188体育

Duration

5 years

How much you鈥檒l be paid

拢156 per hectare (ha) per year

Action鈥檚 aim

This supplemental action鈥檚 aim is that no fertilisers or manures are applied on arable land or permanent grassland.

The purpose of this is to reduce the risk of nitrate loss into ground and surface water.

Where you can do this action

You can only do this supplemental action on eligible land that鈥檚 entered into one of the following base actions:

• WBD4: Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input
• WBD5: Manage intensive grassland adjacent to a watercourse

You cannot do this supplemental action on land that鈥檚 already entered into equivalent base actions in a Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreement. This includes:

• SW7: Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser input
• SW8: Management of intensive grassland adjacent to a watercourse

Eligible land

Same as your selected base action.

Eligibility of protected land

Same as your selected base action.

Available area you can enter into this action

Same as your selected base action.

Rotational or static action

Same as your selected base action.

What to do

You must not apply any fertilisers or manures on the land entered into this supplemental action.

When to do it

You must do this supplemental action from its start date, throughout each year of its duration.

How to do it

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

Evidence to keep

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 (as relevant)
• photographs and 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

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	Same as your selected base action
SFI 2023 actions	Same as your selected base action
CS options	Same as your selected base action
ES options	Same as your selected base action
SFI pilot standards	Same as your selected base action

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