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Duration

3 years

How much you鈥檒l be paid听

拢45 per hectare (ha) per year

Action鈥檚 aim听

This action鈥檚 aim is that no plant protection products containing insecticide are applied on an arable crop or permanent crops.

The purpose of this is to:

• support an integrated pest management approach by managing crop pests in a more sustainable way
• improve water and air quality
• increase biodiversity

Where you can do this action听听听听听

You can do this action on agricultural land located below the moorland line that鈥檚:

• an eligible land type (as defined in section 5.1 鈥楨ligible land types for SFI鈥� in the SFI scheme information)
• registered with an eligible land cover on your digital maps
• declared with a land use code which is compatible with the eligible land cover

Eligible land

Eligible land type听	Eligible land cover听	Compatible land use code听
Arable land used to grow crops (not temporary grassland or fallow land)听	Arable land听	Land use codes for arable crops or leguminous and nitrogen-fixing crops听
Permanent crops 鈥� horticultural and non-horticultural (not miscanthus)听	Permanent crops听	Land use codes for permanent crops

Eligibility of protected land

Protected land	Eligibility
Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs)	Eligible 鈥� you must get SSSI consent before you do this action (read section 10.3 鈥�SSSI 肠辞苍蝉别苍迟鈥� in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this)
Historic and archaeological features	Eligible 鈥� you must get a SFI HEFER before you do this action (read section 5.6鈥�鈥橪and with historic or archaeological features鈥� in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this)

Available area you can enter into this action

Total or part of the available area in a land parcel.

Rotational or static action听听听

For arable crops (including non-permanent horticultural crops) this action is rotational. This means you can either:

• do it at the same location each year of this action鈥檚 duration
• move its location for the second and third years of this action鈥檚 duration

For permanent crops, this action is static. This means you must do it at the same location each year of this action鈥檚 duration.

What to do听

You must not apply any plant protection products containing insecticide on land entered into this action, including:

• insecticide seed dressings
• nematicides and acaricides
• other insecticides, such as silica insecticides and orange oil

You can apply herbicides, fungicides or plant growth regulators.

If the land is being used to grow arable crops (including non-permanent horticultural crops), you must do this action on one 鈥榗ash crop鈥� from when it鈥檚 sown until it鈥檚 harvested.

A 鈥榗ash crop鈥� means a crop grown to be harvested for commercial use.

For the purposes of this action, an arable crop includes:

• combinable crops, such as cereals and oilseed rape
• root crops
• field vegetables and salad crops
• soft fruit crops which do not occupy the land for 5 years or more and provide repeated harvests (also known as permanent crops)

You can choose which arable crop to do this action on, but it must not be:

• a cover crop which you will not harvest for commercial sale
• a short-term specialist crop, such as crops which are only in the ground for around 2 months

If something happens which means you cannot complete this action, you must tell the Rural Payments Agency about this in writing as soon as possible. Read section 13.2 鈥榃hat you must do if you cannot comply with your agreement鈥� in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this.

When to do it听

For arable crops, you must do this action on at least one crop that鈥檚 sown during each year of this action鈥檚 3-year duration. You can harvest it in a subsequent year of this action鈥檚 duration if you sow the next crop for this action in the same year.

This means you must do this action on a crop that鈥檚 sown during:

• the first year of this action鈥檚 duration 鈥� you can harvest it in the second year of this action鈥檚 duration
• the second year of this action鈥檚 duration 鈥� you can harvest it in the third year of this action鈥檚 duration
• the third year of this action鈥檚 duration 鈥� you must do this action until you harvest the crop or this action鈥檚 end date (whichever is earlier)

If you鈥檙e already growing an arable crop on the land entered into this action when the action starts, you must do this action on a crop that鈥檚 sown within 12 months of the action鈥檚 start date.

For permanent crops, you must do this action from its start date, throughout each year of this action鈥檚 3-year duration.

How to do it听

It鈥檚 up to you how you do this action, as long as you:

• follow this action鈥檚 requirements 鈥� these are identified by a 鈥榤ust鈥�
• do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action鈥檚 aim

You may find it helpful to read the 鈥榓dvice to help you do this action鈥�, but it鈥檚 not part of this action鈥檚 requirements.

Evidence to keep听

You must keep evidence to show what you鈥檝e done to complete this action, such as:

• field operations at a land parcel level and associated invoices
• photographs or other documentation

If it鈥檚 not clear that you鈥檝e done this action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve its aim, we may ask for this evidence. You must supply the evidence if we ask for it.

Other actions or options you can do on the same area as this action听

You can do the following actions or options on the same area in a land parcel as this action. Some actions or options can only be done on the same area if they鈥檙e done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 鈥榃hat to do鈥� and 鈥榃hen to do it鈥� to find out when this action must be done.

Scheme	Action or option codes
SFI 2024 actions听	AHW6, AHW7, OFA1, OFA6, OFC3, OFC4, OFC5, OFM4, OFM5, OFM6, SOH4, AGF1, AGF2, PRF1, PRF2, PRF3, PRF4, SOH1, SOH2, SOH3, CAHL2, CIPM1, CIPM3, CNUM1, CSAM1, CSAM2听听	听
SFI 2023 actions听	AHL2, IPM1, IPM3, NUM1, SAM1, SAM2	听
CS options听听	AB2, AB9, HS3, HS9, OP1, OP2, OP5, OR3, OR4, OR5, OT3, OT4, OT5, SW5, SW6	听
ES options听	No ES revenue options	听
SFI pilot standards	SFI pilot arable and horticultural land standard 鈥� all levels SFI pilot arable and horticultural soils standard 鈥� all levels	听

(*the other Arable CS options not contained in the table above prohibit the use of insecticides as part of the CS option, so cannot be located on the same area as CIPM4 as they鈥檙e either incompatible or you鈥檇 be paid twice for doing the same activity)

If an action or option cannot be located on the same area, you may be able to do it on a different area in the same land parcel. Read section 6. 鈥楨ligible land in other funding schemes鈥� in the SFI scheme information for more details.

You can do the following actions or options on the eligible boundaries of a land parcel entered into this action:

• SFI 2024 actions: CHRW1, CHRW2, CHRW3, BND1, BND2 and WBD2
• SFI 2023 actions: HRW1, HRW2, HRW3
• CS option BE3 (management of hedgerows)
• the introductory level of the SFI pilot hedgerows standard

Advice to help you do this action听

The following advice may help you to do this action, but it鈥檚 not part of this action鈥檚 requirements.

Managing arable and horticultural crops without using insecticide

This action requires you not to use any plant protection products containing insecticide. Insecticides are used to control invertebrate pests.

You can check:

• the product label to find out whether a plant protection product contains insecticide
• the Health and Safety Executive website for

This action allows you to apply herbicides, fungicides and plant growth regulators. You can also use molluscicides, such as slug pellets.

As an alternative to using insecticide, you can use preventative measures or other control methods as part of an听IPM听approach. For example, you could:

• create habitats for natural crop pest predators
• use companion cropping to provide protection from crop pests

To create habitats for natural crop pest predators, you may be able to do the following SFI actions on a different area in the same land parcel as this action:

• IPM2: Flower-rich grass margins, blocks or in-field strips
• AHL1: Pollen and nectar flower mix
• AHL4: 4m to 12m grass buffer strip on arable and horticultural land

To use companion cropping, you can do CIPM3: Companion crop on arable and horticultural land on the same area in a land parcel as this action.

You may find it helpful to do CIPM1: Assess integrated pest management and produce a plan to help you identify and discuss opportunities for using听IPM听with a BASIS qualified adviser.