Sustainable Farming Incentive

(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the breakdown of ha applied for under each SFI26 action.


Answered by
Stephen Morgan Portrait
Stephen Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 15th October 2026

The area applied for under each Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 action is set out in the table below.

SFI26 Action

Hectarage

AGF1_26 - Maintain very low density (20-50 t/ha) in-field agroforestry on less sensitive land

800

AGF2_26 - Maintain low density (51-130 t/ha) in-field agroforestry on less sensitive land

1347

AHW10_26 - Low input harvested cereal crop

42278

AHW11_26 - Cultivated areas for arable plants

4631

AHW3_26 - Beetle Banks

56

AHW5_26 - Nesting plots for lapwing

1032

AHW6_26 - Basic overwinter stubble

11184

AHW7_26 - Enhanced overwinter stubble

18931

AHW8_26 - Whole crop spring cereals and overwinter stubble

7033

AHW9_26 - Unharvested cereal headland

5760

BFS1_26 - 12m to 24m watercourse buffer strips on cultivated land

2115

BFS6_26 - 6m to 12m habitat strip next to watercourses

791

CAHL1_26 - Pollen and nectar flower mix

15092

CAHL2_26 - Winter bird food on arable and horticultural land

26532

CAHL3_26 - Grassy field corners or blocks

11161

CAHL4_26 - 4m to 12m grass buffer strip on arable and horticultural land

10129

CIGL1_26 - Take grassland field corners or blocks out of management

2152

CIGL2_26 - Winter bird food on improved grassland

22944

CIGL3_26 - 4m to 12m grass buffer strip on improved grassland

986

CIPM2_26 - Flower-rich grass margins, blocks or in-field strips

23274

CIPM3_26 - Companion crop on arable and horticultural land

183982

CIPM4_26 - No use of insecticide on arable crops and permanent crops

284545

CLIG3_26 - Manage grassland with very low nutrient inputs

302659

CNUM2_26 - Legumes on improved grassland

96366

CNUM3_26 - Legume fallow

41742

CSAM2_26 - Multi-species winter cover crop

116357

CSAM3_26 - Herbal leys

129534

GRH10_26 - Lenient Grazing Supplement

35351

GRH12_26 - Manage rough grazing for upland breeding waders

3715

GRH7_26 - Haymaking Supplement

51666

GRH8_26 - Haymaking Supplement (late cut)

16108

HEF1_26 - Maintain weatherproof traditional farm or forestry buildings

142

HEF6_26 - Manage historic and archaeological features on grassland

1730

OFC1_26 - Organic conversion - improved permanent grassland

4745

OFC2_26 - Organic conversion - unimproved permanent grassland

1737

OFC3_26 - Organic conversion - rotational land

6648

OFC4_26 - Organic conversion - horticultural land

472

OFC5_26 - Organic conversion - top fruit

294

OFM1_26 - Organic land management - improved permanent grassland

16083

OFM2_26 - Organic land management - unimproved permanent grassland

8726

OFM3_26 - Organic land management - enclosed rough grazing

87

OFM4_26 - Organic Land Management - Rotational Land

26850

OFM5_26 - Organic land management - horticultural land

1151

OFM6_26 - Organic land management - top fruit

217

PRF1_26 - Variable rate application of nutrients

330898

PRF2_26 - Camera or remote sensor guided herbicide spraying

18700

PRF4_26 - Mechanical robotic weeding

8009

SCR1_26 - Create scrub and open habitat mosaics

2087

SCR2_26 - Manage scrub and open habitat mosaics

2824

SOH1_26 - No-Till Farming

84188

SOH3_26 - Multi-species summer-sown cover crop

98568

SPM3_26 - Keep native breeds on grazed habitats supplement (more than 80%)

9583

SPM5_26 - Keep native breeds on extensively managed habitats supplement (more than 80%)

933

UPL1_26 - Moderate livestock grazing on moorland

2165

UPL10_26 - Shepherding livestock on moorland (remove stock for at least 8 months)

2719

UPL2_26 - Low livestock grazing on moorland

3345

UPL3_26 - Limited livestock grazing on moorland

2322

UPL5_26 - Keep cattle and ponies on moorland supplement (minimum 70% GLU)

68

UPL6_26 - Keep cattle and ponies on moorland supplement (100% GLU)

798

UPL8_26 - Shepherding livestock on moorland (remove stock for at least 4 months)

4308

WBD3_26 - In-field grass strips

3411

WBD4_26 - Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input

13299

WBD6_26 - Remove livestock from intensive grassland during the autumn and winter (outside SDAs)

9168

WBD7_26 - Remove livestock from grassland during the autumn and winter (SDAs)

725

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