Sustainable Farming Incentive – More Actions Announced
The Actions introduced in 2023 will remain available for 2024, with increased payment rates for some standards applying with immediate effect for both current and new agreement holders.
This summer a further 50 SFI actions will be released. There will be ‘creation’ actions supporting the creation of habitats, but also more ‘maintenance’ actions to pay farmers already maintaining existing habitats. Other actions will incentivise the use of precision farming technology to reduce costly pesticide and fertiliser use.
There is more detail to come, but DEFRA have announced the following ‘High Priority for 2024’ actions.
