Remove livestock from intensive grassland during the autumn and winter (outside SDAs) (updated for SFI26)
Payment Details
- Annual payment rate
- £115 / ha
- Agreement duration
- 3 years
Official action requirements
What you must do
You must remove all livestock from the land for at least 5 consecutive months during the autumn and winter months. This period will usually be between October and March. For the purposes of this action, livestock includes cattle, sheep, goats, ponies and horses, as relevant. You must keep a written record of: grazing activity on each land parcel entered into this action to show you’ve met the minimum livestock removal period required by this action input records showing that the grassland has received at least 100kg of nitrogen per hectare per year
When to do it
You must do this action each year of its 3-year duration. If this action’s start date means it’s too late for you to do this action, you must start doing it within 12 months of the action’s start date. In the final year of this action’s duration, you must do the action until the end of your chosen minimum 5-month livestock removal period or this action’s end date, whichever is earlier.
Evidence to keep
You must keep written evidence that land entered into this action is prone to waterlogging, compaction or poaching. You can use a soil management plan you’ve already produced for SFI24 action CSAM1 or SFI23 action SAM1 to identify this. You must also keep the required written record of grazing activity and nitrogen application You must supply this evidence if we ask for it.
SFI26 actions v2.0, updated 7 July 2026 — verified 1 Aug 2026. Open official guidance
Data Attribution
- Official guidance
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-farming-incentive-2026-sfi26/sfi26-actions-print-version#wbd6
- Last verified
- 12 Sep 2026
- Scheme version
- SFI26