Countryside Stewardship Annual Claims Now Available  If you have a Countryside Stewardship agreement, the annual claim window has now opened, and will close at 11.59pm on 15th May 2026.    If we complete your annual claim for you, rest assured we will starting working through our checks on your annual claim and we will be in touch to confirm everything before submitting.   Its important to ensure that the land use recorded with Rural Payments is up to date before submitting the claim form, so...

We finally have some useful information on SFI 2026 applications.   As expected, there are a range of changes, and there will be two application windows as previously announced.    The first application round will open in June 2026 and remain open for around 2 months (although it will close sooner if demand is high).  This round will be open to farms under 50ha, AND farms of any size that do not currently have an environmental land management revenue agreement. The second application round...

The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2026 will open for applications on 17th March 2026, with applications closing at midday on 28 April 2026. This fund provides grant support for farmers investing in equipment to improve productivity, slurry management and animal health and welfare and is broadly similar to the previous rounds of the FETF scheme, with some small changes.    This is the last time this scheme will be available in its current format, with a restructure of schemes...