CS Annual Claims & FETF Reminder

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 in some cases we may be in touch shortly with blank maps for you to fill out your cropping details for this year before we submit the claim. 

FETF

Just a reminder that the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2026 is now open for applications, and will close at midday on 28 April 2026.  This is the last time this scheme will be available in its current format, so its well worth looking at it closely.   

You can find full details in our last post whcih you can find here , but in summary, grants of between £1,000 and £25,000 per funding theme are available on a a competitive basis.  The themes are: 

1. Productivity (up to £25,000) 

2. Slurry Management (up to £25,000)

3. Animal Health & Welfare (up to £25,000)

   
   

Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries.