Grants
Capital Grants 2026: All 80 Items With Payment Rates and Funding Limits
Every Capital Grants 2026 item, from hedges and walls to fencing, water quality and flood items, with payment rates and group limits. Checked against GOV.UK.
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 Actions List: All 71 Actions With Payment Rates
Every SFI 2026 action in one list, with its code, payment rate and agreement length, grouped by what you farm. Checked against GOV.UK on 7 October 2026.
Farming Grants
SFI26 Window 2 Applications: 72% Came From Farms Whose Agreements Are Ending
Defra's SFI26 Window 2 figures: 12,200 applications, 72% from farms with agreements ending by February 2027 and about 10% from newcomers. What it means.
Industry
Irrigation and Wash Water Testing for Salad Growers: A UK Guide
What UK salad growers must test, how to treat irrigation and wash water, and the Red Tractor, abstraction and private water supply rules that apply.
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.
Grants
SFI 2026 Payment Rates: What Each Action Pays and When Window 2 Closed
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.
