Grants
Delinked Payments 2026: When You Get Paid and Why the Maximum Is £600
Delinked payments 2026 are capped at £600 for every English farm. Here is how the 98% reduction works, when the RPA pays, and what 2027 leaves behind.
From the fields and beyond
UK farming grants and subsidies
DEFRA’s grants stack — SFI, Countryside Stewardship, capital grants, FETF and the schemes that follow them — read in detail and translated into what to apply for, when, and what each pays. Written by someone filling the forms in himself, not summarising the government website.
Grants
SFI 2026 Payment Rates: Window 2 Opening Date and What Each Action Pays
Every SFI26 payment rate, the Window 2 opening date, the £100,000 annual cap and which actions actually pay enough to be worth the ground.
Grants
Capital Grants 2026: What Is Left of the £225m and How to Apply
Capital Grants 2026 opened on 30 July with a £225m budget. Defra had allocated 75% of it within three days. The groups, the caps, who can apply,…
Grants
Bird Song Identifier Apps for UK Farms: What’s Singing, and What It Pays
A bird song identifier app names what is singing in seconds. The tools that work on farm, the licence catch nobody mentions, and what the habitat pays.
Farming Grants
Sustainable Farming Scheme Wales: Payments, Actions and BPS Taper
Sustainable Farming Scheme Wales explained: payment rates, the 12 universal actions, the 10% habitat rule and what the BPS taper costs.
Farming Grants
DAERA Grants and Farm Schemes 2026: What NI Farmers Can Claim
DAERA grants explained for 2026: the £75 a head Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme, £100 Suckler Cow payments, FSP and Farming with Nature rates.
Arable
Field Drainage and Underdrains 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide to Keeping Land Productive Through a Wetter Britain
A working farmer's guide to UK field drainage in 2026: failing underdrains, mole-ploughing, full re-drainage costs and the SFI and Capital Grants overlay.
Arable
On-Farm Composting at Scale 2026: A Working Farmer’s Guide to Process, Permits and the Compost That Pays Back
A working farmer's guide to UK on-farm composting at scale in 2026: windrow process, T23 exemption, PAS 100 and the soil benefits that pay back.
Livestock
Bluetongue UK 2026: what livestock farms should check
A farm-office checklist for bluetongue in 2026: checking the official situation before moving stock, watching through midge season, and reporting early.
Livestock
Bird flu UK 2026: what farms should do before autumn
Bird flu UK 2026 autumn checklist for farms: registration, biosecurity, reporting, gatherings and what to check before risk rises.
