Maintain very low density in-field agroforestry on less sensitive land (updated for SFI26)
Arable, Improved Grassland, and Permanent Crops · 3 years
£248 per hectare per year
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
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Agroforestry
2 actions
Maintain very low density in-field agroforestry on less sensitive land (updated for SFI26)
£248 per hectare per year
Arable, Improved Grassland, and Permanent Crops · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Maintain low density in-field agroforestry on less sensitive land (updated for SFI26)
£385 per hectare per year
Arable, Improved Grassland, and Permanent Crops · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Buffer strips
4 actions
12m to 24m watercourse buffer strip on cultivated land (updated for SFI26)
£707 per hectare per year
Arable and Watercourse Adjacent · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
6m to 12m habitat strip next to watercourses (updated for SFI26)
£742 per hectare per year
Arable and Watercourse Adjacent · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
4m to 12m grass buffer strip on arable and horticultural land (updated for SFI26)
£515 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
4m to 12m grass buffer strip on improved grassland (updated for SFI26)
£235 per hectare per year
Improved Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Farmland wildlife — arable and horticultural
13 actions
Supplementary winter bird food (updated for SFI26)
£732 per tonne per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Beetle banks (updated for SFI26)
£764 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Skylark plots
£11 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Nesting plots for lapwing (updated for SFI26)
£765 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Basic overwinter stubble
£58 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Enhanced overwinter stubble (updated for SFI26)
£589 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Whole crop spring cereals and overwinter stubble
£596 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Unharvested cereal headland (updated for SFI26)
£1,072 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Low input harvested cereal crop
£354 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Cultivated areas for arable plants (updated for SFI26)
£660 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Pollen and nectar flower mix (updated for SFI26)
£739 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Winter bird food on arable and horticultural land (updated for SFI26)
£648 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Grassy field corners or blocks (updated for SFI26)
£590 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Farmland wildlife — grassland
2 actions
Take grassland field corners or blocks out of management (updated for SFI26)
£333 per hectare per year
Improved Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Winter bird food on improved grassland (updated for SFI26)
£515 per hectare per year
Improved Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Field boundaries
3 actions
Maintain dry stone walls
£27 per 100m per year
Arable, Improved Grassland, and Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Maintain earth banks or stone-faced hedgebanks
£11 per 100m per year
Arable, Improved Grassland, and Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Manage hedgerows
£13 per 100m per year
Arable, Improved Grassland, and Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Historic features
2 actions
Maintain weatherproof traditional farm or forestry buildings
£5 per square metre per year
Improved Grassland and Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Manage historic and archaeological features on grassland (updated for SFI26)
£55 per hectare per year
Improved Grassland and Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Integrated pest management
3 actions
Flower-rich grass margins, blocks or in-field strips (updated for SFI26)
£798 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Companion crop on arable and horticultural land
£55 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
No use of insecticide on arable crops and permanent crops (updated for SFI26)
£45 per hectare per year
Arable and Permanent Crops · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Moorland and upland
12 actions
Manage grassland with very low nutrient inputs (updated for SFI26)
£151 per hectare per year
Improved Grassland and Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Haymaking supplement (updated for SFI26)
£157 per hectare per year
Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Haymaking supplement (late cut) (updated for SFI26)
£187 per hectare per year
Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Lenient grazing supplement (updated for SFI26)
£28 per hectare per year
Low Input Grassland and Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Manage rough grassland for upland breeding waders
£203 per hectare per year
Low Input Grassland and Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Moderate livestock grazing on moorland (updated for SFI26)
£35 per hectare per year
Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Low livestock grazing on moorland (updated for SFI26)
£89 per hectare per year
Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Limited livestock grazing on moorland (updated for SFI26)
£111 per hectare per year
Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Keep cattle and ponies on moorland supplement (minimum 70% GLU) (updated for SFI26)
£18 per hectare per year
Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Keep cattle and ponies on moorland supplement (100% GLU) (updated for SFI26)
£23 per hectare per year
Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Shepherding livestock on moorland (remove stock for at least 4 months) (updated for SFI26)
£74 per hectare per year
Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Shepherding livestock on moorland (remove stock for at least 8 months) (updated for SFI26)
£102 per hectare per year
Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Nutrient management
2 actions
Legumes on improved grassland
£102 per hectare per year
Improved Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Legume fallow (updated for SFI26)
£532 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic farming
11 actions
Organic conversion – improved permanent grassland (updated for SFI26)
£187 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 1 year
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic conversion – unimproved permanent grassland (updated for SFI26)
£96 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 1 year
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic conversion – rotational land
£298 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 1 year
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic conversion – horticultural land
£874 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 1 year
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic conversion – top fruit (updated for SFI26)
£1,920 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 1 year
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic land management – improved permanent grassland (updated for SFI26)
£20 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic land management – unimproved permanent grassland (updated for SFI26)
£41 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic land management – enclosed rough grazing (updated for SFI26)
£97 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic land management – rotational land
£132 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic land management – horticultural land
£707 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Organic land management – top fruit (updated for SFI26)
£1,920 per hectare per year
Permanent Crops · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Precision farming
3 actions
Variable rate application of nutrients (updated for SFI26)
£27 per hectare per year
Low Input Grassland and Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Camera or remote sensor guided herbicide spraying
£43 per hectare per year
Low Input Grassland and Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Mechanical robotic weeding
£150 per hectare per year
Low Input Grassland and Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Soil health
4 actions
Multi-species winter cover crop
£129 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Herbal leys (updated for SFI26)
£224 per hectare per year
Arable and Improved Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
No-till farming (updated for SFI26)
£73 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Multi-species summer-sown cover crop
£163 per hectare per year
Arable · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Species recovery and management
4 actions
Create scrub and open habitat mosaics (updated for SFI26)
£588 per hectare per year
Low Input Grassland and Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Manage scrub and open habitat mosaics (updated for SFI26)
£350 per hectare per year
Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Keep native breeds on grazed habitats supplement (more than 80%) (updated for SFI26)
£146 per hectare per year
Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Keep native breeds on extensively managed habitats supplement (more than 80%) (updated for SFI26)
£11 per hectare per year
Moorland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Waterbodies
6 actions
Manage ponds
£257 per pond per year
Arable, Improved Grassland, and Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Manage ditches
£4 per 100m on both sides per year
Arable, Improved Grassland, and Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
In-field grass strips (updated for SFI26)
£765 per hectare per year
Arable and Improved Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input (updated for SFI26)
£489 per hectare per year
Arable and Improved Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Remove livestock from intensive grassland during the autumn and winter (outside SDAs) (updated for SFI26)
£115 per hectare per year
Arable, Improved Grassland, and Low Input Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026
Remove livestock from grassland during the autumn and winter (SDAs) (updated for SFI26)
£115 per hectare per year
Arable and Improved Grassland · 3 years
Source Verified 11 Sep 2026