Public and private funding

Responsible Choice Production Roundel On-farm environmental actions are being increasingly rewarded through publicly funded schemes, but with so many options to consider it can be hard to know what will work best for your farm.

As food manufacturers and grain consumers look to improve the sustainability credentials of their own supply chains, privately funded sustainable crop production programmes are increasingly entering the market too.

While it can be tempting to opt for the highest paying options, they all offer different environmental and economic benfits so it's important to take a holistic approach and firstly consider if, how, and where they could work on your farm.

7 areas of sustainable crop production

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, coordinating trials and supporting reductions in carbon emissions.

Our approach covers 7 focus areas.

Navigating public and private funding

With sustainable actions being increasingly rewarded via both public and private funding, it's important to consider all options.

No single route to support will suit all farms - it requires a holistic and strategic approach. With careful planning, both funding sources can be combined to deliver maximum benefits.

We're uniquely placed in the industry to link farmers to these opportunities and have devised some simple steps to help with decision-making.

Unsure how to navigate future funding? Follow our 8-step approach.

	What have you got on farm and what are you already doing? What existing environmental features do you have on farm? Are there specific opportunities in your area?
	What is your strategic direction for the farm? What is your appetite for risk? Are you keen to look at trials and innovation? How far into the future do you plan? Are you going to require changes to infrastructure? Do you need to gain additional or specific knowledge and skills?
	Do you have the data/information needed to understand how your farm is performing? Are there areas that are difficult to farm? Have you looked at biomass or yield data? Have you benchmarked?
	How will funding fit within your farm? Will you need additional equipment? Will it require changes to your rotation? How will this change your farming practices?
	What are you going to be committing to? What are the data requirements? What are the contract terms? What environmental outcomes are you delivering?
	Do the finances stack up? What will be the cost of implementation? Have you compared crop and funding gross margins? Are there tax implications? Are there opportunities to integrate multiple funding opportunities?
	How will it support future compliance requirements? Does the funding help you to comply with legislation? Are there assurance implications?
	Who can help, or who do you need to talk to? How can we support you?

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 (TRC).

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

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