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Public funding for sustainable farming practices

Grants and funding from Government schemes are available across the devolved nations to cover sustainable farming practices and environmental land management, overall productivity, equipment and infrastructure.

You can find more information below by navigating to the relevant country.

England

A summary of all funding programmes for farmers is available from the Government website.

The Sustainable Farming Incentive

The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is now available in England.

The programme is part of the Government's future for farming and Environmental Land Management scheme and has been through several iterations over recent years following pilot projects and expansions to actions after feedback from participants.

Applications are now open for SFI 2024. The latest information for the expanded offer can be found here.

For those part of the existing 2023 scheme, the original handbook outlines the actions and requirements while a list of amendments following the November 2024 update can be found here.

How can we help?

Our 8-step approach to funding can be a useful way to consider the actions best suited to your farm depending on your objectives.

While it can be tempting to opt for the actions with the highest payments, they are not always appropriate for every farm. It's important to consider the wider implications on rotational planning and food production, including broader agronomic considerations.

When it comes to proceeding, our experts can support you with your agreement through from initial application and management plans through to species selection and ongoing management to help you deliver the intended outcomes and meet scheme compliance.

Related articles

Our experts regularly share advice and updates to support growers with agreements in place under agri-environment schemes. You can find useful links to articles and other resources below.

Scotland

The Agricultural Reform Route Map in Scotland outlines the new four-tier funding approach for Scotland from 2027.

Tier 1 - Base

To support active farming and food producers

Conditional on essential standards to ensure climate, biodiversity and business efficiency outcomes.

Tier 2 - Enhanced

For businesses that are highly effective in:

Farming and crofting for a better climate
Farming and corfting for nature restoration.

Tier 3 - Elective

Targeted actions to support:

Nature restoration
Innovation
Supply chain

Tier 4 - Complimentary

New skills, knowledge, training and professional development
Advisory services, business support
Measurement tools

The framework is due to rollout from 2025:

2025 – Single Farm Payment (BPS) continues with added conditionality including the Whole Farm Plan.
2026 – The Base and Enhanced tiers will be launched, with new measures available.
2027 – The Elective and Complementary will be launched to complete the new funding structure.

Wales

In Wales, the Basic Payment Scheme will be available for 2025 and the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) transition period has been delayed until 2026.

2025 preparatory phase includes:

Habitat Wales Scheme in 2025
Existing Habitat Wales Scheme Commons agreements extended for 2025
The Organic Support Payment maintained for 2025
An extension to Farming Connect to 2026•Integrated Natural Resources Scheme.

7 areas of sustainable crop production

7 areas Our experts support farmers with specialist technical advice across everything from soil sampling and seed selection to farm performance insights and compliance.

Our end-to-end relationships mean we also work closely with grain consumers and food manufacturers to add value across the whole supply chain, sharing crop production insights, co-ordinating trials and supporting reductions in carbon emissions. Our approach covers 7 focus areas.

VIDEO: Helping you balance environmental actions and farming

In this series of videos, sustainable farming advisor, Jim Egan, shares advice on the importance of planning to make sure any environmental actions incorporated on farm are done so for the right reasons, in the right place, to deliver the right benefits.

Jim looks at some of the individual options many are starting to implement on farm, and how getting access to the right technical advice can help you ensure they deliver for the long-term.

Frontier FW Transition brand strap

As well as supporting UK farmers, at Frontier we're taking a strategic approach to growing our own business in a sustainable way through The Responsible Choice.

You can learn more about our sustainability strategy, including our commitment to lower carbon emissions from our own operations, here.

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Oilseed rape de-risking partnership

Demand for oilseed rape remains strong, but its success is dependent on good establishment - something which can be difficult with increasing incidents of challenging weather and threats like cabbage stem flea beetle.

At Frontier we recognise this, as well as the potential financial burdens that often fall to growers as a result.

We also understand that strong, viable, resilient UK farm businesses are critical for long-term, sustainable supply chains.

This is why we take on the financial risks often associated with growing oilseed rape.
It means our growers don't have to.

How it works

This exclusive risk management offer ensures growers who fulfil the requirements only pay for oilseed rape seed that survives through the initial three-month establishment window.

Under the scheme, Frontier will:

✓ Remove the upfront cost of oilseed rape and accompanying companion crop seed

✓ Waive the oilseed rape seed cost for any hectares that fail to establish by 31st October 2024

✓ Set the payment date for companion crop seed and oilseed rape seed which successfully establishes to 12 months following delivery

✓ Provide a range of industry-leading hybrid varieties to choose from

✓ Offer flexibility in how to market and price the product.

Benefits

Contracted growers only pay for the oilseed rape seed that survives, removing the financial burden associated with any failed crops. Benefits include:

✓ An upfront cost saving of approx. 90/ha on oilseed rape seed, plus £33/ha on the associated companion crop seed

✓ Eligibility for £55/ha from the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for sowing the companion crop seed

✓ Expert advice on agronomy, SFI decisions and choice of companion crop

✓ A non-defaultable produce-of-area grain contract and flexible marketing options

✓ The chance to upgrade into a private funding/premiums scheme that rewards sustainable farming practices.

