Sustainable Farming Incentive

The SFI scheme closed to new applications without warning on 11th March 2025 due to the budget being reached.  For people who raised an SFI application between 12th January and 11th March they will be invited to complete their application.  We are waiting for more information from the RPA on this, but what we do know is that these applications will be subject to the following restrictions:

• only one application may be submitted per farm business

• agreements will be offered up to a maximum value of £9,300 per year for the duration of the agreement (excluding the SFI management payment, which would not count towards the value limit). This maximum value reflects the median average agreement value for existing SFI 2024 agreements

• agreement holders will not be able to add more land to ‘rotational’ SFI actions after Year 1 of their agreement

If you feel you are in this bracket and would like to discuss your application please give us a call. 

For others waiting for the wider SFI scheme to open again, we are expecting an update in 'summer 2025'.