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.
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 |