How to sign up

If you'd like to learn more or express your interest in the contract, speak to your Frontier farm trader or agronomist or get in touch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Here you can access a range of useful resources linked to some of the topics and solutions we shared at this year's event.

	Sustainable crop production services Discover more about how we're supporting farmers and food supply chains with sustainable crop production.
	Support with public and private funding Learn more about our 8-step approach for navigating future funding opportunities to support environmental actions on farm.
	Kings Crops, Frontier's environmental and specialist crops business Find everything you need to know about Kings Crops in its latest catalogue, including specialist advice for environmental land management considerations and specialist crop mixes such as cover crops, green cover, forage and game cover.
	Monitoring farm performance with analytics tools Explore the many benefits of MyFarm Analytics and how its benchmarking and cost of production reporting tools can support the future resilience and productivity of your farm business.
	Optimise production and land management with precision technology Discover our precision crop production business, SOYL and how its MySOYL application can help you 'measure to manage', with mapping tools and analytics to help you determine appropriate land management, rotational and input decisions for the future.

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Cereals (wheat, oats and feed barley)
% Moisture content	% Weight loss	Drying charge (£/t)
<15.09	0.00	0.00
15.10 - 15.50	3.80	8.19
15.51 - 16.09	3.80	9.51
16.10 - 17.09	5.00	12.28
17.10 - 18.09	6.20	15.06
18.10 - 19.09	7.40	17.83
19.10 - 20.09	8.60	20.60
20.10 - 21.09	9.80	25.58
21.10 - 22.09	11.00	28.35
22.10 - 23.09	12.20	31.13
23.10 - 24.09	13.40	33.90
24.10 - 25.09	14.60	36.68
25.10 - 26.09	15.80	39.45
**It is at the storekeepers' discretion to accept or reject loads above 20.0% moisture.
Conditioning charges Contracts booked as 'undried/unconditioned' are liable to a drying charge at the rate shown above or a conditioning charge of £4.50/tonne; these charges will be shown on the self billing invoice. For all other contracts a conditioning charge of £4.50/tonne will apply to deliveries with a temperature in excess of 25°C and moisture below 15.1%.

Oilseed rape and linseed
% Moisture content	% Weight loss	Drying charge (£/t)
<9.6	0.00	0.00
9.60 - 10.09	3.80	10.72
10.10 - 11.09	5.00	12.12
11.10 - 12.09	6.20	13.53
12.10 - 13.09	7.40	14.94
13.10 - 14.09	8.60	16.35
14.10 - 15.09	9.80	18.70
15.10 - 16.09	11.00	20.11
16.10 - 17.09	12.20	22.88
17.10 - 18.09	13.40	25.66
18.10 - 19.09	14.60	28.43
19.10 - 20.09	15.80	32.17
**It is at the storekeepers' discretion to accept or reject loads above 13.0% moisture.
Cleaning charges
% Admixture	% Weight loss	Cleaning rate
Up to 3%	Nil	FOSFA terms apply
3.01 - 4%	1% for each 1% admix	£7.00
4.01 - 5%	1% for each 1% admix	£7.50
Thereafter, cleaning rate increases by £0.50/t per 1% of admixture.
Conditioning charges Contracts booked as 'undried/unconditioned' are liable to a drying charge at the rate shown above or a conditioning charge of £4.50/tonne; these charges will be shown on the self billing invoice. For all other contracts a conditioning charge of £4.50/tonne will apply to deliveries with a temperature of 28°C or above and moisture below 9.6%.
Green seeds
Analysis %		Charge per tonne
5.0% up to 7.5%		£7.50
7.6% up to 10.0%		£10.00
Over 10.0%		By negotiation

Pulses (peas and beans)
% Moisture content	% Weight loss	Drying charge (£/t)
<15.09	0.00	0.00
15.10 - 15.50	3.80	9.99
15.51 - 16.09	3.80	11.74
16.10 - 17.09	5.00	13.49
17.10 - 18.09	6.20	16.97
18.10 - 19.09	7.40	20.45
19.10 - 20.09	8.60	23.93
20.10 - 21.09	9.80	28.65
21.10 - 22.09	11.00	33.07
22.10 - 23.09	12.20	36.55
23.10 - 24.09	13.40	40.03
24.10 - 25.09	14.60	43.51
**It is at the storekeepers' discretion to accept or reject loads above 20.0% moisture.
Cleaning charges
% Admixture	% Weight loss	£/tonne
2.01 - 3%	3.0	5.25
3.01 - 4%	4.0	5.75
4.01 - 5%	5.0	6.25
Thereafter, weight loss of 1% for each 1% admixture down to zero. Cleaning rate to increase by £0.50 per 1% of admixture.
Conditioning charges Contracts booked as 'undried/unconditioned' are liable to a drying charge at the rate shown above or a conditioning charge of £4.50/tonne; these charges will be shown on the self billing invoice. For all other contracts a conditioning charge of £4.50/tonne will apply to deliveries with a temperature in excess of 25°C and moisture below 15.1%.

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