spring cereals and overwinter stubble £596 / ha
AHW9 Unharvested cereal headland (updated for SFI26) £1,072 / ha
CAHL1 Pollen and nectar flower mix (updated for SFI26) £739 / ha
CAHL2 Winter bird food on arable and horticultural land (updated for SFI26) £648 / ha
CAHL3 Grassy field corners or blocks (updated for SFI26) £590 / ha

Buffer Strips

Code Action Rate (per year)
BFS1 12m to 24m watercourse buffer strip on cultivated land (updated for SFI26) £707 / ha
BFS6 6m to 12m habitat strip next to watercourses (updated for SFI26) £742 / ha
CAHL4 4m to 12m grass buffer strip on arable and horticultural land (updated for SFI26) £515 / ha
CIGL3 4m to 12m grass buffer strip on improved grassland (updated for SFI26) £235 / ha

Boundaries

Code Action Rate (per year)
BND1 Maintain dry stone walls £27 / 100m
BND2 Maintain earth banks or stone-faced hedgebanks £11 / 100m

Hedgerows

Code Action Rate (per year)
CHRW2 Manage hedgerows £13 / 100m

Farmland Wildlife Grassland

Code Action Rate (per year)
CIGL1 Take grassland field corners or blocks out of management (updated for SFI26) £333 / ha
CIGL2 Winter bird food on improved grassland (updated for SFI26) £515 / ha
HEF1 Maintain weatherproof traditional farm or forestry buildings £5 / sqm
HEF6 Manage historic and archaeological features on grassland (updated for SFI26) £55 / ha
SCR1 Create scrub and open habitat mosaics (updated for SFI26) £588 / ha
SCR2 Manage scrub and open habitat mosaics (updated for SFI26) £350 / ha

Ipm

Code Action Rate (per year)
CIPM2 Flower-rich grass margins, blocks or in-field strips (updated for SFI26) £798 / ha
CIPM3 Companion crop on arable and horticultural land £55 / ha
CIPM4 No use of insecticide on arable crops and permanent crops (updated for SFI26) £45 / ha

Grassland

Code Action Rate (per year)
CLIG3 Manage grassland with very low nutrient inputs (updated for SFI26) £151 / ha
GRH1 Manage rough grazing for birds £121 / ha
GRH10 Lenient grazing supplement (updated for SFI26) £28 / ha
GRH12 Manage rough grassland for upland breeding waders £203 / ha
GRH7 Haymaking supplement (updated for SFI26) £157 / ha
GRH8 Haymaking supplement (late cut) (updated for SFI26) £187 / ha

Nutrients

Code Action Rate (per year)
CNUM2 Legumes on improved grassland £102 / ha
CNUM3 Legume fallow (updated for SFI26) £532 / ha

Soils

Code Action Rate (per year)
CSAM2 Multi-species winter cover crop £129 / ha
CSAM3 Herbal leys (updated for SFI26) £224 / ha
SOH1 No-till farming (updated for SFI26) £73 / ha
SOH3 Multi-species summer-sown cover crop £163 / ha

Moorland

Code Action Rate (per year)
PRF1 Variable rate application of nutrients (updated for SFI26) £27 / ha
PRF2 Camera or remote sensor guided herbicide spraying £43 / ha
PRF4 Mechanical robotic weeding £150 / ha
SPM3 Keep native breeds on grazed habitats supplement (more than 80%) (updated for SFI26) £146 / ha
SPM5 Keep native breeds on extensively managed habitats supplement (more than 80%) (updated for SFI26) £11 / ha

Upland

Code Action Rate (per year)
UPL1 Moderate livestock grazing on moorland (updated for SFI26) £35 / ha
UPL10 Shepherding livestock on moorland (remove stock for at least 8 months) (updated for SFI26) £102 / ha
UPL2 Low livestock grazing on moorland (updated for SFI26) £89 / ha
UPL3 Limited livestock grazing on moorland (updated for SFI26) £111 / ha
UPL5 Keep cattle and ponies on moorland supplement (minimum 70% GLU) (updated for SFI26) £18 / ha
UPL6 Keep cattle and ponies on moorland supplement (100% GLU) (updated for SFI26) £23 / ha
UPL8 Shepherding livestock on moorland (remove stock for at least 4 months) (updated for SFI26) £74 / ha

Water Quality

Code Action Rate (per year)
WBD1 Manage ponds £257 / pond
WBD2 Manage ditches £4 / 100m both sides
WBD3 In-field grass strips (updated for SFI26) £765 / ha
WBD4 Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input (updated for SFI26) £489 / ha
WBD6 Manage riparian habitats £115 / ha
WBD7 Manage in-channel and bankside habitats £115 / ha
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