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Six additional standards announced for the SFI
The Sustainable Farming Incentive pays farmers to carry out farming activities in a more environmentally sustainable way so that food can be produced alongside environmental goods and services. DEFRA has announced that they will be introducing 6 new standards this year, that are going to be available from the summer, these are:
• nutrient management standard integrated pest management standard
• hedgerows standard
• arable and horticultural land standard
• improved grassland standard
• low/no input grassland standard
Defra has set out actions under each of the new standards, each action has its own aim. The integrated pest management standard for example has four actions:
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Integrated pest management Complete and integrated pest management (IPM) assessment and produce an IPM plan
You must not burn heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium in upland areas from this date (GAEC 6) £989/annum
Integrated pest management No use of insecticide
Integrated pest management Establish a companion crop
Integrated pest management Establish and maintain flower-rich margins, blocks or in field strips
Key Dates
16 April 2023
Cross Compliance
30 April 2023 Cross Compliance
You must have recorded the number of ‘specified’ livestock kept on your farm during the previous calendar year and calculated the amount of nitrogen they produced. You must also record the number and type of livestock in a building or hardstanding during the previous storage period (SMR1)
£45/acre
You must not carry out hedge or tree coppicing or hedge laying from this date (GAEC7a and 7c) £55/acre
Establish flower rich grass margins so there are flowering plants during summer months into early autumn. £673/acre
You must not burn heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium in upland areas from this date (GAEC 6)
You must have recorded the number of ‘specified’ livestock kept on your farm during the previous calendar year and calculated the amount of nitrogen they produced. You must also record the number and type of livestock in a building or hardstanding during the previous storage period (SMR1)
1 May 2023
Cross Compliance
You must not carry out hedge or tree coppicing or hedge laying from this date (GAEC7a and 7c) schem fishergerman.co.uk
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