The new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer will launch this year. It will continue to support sustainable farming in England and help encourage growth.
In response to feedback, Defra are improving the new SFI offer to:
- make it simpler and more focused
- improve fairness and accessibility
- provide certainty and transparency
These changes will deliver an SFI that is simpler and fairer, so farmers can plan with confidence.
Defra will work with stakeholders now to get these changes right before the new SFI offer launches, and will publish full scheme details before the first application window opens.
There will be two SFI application windows this year:
| Opens | Who can apply | |
|---|---|---|
| First window | June | Those with small farms Those without existing environmental land management agreements |
| Second window | September | All farmers. This includes those with small farms and those without an existing ELM agreement who did not apply in the first window |
| Find out more (including how to subscribe to the Defra Farming blog to receive updates on the SFI offer. |