SFI: Applications and Updates

The Sustainable Farming Incentive opened for applications on the 18th September. DEFRA are undertaking a 'controlled' roll-out of the SFI, with the scheme gradually opened to more land managers. For more detail, see the SFI Handbook, our website notes of 21st June and 29th August, as well as a recent CAAV podcast.

In conjunction with the opening of the SFI applications, DEFRA has updated some of the relevant guidance pages on the GOV.UK website. This includes the publication of a range of voluntary guidance documents on how to carry out many of the SFI actions.

For a guide on receiving notification of updates to schemes and guidance, see this post on our website: DEFRA Website Updates - The Central Association for Agricultural Valuers (caav.org.uk).